LegalizeCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1415/2004 of 19 July 2004 fixing the maximum annual fishing effort for certain fishing areas and fisheries
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation sets the maximum annual fishing effort for each Member State and for each area and fishery defined in Articles 3 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003.
Article 2
Maximum levels
Article 3
Transiting through an area
Article 4
Methodology
Each Member State shall ensure that the method used to record fishing effort is the same as the one used in assessing the levels of fishing effort according to Articles 3 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003.
Article 5
Compliance with other fishing effort limitation schemes
The maximum levels of annual fishing effort fixed in Annexes I and II shall be without prejudice to fishing effort limitations fixed under recovery plans or any other management measure under Community law provided that the measure with the lower amount of fishing effort is complied with.
Article 6
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
| Fishing area (except, where appropriate, for the area defined in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003) | Annual average of fishing effort, in kW(x) days (1), in connection with vessels equal to or more than 15 metres in length | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Denmark | Germany | Spain | France | Ireland | The Netherlands | Portugal | United Kingdom | |
| Table A | |||||||||
| Total | 8 197 827 | 215 234 | 424 882 | 88 117 785 | 77 270 095 | 10 229 052 | 759 606 | 35 728 844 | 50 021 901 |
| ICES V, VI | 58 452 | 215 234 | 186 370 | 2 460 000 | 11 649 154 | 2 324 932 | 6 000 | 0 | 24 017 229 |
| ICES VII | 7 396 910 | 0 | 233 560 | 17 957 785 | 40 657 844 | 7 904 120 | 350 279 | 0 | 25 756 266 |
| ICES VIII | 742 465 | 0 | 4 952 | 33 100 000 | 24 963 097 | 0 | 403 327 | 2 552 222 | 248 406 |
| ICES IX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 300 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 936 606 | 0 |
| ICES X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 360 033 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 500 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 659 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 800 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 378 452 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 406 872 | 0 |
| Table B | |||||||||
| Total | 354 066 | 0 | 0 | 380 000 | 8 349 182 | 530 778 | 155 157 | 0 | 5 290 044 |
| ICES V, VI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 766 | 0 | 0 | 1 974 425 |
| ICES VII | 354 066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 447 932 | 525 012 | 155 157 | 0 | 3 315 619 |
| ICES VIII | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 000 | 901 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICES IX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICES X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Table C | |||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 920 000 | 2 465 482 | 505 960 | 0 | 0 | 1 245 658 |
| ICES V, VI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 465 000 | 0 | 0 | 702 292 |
| ICES VII | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 946 719 | 40 960 | 0 | 0 | 543 366 |
| ICES VIII | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 000 | 518 763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICES IX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICES X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 670 000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CECAF 34.2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (1) For the calculation of fishing effort by vessel in a particular area, the activity is defined, for a vessel absent from port, as the number of days at sea by trip in the area, rounded up to the nearest whole number. |
ANNEX II
| Target species in the biologically sensitive area defined in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 | Annual average of fishing effort, in kW(x) days (1), for vessels equal to or more than 10 metres in length overall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Denmark | Germany | Spain | France | Ireland | The Netherlands | Portugal | United Kingdom | |
| Demersal species excluding those covered by Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 | 135 432 | 0 | 8 326 | 5 642 215 | 9 559 653 | 7 154 490 | 0 | 0 | 3 061 485 |
| Scallops | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 039 | 109 395 | 0 | 0 | 1 223 |
| Edible crab and spider crab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 690 | 63 198 | 0 | 0 | 393 |
| Total | 135 432 | 0 | 8 326 | 5 642 215 | 9 675 382 | 7 327 083 | 0 | 0 | 3 063 101 |
| (1) For the calculation of fishing effort by vessel in a particular area, the activity is defined, for the vessel absent from port, as the number of days at sea by trip in the area, rounded up to the nearest whole number. |
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