15. 6. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 151/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1589/90 of 11 June 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2245/85 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Tréaty establishing the European 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 ('), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof, Having . regard. to the proposal from the Commission, .. Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, the conservation measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 of that Regulation are to be formulated in the light of the available scientific advice ; Whereas the Convention on the. Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, hereinafter called ‘the Convention’, was approved by Decision 81/691/EEC (3; whereas it entered into force for the Community on 21 May 1982; Whereas the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources’ (CCAMLR), esta- blished by the Convention, adopted, on the recommenda- tion of its Scientific Committee, conservation measures for the waters off South Georgia, providing for total allo- wable catches (TAC) of 8 000 tonnes of Champsocephalus . gunnari and of 12 000 tonnes -of Patagonotothen brevi- cauda guntheri for the 1989/90 fishing year, a prohibi- tion on directed fishing for Notoihenia- gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus and Notothenia squamifrons for the whole of the 1989/90 fishing year-and for Champsocephalus gunnari from 20 November 1989 to 15 January 1990 and from 1 April 1990 to 4 November 1990, a limitation of 300 - tonnes on by-catches of Notothenia rossit, Notothenia gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus and Pseudochae- nichthys georgianus a restriction to-5:% of by-catches per haul of any one of those species. and a catch reporting system for the 1989/90 fishing year; Whereas these conservation measures were notified to the members of the CCAMLR on 29 November 1989; whereas, in the absence of objections to the measures, they become binding on 29 May 1990 under Article IX (6) of the Convention ; () OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 252, 5. 9. 1981, p. 26. Whereas the members of the CCAMLR stated that they intended to apply these conservation measures on a provi- sional - basis, without waiting until they became binding, . in view of the fact-that the TAC for Champsocephalus gunnari and Patagonotothen brevicauda guntberi and - the prohibition on directed fishing for Notothenia gibbe- rifrons, Chaenocepbalus aceratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus and Notothenia: squamifrons were fixed for the 1989/90 fishing year, which began on 1 July 1989, and that the closed season for Champsocephalus gunnari began on 20 November 1989 ; Whereas, therefore, the necessary provisions should now be laid down to ensure that the conservation measures adopted by the CCAMLR are applied to Community fishermen ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, it is for the Council to establish the TAC per stock or group of stocks, the share available to the Community and the specific conditions under which catches have to be taken; Whereas the fishing activities referred to in this Regula- tion are subject to the control measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activi- ties (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 () ; Whereas the TAC adopted by the CCAMLR for Champ- socephalus gunnari and Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri covers the entire 1989/90 fishing year ; whereas Member States should thérefore also communicate to the Commission the catches taken by their vessels between 1 July 1989 and the date on which this Regulation enters . into force ; Whereas: Regulation (EEC) No 2245/85(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1271/89 (%), should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Articles 2, 2a and 2b of Regulation (EEC) No 2245/85 are hereby replaced by the following: () OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1. () O] No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2 () OJ No L 210, 7. 8. 1985, p. 2 () O] No L 127, 11. 5. 1989, p. 7.