Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

This Regulation establishes a plan for four cod stocks corresponding to the following geographical areas:

(a)

the Kattegat;

(b)

the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the eastern Channel;

(c)

the west of Scotland;

(d)

the Irish Sea.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘effort group’ means a management unit of a Member State for which a maximum allowable fishing effort is set. It is defined by a gear grouping and an area as set out in Annex I;

(b)

‘aggregated effort group’ means the combination of all Member States’ effort groups having the same gear grouping and area;

(c)

‘catch per unit effort’ means the quantity of cod caught and expressed in live weight by one unit of fishing effort expressed in kW-days during one year;

(d)

‘appropriate age groups’ means ages 3, 4 and 5 for cod in the Kattegat; ages 2, 3 and 4 for cod in the Irish Sea, in the North Sea, Skagerrak and the eastern Channel; ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 for cod in the west of Scotland; or other age groups as advised as appropriate by STECF.

Article 3 U.K. Geographical definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following geographical definitions of geographical areas shall apply:

(a)

‘Kattegat’ means that part of Division IIIa, as delineated by ICES, that is bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenore to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(b)

‘North Sea’ means ICES Subarea IV and that part of ICES Division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat and that part of ICES Division IIa which lies within waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member States;

(c)

‘Skagerrak’ means that part of ICES Division IIIa bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from that point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(d)

‘eastern Channel’ means ICES Division VIId;

(e)

‘Irish Sea’ means ICES Division VIIa;

(f)

‘west of Scotland’ means ICES Division VIa and that part of ICES Division Vb which lies within waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member States.

Article 4 U.K. Calculation of fishing effort

For the purposes of this Regulation, the fishing effort deployed by a group of vessels shall be calculated as the sum of the products of capacity-values in kW for each vessel and the number of days each vessel has been present within an area set out in Annex I. A day present within an area shall be any continuous period of 24 hours (or part thereof) during which a vessel is present within the area and absent from port.

Article 5 U.K. Objective of the plan

1. The plan referred to in Article 1 shall ensure the sustainable exploitation of the cod stocks on the basis of maximum sustainable yield.

2. The objective set out in paragraph 1 shall be attained while maintaining the following fishing mortality on cod on appropriate age groups:

Stock	Fishing mortality
Cod in the Kattegat	0,4
Cod to the west of Scotland	0,4
Cod in the Irish Sea	0,4

3. For the cod stock in the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the eastern Channel, the objective set out in paragraph 1 shall be attained while maintaining the fishing mortality on cod on appropriate age groups referred to in Article 8.