Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

Published: 12 September 2013
Part of: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781782568124

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.

Sea fisheries statistics

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2008 to 2012

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Cod	IIa ( EU),IV	2008	18,386	8,748	47.6	8,734	99.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	23,902	11,584	48.5	11,394	98.4	8,310	34.8	8,258	99.4
			2010	15,536	14,281	91.9	14,123	98.9	10,243	65.9	10,204	99.6
			2011	22,279	12,484	56.0	12,290	98.4	8,607	38.6	8,550	99.3
			2012	21,974	12,386	56.4	12,190	98.4	9,262	42.1	9,211	99.5
	Haddock	Iia ( EU),IV	2008	37,626	31,914	84.8	27,352	85.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	32,679	28,704	87.8	28,388	98.9	25,213	77.2	24,987	99.1
			2010	21,241	25,368	119.4	24,980	98.5	20,169	95.0	19,935	98.8
			2011	26,432	24,347	92.1	23,278	95.6	19,009	71.9	18,227	95.9
			2012	30,158	27,719	91.9	27,302	98.5	23,147	76.8	22,927	99.1
	Whiting	Iia ( EU),IV	2008	15,012	10,556	70.3	10,389	98.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	12,593	8,994	71.4	8,852	98.4	7,301	58.0	7,197	98.6
			2010	8,185	7,782	95.1	7,843	100.8	6,089	74.4	6,088	100.0
			2011	13,349	9,150	68.5	8,831	96.5	6,960	52.1	6,803	97.7
			2012	15,750	10,985	69.7	9,865	89.8	8,760	55.6	8,160	93.1
	Saithe	Iia,III ( EU),IV	2008	65,232	11,901	18.2	11,777	99.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	60,448	12,918	21.4	12,530	97.0	8,469	14.0	8,269	97.6
			2010	39,291	12,094	30.8	11,966	98.9	7,084	18.0	7,045	99.5
			2011	43,842	10,451	23.8	10,295	98.5	5,667	12.9	5,555	98.0
			2012	37,774	8,139	21.5	7,714	94.8	5,091	13.5	4,914	96.5
	Plaice	Iia ( EU),IV	2008	47,875	11,690	24.4	11,411	97.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	52,615	13,111	24.9	13,143	100.2	2,297	4.4	2,352	102.4
			2010	34,120	14,763	43.3	14,780	100.1	1,214	3.6	1,169	96.3
			2011	68,862	15,996	23.2	15,199	95.0	1,526	2.2	1,357	88.9
			2012	79,201	18,943	23.9	17,018	89.8	1,557	2.0	899	57.7
	Sole	II,IV	2008	12,710	930	7.3	852	91.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	13,910	974	7.0	942	96.7	49	0.4	45	90.7
			2010	9,042	1,207	13.3	941	78.0	58	0.6	42	73.4
			2011	14,050	1,082	7.7	787	72.7	161	1.1	71	44.1
			2012	16,150	1,222	7.6	601	49.2	56	0.3	2	4.1
	Hake	Iia ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	1,896	2,198	115.9	1,936	88.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,808	3,147	174.1	3,152	100.2	1,174	64.9	1,174	100.0
			2010	1,935	1,989	102.8	1,897	95.4	716	37.0	655	91.4
			2011	1,935	1,932	99.8	1,920	99.4	1,040	53.7	1,052	101.2
			2012	1,935	1,851	95.7	1,827	98.7	982	50.8	955	97.2
	Nephrops	Iia ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	26,144	24,660	94.3	19,618	79.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	24,837	23,699	95.4	21,929	92.5	16,316	65.7	15,466	94.8
			2010	24,688	22,835	92.5	18,899	82.8	15,601	63.2	14,083	90.3
			2011	23,454	21,828	93.1	13,945	63.9	14,397	61.4	9,811	68.1
			2012	21,929	19,840	90.5	10,993	55.4	13,573	61.9	7,397	54.5
	Nephrops	IV (Norway)	2008	1,250	60	4.8	4	6.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,210	53	4.4	13	23.5	51	4.2	12	23.0
			2010	1,200	56	4.7	7	11.6	50	4.1	7	13.1
			2011	1,200	64	5.3	4	5.8	62	5.1	4	6.0
			2012	1,200	64	5.3	0	0.3	56	4.6	0	0.0
	Monkfish	Iia ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	11,345	9,258	81.6	8,816	95.2	..	..	..	..
