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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  -  February 2024 ***2024 Quota (TAC)  February  2024 Tonnes           % Uptake Last Tonnes Update 
ALBACORE  All areas ALB/AN05N Closed 3967 0 0% 15-Mar-24
BLUEFIN All areas BFT/AE45WM See authorisation/FMN^ 0 1   15-Mar-24
BLUE WHITING V, VI, VII, XII, XIV WHB/1X14 See authorisation/FMN^ 59933 14,099 24% 15-Mar-24
BOR VI, VII and VIII BOR/678- See authorisation/FMN^ 18899 11,239 59% 15-Mar-24
COD VIIa COD/07A. 1 / 0.5 82 3 3% 15-Mar-24
COD VIIb-c, VIIe-k, VIII, IX, X CECEF 34.1.1 COD/7XAD34 1 / 0.5 335 22 7% 15-Mar-24
PICKED DOGFISH (Spurdog) I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, XIV DGS/15X14 30 / 30 1887 118 6% 15-Mar-24
HADDOCK VIIa HAD/07A. (15) / 10 / 5 839 124 15% 15-Mar-24
HADDOCK VIa (Vb, VIa) HAD/5BC6A. 28 / 14 1329 167 13% 15-Mar-24
HADDOCK VIb  HAD/6B1214 12 / 6 255 52 20% 15-Mar-24
HADDOCK VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X HAD/7X7A34 (9) / 6 / 3 1516 311 21% 15-Mar-24
HAKE VI, VII HKE/571214 18 / 9 2169 410 19% 15-Mar-24
HERRING I,II HER/1/2- See authorisation/FMN^ 1948 1,994 102% 15-Mar-24
HERRING VIa(N) HER/5B6ANB See authorisation/FMN^ 260 522 201% 15-Mar-24
HERRING VIa(S) HER/6AS7BC See authorisation/FMN^ 2064 398 19% 15-Mar-24
HERRING IVa, IVb HER/4/AB See authorisation/FMN^ 0 5   15-Mar-24
HERRING VIIa Manx HER/07A/MM See authorisation/FMN^ 218 21 10% 15-Mar-24
HERRING VIIg-k HER/7G-K See authorisation/FMN^ 750 25 3% 15-Mar-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^ 3244 1,169 36% 15-Mar-24
LING VI-XIV LIN/6X14. 30 / 15 636 26 4% 15-Mar-24
MACKEREL All areas MAC/2CX14-  MAC/*04A-C  MAC/*04N- See authorisation/FMN^ 47560 42,793 90% 15-Mar-24
MEGRIM VII LEZ/07. 20 / 10 3360 143 4% 15-Mar-24
MEGRIM VI LEZ/56-14 20 / 10 645 25 4% 15-Mar-24
MONK VII ANF/07. 8 / 4 3430 468 14% 15-Mar-24
MONK VI ANF/56-14 6 / 3 334 74 22% 15-Mar-24
NEPHROPS VII NEP/07. 20 / 10 6095 907 15% 15-Mar-24
NEPHROPS VI NEP/5BC6 10 / 5 177 0 0% 15-Mar-24
PLAICE VIIa PLE/07A. Open 570 5 1% 15-Mar-24
PLAICE VI PLE/56-14 Open 224 0 0% 15-Mar-24
PLAICE VIIbc PLE/7BC. Open 13 0 2% 15-Mar-24
PLAICE VIIfg PLE/7FG. 0.50 / 0.25 142 7 5% 15-Mar-24
PLAICE VIIhjk PLE/7HJK. 1 / 0.5 54 1 2% 15-Mar-24
POLLACK VII POL/07. 0.5**** / 0.5**** 58 15 26% 15-Mar-24
POLLACK VI POL/56-14 0.10 / 0.10 13 0 0% 15-Mar-24
SAITHE VI POK/56-14 20/10 285 12 4% 15-Mar-24
SAITHE VII POK/7/3411 Open 863 13 2% 15-Mar-24
Skates and Rays VIa-b, VIIa-c, VIIe-k SRX/67AKXD 20 / 10 1191 125 10% 15-Mar-24
SOLE VIIa SOL/07A. 2 / 1 69 12 17% 15-Mar-24
SOLE VI SOL/56-14 Open  46 0 0% 15-Mar-24
SOLE VIIbc SOL/7BC. 0.40 / 0.20 14 3 21% 15-Mar-24
SOLE VIIfg SOL/7FG. 0.2 / 0.1 37 6 16% 15-Mar-24
SOLE VIIhjk SOL/7HJK. 1 / 1 77 3 4% 15-Mar-24
TUSK V-VII USK/567EI 2 / 1 382 3 1% 15-Mar-24
WHITING VIIa WHG/07A. 10 / 5 262 11 4% 15-Mar-24
WHITING VI WHG/56-14 20 / 10 935 16 2% 15-Mar-24
WHITING VIId (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*07D 0 / 0 5110 0 0% 15-Mar-24
WHITING VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*7XAD 10**** / 5**** 1301 117 9% 15-Mar-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 02nd February 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 15th March 2024. 

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