Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017

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Table 33. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake

EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
Area Species Sea area Year After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
North Sea Cod IIa(EU), IV 2013 21,974 12,986 59.1 12,747 98.2 9,286 42.3 9,193 99.0
2014 27,799 13,570 48.8 13,440 99.0 9,351 33.6 9,278 99.2
2015 29,189 14,829 50.8 14,798 99.8 9,742 33.4 9,741 100.0
2016 33,651 16,754 49.8 16,504 98.5 10,928 32.5 10,849 99.3
2017 39,220 20,274 51.7 18,414 90.8 13,357 34.1 13,177 98.7
Haddock IIa(EU), IV 2013 34,681 33,209 95.8 32,928 99.2 26,675 76.9 26,502 99.4
2014 38,284 29,877 78.0 29,799 99.7 22,565 58.9 22,614 100.2
2015 40,711 30,977 76.1 25,824 83.4 23,622 58.0 19,704 83.4
2016 61,933 44,464 71.8 26,412 59.4 34,145 55.1 20,207 59.2
2017 33,643 27,924 83.0 25,476 91.2 21,332 63.4 19,546 91.6
Whiting IIa(EU), IV 2013 17,039 11,941 70.1 11,113 93.1 9,124 53.5 8,773 96.2
2014 16,092 10,920 67.9 10,258 93.9 8,486 52.7 7,987 94.1
2015 13,678 10,154 74.2 9,998 98.5 7,421 54.3 7,359 99.2
2016 13,678 16,754 122.5 16,504 98.5 10,928 79.9 10,849 99.3
2017 16,003 10,578 66.1 9,217 87.1 7,744 48.4 6,982 90.2
Saithe IIa, III(EU), IV 2013 43,486 10,797 24.8 10,732 99.4 6,521 15.0 6,474 99.3
2014 77,536 8,809 11.4 8,612 97.8 4,779 6.2 4,625 96.8
2015 66,006 8,970 13.6 8,923 99.5 4,898 7.4 4,860 99.2
2016 65,696 8,710 13.3 8,577 98.5 4,678 7.1 4,585 98.0
2017 100,287 11,005 11.0 8,674 78.8 6,319 6.3 5,513 87.2
Plaice IIa(EU), IV 2013 91,225 22,878 25.1 19,246 84.1 2,320 2.5 1,225 52.8
2014 111,631 26,217 23.5 17,274 65.9 4,047 3.6 1,792 44.3
2015 128,376 25,936 20.2 17,303 66.7 8,330 6.5 4,683 56.2
2016 131,714 27,552 20.9 18,731 68.0 8,133 6.2 5,250 64.6
2017 129,917 32,219 24.8 14,962 46.4 8,768 6.7 4,846 55.3
Sole II, IV 2013 13,970 976 7.0 853 87.4 7 0.0 2 33.3
2014 11,900 929 7.8 842 90.6 2 0.0 2 87.0
2015 11,900 894 7.5 813 91.0 39 0.3 38 97.8
2016 13,262 783 5.9 706 90.1 54 0.4 44 81.4
2017 16,123 940 5.8 511 54.3 101 0.6 21 21.0
Hake IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 2,438 1,839 75.4 1,658 90.2 1,030 42.2 939 91.1
2014 2,874 3,015 104.9 2,741 90.9 1,315 45.8 1,258 95.7
2015 3,190 3,125 98.0 2,978 95.3 1,542 48.4 1,474 95.5
2016 3,492 5,317 152.3 5,053 95.0 2,099 60.1 2,008 95.6
2017 3,928 6,797 173.0 6,129 90.2 2,932 74.6 2,683 91.5
Nephrops IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 17,350 15,950 91.9 8,285 51.9 10,751 62.0 5,163 48.0
2014 15,499 13,823 89.2 11,159 80.7 9,138 59.0 7,142 78.2
2015 17,843 10,873 60.9 6,959 64.0 5,807 32.5 4,244 73.1
2016 13,700 10,801 78.8 9,399 87.0 6,275 45.8 5,273 84.0
2017 20,034 16,153 80.6 11,950 74.0 9,605 47.9 8,316 86.6
Nephrops IV (Norway) 2013 1,000 53 5.3 46 4.6 .. ..
