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2023 Quota Uptake - Landings

The European Community fishing quotas are determined at the December meeting of the Council of Ministers held in Brussels.  These quotas are published in an annual Total Allowable Catch Regulation; this legislation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters. 

The Species stock areas may be denoted by a single ICES area e.g. Cod in ICES area VIIa (the Irish Sea), or may be a combination of ICES areas. When a national quota catch limit for a stock area has been reached, landings of that species by vessels belonging to that nation are no longer permitted.

The following table shows the percentage uptake by Irish fishing vessels of the national quota by species stock area. Note: Not all stock areas are included below, the absence of a species/area combination does not imply that it is not under quota.

2023 Landings and Percentage Quota Uptake

see ref * at bottom of the table

 

Quota uptake weights reflect declared figures only (unless noted), changes to quota (TAC) are supplied by DAFM and will be updated monthly. All figures are provisional, for critical applications please contact the SFPA directly.

** For more specific stock area definitions please consult relevant TAC and quota regulations

***2023 Quota (TAC); last updated 27th October is provisional. This updated TAC is not final for 2023.

^Catch limits shown are guidelines only. For a definite list of catch limits and full terms and conditions, please see  The Fisheries Management Notices (FMN) in the link below -  demersal catch limits shown only apply where no authorisation exists for your vessel, note that some stocks are by-catch only and may not be targetted. Pelagic catch limits are not shown.

Last update 8th December 2023. 

gov.ie - Fisheries Management Notices 2023 (www.gov.ie)

Species Area** Area Code Catch limit ^ (Seines)/over 55ft/under 55ft  -  December 2023 ***2023 Quota (TAC)  December  2023 Tonnes           % uptake Last Tonnes Update 
ALBACORE  All areas ALB/AN05N Closed 3257 3,025 92.88% 08-Dec-23
BLUEFIN All areas BFT/AE45WM See authorisation/FMN^   19   08-Dec-23
BLUE WHITING V, VI, VII, XII, XIV WHB/1X14 See authorisation/FMN^ 56756 53,638 94.51% 08-Dec-23
BOR VI, VII and VIII BOR/678- See authorisation/FMN^ 17238 14,522 84.24% 08-Dec-23
COD VIIa COD/07A. 2 / 1 83 38 45.23% 08-Dec-23
COD VIIb-c, VIIe-k, VIII, IX, X CECEF 34.1.1 COD/7XAD34 2/1 301 208 69.06% 08-Dec-23
PICKED DOGFISH (Spurdog) I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, XIV DGS/15X14 30 / 30 1871 377 20.17% 08-Dec-23
HADDOCK VIIa HAD/07A. (18) / 12/ 6 1134 945 83.30% 08-Dec-23
HADDOCK VIa (Vb, VIa) HAD/5BC6A. 24 / 12 1089 892 81.87% 08-Dec-23
HADDOCK VIb  HAD/6B1214 0.05 / 0.05 325 314 96.58% 08-Dec-23
HADDOCK VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X HAD/7X7A34 (21)/ 14/ 7 3473 2,848 82.01% 08-Dec-23
HAKE VI, VII HKE/571214 24 / 12 3921 3,342 85.23% 08-Dec-23
HERRING I,II HER/1/2- See authorisation/FMN^ 3327 1,016 30.53% 08-Dec-23
HERRING VIa(N) HER/5B6ANB See authorisation/FMN^ 213 46 21.51% 08-Dec-23
HERRING VIa(S) HER/6AS7BC See authorisation/FMN^ 1689 414 24.51% 08-Dec-23
HERRING IVa, IVb HER/4/AB See authorisation/FMN^ 300 266 88.65% 08-Dec-23
HERRING VIIa Manx HER/07A/MM See authorisation/FMN^ 521 369 70.75% 08-Dec-23
HERRING VIIg-k HER/7G-K See authorisation/FMN^ 750 584 77.91% 08-Dec-23
HORSE MACKEREL IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, EU waters of Vb, XII & XIV   JAX/2A-14 See authorisation/FMN^ 3213 1,661 51.70% 08-Dec-23
LING VI-XIV LIN/6X14. 30 / 15 854 201 23.49% 08-Dec-23
MACKEREL All areas MAC/2CX14-  MAC/*04A-C  MAC/*04N- See authorisation/FMN^ 53598 51,685 96.43% 08-Dec-23
MEGRIM VII LEZ/07. 30 / 15 3612 1,371 37.97% 08-Dec-23
MEGRIM VI LEZ/56-14 30 / 15 677 389 57.49% 08-Dec-23
MONK VII ANF/07. 18 / 9 3924 3,333 84.95% 08-Dec-23
MONK VI ANF/56-14 15 / 7.50 670 541 80.72% 08-Dec-23
NEPHROPS VII NEP/07. 24 / 12 6873 6,005 87.38% 08-Dec-23
NEPHROPS VI NEP/5BC6 20 / 10 197 77 39.17% 08-Dec-23
PLAICE VIIa PLE/07A. Open 821 20 2.40% 08-Dec-23
PLAICE VI PLE/56-14 Open 251 5 2.11% 08-Dec-23
PLAICE VIIbc PLE/7BC. Open 17 2 9.99% 08-Dec-23
PLAICE VIIfg PLE/7FG. 2/1 133 81 60.98% 08-Dec-23
PLAICE VIIhjk PLE/7HJK. 2/1 48 30 63.41% 08-Dec-23
POLLACK VII POL/07. 20 / 20 518 196 37.81% 08-Dec-23
POLLACK VI POL/56-14 2  /  1. 20 6 31.28% 08-Dec-23
SAITHE VI POK/56-14 5/2.50 138 114 82.45% 08-Dec-23
SAITHE VII POK/7/3411 Open 1560 110 7.03% 08-Dec-23
Skates and Rays VIa-b, VIIa-c, VIIe-k SRX/67AKXD 40/20 1057 572 54.13% 08-Dec-23
SOLE VIIa SOL/07A. 4 / 2 102 50 48.54% 08-Dec-23
SOLE VI SOL/56-14 Open  45 9 20.23% 08-Dec-23
SOLE VIIbc SOL/7BC. 4 / 2 18 6 35.43% 08-Dec-23
SOLE VIIfg SOL/7FG. 0.50/0.25 55 37 68.12% 08-Dec-23
SOLE VIIhjk SOL/7HJK. 1 / 1 80 66 83.12% 08-Dec-23
TUSK V-VII USK/567EI 2 / 1 263 7 2.67% 08-Dec-23
WHITING VIIa WHG/07A. 10 / 5 268 34 12.69% 08-Dec-23
WHITING VI WHG/56-14 30 / 15 773 172 22.29% 08-Dec-23
WHITING VIIb-k  WHG/7X7A-C 70 / 35 3631 1,388 38.24% 08-Dec-23