Si en el momento de efectuar el reparto interno de esa cuota, no se toman en consideración, para descontárselos a los Estados miembros responsables, no sólo se discriminaría a los que se mantuvieron dentro de los límites fijados, sino que quedaría conculcado el principio de estabilidad relativa, que, como ya he apuntado, aspira a que las regiones cuya población depende de la pesca puedan seguir realizando esta actividad económica en función de las disponibilidades existentes.
Failure to take account, when distributing that quota within the Community, of the excess catches and to deduct them from the Member States responsible would amount not only to discrimination against the Member States which had remained within the set limits but also to infringement of the principle of relative stability, which, as I have already pointed out, requires that regions whose populations depend on fishing may continue to exercise that economic activity in accordance with existing resources.EurLex-2 EurLex-2