Prior Notification & Designated Ports for Community Fishing Vessels
Masters of fishing vessels of 12 metre length overall and above are required to provide prior notification of arrival into port (PNO) as stated in EU legislation.
Notification must be submitted via the electronic fishing logbook at least 4 hours before the estimated time of entering port. If the vessel does not have an electronic reporting system (ERS), or if there are issues with ERS, masters should contact the Fisheries Monitoring Centre. Contact details for the FMC are available here.
Masters of Irish sea-fishing vessels must also provide notice (PNO) if they intend to land or tranship 150 kilograms or more of Monkfish (ANF), 100kg or more of deep sea species, certain pelagic species over 10 tonnes, and as required by any Fisheries Natura Declaration or Authorisation.
Norwegian vessels in European Waters are subject to providing notification and exchanging data under the EU-Norway agreement of November 2011.
In addition, certain quantities and species of fish must be landed into designated ports. The table below lists the designated ports in Ireland for Irish fishing vessels and the species for which they are designated. S.I. No. 365 of 2019, S.I. No. 55 of 2013, SI No. 416 of 2021 and S.I. No. 638 of 2022
Please refer to Fisheries Information Notice Landing and Prior Notification Requirements of Irish FVs which includes detailed information of these requirements and a map of the designated landing ports in Ireland.