Council Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006 of 19 December 2006 fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2007of 1 June 2007adapting certain fish quotas for 2007 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, 307R0609, June 2, 2007
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2007of 28 June 2007amending Regulations (EC) No 1941/2006, (EC) No 2015/2006 and (EC) No 41/2007, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks, 307R0754, June 30, 2007
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1533/2007of 17 December 2007amending Regulations (EC) No 2015/2006 and (EC) No 41/2007, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks, 307R1533, December 21, 2007
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 541/2008of 16 June 2008adapting certain fish quotas for 2008 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, 308R0541, June 17, 2008
Council Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006of 19 December 2006fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries PolicyOJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59., and in particular Article 20 thereof, Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, Whereas: (1)Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 the Council is to adopt the measures necessary to ensure access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities taking into account, inter alia, available scientific advice. (2)Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, it is incumbent upon the Council to establish fishing opportunities by fishery or group of fisheries and to allocate them in accordance with prescribed criteria. (3)The latest scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) concerning certain stocks of fish found in the deep sea indicates that those stocks are harvested unsustainably, and that fishing opportunities for those stocks should be reduced in order to assure their sustainability. (4)The ICES has further advised that the exploitation rate of orange roughy in ICES Area VII is much too high. Scientific advice further indicates that orange roughy in Area VI is heavily depleted, and areas of vulnerable aggregations of these species have been identified. It is therefore appropriate to prohibit fishing for orange roughy in those areas. (5)In order to ensure effective management of quotas, the specific conditions under which fishing operations occur should be established. (6)In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year to year management of TACs and quotasOJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3., it is necessary to indicate which stocks are subject to the various measures fixed therein. (7)The measures provided for in this Regulation should be fixed by reference to ICES zones as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the Northeast AtlanticOJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 (OJ L 74, 19.3.2005, p. 5). and to CECAF zones (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North AtlanticOJ L 270, 13.11.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).. (8)The fishing opportunities should be utilised in accordance with the Community legislation on the matter, and in particular with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fishOJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1804/2005 (OJ L 290, 4.11.2005, p. 10)., Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vesselsOJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9., Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policyOJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1)., Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permitsOJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 7., Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organismsOJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5). Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable for fishing for deep-sea stocksOJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2269/2004 (OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 1)., and Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98OJ L 349, 31.12.2005, p. 1., HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 Subject-matter This Regulation fixes for 2007 and for 2008, for stocks of deep-sea species and for Community fishing vessels, annual fishing opportunities in zones in Community waters and in certain non-Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which fishing opportunities may be utilised.
Article 2 Definitions 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, "deep-sea fishing permit" means the fishing permit referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002. 2. The definitions of ICES and CECAF zones are those given, respectively, in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 and Regulation (EC) No 2597/95.
Article 3 Fixing of fishing opportunities Fishing opportunities for stocks of deep-sea species for Community vessels are fixed as set out in the Annex.
Article 4 Allocation among Member States The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States provided for in the Annex shall be without prejudice to: (a)exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; (b)reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21(4) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; (c)additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96; (d)quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96; (e)deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
Article 5 Quota flexibility For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, all quotas in the Annex to the present Regulation shall be considered "Analytic" quotas. However, the measures provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to those quotas.
Article 6 Conditions for landing catch and by-catch Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed by this Regulation may be retained on board or landed only if they were taken by vessels of a Member State which has a quota which is not exhausted. All landings shall count against the quota. The first subparagraph shall not apply to catches taken in the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98, which shall not count against the quota.
Article 7 Orange Roughy 1. The Orange Roughy Protection Areas are defined as the following sea areas: (a)that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W 57° 00′ N, 8° 30′ W 56° 23′ N, 8° 30′ W 55° 00′ N, 9° 38′ W 55° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W 57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W; (b)that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 55° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W 53° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W 50° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W 50° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W; (c)that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 55° 00′ N, 13° 51′ W 55° 00′ N, 10° 37′ W 54° 15′ N, 10° 37′ W 53° 30′ N, 11° 50′ W 53° 30′ N, 13° 51′ W. Those positions and the corresponding rhumb lines and vessel positions shall be measured according to the WGS84 standard. 2. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit shall be properly monitored by the Fisheries Monitoring Centres (FMC), which shall have a system to detect and record the vessels’ entry into, transit through and exit from the areas defined in paragraph 1. 3. Vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit that have entered the areas defined in paragraph 1 shall not retain on board or tranship any quantity of orange roughy, nor land any quantity of orange roughy at the end of that fishing trip unless: (a)all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93; (b)the average speed during transit is not less than 8 knots.
Article 8 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply as from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ANNEX PART 1 Definition of Species and Species Groups Within each area fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. However, deep sea sharks are placed at the beginning of that list. A table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation:
Common name Scientific name
Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo
Alfonsinos Beryx spp.
