distant water fishing fleet | distant water fleet | DWF

deep-sea fishery worker

fishing fleet [ fishing capacity | Fishing vessels(ECLAS) ]

deep-sea fishing [ high-seas fishing | middle-water fishing | open sea fishing(GEMET) ]

Long Distance Advisory Council | Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council | Regional Advisory Council for high seas/ long distance fleet | LDAC [Abbr.]

offshore fishery | offshore fisheries | offshore fishing | deep-sea fishery

offshore fishing [ deep-sea fishing | deep sea fishing ]

deep-sea trawler

offshore fishing ground

6. Stresses the need for distant water fleets to contribute, in cooperation with Pacific countries, to reducing fishing pressure on tropical tuna stocks, including by substantially reducing mortality levels for juvenile big-eye tuna, a stock of great economic importance to the region and one which is currently overfished;

In view of the capacity requirements in the Community fishing fleet as contained in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2003 of 12 August 2003 laying down implementing rules on the Community Fleet Policy as defined in Chapter III of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 of 9 December 2004 laying down detailed implementation rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 , instruments should be introduced for the control ...[+++] of the fleet capacity which should include the monitoring of the engine power and of the use of fishing gear.

The negotiation and conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries, as well as their possible renewal, meet the overall objective of maintaining and safeguarding the traditional fishing activities of the Community fleet, including the distant-water fishing fleet.

Community fishing vessels should be allowed to engage in fishing activities outside Community waters only after having been authorised by the competent authority responsible for the authorisation of the fishing activities concerned, such as the competent authority of the third country in whose waters the fishing activities take place, the authority competent for authorising fishing activities in international waters covered by provisions adopted in the framework of an RFMO or similar arrangement, or, where it concerns fishing activities on the high seas not regulated by any agreement, the competent authorities of the Member States withou ...[+++]t prejudice to specific Community legislation concerning fishing activities on the high-seas.