			2009	11,345	9,272	81.7	7,932	85.5	8,095	71.4	7,160	88.5
			2010	11,345	9,763	86.1	6,184	63.3	8,046	70.9	5,248	65.2
			2011	9,643	7,537	78.2	6,522	86.5	5,916	61.4	5,238	88.5
			2012	9,161	7,858	85.8	4,920	62.6	6,235	68.1	3,880	62.2
	Monkfish	IV (Norway)	2008	1,610	258	16.0	231	89.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,550	246	15.9	233	94.6	200	12.9	195	97.7
			2010	1,540	194	12.6	166	85.4	131	8.5	116	88.3
			2011	1,500	251	16.7	107	42.7	137	9.1	62	45.1
			2012	1,500	262	17.5	127	48.4	180	12.0	96	53.6
	Megrims	Iia ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	1,597	1,528	95.7	1,490	97.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,597	1,529	95.7	1,451	94.9	1,423	89.1	1,362	95.7
			2010	1,757	1,678	95.5	1,436	85.6	1,556	88.5	1,370	88.0
			2011	1,845	1,768	95.8	1,391	78.7	1,593	86.4	1,279	80.2
			2012	1,845	1,936	104.9	1,390	71.8	1,768	95.8	1,290	73.0

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Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Lemon sole & witches	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	6,793	4,001	58.9	1,882	47.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	6,793	4,141	61.0	1,377	33.3	2,459	36.2	972	39.5
			2010	6,521	3,983	61.1	1,350	33.9	2,334	35.8	843	36.1
			2011	6,391	3,805	59.5	1,617	42.5	2,156	33.7	931	43.2
			2012	6,391	3,849	60.2	1,458	37.9	2,133	33.4	843	39.5
	Skates & rays	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	1,643	766	46.6	763	99.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,643	757	46.1	662	87.5	317	19.3	310	98.0
			2010	1,397	677	48.4	658	97.2	289	20.7	285	98.6
			2011	1,397	870	62.3	773	88.8	350	25.1	338	96.5
			2012	1,395	774	55.5	662	85.5	294	21.0	266	90.5
	Dabs & flounder	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	18,810	1,921	10.2	904	47.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	18,810	1,317	7.0	705	53.6	278	1.5	135	48.5
			2010	18,810	1,395	7.4	810	58.0	233	1.2	24	10.3
			2011	18,434	1,633	8.9	697	42.7	197	1.1	21	10.8
			2012	18,434	1,652	9.0	706	42.8	190	1.0	58	30.3
	Turbot & brill	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	5,263	763	14.5	452	59.2	..	..	..	..
			2009	5,263	764	14.5	508	66.5	163	3.1	101	61.8
			2010	4,737	610	12.9	507	83.1	102	2.1	63	61.9
			2011	4,642	686	14.8	500	72.9	98	2.1	73	74.6
			2012	4,642	515	11.1	477	92.7	54	1.2	39	71.9
	Spurdog	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	581	470	80.9	94	20.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	266	311	116.7	154	49.6	201	75.6	135	67.2
			2010	0	20	0.0	18	88.0	0	0.0	11	0.0
			2011	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Herring	IVa,b	2008	116,210	25,299	21.8	25,208	99.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	97,843	23,205	23.7	23,132	99.7	14,049	14.4	14,006	99.7
			2010	63,598	23,096	36.3	23,097	100.0	10,773	16.9	10,781	100.1
			2011	115,464	27,687	24.0	27,885	100.7	15,909	13.8	15,909	100.0
			2012	243,000	55,881	23.0	55,707	99.7	33,709	13.9	33,555	99.5
	Herring	IVc,VIId	2008	26,661	2,602	9.8	2,525	97.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	23,567	1,982	8.4	1,905	96.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2010	15,319	1,799	11.7	1,806	100.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2011	26,536	2,276	8.6	2,162	95.0	2	0.0	0	15.8
			2012	44,550	4,164	9.3	3,996	96.0	2	0.0	0	8.7
	Mackerel	IIa ( EU),III ( EU),IV	2008	18,149	492	2.7	436	88.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	23,450	1,354	5.8	1,318	97.3	810	3.5	810	100.0
			2010	15,243	1,754	11.5	1,724	98.3	800	5.2	791	98.9
			2011	20,002	1,761	8.8	1,683	95.6	996	5.0	914	91.8
			2012	19,855	1,794	9.0	1,784	99.4	982	4.9	972	99.0
	Horse mackerel ¹	IVb,Ivc,VIId	2008	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2009	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2010	30,143	4,396	14.6	1,900	43.2	164	0.5	0	0.0
			2011	42,955	4,700	10.9	1,790	38.1	1,508	3.5	46	3.1
			2012	40,630	3,133	7.7	1,021	32.6	223	0	0	0.0
	Blue whiting	I-VIII,XII,XIV	2008	175,466	35,172	20.0	35,105	99.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	74,058	6,358	8.6	6,332	99.6	158	0.2	156	98.7
			2010	48,138	7,622	15.8	6,995	91.8	5,019	10.4	4,490	89.5
			2011	10,042	1,508	15.0	1,358	90.1	1,330	13.2	1,331	100.1
			2012	63,421	9,367	14.8	9,171	97.9	6,355	10.0	6,301	99.2
	Sandeel	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	355,228	7,010	2.0	6,259	89.3	..	..	..	..