Tusk Brosme brosme
Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris
Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus
Blue ling Molva dypterigia
Forkbeards Phycis blennoides
Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo
Where reference is made to "deep sea sharks", this shall refer to sharks in the following list of species: Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), Leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), Birdbeak dogfish (Deania calceus), Kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), Greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), Velvet belly (Etmopterus spinax), Black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii), Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus), Blackmouth dogfish (Galeus melastomus), Mouse catshark (Galeus murinus), Iceland catshark (Apristuris spp.). PART 2 Annual fishing opportunities applicable for Community vessels in areas where catch limitations exist by species and by area (in tonnes live weight) All references are to ICES sub-areas unless otherwise stated.
By-catches only. No directed fisheries for deep sea sharks are permitted.
SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX
Year 2007 2008
Germany 59 40
Spain 280 210
Estonia 4 2
France 1014 807
Ireland 209 110
Lithuania 4 2
Poland 4 2
Portugal 381 232
United Kingdom 562 422
EC 2517 1827
SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks ZoneX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008
Portugal 20 22
EC 20 22
SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks and Deania histricosa and Deania profondorum ZoneXII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008
Spain 69 41
France 22 11
Ireland 5 3
United Kingdom 4 2
EC 100 57
SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV
Year 2007 2008
Germany 5 6
France 5 6
United Kingdom 5 6
EC 15 18
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII and XII
Year 2007 2008
Germany 35 37
Spain 173 173
Estonia 17 17
France 2433 2695
Ireland 96 88
Latvia 113 113
Lithuania 1 1
Poland 1 1
United Kingdom 173 182
Others 9 9
EC 3051 3316
SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX and X
Year 2007 2008
Spain 13 14
France 31 42
Portugal 3956 4344
EC 4000 4400
SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCECAF 34.1.2. (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries.)
Year 2007 2008
Portugal 4285 4714
EC 4285 4714
SpeciesAlfonsinosBeryx spp. ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year 2007 2008
Spain 74 74
France 20 23
Ireland 10 10
Portugal 214 204
United Kingdom 10 11
EC 328 322
SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, IV and Va
Year 2007 2008
Denmark 2 2
Germany 2 2
France 14 15
United Kingdom 2 2
EC 20 21
Quota may be fished in EC waters of ICES zones IIIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId only.
SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneIIIa and Community waters of IIIbcd
Year 2007 2008
Denmark 1002 946
Germany 6 6
Sweden 52 54
EC 1060 1006
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of Vb, VI and VII
Year 2007 2008
Germany 9 10
Estonia 67 67
Spain 74 74
France 3789 4173
Ireland 323 331
Lithuania 87 87
Poland 44 44
United Kingdom 222 239
Others 9 9
EC 4624 5034
SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year 2007 2008
Germany 40 51
Spain 4391 4403
France 202 222
Ireland 9 10
United Kingdom 18 20
Latvia 71 71
Lithuania 9 9
Poland 1374 1374
EC 6114 6160
SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneVI (Community waters)
Year 2007 2008
Spain 6 5
France 33 25
Ireland 6 5
United Kingdom 6 5
EC 51 40
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneVII (Community waters)
Year 2007 2008
Spain 1 1
France 147 108
Ireland 43 –103
United Kingdom 1 1
Others 1 1
EC 193 8
SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneCommunity waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIV
Year 2007 2008
Spain 4 3
France 23 18
Ireland 6 5
Portugal 7 5
United Kingdom 4 3
EC 44 34
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of II, IV and V
Year 2007 2008
Denmark 8 7
Germany 7 7
France 42 40
Ireland 7 6
United Kingdom 25 22
Others 7 6
EC 96 88
SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneIII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008
Denmark 9 7
Germany 4 3
Sweden 8 7
EC 21 17
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Member States shall ensure that the fishery for blue ling is scientifically monitored, in particular the activities of those fishing vessels that landed more than 30 tonnes of blue ling in 2005. All vessels shall give prior notification of landing of more than 5 tonnes of blue ling and shall not land more than 25 tonnes of blue ling at the end of any fishing trip.
SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI and VII
Year 2007 2008
Germany 26 21
Estonia 4 3
Spain 83 –72
France 1898 1698
Ireland 7 6
Lithuania 2 1
Poland 1 1
United Kingdom 482 408
Others 7 6
EC 2510 2072
Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI, VII and VIII
Year 2007 2008
Spain 238 222
France 12 17
Ireland 10 9
United Kingdom 30 30
Others 9 9
EC 299 287
SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneIX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008
Spain 850 935
Portugal 230 253
EC 1080 1188
Up to 10 % of the 2008 quotas may be taken in December 2007.
SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008
Spain 10 11
Portugal 1116 1116
United Kingdom 10 11
EC 1136 1138
SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV
Year 2007 2008
Germany 10 11
France 10 11
United Kingdom 16 18
EC 36 40
SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI and VII
Year 2007 2008
Germany 10 11
Spain 588 588
France 356 424
Ireland 276 260
United Kingdom 814 885
EC 2044 2168
SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII and IX
Year 2007 2008
Spain 242 247
France 11 18
Portugal 10 10
EC 263 275
Species18Phycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of X and XII
Year 2007 2008
France 10 11
Portugal 43 47
United Kingdom 10 11
EC 63 69