2014 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2015 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2016 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2017 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 44 4.4 .. ..
Monkfish IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 8,703 7,639 87.8 4,838 63.3 5,707 65.6 3,700 64.8
2014 7,833 7,194 91.8 6,623 92.1 5,304 67.7 5,237 98.7
2015 9,390 9,087 96.8 8,886 97.8 6,650 70.8 6,818 102.5
2016 11,267 9,798 87.0 9,692 98.9 7,626 67.7 7,671 100.6
2017 13,521 11,173 82.6 10,505 94.0 9,184 67.9 8,675 94.5
Monkfish IV (Norway) 2013 1,500 262 17.5 86 32.7 166 11.1 44 26.2
2014 1,500 261 17.4 90 34.5 164 10.9 46 28.0
2015 1,500 269 17.9 138 51.3 149 10.0 68 45.6
2016 1,500 180 12.0 179 99.9 118 7.9 119 100.5
2017 1,500 125 8.3 109 87.4 90 6.0 80 89.0
Megrims IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 1,937 2,044 105.5 1,689 82.6 1,864 96.2 1,578 84.7
2014 2,083 2,185 104.9 1,469 67.2 1,909 91.6 1,340 70.2
2015 2,083 2,199 105.5 1,172 53.3 1,924 92.4 1,045 54.3
2016 2,639 2,727 103.3 1,275 46.8 2,302 87.2 1,103 47.9
2017 2,639 2,744 104.0 1,191 43.4 2,376 90.0 1,031 43.4
Lemon sole & witches IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 6,391 3,920 61.3 1,772 45.2 2,124 33.2 1,068 50.3
2014 6,391 3,590 56.2 1,827 50.9 1,864 29.2 1,060 56.9
2015 6,391 3,650 57.1 1,546 42.4 2,076 32.5 1,007 48.5
2016 6,391 3,554 55.6 1,763 49.6 2,085 32.6 1,241 59.5
2017 6,391 3,780 59.1 1,861 49.2 2,021 31.6 1,424 70.4
Skates & rays IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 1,256 808 64.3 800 99.0 289 23.0 289 99.9
2014 1,256 775 61.7 780 100.6 330 26.2 333 101.2
2015 1,382 691 50.0 669 96.8 334 24.2 326 97.5
2016 1,313 721 54.9 665 92.2 336 25.6 323 96.3
2017 1,378 770 55.9 703 91.2 353 25.6 344 97.6
Dabs & flounder IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 18,434 1,643 8.9 663 40.4 152 0.8 13 8.8
2014 18,434 1,543 8.4 535 34.7 163 0.9 18 11.3
2015 18,434 1,533 8.3 354 23.1 285 1.5 69 24.4
2016 18,434 1,558 8.5 385 24.7 281 1.5 65 23.3
2017 - - - - - - - - -
Turbot & brill IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2013 4,642 544 11.7 476 87.5 54 1.2 41 75.6
2014 4,642 686 14.8 491 71.6 99 2.1 50 50.5
2015 4,642 458 9.9 455 99.3 90 1.9 86 95.9
2016 4,488 522 11.6 545 104.3 98 2.2 107 108.7
2017 4,937 752 15.2 495 65.8 154 3.1 108 69.8
Herring IVa,b 2013 286,800 58,841 20.5 58,952 100.2 38,835 13.5 39,038 100.5
2014 282,022 66,289 23.5 65,747 99.2 44,962 15.9 44,977 100.0
2015 267,197 66,893 25.0 68,055 101.7 47,329 17.7 48,204 101.8
2016 310,945 70,710 22.7 73,434 103.9 56,531 18.2 59,107 104.6
2017 288,788 68,719 23.8 67,900 98.8 49,900 17.3 49,406 99.0
Herring IVc, VIId 2013 52,580 5,235 10.0 5,100 97.4 88 1.7 42 47.8
2014 51,704 5,169 10.0 5,136 99.4 2 0.0 0 0.0
2015 48,986 5,399 11.0 5,140 95.2 3 0.1 .. ..