			2009	177,500	4,104	2.3	3,616	88.1	3,616	2.0	3,616	100.0
			2010	115,375	3,983	3.5	3,966	99.6	3,981	3.5	3,966	99.6
			2011	242,250	6,312	2.6	6,102	96.7	6,283	2.6	6,102	97.1
			2012	180,000	280	0.2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
	Sprats	IIa ( EU),IV ( EU)	2008	175,777	5,659	3.2	232	4.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	150,777	4,791	3.2	2,600	54.3	4,291	2.8	2,549	59.4
			2010	98,005	5,607	5.7	1,870	33.3	1,921	2.0	1,075	56.0
			2011	149,924	3,726	2.5	3,365	90.3	2,253	1.5	2,251	99.9
			2012	151,500	4,498	3.0	1,134	25.2	2,466	1.6	649	26.3

(1) In 2010 the sea areas for this stock were changed from IVa,IVb IVc to IVb,IVc,VIId.

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Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
West of Scotland	Cod	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	402	281	69.9	281	100.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	302	170	56.3	166	97.4	140	46.5	150	106.6
			2010	320	184	57.5	141	76.8	159	49.6	135	85.1
			2011	260	172	66.2	146	85.1	0	0.0	137	0.0
			2012	78	48	61.5	11	22.5	0	0.0	11	0.0
	Haddock	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	13,036	11,121	85.3	3,548	31.9	..	..	..	..
			2009	9,395	8,582	91.3	5,330	62.1	8,190	87.2	5,306	64.8
			2010	7,670	7,228	94.2	5,346	74.0	6,610	86.2	5,045	76.3
			2011	5,753	5,096	88.6	3,126	61.3	4,391	76.3	2,913	66.4
			2012	9,315	8,912	95.7	5,031	56.5	7,482	80.3	4,567	61.0
	Whiting	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	765	503	65.8	377	75.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	574	379	66.1	367	96.6	352	61.4	350	99.3
			2010	431	304	70.4	263	86.7	225	52.2	241	107.0
			2011	323	155	48.0	86	55.4	0	0.0	77	0.0
			2012	307	202	65.8	205	101.6	0	0.0	188	0.0
	Saithe	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	14,100	3,708	26.3	2,847	76.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	13,066	3,668	28.1	3,475	94.7	3,463	26.5	3,347	96.6
			2010	8,493	3,718	43.8	3,168	85.2	3,535	41.6	3,044	86.1
			2011	9,682	5,316	43.8	4,544	85.5	4,956	51.2	4,283	86.4
			2012	7,830	5,468	43.8	4,549	83.2	5,118	65.4	4,445	86.8
	Plaice	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	786	786	100.0	32	4.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	786	477	60.7	34	7.1	379	48.2	31	8.2
			2010	707	417	59.0	31	7.5	332	46.9	26	8.0
			2011	693	371	53.5	30	8.0	312	45.0	27	8.7
			2012	693	408	58.9	40	9.9	311	44.9	36	11.5
	Sole	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	68	14	20.6	3	18.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	68	14	20.6	2	12.1	5	6.9	1	29.8
			2010	61	12	19.7	1	10.6	4	6.4	1	12.8
			2011	60	12	20.0	3	26.7	4	6.5	2	59.0
			2012	60	12	20.0	4	35.0	4	6.5	3	84.6
	Monkfish	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	5,155	1,762	34.2	1,728	98.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	5,567	2,147	38.6	2,064	96.1	1,899	34.1	1,862	98.1
			2010	5,567	2,518	45.2	2,212	87.9	2,075	37.3	1,907	91.9
