S.I. No. 155/2018 - Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) (Amendment) Regulations 2018


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th May, 2018.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea-Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 20041 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 20092 ), Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 20083 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009, Council Regulation (EU) No 1243/2012 of 19 December 20124 and Regulation (EU) 2016/2094 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 20165 ), Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 (as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20136 , Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of 17 December 20137 , Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 20148 and Regulation (EU) No 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 20159 ) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 201110 (other than Title VII) (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 201511 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 54 of 2016 ) is amended by substituting the following for the Schedule (as inserted by the Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 78 of 2017 )):

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE

List of designated ports in the State for the purposes of Article 25 of the Cod Regulation, Article 43(4) of the Council Regulation, Article 79 of the Commission Regulation and Article 9 of the Hake Regulation.

Designated Ports — Ireland

Community fishing vessels landing species subject to Multi Annual Plan

Community fishing vessels landing species subject to Multi Annual Plan

Hakegreater than 2 tonnes

Codgreater than 2 tonnes

Pelagic SpeciesMore than 10 tonnesIncluding Blue Whiting

Deep Sea Speciesmore than 100kg

Blue Fin Tuna (BFT)

Designated PortsCommunity Fishing Vessels

All ICES Zones

ICES Sub area 7a & 6a

All ICES Zones

All ICES Zones

Port

An Daingean

YES

YES

YES

YES

Ballycotton

YES

Baltimore

YES

YES

YES

Castletownbere

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Clogherhead

YES

YES

YES

Duncannon

YES (HERRING)

Dunmore East

YES

YES

YES

YES

Fenit

YES

Galway

YES

Greencastle

YES

YES

YES

Howth

YES

YES

YES

YES

Killybegs

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Kilmore Quay

YES

Kinsale

YES

Port of Cork

YES

YES

Rathmullan

YES

Renard

YES

Ros a Mhil

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Schull

YES

Union Hall

YES

YES

YES

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 May 2018.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide for the designation of the Port of Ballycotton for landings of Hake greater than 2 tonnes in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the Northern Hake Stock.

These Regulations also provide for the removal of the Port of Rosslare from the list of designated ports as provided for in the Schedule. The Port of Rosslare is being removed because, although listed in the Schedule, it was never, and is not proposed to be, designated for any of the species referred to in the Schedule.

1 OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 1

2 OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1

3 OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 20

4 OJ L 352, 21.12.2012, p. 10

5 OJ L 330, 3.12.2016, p. 1

6 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1

7 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.86

8 OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 1

9 OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p.1

10 OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p.1

11 OJ L 287, 31.10.2015, p. 6