22. 7. 88 Official Journal of the Europeah Communities No L 191/7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2178/88 of 18 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ‘COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Eur0pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (‘), and in particular Article 11 thereof, £ - Having regard to the proposal from the. Commission, Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 states that the conservation measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 thereof must be formulated in the light of the available scientific advice ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2244/87 (), lays down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources found in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound; Whereas, by its letters of 8 Degember 1986 and 21 December 1987, the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission, established by the Baltic Sea Convention, notified the contracting parties of certain recommen- dations to modify those technical measures as adopted at the 12th and 13th sessions of the Commission ; Whereas the abovementioned Convention provides that the Community must bring'these recommendations into force in the waters of the Baltic Sea and the Belts, subject to the objection procedure laid down in Article XI of the Convention ; Whereas it is necessary to clarify the provisions concerning the non-application of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 to fishing operations carried out during the course of artificial restocking or transplantation of fish, crustaceans or molluscs. by providing that the other provisions of the. Regulation apply only to fish, crustaceans and molluscs caught for that purpose and sold -for human consumption, () OJ No L 24, 27.-1. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 15. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Arsicle 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 is hereby amended as follows : 1. the entries in the table in Article 2 (1) for salmon . (Salmo salar) and sea trout (Salmo trutta) and note 1 of the table are deleted; 2. Article 7 (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. By way of derogation from Article 5 (1), it shall "be permitted to attach to the outside of the codend and the lengthening piece a strengthening bag. A strengthening bag is a cylindrical piece of netting completely | surroundmg the codend and the lengthening piece. It may be made of either the same or heavier material as the codend or lengthening piece. The mesh size of the strengthening bag shall be at least twice as large as that of the codend except that its minimum mesh size shall not be less than 80 mm. A strengthening bag may be attached at the following points : (a) at its forward edge; and (b) at its rear edge; and, either (c) laced circumferentially to the codend and the - lengthening piece around one row of meshes ; or (d) laced longitudinally along a single row of meshes. ; 3. Article 9 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 9 Restrictioné on fishing for salmon and sea trout 1. It shall be prohibited, in fishing for ‘salmon (Salmo salar) or sea trout (Salmo trutta): — to use .drifting or anchored floating nets from 15 June to 15 September in the waters of subdivisions 22 to 31 beyond four nautical miles measured from the baselines, — to use drifting or anchored lines from 1 April to 15 November in the waters of subdivisions 22 to 31 beyond four nautical miles measured from the baselines, — to use drifting nets, anchored floating nets, drifting lines or anchored lines from 1 July to 15 September in the waters of subdivision 32 beyond four nautical miles measured from the baselines.