			2011	5,456	2,380	43.6	2,150	90.3	1,851	33.9	1,724	93.2
			2012	5,183	2,352	45.4	2,085	88.7	1,831	35.3	1,745	95.3
	Nephrops	Vb ( EU),VI	2008	19,885	21,533	108.3	15,158	70.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	18,891	20,598	109.0	12,643	61.4	12,352	65.4	8,347	67.6
			2010	16,057	17,907	111.5	12,164	67.9	10,708	66.7	7,544	70.5
			2011	13,681	15,131	110.6	12,873	85.1	9,059	66.2	7,973	88.0
			2012	14,091	15,271	108.4	14,247	93.3	9,636	68.4	9,279	96.3
	Megrims	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	2,592	1,203	46.4	1,011	84.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	2,799	1,240	44.3	1,118	90.1	1,110	39.7	1,039	93.6
			2010	3,079	1,225	39.8	914	74.6	1,038	33.7	871	83.9
			2011	3,387	1,110	32.8	785	70.7	957	28.3	749	78.2
			2012	3,387	1,173	34.6	679	57.9	890	26.3	641	72.0
	Pollack	Vb ( EU),VI,XII (int'l),XIVb (int'l)	2008	450	165	36.7	23	13.9	..	..	..	..
			2009	450	165	36.7	25	15.0	76	16.9	23	30.1
			2010	405	148	36.5	39	26.4	80	19.7	35	43.6
			2011	397	145	36.5	36	25.1	71	17.9	31	43.7
			2012	397	145	36.5	33	22.8	64	16.2	32	50.0
	Spurdog	I,V,VI,VII,VIIIXII,XIV	2008	2,004	735	36.7	184	25.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,002	431	43.0	391	90.6	..	..	..	..
			2010	0	43	..	45	105.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	0	0	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	0	0	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Herring	Vb ( EU),Via (N),Vib	2008	26,540	14,277	53.8	14,086	98.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	21,100	11,233	53.2	11,076	98.6	6,593	31.2	6,465	98.1
			2010	13,715	12,166	88.7	12,043	99.0	6,491	47.3	6,481	99.8
			2011	21,755	11,722	53.9	11,838	101.0	7,325	33.7	7,552	103.1
			2012	22,900	12,016	52.5	12,064	100.4	8,206	35.8	8,247	100.5
	Mackerel	II (excl EU,Ice)Vb ( EU),VI,VII,VIII (excl c),XII (intl),XIVb (intl)	2008	234,082	125,078	53.4	124,492	99.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	311,531	170,929	54.9	170,664	99.8	137,543	44.2	137,545	100.0
			2010	263,244	159,099	60.4	158,704	99.8	115,648	43.9	115,671	100.0
			2011	258,684	173,755	67.2	179,939	103.6	122,833	47.5	127,250	103.6
2012			259,129	164,120	63.3	166,712	101.6	116,816	45.1	117,827	100.9
Herring	Via (Clyde)	2008	800	800	100.0	549	68.6	..	..	..	..
		2009	800	800	100.0	755	94.4	295	36.9	266	90.2
		2010	720	720	100.0	349	48.5	215	29.9	48	22.3
		2011	720	720	100.0	90	12.5	215	29.9	90	41.9
		2012	720	720	100.0	302	41.9	214	29.7	118	55.1
Horse mackerel	Iia,Iva,Vb,VI,VII (exc d) VIII (excl c),XII (intl),XIVb (intl)	2008	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
		2009	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
		2010	98,986	15,652	15.8	15,216	97.2	2,333	2.4	2,336	100.1
		2011	156,587	15,939	10.2	14,945	93.8	835	0.5	810	97.0
		2012	157,989	15,997	10.1	14,904	93.2	1,493	0.9	1,459	97.7
Hake	Vb ( EU),VI,VII,XII (intl),XIVb (intl)	2008	30,281	4,080	13.5	3,261	79.9	..	..	..	..
