Dog kan medlemslandene indføre zoner på op til 12 sømil fra kysten, hvor fiskeriet er reserveret for kystfiskerne fra det pågældende land og andre fællesskabs­fiskere, der udøver historiske rettigheder.
Member States were allowed, however, to retain limits up to 12 miles from their shores, within which fishing was reserved for their own fleets and for boats from other member countries with traditional rights.