2016 57,007 6,395 11.2 6,304 98.6 6 0.1 .. ..
2017 52,954 4,303 8.1 4,278 99.4 -3 -0.1 .. ..
Mackerel IIa (EU), III(EU), IV 2013 24,221 1,365 5.6 1,338 98.1 720 3.0 705 98.0
2014 42,304 8,603 20.3 8,357 97.1 4,335 10.2 4,301 99.2
2015 36,338 5,791 15.9 5,567 96.1 4,064 11.2 3,954 97.3
2016 31,241 8,549 27.4 8,495 99.4 6,826 21.9 6,883 100.8
2017 35,286 3,991 11.3 3,923 98.3 2,495 7.1 2,489 99.8
Horse mackerel1 IVbc, VIId 2013 34,400 6,282 18.3 4,573 72.8 259 0.8 172 66.4
2014 31,720 5,236 16.5 4,460 85.2 645 2.0 265 41.0
2015 15,200 5,314 35.0 3,580 67.4 30 0.2 24 80.0
2016 15,200 5,715 37.6 4,697 82.2 34 0.2 35 104.1
2017 14,697 5,139 35.0 4,136 80.5 102 0.7 78 77.0
Blue whiting I-VIII, XII, XIV 2013 116,032 14,940 12.9 13,499 90.4 8,077 7.0 8,166 101.1
2014 185,525 28,430 15.3 27,809 97.8 25,996 14.0 25,594 98.5
2015 197,195 34,275 17.4 31,778 92.7 32,929 16.7 30,504 92.6
2016 207,657 41,868 20.2 38,270 91.4 36,638 17.6 36,896 100.7
2017 385,254 73,711 19.1 66,386 90.1 64,660 16.8 62,943 97.3
Sandeel IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2013 263,974 2,682 1.0 2,436 90.8 2,551 1.0 2,436 95.5
2014 207,219 3,509 1.7 30 0.9 1,858 0.9 30 1.6
2015 357,219 3,081 0.9 2,000 64.9 2,976 0.8 2,000 67.2
2016 79,219 1,741 2.2 .. .. .. .. 41 ..
2017 486,115 5,087 1.0 3,324 65.3 4,012 0.8 3,324 82.8
Sprats2 IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2013 151,500 2,806 1.9 38 1.3 2,641 1.7 .. ..
2014 144,000 403 0.3 38 9.3 22 0.0 .. ..
2015 227,000 11,625 5.1 33 0.3 3,039 1.3 0 0.0
2016 355,500 1,508 0.4 21 1.4 112 0.0 0 0.1
2017 164,087 5,417 3.3 48 0.9 1,692 1.0 1 0.1

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

(2) In 2017 Sprats was an 18 month TAC which ran until end June 2018.

EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
Area Species Sea area Year After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
West of Scotland Cod VIb, XII, XIV 2013 74 45 60.8 9 20.0 .. .. 11 ..
2014 74 45 60.8 10 21.8 .. .. 10 ..
2015 74 45 60.8 18 40.1 .. .. 17 ..
2016 74 45 60.8 37 82.6 .. .. 26 ..
2017 74 50 66.9 36 72.3 .. .. 33 ..
Cod Vb, VIa 1 2013 .. .. .. 131 .. .. .. 123 ..
2014 .. .. .. 152 .. .. .. 138 ..
2015 .. .. .. 169 .. .. .. 152 ..
2016 .. .. .. 183 .. .. .. 167 ..