		2009	28,879	3,709	12.8	3,735	100.7	1,542	5.3	1,636	106.1
		2010	30,900	4,047	13.1	3,808	94.1	1,025	3.3	1,037	101.1
		2011	30,900	4,847	15.7	4,835	99.8	1,176	3.8	1,162	98.8
		2012	30,900	5,185	16.8	4,933	95.1	1,718	5.6	1,617	94.1

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Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Area VII	Cod	VIIa	2008	1,199	617	51.5	539	87.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	899	456	50.7	399	87.6	3	0.3	1	44.8
			2010	674	387	57.4	291	75.1	5	0.7	1	20.8
			2011	506	188	37.2	169	90.1	3	0.6	1	30.0
			2012	380	126	33.2	112	88.6	6	1.4	2	32.7
	Cod	VII (excl a),VIII,IX,X	2008	4,316	448	10.4	450	100.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	4,023	305	7.6	281	92.1	7	0.2	2	33.3
			2010	4,023	326	8.1	309	94.9	10	0.2	8	85.3
			2011	4,023	493	12.3	443	89.8	31	0.8	29	94.2
			2012	11,602	1,022	8.8	802	78.5	44	0.4	36	81.2
	Haddock	VII,VIII,IX,X	2008	11,579	1,327	11.5	1,103	83.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	11,579	1,578	13.6	1,196	75.8	171	1.5	148	86.6
			2010	11,579	1,743	15.1	1,450	83.2	145	1.3	93	63.8
			2011	14,633	2,290	15.6	2,013	87.9	265	1.8	236	89.1
			2012	17,896	2,547	14.2	2,139	84.0	365	2.0	330	90.5
	Whiting	VIIa	2008	278	107	38.5	11	10.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	209	92	43.9	21	22.6	6	2.7	0	0.0
			2010	157	60	38.2	16	27.3	3	1.9	0	0.0
			2011	118	19	16.1	6	30.5	3	2.6	0	0.0
			2012	89	37	41.6	17	45.1	5	5.6	1	22.0
	Whiting	VII (excl a)	2008	19,940	2,085	10.5	702	33.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	16,949	1,578	9.3	968	61.4	105	0.6	90	86.1
			2010	14,407	1,153	8.0	1,048	90.9	55	0.4	37	66.7
			2011	16,568	1,143	6.9	1,000	87.5	134	0.8	87	65.0
			2012	19,053	1,895	9.9	1,024	54.0	159	0.8	90	56.7
	Saithe	VII,VIII,IX,X	2008	3,790	582	15.4	76	13.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	3,790	481	12.7	113	23.4	154	4.1	0	0.0
			2010	3,411	447	13.1	85	18.9	133	3.9	2	1.3
			2011	3,343	431	12.9	69	16.0	136	4.1	1	0.4
			2012	3,343	441	13.2	148	33.6	125	3.7	1	1.0
	Plaice	VIIa	2008	1,849	735	39.8	300	40.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,430	566	39.5	212	37.5	30	2.1	1	3.0
			2010	1,627	548	33.7	150	27.3	40	2.4	0	1.0
			2011	1,627	546	33.6	145	26.5	41	2.5	3	6.9
			2012	1,627	506	31.1	157	31.0	35	2.1	2	4.9
	Plaice	VIId,e	2008	5,050	1,369	27.1	1,134	82.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	4,646	1,387	29.9	1,324	95.5	3	0.1	3	113.3
			2010	4,274	1,361	31.8	1,344	98.8	3	0.1	3	103.4
			2011	4,665	1,382	29.6	1,382	100.0	7	0.2	6	86.1
			2012	5,062	1,575	31.1	1,522	96.6	7	0.1	7	97.1
	Plaice	VIIf,g	2008	491	94	19.1	62	66.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	422	58	13.7	56	96.2	0	0.0	0	200.0
			2010	451	60	13.3	55	90.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2011	410	49	12.0	45	92.2	0	0.0	1	250.0
			2012	369	42	11.3	44	106.7	0	-0.1	0	-66.7
	Plaice	VIIh,j,k	2008	303	32	10.6	12	37.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	256	39	15.3	32	81.1	0	0.1	0	0.0
			2010	218	48	22.0	35	72.1	0	0.1	0	0.0
			2011	185	45	24.3	44	98.2	2	0.8	1	86.7
			2012	176	40	22.7	38	94.5	1	0.6	3	227.3
	Sole	VIIa	2008	669	162	24.2	38	23.3	..	..	..	..
