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2024 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.

2024 Landings and Percentage Quota Uptake

see ref * at bottom of the table

Species Area** Area Code Catch limit ^ (Seines)/over 55ft/under 55ft  -  June 2024 ***2024 Quota (TAC)  July  2024 Tonnes           % Uptake Last Tonnes Update 
ALBACORE  All areas ALB/AN05N Closed 4057 833 21% 26-Jul-24
BLUEFIN All areas BFT/AE45WM See authorisation/FMN^ 0 2   26-Jul-24
BLUE WHITING V, VI, VII, XII, XIV WHB/1X14 See authorisation/FMN^ 59283 62,478 105% 26-Jul-24
BOR VI, VII and VIII BOR/678- See authorisation/FMN^ 18869 11,378 60% 26-Jul-24
COD VIIa COD/07A. 2 / 1 82 7 8% 26-Jul-24
COD VIIb-c, VIIe-k, VIII, IX, X CECEF 34.1.1 COD/7XAD34 1.50 / 0.75 314 143 45% 26-Jul-24
PICKED DOGFISH (Spurdog) I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, XIV DGS/15X14 40 / 40 1887 276 15% 26-Jul-24
HADDOCK VIIa HAD/07A. (21) / 14 / 7 839 297 35% 26-Jul-24
HADDOCK VIa (Vb, VIa) HAD/5BC6A. 40 / 20 1329 497 37% 26-Jul-24
HADDOCK VIb  HAD/6B1214 10 / 5 255 181 71% 26-Jul-24
HADDOCK VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X HAD/7X7A34 (12) / 8 / 4 1866 1,167 63% 26-Jul-24
HAKE VI, VII HKE/571214 22 / 11 2627 1,719 65% 26-Jul-24
HERRING I,II HER/1/2- See authorisation/FMN^ 1948 2,141 110% 26-Jul-24
HERRING VIa(N) HER/5B6ANB See authorisation/FMN^ 267 522 195% 26-Jul-24
HERRING VIa(S) HER/6AS7BC See authorisation/FMN^ 2064 398 19% 26-Jul-24
HERRING IVa, IVb HER/4/AB See authorisation/FMN^ 5 5   26-Jul-24
HERRING VIIa Manx HER/07A/MM See authorisation/FMN^ 218 21 10% 26-Jul-24
HERRING VIIg-k HER/7G-K See authorisation/FMN^ 750 25 3% 26-Jul-24
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^ 3162 1,179 37% 26-Jul-24
LING VI-XIV LIN/6X14. 30 / 15 636 103 16% 26-Jul-24
MACKEREL All areas MAC/2CX14-  MAC/*04A-C  MAC/*04N- See authorisation/FMN^ 46960 43,024 92% 26-Jul-24
MEGRIM VII LEZ/07. 30 / 15 3360 697 21% 26-Jul-24
MEGRIM VI LEZ/56-14 24 / 12 645 141 22% 26-Jul-24
MONK VII ANF/07. 12 / 6 3554 1,794 50% 26-Jul-24
MONK VI ANF/56-14 8 / 4 410 203 50% 26-Jul-24
NEPHROPS VII NEP/07. 26 / 13 6235 4,325 69% 26-Jul-24
NEPHROPS VI NEP/5BC6 12 / 6 177 20 11% 26-Jul-24
PLAICE VIIa PLE/07A. Open 570 8 1% 26-Jul-24
PLAICE VI PLE/56-14 Open 224 1 0% 26-Jul-24
PLAICE VIIbc PLE/7BC. Open 12 3 26% 26-Jul-24
PLAICE VIIfg PLE/7FG. 1.0 / 0.50 142 25 17% 26-Jul-24
PLAICE VIIhjk PLE/7HJK. 1.0 / 0.5 49 12 24% 26-Jul-24
POLLACK VII POL/07. 0.05**** / 0.05**** 58 33 57% 26-Jul-24
POLLACK VI POL/56-14 0.10 / 0.10 13 2 18% 26-Jul-24
SAITHE VI POK/56-14 20/10 129 30 23% 26-Jul-24
SAITHE VII POK/7/3411 Open 862 21 2% 26-Jul-24
Skates and Rays VIa-b, VIIa-c, VIIe-k SRX/67AKXD 20 / 10 1111 286 26% 26-Jul-24
SOLE VIIa SOL/07A. 1.0 / 0.50 69 29 42% 26-Jul-24
SOLE VI SOL/56-14 Open  45 6 14% 26-Jul-24
SOLE VIIbc SOL/7BC. 0.20 / 0.10 12 5 38% 26-Jul-24
SOLE VIIfg SOL/7FG. 0.10/ 0.05 37 20 53% 26-Jul-24
SOLE VIIhjk SOL/7HJK. 1 / 1 66 37 55% 26-Jul-24
TUSK V-VII USK/567EI 2 / 1 382 6 2% 26-Jul-24
WHITING VIIa WHG/07A. 10 / 5 262 24 9% 26-Jul-24
WHITING VI WHG/56-14 20 / 10 934 26 3% 26-Jul-24
WHITING VIId (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*07D 40 / 20 5110 0 0% 26-Jul-24
WHITING VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*7XAD 16**** / 8**** 1301 361 28% 26-Jul-24

 

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

***2024 Quota (TAC); last updated 01st July is provisional. This updated TAC is not final for 2024.

**** By-catch only

^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 26th July 2024. 

gov.ie - Fisheries Management Notices 2024 (www.gov.ie)