2017 .. .. .. 199 .. .. .. 186 ..
Haddock VIb, XII, XIV 2013 990 1,098 110.9 596 54.3 1,011 102.1 587 58.0
2014 1,210 1,177 97.3 1,156 98.2 1,034 85.5 1,021 98.7
2015 2,580 2,104 81.5 2,052 97.6 1,870 72.5 1,833 98.0
2016 3,225 2,561 79.4 2,160 84.4 1,990 61.7 1,651 83.0
2017 4,690 3,995 85.2 3,889 97.3 3,307 70.5 3,214 97.2
Haddock Vb, VIa 2013 4,211 3,927 93.2 3,917 99.8 3,487 82.8 3,508 100.6
2014 3,988 3,237 81.2 3,266 100.9 3,021 75.7 3,071 101.7
2015 4,536 3,385 74.6 3,052 90.2 2,966 65.4 2,837 95.6
2016 6,462 5,077 78.6 3,101 61.1 4,271 66.1 2,797 65.5
2017 3,697 3,349 90.6 2,464 73.6 2,918 78.9 2,228 76.3
Whiting Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 292 164 56.2 119 72.3 .. .. 109 ..
2014 292 183 62.8 105 57.4 .. .. 99 ..
2015 263 168 64.0 168 99.9 .. .. 153 ..
2016 213 122 57.4 121 98.5 .. .. 113 ..
2017 213 125 58.5 125 100.0 .. .. 116 ..
Saithe Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 8,964 4,486 50.0 3,648 81.3 4,222 47.1 3,521 83.4
2014 8,045 3,894 48.4 3,326 85.4 3,186 39.6 2,754 86.4
2015 6,848 3,392 49.5 3,286 96.9 2,810 41.0 2,724 97.0
2016 6,448 2,839 44.0 2,770 97.6 2,342 36.3 2,306 98.5
2017 9,994 3,259 32.6 2,649 81.3 2,836 28.4 2,377 83.8
Plaice Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 658 388 59.0 41 10.5 308 46.7 35 11.2
2014 658 388 59.0 50 12.8 305 46.4 46 15.1
2015 658 388 59.0 56 14.3 307 46.7 51 16.5
2016 658 388 59.0 70 18.1 307 46.7 66 21.4
2017 658 427 64.9 111 26.1 337 51.3 109 32.4
Sole Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 57 11 19.3 2 17.9 3 6.0 1 27.7
2014 57 11 19.3 3 30.9 3 5.9 3 77.0
2015 57 11 19.3 4 36.8 5 9.2 2 47.5
2016 57 11 19.3 2 22.4 4 7.2 2 44.9
2017 57 12 21.2 2 16.5 6 10.7 2 24.6
Monkfish Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 4,924 2,340 47.5 1,996 85.3 1,741 35.4 1,552 89.1
2014 4,432 1,757 39.6 1,720 97.9 1,267 28.6 1,260 99.5
2015 5,313 2,117 39.8 2,085 98.5 1,644 30.9 1,634 99.4
2016 6,375 2,805 44.0 2,760 98.4 2,247 35.2 2,224 99.0
2017 7,650 3,057 40.0 2,758 90.2 2,471 32.3 2,308 93.4
Nephrops Vb(EU), VI 2013 16,690 17,699 106.0 12,811 72.4 10,947 65.6 8,828 80.6
2014 15,287 16,683 109.1 12,705 76.2 10,523 68.8 8,506 80.8
2015 14,190 15,522 109.4 11,744 75.7 9,575 67.5 8,130 84.9
2016 16,524 17,636 106.7 14,615 82.9 11,278 68.3 10,036 89.0
2017 16,407 17,475 106.5 11,580 66.3 11,495 70.1 8,192 71.3
