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Fishing vessel weekly licence variations 24 July 2020

Published: 24 July 2020

Information about fishing vessel licence variations effective 26 July 2020

Fishing vessel weekly licence variations

Group	Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	NS Ling	EU waters of IV	1 tonne per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	WS Ling	EU and International waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV	1 tonne per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	NS Plaice	IV; EU waters of IIa	500 kgs per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	NS Lemon Sole/Witch	EU waters of IIa and IV	3 tonnes per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	NS Anglerfish	EU waters of IIa and IV	500 kg’s per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AO	Change in catch limit	WS Mackerel	IIIa and IV: EU waters of IIa, IIIbcd	4 tonnes per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
All	AO	Change in effort allocation	Edible Crab (cancer pagurus) and Spider crab (maja squinado)	VII	200 days per year (2020)	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AU	Change in catch limit	NS Ling	EU Waters of IV	1 tonne per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AU	Change in catch limit	WS Ling	EU and International waters of VI, VII, VII, IX, X, XII, xIv	1 tonne per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non Sector	AU	Change in catch limit	WS Mackerel	VI, VII, VIIIabde; EU and international waters of vb; International waters of IIa, XII and XIV	4 tonnes per month	0001 hours on 1 August 2020
Non-PO (Moray Firth)	AU	Change in catch limit	Mackerel	EU Waters of IIa, IIIbcd; IV	Fortnightly catch limit of 2 tonnes	0001 hours on 26 July 2020 – 2359 8 August 2020
Non-PO (Shetland)	AU	Change in catch limit	Mackerel	EU Waters of IIa, IIIbcd; IVa (North of 59’ 30’N)	Fortnightly catch limit of 1 tonnes	0001 hours on 26 July 2020 – 2359 8 August 2020
Non-PO (Orkney)	AU	Change in catch limit	Mackerel	EU Waters of IIa, IIIbcd; IVa (North of 58’ 30’N and South of 59’ 30’N)	Fortnightly catch limit of 2 tonnes	0001 hours on 26 July 2020 – 2359 8 August 2020
Non-PO (IVb)	AU	Change in catch limit	Mackerel	IVb (North of 53’ 30’N and South of 57’ 30’ N)	Fortnightly catch limit of 2 tonnes	0001 hours on 26 July 2020 – 2359 8 August 2020

Fisheries closures table 2020:- showing the current status of fish stocks following the issue and publication of the above variations (if any).

Fishing vessel quota limits tables 2020:- showing the quota limits applicable to both 10m and under non-PO and over 10m non-sector vessels.

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