OBJECTIVE: the proposal for a regulation aims to specify the conditions under which herring may
be landed for industrial purposes other than human consumption.
SUBSTANCE: by regulation 2115/77/EEC, it is prohibited for fishing vessels of Member States to
land herring, irrespective of their geographic origin, for the purpose of reduction to fish meal and
oil (industrial fishing). Finland and Sweden are exempt from the conditions of this regulation until
the end of 1997. Since 1995 a derogation has been maintained in the annual TAC and quota
regulations permitting landings for industrial purposes of herring taken in the Baltic Sea. The
Commission proposal indicates that, from 1 January 1988, industrial fishing for herring should be
permitted in the Baltic Sea but should be prohibited elsewhere. The proposal annuls Regulation
2115/77/EEC and replaces it by reference to conditions which already exist in Regulations
894/97/EC (technical measures outside the Baltic Sea) and 1866/86/EEC (technical measures within
the Baltic Sea) and the annual TAC and quota regulation (Regulation 390/97/EC).
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