Megrims Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 3,387 1,179 34.8 528 44.7 957 28.3 501 52.3
2014 4,074 1,396 34.3 560 40.1 1,020 25.0 522 51.2
2015 4,129 1,375 33.3 643 46.8 1,023 24.8 593 57.9
2016 5,214 1,772 34.0 803 45.3 1,266 24.3 749 59.2
2017 5,682 1,959 34.5 755 38.5 1,398 24.6 725 51.8
Pollack Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 397 145 36.5 22 15.0 73 18.5 15 20.1
2014 397 145 36.5 18 12.2 77 19.3 17 22.4
2015 397 145 36.5 25 17.3 75 18.9 22 29.9
2016 397 145 36.5 29 20.3 70 17.5 25 35.4
2017 397 145 36.5 14 9.6 76 19.2 10 12.5
Hake Vb(EU), VI, VII, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 38,939 6,528 16.8 5,295 81.1 2,193 5.6 1,852 84.5
2014 45,896 7,131 15.5 6,915 97.0 2,365 5.2 2,244 94.9
2015 50,944 8,022 15.7 7,723 96.3 2,380 4.7 2,349 98.7
2016 61,902 8,023 13.0 7,268 90.6 2,368 3.8 2,284 96.5
2017 67,658 8,649 12.8 6,417 74.2 2,106 3.1 1,705 81.0
Herring Vb(EU), VIa (N), Vib 2013 27,480 16,315 59.4 15,734 96.4 10,673 38.8 10,181 95.4
2014 28,067 18,540 66.1 16,999 91.7 12,228 43.6 12,141 99.3
2015 22,690 16,910 74.5 15,260 90.2 10,298 45.4 10,394 100.9
2016 4,170 4,058 97.3 3,254 80.2 2,508 60.1 2,404 95.9
2017 4,170 3,607 86.5 3,356 93.1 2,554 61.2 2,550 99.9
Mackerel II(excl EU,Ice), Vb(EU), VI, VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 272,317 156,199 57.4 162,469 104.0 113,153 41.6 116,729 103.2
2014 494,941 275,119 55.6 279,250 101.5 195,785 39.6 200,163 102.2
2015 420,692 237,094 56.4 242,411 102.2 167,584 39.8 171,423 102.3
2016 357,587 195,937 54.8 209,143 106.7 147,089 41.1 158,515 107.8
2017 407,517 222,117 54.5 224,289 101.0 151,681 37.2 153,876 101.4
Herring VIa (Clyde) 2013 648 648 100.0 21 3.3 193 29.8 21 11.0
2014 648 648 100.0 .. 0.0 193 29.8 .. 0.0
2015 583 583 100.0 .. 0.0 174 29.8 .. 0.0
2016 583 641 110.0 .. 0.0 174 29.8 .. 0.0
2017 583 647 111.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.0
Horse mackerel IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII (excl d), VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2013 157,989 7,909 5.0 6,789 85.8 891 0.6 502 56.3
2014 116,912 10,458 8.9 8,252 78.9 1,337 1.1 1,321 98.8
2015 85,732 5,508 6.4 3,973 72.1 737 0.9 700 95.0
2016 106,721 8,077 7.6 1,822 22.6 1,890 1.8 975 51.6
2017 83,329 3,792 4.6 1,321 34.9 892 1.1 316 35.4

(1) Total Allowable Catch for this quota not allocated since 2011, managed as a by-catch.

EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
Area Species Sea area Year After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
Area VII Cod VIIa 2013 285 120 42.2 107 89.1 3 1.1 2 65.6
2014 228 91 39.9 79 86.4 1 0.6 1 74.8
2015 182 51 28.1 50 97.5 0 0.2 0 75.0
2016 146 49 33.7 36 72.8 2.3 1.5 1.3 57.1
2017 156 56 35.6 41 73.7 3 1.8 1 32.1
Cod VII (excl a), VIII, IX, X 2013 10,200 1,063 10.4 648 60.9 55 0.5 32 59.0
2014 8,468 778 9.2 624 80.2 20 0.2 15 76.6
2015 5,072 668 13.2 583 87.3 19 0.4 16 84.4
2016 4,565 495 10.8 365 73.8 23 0.5 19 82.2
2017 4,889 511 10.5 235 46.0 27 0.6 17 63.2
Haddock VII, VIII, IX, X 2013 15,337 2,004 13.1 1,608 80.2 168 1.1 133 79.5
2014 10,660 1,451 13.6 1,200 82.7 95 0.9 58 61.5
2015 9,523 1,466 15.4 1,393 95.1 97 1.0 80 83.1
2016 8,912 1,611 18.1 1,512 93.9 140 1.6 116 82.7
2017 10,366 2,085 20.1 1,912 91.7 141 1.4 132 93.6
Whiting VIIa 2013 84 32 37.7 20 62.8 3 3.1 1 50.0
2014 80 21 26.5 11 52.2 1 0.9 0 8.3
2015 80 31 38.9 8 26.7 1 1.3 0 30.0
2016 80 33 41.4 5 15.3 1 1.3 0 13.1
2017 80 37 46.0 16 44.3 2 2.3 0 16.7
Whiting VII(excl a) 2013 24,500 2,095 8.6 1,378 65.8 193 0.8 128 66.3
2014 20,668 1,647 8.0 1,419 86.2 96 0.5 67 69.9
2015 17,742 1,277 7.2 1,205 94.3 222 1.3 220 99.0
2016 22,778 1,502 6.6 1,140 75.9 186 0.8 152 81.5
2017 27,500 2,116 7.7 964 45.6 230 0.8 188 82.0
Saithe VII, VIII, IX, X 2013 3,176 424 13.4 233 55.0 59 1.9 2 3.2
2014 3,176 429 13.5 168 39.2 87 2.7 3 3.6
2015 3,176 431 13.6 103 23.8 93 2.9 1 1.2
2016 3,176 434 13.7 119 27.4 119 3.7 1 1.0
2017 3,176 477 15.0 63 13.1 121 3.8 1 0.7
Plaice VIIa 2013 1,627 520 31.9 90 17.2 36 2.2 1 3.3
2014 1,220 352 28.9 59 16.6 23 1.9 1 3.0
2015 1,098 306 27.9 80 26.0 22 2.0 1 2.7
2016 1,098 296 26.9 56 18.8 26 2.4 1 4.3
2017 1,098 311 28.3 62 19.8 23 2.1 0 1.3
Plaice VIId,e 2013 6,400 1,822 28.5 1,676 92.0 13 0.2 12 86.5
2014 5,322 1,500 28.2 1,606 107.1 11.4 0.2 20 171.5
2015 4,787 1,460 30.5 1,303 89.2 28 0.6 27 95.3
2016 12,446 3,103 24.9 2,223 71.6 49 0.4 44 89.6
2017 10,022 2,741 27.4 2,407 87.8 48 0.5 47 97.1
Plaice VIIf,g 2013 369 36 9.7 40 112.0 -1 -0.2 1 -75.0
2014 461 28 6.1 24 87.1 -1 -0.1 0 -17.9
2015 461 51 11.1 25 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 420 50 11.9 27 53.9 0 0.1 0 29.0
2017 405 44 10.9 38 86.0 1 0.3 0 9.1
Plaice VIIh,j,k 2013 141 34 23.9 40 118.4 2 1.1 2 93.8
2014 135 16 11.7 15 94.9 0 0.2 0 0.0
2015 135 18 13.3 17 96.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 135 17 12.4 15 90.7 0 0.1 0 107.4
2017 128 13 9.9 9 74.0 1 0.4 0 40.0
Sole VIIa 2013 140 19 13.4 12 62.0 1 0.5 0 9.3
2014 95 10 10.7 10 94.7 0 0.3 0 49.2
2015 90 15 16.2 8 51.4 1 0.6 0 80.0
2016 40 10 25.0 6 57.7 0 0.5 0 96.3
2017 40 10 25.8 4 39.8 0 0.5 0 50.0
Sole VIId 2013 5,900 1,233 20.9 605 49.0 6 0.1 .. ..
