Council Regulation (EC) No. 66/1999 laying down for 1999 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries.

Member States shall forward to the Commission a list of all vessels registered in their ports or flying their flag, which intend to take part in the fishing activities. Catches in 1999 of the species set out in Annex I hereto by fishing vessels registered in the ports of Member States or flying their flag shall be limited, within the divisions of the Regulatory Area referred to in that Annex, to the quotas set out therein. Fishing in 1999 for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in division 3M of the Regulatory Area shall be subject to the limitations and conditions set out in Annex II. Member States shall inform the Commission of the fishing plan for their vessels fishing for Greenland halibut and redfish. In article 7 are indicated the technical measures and the mesh size. By-catches of the species may not exceed for each species on board 2 500 kg or 10 % by weight of all fish on board. Rules for control measures and scientific and statistical data are provided under article 8 and 9.