			2009	502	123	24.5	20	16.2	3	0.7	0	13.4
			2010	402	94	23.4	13	13.4	2	0.4	0	6.3
			2011	390	69	17.7	31	44.9	2	0.4	0	23.5
			2012	300	37	12.3	21	57.0	1	0.4	1	50.0

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Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Area VII	Sole	VIId	2008	6,593	1,395	21.2	718	51.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	5,274	1,112	21.1	759	68.2	1	0.0	0	3.1
			2010	4,219	913	21.6	674	73.8	1	0.0	0	0.0
			2011	4,852	989	20.4	687	69.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2012	5,580	1,132	20.3	627	55.4	6	0.1	0	0.0
	Sole	VIIe	2008	765	465	60.8	464	99.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	650	371	57.1	377	101.5	1	0.2	1	103.2
			2010	618	365	59.1	362	99.2	2	0.3	2	83.3
			2011	710	431	60.7	423	98.2	1	0.1	1	100.0
			2012	777	495	63.7	494	99.7	1	0.2	1	100.0
	Sole	VIIf,g	2008	964	298	30.9	218	73.2	..	..	..	..
			2009	993	306	30.8	195	63.6	2	0.2	0	9.5
			2010	993	310	31.2	179	57.7	1	0.1	0	0.0
			2011	1,241	371	29.9	168	45.2	1	0.1	0	21.4
			2012	1,060	222	21.0	172	77.6	1	0.1	0	57.1
	Sole	VIIh,j,k	2008	650	108	16.6	80	73.9	..	..	..	..
			2009	553	103	18.6	58	56.0	0	0.1	0	23.9
			2010	498	93	18.7	51	54.4	0	0.1	0	33.3
			2011	423	73	17.3	54	74.5	3	0.6	1	40.7
			2012	423	78	18.4	46	59.1	1	0.3	1	92.9
	Nephrops	VII	2008	25,153	9,073	36.1	8,721	96.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	24,650	8,861	35.9	8,303	93.7	325	1.3	303	93.1
			2010	22,432	8,831	39.4	7,523	85.2	280	1.3	206	73.3
			2011	21,759	8,155	37.5	7,261	89.0	283	1.3	120	42.5
			2012	21,759	7,824	36.0	7,151	91.4	239	1.1	207	86.5
	Monkfish	VII	2008	28,080	5,425	19.3	4,572	84.3	..	..	..	..
			2009	28,080	5,465	19.5	4,614	84.4	590	2.1	571	96.8
			2010	32,292	6,079	18.8	5,658	93.1	759	2.4	751	99.0
			2011	32,292	6,475	20.1	6,300	97.3	854	2.6	815	95.4
			2012	30,677	6,601	21.5	5,970	90.4	597	1.9	546	91.4
	Megrims	VII	2008	18,300	2,624	14.3	1,798	68.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	18,300	2,873	15.7	2,368	82.4	141	0.8	39	27.7
			2010	18,300	3,313	18.1	2,485	75.0	230	1.3	207	90.2
			2011	18,300	2,673	14.6	2,436	91.1	227	1.2	171	75.4
			2012	17,385	2,888	16.6	2,356	81.6	179	1.0	145	81.0
	Pollack (Lythe)	VII	2008	15,300	2,666	17.4	1,382	51.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	15,300	2,664	17.4	1,461	54.8	124	0.8	2	1.6
			2010	13,770	2,396	17.4	1,380	57.6	120	0.9	2	1.3
			2011	13,495	2,313	17.1	1,738	75.1	120	0.9	6	4.6
			2012	13,495	2,349	17.4	1,842	78.4	83	0.6	9	11.3
	Herring	VIIa	2008	4,800	4,948	103.1	4,897	99.0
			2009	4,800	4,824	100.5	4,594	95.2	2	0.0	0	0.3
			2010	4,800	5,030	104.8	4,981	99.0	3	0.1	0	0.0
			2011	5,280	5,313	100.6	5,205	98.0	4	0.1	0	0.0
			2012	4,752	5,696	119.9	5,677	99.7	1	0.0	0	0.0
	Herring	VIIe,f	2008	1,000	500	50.0	106	21.3	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,000	500	50.0	136	27.2	0	0.0	1	0.0
			2010	1,000	500	50.0	208	41.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2011	980	490	50.0	218	44.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2012	980	490	50.0	275	56.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Sprats	VIId,e	2008	6,144	4,626	75.3	3,366	72.8	..	..	..	..
			2009	6,144	4,581	74.6	2,763	60.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2010	5,532	4,429	80.1	4,404	99.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2011	5,421	3,147	58.1	3,135	99.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2012	5,150	3,702	71.9	4,433	119.7	5	0.1	0	0.0

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Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Norway	Cod	I,II (Norway)	2008	17,057	6,018	35.3	5,653	93.9	..	..	..	..