2014 4,838 722 14.9 649 89.9 1 0.0 1 64.0
2015 3,483 532 15.3 468 88.0 1 0.0 1 62.5
2016 3,258 476 14.6 391 82.1 1 0.0 0 24.1
2017 2,724 394 14.5 343 86.9 1 0.0 0 16.7
Sole VIIe 2013 894 581 65.0 536 92.2 3 0.3 1 53.2
2014 832 522 62.8 510 97.6 1 0.1 1 98.3
2015 851 508 59.7 492 96.7 1 0.2 1 85.7
2016 979 646 66.0 622 96.2 2 0.2 1 52.5
2017 1,178 805 68.3 738 91.7 3 0.2 2 75.0
Sole VIIf,g 2013 1,100 195 17.8 206 105.2 0 0.0 0 27.9
2014 1,001 255 25.5 252 98.9 0 0.0 0 687.1
2015 851 118 13.9 105 88.8 1 0.1 0 25.0
2016 779 179 23.0 176 98.1 1 0.2 1 62.2
2017 845 172 20.4 150 86.9 1 0.2 0 14.3
Sole VIIh,j,k 2013 402 75 18.6 47 62.3 1 0.3 1 64.8
2014 382 89 23.3 54 60.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
2015 382 66 17.3 53 80.7 0 0.1 0 75.0
2016 382 85 22.2 63 74.2 1 0.2 1 70.8
2017 382 51 13.2 39 76.6 1 0.2 1 55.6
Nephrops VII 2013 23,065 7,740 33.6 6,982 90.2 369 1.6 244 66.2
2014 20,989 7,795 37.1 6,536 83.9 355 1.7 298 84.1
2015 21,619 7,711 35.7 7,060 91.6 442 2.0 415 94.0
2016 23,348 9,038 38.7 7,340 81.2 882 3.8 720 81.6
2017 25,356 9,483 37.4 6,631 69.9 874 3.4 602 68.9
Monkfish VII 2013 29,144 6,796 23.3 6,520 95.9 688 2.4 673 97.9
2014 33,516 7,555 22.5 7,329 97.0 696 2.1 667 95.8
2015 33,516 7,602 22.7 6,875 90.4 644 1.9 611 94.9
2016 33,516 8,025 23.9 7,458 92.9 710 2.1 652 91.8
2017 33,516 7,643 22.8 6,473 84.7 766 2.3 596 77.8
Megrims VII 2013 17,385 3,212 18.5 3,059 95.2 158 0.9 154 97.5
2014 17,385 3,135 18.0 2,813 89.7 226 1.3 193 85.6
2015 17,385 3,536 20.3 2,923 82.7 271 1.6 171 63.0
2016 18,254 3,550 19.4 2,824 79.6 285 1.6 178 62.5
2017 13,691 3,060 22.4 2,664 87.1 227 1.7 189 83.3
Pollack (Lythe) VII 2013 13,495 2,398 17.8 1,829 76.3 53 0.4 7 12.9
2014 13,495 2,392 17.7 2,112 88.3 16 0.1 1 7.3
2015 13,495 2,251 16.7 1,483 65.9 50 0.4 2 3.6
2016 13,495 2,298 17.0 1,915 83.3 31 0.2 4 11.5
2017 12,146 2,067 17.0 1,393 67.4 19 0.2 3 15.1
Herring VIIa 2013 4,993 5,013 100.4 5,000 99.8 1 0.0 .. ..
2014 5,251 5,147 98.0 5,084 98.8 1 0.0 .. ..
2015 4,854 4,918 101.3 4,870 99.0 2 0.0 .. ..
2016 4,575 4,432 96.9 4,243 95.7 1 0.0 .. ..
2017 4,127 4,091 99.1 3,696 90.4 0 0.0 .. ..
