F1ANNEX IIIMAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS

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Area of fishing

Fishery

Number of fishing authorisations

Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States

Maximum number of vessels present at any time

Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen

Herring, north of 62° 00' N

To be established

DK

To be established

To be established

DE

To be established

FR

To be established

IE

To be established

NL

To be established

PL

To be established

SV

To be established

UK

To be established

Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N

80

DE

16

50

IE

1

ES

20

FR

18

PT

9

UK

14

Unallocated

2

Mackerel302

Not relevant

Not relevant

70

Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N

480

DK

450

150

UK

30

Faroese waters

All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines

26

BE

0

13

DE

4

FR

4

UK

18

Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28' N and east of 6° 30' W

8303

Not relevant

4

Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20' N and 62° 00' N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines

70

BE

0

26

DE

10

FR

40

UK

20

Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30' N and west of 9° 00' W and in the area between 7° 00' W and 9° 00' W south of 60° 30' N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30' N, 7° 00' W and 60°00' N, 6°00' W

70

DE304

8

20305

FR305

12

Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the cod end

70

Not relevant

22305

Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called 'main fishing area of blue whiting'

34

DE

2

20

DK

5

FR

4

NL

6

UK

7

SE

1

ES

4

IE

4

PT

1

Line fisheries

10

UK

10

6

Mackerel

12

DK

1

12

BE

0

DE

1

FR

1

IE

2

NL

1

SE

1

UK

5

Herring, north of 62° 00' N

20

DK

5

DE

2

IE

2

FR

1

NL

2

PL

1

SE

3

UK

4

Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.

These figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.

These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

These figures are included in the figures for Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.