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2026 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.

 

2026 Landings and Percentage Quota Uptake

see ref * at bottom of the table

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.

Species Area** Area Code Catch limit ^ (Seines)/over 55ft/under 55ft  -  July 2026 ***2026 Quota (TAC) 2026 Tonnes % Uptake Last Tonnes Update 
ALBACORE All Areas ALB/AN05N See authorisation/FMN^ 4459 4,934 111% 18-Sept-26
BLUEFIN All Areas BFT/ICAE45W_AMS See authorisation/FMN^ 104 22 21% 18-Sept-26
BLUE WHITING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 WHB/1X14 See authorisation/FMN^ 35798 35,571 99% 18-Sept-26
BOR 6, 7 and 8 BOR/678- See authorisation/FMN^ 23498 18,147 77% 18-Sept-26
COD 7a COD/07A. 3***/1.5*** 74 13 18% 18-Sept-26
COD 7b, 7c, 7e-k, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 COD/7XAD34 0***/0*** 29 32 110% 18-Sept-26
COD 6a; 5b east of 12° 00' W COD/5BE6A 0.05/0.05 31 31 99% 18-Sept-26
COD 6b; 5b west of 12° 00' W, 12 and 14 COD/5W6-14 0.4***/0.2*** 15 11 72% 18-Sept-26
PICKED DOGFISH 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8; 12 and 14 DGS/15X14 60/30 1526 596 39% 18-Sept-26
HADDOCK 7a HAD/07A. (15)10/5 292 15 5% 18-Sept-26
HADDOCK 5b, 6a HAD/5BC6A. 50/25 1354 650 48% 18-Sept-26
HADDOCK 6b; 12 and 14 HAD/6B1214 50/25 1160 586 51% 18-Sept-26
HADDOCK 7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 HAD/7X7A34 (9)***6***/3*** 569 451 79% 18-Sept-26
HAKE 5b; 6 and 7; 12 and 14 HKE/571214 12/6 2369 2,133 90% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 1 and 2 HER/1/2- See authorisation/FMN^ 1988 0 0% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 5b, 6aN and 6b  HER/5B6ANB See authorisation/FMN^ 79 6 8% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 6aS, 7b, 7c HER/6AS7BC See authorisation/FMN^ 3252 182 6% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 4a, 4b HER/4AB. See authorisation/FMN^ 109 0 0% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 7a Manx HER/07A/MM See authorisation/FMN^ 48 0 0% 18-Sept-26
HERRING 7a south of 52° 30' N ; 7g, 7h, 7j and 7k HER/7G-K. See authorisation/FMN^ 750 233 31% 18-Sept-26
HORSE MACKEREL 2a and 4a; 6, 7a-c, 7e-k, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; 5b; 12 and 14 JAX/2A-14 See authorisation/FMN^ 17830 6,816 38% 18-Sept-26
LING 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; 12 and 14 LIN/6X14. 30/15 244 92 38% 18-Sept-26
MACKEREL All Areas MAC/2CX14-  and  MAC/*4A-UK   and  MAC/*2A14 See authorisation/FMN^ 23241 11,108 48% 18-Sept-26
MEGRIM 7 LEZ/07. 50/25 2771 934 34% 18-Sept-26
MEGRIM 5b; 6; 12 and 14 LEZ/56-14 50/25 718 126 17% 18-Sept-26
MONK 7 ANF/07. 50/25 3657 1,886 52% 18-Sept-26
MONK 5b; 6; 12 and 14 ANF/56-14 50/25 1028 417 41% 18-Sept-26
NEPHROPS 7 NEP/07. 12/6 5752 4,678 81% 18-Sept-26
NEPHROPS 5b; 6 NEP/5BC6. 6/3 253 147 58% 18-Sept-26
PLAICE 7a PLE/07A. Open 142 6 4% 18-Sept-26
PLAICE 5b; 6; 12 and 14 PLE/56-14 Open 197 2 1% 18-Sept-26
PLAICE 7b and 7c PLE/7BC. 0.5/0.25 14 5 38% 18-Sept-26
PLAICE 7f and 7g PLE/7FG. 0.1/0.1 22 17 76% 18-Sept-26
PLAICE 7h, 7j and 7k PLE/7HJK. 1***/0.5*** 53 16 30% 18-Sept-26
POLLACK 7 POL/07. 0.5/0.25 157 54 34% 18-Sept-26
POLLACK 5b; 6; 12 and 14 POL/56-14 0.5/0.5 13 1 5% 18-Sept-26
SAITHE 5b; 6; 12 and 14 POK/56-14 0.05/0.05 31 53 171% 18-Sept-26
SAITHE 7, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 POK/7/3411 1/0.5 120 28 23% 18-Sept-26
Skates and Rays 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k SRX/67AKXD 30/15 854 369 43% 18-Sept-26
SOLE 7a SOL/07A. 2/1 82 26 32% 18-Sept-26
SOLE 5b; 6; 12 and 14 SOL/56-14 2/1 51 6 12% 18-Sept-26
SOLE 7b and 7c SOL/7BC. 0.1/0.05 15 4 27% 18-Sept-26
SOLE 7f and 7g SOL/7FG. 0/0 50 84 169% 18-Sept-26
SOLE 7h, 7j and 7k SOL/7HJK. 1/1 68 44 65% 18-Sept-26
TUSK 5; 6 and 7 USK/567EI. Open 338 9 3% 18-Sept-26
WHITING 7a WHG/07A. 16***/8*** 211 2 1% 18-Sept-26
WHITING 5b; 6; 12 and 14 WHG/56-14 Open 1433 23 2% 18-Sept-26
WHITING 7d  (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*07D Open 11268 0 0% 18-Sept-26
WHITING 7b - k excluding 7d  (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) WHG/*7XAD 50***/25*** 766 212 28% 18-Sept-26

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

***2026 Quota (TAC); last updated 01st September 2026 is provisional. This updated TAC is not final for 2026.

**** 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 18th September 2026. 

gov.ie - Fisheries Management Notices 2026 (www.gov.ie)