2024 Scottish Additional Quota Consultation Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

14. Enforcement, Sanctions and Monitoring

The enforcement of vessels operating within quota restrictions in sea fishing licences is undertaken by Scottish Sea Fisheries Officers. The monitoring of fishing activity and fishing vessels is undertaken daily.

Monitoring of quota utilisation is applied retrospectively and in conjunction with the sectoral groups. Where groups exceed their quota limits at the end of the calendar year, quota penalties and deductions can be applied ot the group’s quota allocation in the following year.

To avoid such scenarios, a revocation of the authorisation to fish for an individual vessel or all vessels, managed by a group can be applied to the appropriate fishing licence(s).

It is unlikely, unless specified in the outcome decision, that additional monitoring/enforcement or sanctions will arise from the allocation of Additional Quota.