Fishing - pelagic quota cuts 2026: business and regulatory impact assessment
Business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) for the Scottish Government response to the consultation on pelagic quota cuts 2026.
Footnotes
1 Unless otherwise indicated, any reference to a ‘reduction’ in TAC for 2026 is relative to the 2025 TAC. So, the 48% reduction for 2026 is relative to the 2025 TAC figure.
2 Economic link obligations available here
3 Recently published review available here
5 GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP November 2025 (Budget 2025) - GOV.UK
6 While some stakeholders may perceive BAU to involve a loss relative to historical landing patterns, this relates to past regulatory changes and therefore does not form part of the monetised costs for this BRIA.
7 Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables
8 UK’s fishing fleet nets over £1 billion but industry challenges remain | Seafish
9 Seafish: 2024 Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet (p.12). The Scottish pelagic fleet will make up part, but not whole, of this fleet group, and the circumstances of individual vessels will vary.
10 Seafish: 2024 Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet (p.13).
11 Seafish: 2024 Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet (p.14) – value is in nominal terms (2024 prices unadjusted for inflation).
12 2022 to 2024, depending on individual companies
13 Seafish: 2024 Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet (p.22)
14 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024 – Table 29
15 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024 – The difference between Table 8 and Table 4 between 2018 and 2024, in expected 2025 prices, using November Budget GDP deflators. For years 2018 and 2019, the 2019 Sea Fisheries Statistics were used (Table 5 and Table 1).
16 ICES Advice on fishing opportunities, catch, and effort, Mackerel, 2025
17 Current pelagic export values available from the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association here
18 2024 exports by species available here Exports | Seafish/