			2009	19,324	9,058	46.9	6,645	73.4	..	..	..	..
			2010	20,050	7,535	37.6	4,185	55.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	14,127	6,099	43.2	5,799	95.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	16,309	7,083	43.4	6,608	93.3
	Haddock	I,II (Norway)	2008	2,500	1,050	42.0	898	85.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	2,500	1,643	65.7	793	48.3	..	..	..	..
			2010	2,050	743	36.2	526	70.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	1,350	781	57.9	743	95.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	1,350	586	43.4	514	87.7
	Saithe	I,II (Norway)	2008	3,832	347	9.1	460	132.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	3,000	214	7.1	378	176.8	..	..	..	..
			2010	3,000	258	8.6	121	46.9	..	..	..	..
			2011	2,550	875	34.3	903	103.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	2,550	421	16.5	634	150.5
	Redfish	I,II (Norway)	2008	1,500	150	10.0	111	74.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,500	150	10.0	111	73.9	..	..	..	..
			2010	1,500	120	8.0	19	15.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	1,500	150	10.0	20	13.5	..	..	..	..
			2012	1,500	150	10.0	73	48.7
	Greenlandhalibut	I,II (Norway)	2008	50	25	50.0	6	25.2	..	..	..	..
			2009	50	25	50.0	8	31.6	..	..	..	..
			2010	50	20	40.0	0	0.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	50	25	50.0	9	37.6	..	..	..	..
			2012	50	25	50.0	18	71.6
	Otherspecies	I,II (Norway)	2008	350	186	53.1	56	30.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	350	186	53.1	17	9.2	..	..	..	..
			2010	350	186	53.1	15	8.0	..	..	..	..
			2011	350	186	53.1	40	21.3	..	..	..	..
			2012	350	181	51.7	31	17.1
	Herring	I,II	2008	98,822	20,210	20.5	19,737	97.7	..	..	..	..
			2009	106,959	29,671	27.7	25,477	85.9	25,439	23.8	25,477	100.1
			2010	96,543	23,931	24.8	24,151	100.9	23,895	24.8	24,151	101.1
			2011	64,319	14,089	21.9	14,045	99.7	14,080	21.9	14,045	99.8
			2012	54,228	11,923	22.0	12,310	103.2	11,916	22.0	12,310	103.3
Svalbard	Cod	I,IIb (Svalbard)	2008	16,211	2,879	17.8	2,633	91.5	..	..	..	..
			2009	19,793	1,726	8.7	1,987	115.1	..	..	..	..
			2010	22,356	2,067	9.2	1,026	49.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	25,975	2,573	9.3	2,409	93.6	..	..	..	..
			2012	27,785	4,800	16.4	4,556	94.9
Faroes	Cod/haddock	Vb (Faroes)	2008	500	480	96.0	469	97.6	..	..	..	..
			2009	500	440	88.0	427	97.0	..	..	..	..
			2010	500	440	88.0	439	99.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Saithe	Vb (Faroes)	2008	2,425	807	33.3	358	44.3	..	..	..	..
			2009	2,425	816	33.6	666	81.6	..	..	..	..
			2010	2,425	862	35.5	706	81.9	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Redfish	Vb (Faroes)	2008	1,600	67	4.2	6	9.0	..	..	..	..
			2009	1,600	17	1.1	14	81.8	..	..	..	..
			2010	1,600	660	41.3	86	13.1	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Ling/blue ling	Vb (Faroes)	2008	3,065	275	9.0	121	44.1	..	..	..	..
			2009	3,065	378	12.3	270	71.5	..	..	..	..
			2010	2,700	444	16.4	370	83.3	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Flatfish	Vb (Faroes)	2008	300	204	68.0	21	10.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	300	204	68.0	63	30.8	..	..	..	..
			2010	300	217	72.3	252	116.2	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Otherspecies	Vb (Faroes)	2008	760	180	23.7	98	54.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	760	320	42.1	246	76.8	..	..	..	..
			2010	760	334	43.9	242	72.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Bluewhiting	Vb (Faroes)	2008	12,240	4,385	35.8	3,042	69.4	..	..	..	..
			2009	3,000	1,320	44.0	0	0.0	..	..	..	..
			2010	2,700	1,187	44.0	974	82.0	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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