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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

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Species Area** Area Code Catch limit ^ (Seines)/over 55ft/under 55ft  -  March 2023  ***2023 Quota (TAC)  March  2023   Tonnes            % uptake Last Tonnes Update 
ALBACORE  All areas ALB/AN05N Closed 3104 0 0.00% 02-Jun-23
BLUEFIN All areas BFT/AE45WM See authorisation/FMN^   1   02-Jun-23
BLUE WHITING V, VI, VII, XII, XIV WHB/1X14 See authorisation/FMN^ 47737 53,638 112.36% 02-Jun-23
BOR VI, VII and VIII BOR/678- See authorisation/FMN^ 15749 11,248 71.42% 02-Jun-23
COD VIIa COD/07A. 0.40 /0.20 83 20 23.82% 02-Jun-23
COD VIIb-c, VIIe-k, VIII, IX, X CECEF 34.1.1 COD/7XAD34 0.60 /0.30 336 109 32.37% 02-Jun-23
PICKED DOGFISH (Spurdog) I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, XIV DGS/15X14 3 / 3 1871 165 8.83% 02-Jun-23
HADDOCK VIIa HAD/07A. (12) / 8/ 4 1003 392 39.04% 02-Jun-23
HADDOCK VIa (Vb, VIa) HAD/5BC6A. 24 / 12 887 394 44.39% 02-Jun-23
HADDOCK VIb  HAD/6B1214 12 / 6 264 138 52.38% 02-Jun-23
HADDOCK VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X HAD/7X7A34 (9)/ 6/ 3 2275 1,385 60.89% 02-Jun-23
HAKE VI, VII HKE/571214 14 / 7 2509 1,829 72.88% 02-Jun-23
HERRING I,II HER/1/2- See authorisation/FMN^ 2970 0 0.00% 02-Jun-23
HERRING VIa(N) HER/5B6ANB See authorisation/FMN^ 161 46 28.30% 02-Jun-23
HERRING VIa(S) HER/6AS7BC See authorisation/FMN^ 1720 192 11.17% 02-Jun-23
HERRING IVa, IVb HER/4/AB See authorisation/FMN^   82   02-Jun-23
HERRING VIIa Manx HER/07A/MM See authorisation/FMN^ 439 0 0.00% 02-Jun-23
HERRING VIIg-k HER/7G-K See authorisation/FMN^ 750 4 0.56% 02-Jun-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 1,416 44.06% 02-Jun-23
LING VI-XIV LIN/6X14. 30 / 15 865 120 13.83% 02-Jun-23
MACKEREL All areas MAC/2CX14-  MAC/*04A-C  MAC/*04N- See authorisation/FMN^ 52586 43,962 83.60% 02-Jun-23
MEGRIM VII LEZ/07. 20 / 10 3297 597 18.12% 02-Jun-23
MEGRIM VI LEZ/56-14 18 / 9 605 222 36.68% 02-Jun-23
MONK VII ANF/07. 8 / 4 3327 1,553 46.67% 02-Jun-23
MONK VI ANF/56-14 4 / 2 363 207 56.97% 02-Jun-23
NEPHROPS VII NEP/07. 20 / 10 6077 2,381 39.18% 02-Jun-23
NEPHROPS VI NEP/5BC6 8 / 4 179 6 3.30% 02-Jun-23
PLAICE VIIa PLE/07A. Open 767 7 0.91% 02-Jun-23
PLAICE VI PLE/56-14 Open 224 2 0.70% 02-Jun-23
PLAICE VIIbc PLE/7BC. Open 17 1 3.37% 02-Jun-23
PLAICE VIIfg PLE/7FG. 0.50 / 0.25 147 30 20.60% 02-Jun-23
PLAICE VIIhjk PLE/7HJK. 1.0 / 0.50 55 14 26.31% 02-Jun-23
POLLACK VII POL/07. 12 / 12 453 142 31.29% 02-Jun-23
POLLACK VI POL/56-14 1.0 / 0.50 18 3 18.21% 02-Jun-23
SAITHE VI POK/56-14 30 / 15  357 76 21.23% 02-Jun-23
SAITHE VII POK/7/3411 Open 1404 80 5.72% 02-Jun-23
Skates and Rays VIa-b, VIIa-c, VIIe-k SRX/67AKXD 16 / 8 1207 251 20.81% 02-Jun-23
SOLE VIIa SOL/07A. 2 / 1 103 14 13.31% 02-Jun-23
SOLE VI SOL/56-14 Open  46 3 5.62% 02-Jun-23
SOLE VIIbc SOL/7BC. 1.0 / 0.50 17 3 14.73% 02-Jun-23
SOLE VIIfg SOL/7FG. 0.10 / 0.05 41 21 51.30% 02-Jun-23
SOLE VIIhjk SOL/7HJK. 1.50 /1.50 96 25 26.31% 02-Jun-23
TUSK V-VII USK/567EI 2 / 1 237 5 2.20% 02-Jun-23
WHITING VIIa WHG/07A. 8 / 4 269 23 8.41% 02-Jun-23
WHITING VI WHG/56-14 12 / 6 802 28 3.51% 02-Jun-23
WHITING VIIb-k  WHG/7X7A-C 30 / 15 3877 630 16.24% 02-Jun-23

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 15th May 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 updated 2nd June 2023. 

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