Herring VIIe,f 2013 931 464 49.8 410 88.4 .. .. .. ..
2014 930 465 50.0 455 97.9 .. .. .. ..
2015 930 465 50.0 379 81.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 930 567 60.9 431 76.1 .. .. .. ..
2017 930 522 56.1 50 9.6 .. .. .. ..
Sprats VIId,e 2013 5,150 4,081 79.2 3,793 92.9 7 0.1 .. ..
2014 5,150 4,102 79.7 3,358 81.9 0 0.0 .. ..
2015 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,659 90.1 0 0.0 .. ..
2016 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,867 97.1 5 0.1 .. ..
2017 4,120 3,474 84.3 2,498 71.9 4 0.1 .. ..
EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
Area Species Sea area Year After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
Norway Cod I, II (Norway) 2013 19,971 7,045 35.3 5,401 76.7 .. .. .. ..
2014 20,524 6,868 33.5 5,112 74.4 .. .. .. ..
2015 22,036 6,256 28.4 5,919 94.6 .. .. .. ..
2016 19,900 5,046 25.4 4,990 98.9 .. .. .. ..
2017 23,002 6,951 30.2 6,671 96.0 .. .. .. ..
Haddock I, II (Norway) 2013 1,481 533 36.0 431 80.9 .. .. .. ..
2014 1,200 370 30.9 165 44.7 .. .. .. ..
2015 1,288 453 35.2 336 74.1 .. .. .. ..
2016 1,247 412 33.0 390 94.7 .. .. .. ..
2017 1,200 377 31.4 316 83.8 .. .. .. ..
Saithe I, II (Norway) 2013 2,550 427 16.7 120 28.0 .. .. .. ..
2014 2,550 230 9.0 230 99.7 .. .. .. ..
2015 2,550 515 20.2 379 73.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 2,550 325 12.7 287 88.4 .. .. .. ..
2017 2,550 353 13.9 353 99.9 .. .. .. ..
Redfish I, II (Norway) 2013 1,500 150 10.0 27 18.2 .. .. .. ..
2014 1,500 100 6.7 23 22.8 .. .. .. ..
2015 1,500 150 10.0 45 29.7 .. .. .. ..
2016 1,500 159 10.6 159 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2017 1,500 592 39.4 591 99.8 .. .. .. ..
Greenland halibut I, II (Norway) 2013 50 23 46.0 8 33.5 .. .. .. ..
2014 50 23 46.0 13 57.0 .. .. .. ..
2015 50 17 33.8 7 40.2 .. .. .. ..
2016 50 21 42.8 21 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2017 50 24 47.2 21 90.7 .. .. .. ..
Other species I, II (Norway) 2013 350 176 50.3 12 6.7 .. .. .. ..
2014 350 251 71.7 46 18.3 .. .. .. ..
2015 350 159 45.3 61 38.4 .. .. .. ..
2016 350 138 39.4 93 67.6 .. .. .. ..
2017 350 170 48.7 98 57.7 .. .. .. ..
Herring I, II 2013 40,297 8,209 20.4 8,342 101.6 8,197 20.3 8,342 101.8
2014 27,244 4,348 16.0 4,233 97.4 4,347 16.0 4,233 97.4
2015 18,424 77 0.4 55 71.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 20,629 4,061 19.7 4,031 99.3 3,915 19.0 3,900 99.6
2017 42,059 4,561 10.8 4,389 96.2 4,529 10.8 4,358 96.2
Svalbard Cod I,IIb (Svalbard) 2013 37,172 7,156 19.3 5,110 71.4 .. .. .. ..
2014 36,908 9,786 26.5 9,187 93.9 .. .. .. ..
2015 33,176 6,867 20.7 6,866 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2016 33,176 8,759 26.4 8,593 98.1 .. .. .. ..
2017 33,025 9,638 29.2 7,802 81.0 .. .. .. ..

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