Conservation of fishery resources : technical measures (18th amend. regul. 3094/86/EEC)

This proposal for a regulation aimed to amend for the 18th time Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources. The current regulation aimed to introduce a new system for the management of the fishing effort in Spain and Portugal. This system, which should apply from 1 January 1996, was designed to ensure that there was no increase in the fishing effort and to guarantee the preservation of the existing balances in specific areas in those countries. The amendments related specifically to: - the ban on the use of driftnets for catching tuna in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain or Portugal in ICES sub-areas VIII, IX or X and in CECAF areas, including waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain off the Canary Islands; - the ban on the use of purse seines for catching tropical tuna (skipjack, bigeye and longfinned tuna) in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal in ICES sub-area X north of 36 °30' N and in CECAF areas north of 31 °N and east of 17 °30' W. The regulation should enter into force on 1 January 1996. �