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Publication - Factsheet

Fishing vessel weekly licence variations: 24 March 2023

Published
24 March 2023
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Part of
Marine and fisheries

Scottish fishing vessel licence variations announced on 24 March 2023

This document is part of a collection

Fishing vessel quota limits tables 2023 - showing the quota limits applicable to both 10m and under non-PO and over 10m non-sector vessels.

Fisheries closures table 2023- showing the current status of fish stocks following the issue and publication of the above variations (if any).

 

Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group

Type of Licence

Reason

Species

Area of Sea

Limit

Effective Date

All Vessels over 15m in length in all groups

AO

Q2 effort allocation confirmed

Scallops

VII

70 days for Q2 (1 April 2023 – 30 June 2023)

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Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group

Type of Licence

Licence Conditions Text Amendment

Effective Date

ALL groups

AU,AUP & AO

Fishing restrictions for Spurdog

 

AU – condition 2.17

AUP – condition 2.17

AO  - condition 2.21

 

 

 

A fishing vessel may retain on board and land spurdog (also known as Picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias)) caught in Western (ICES areas: 6, 7 and 8; United Kingdom and international waters of 5; international waters of 1, 12 and 14) and North Sea (ICES areas: United Kingdom and European Union waters 4; United Kingdom waters of 2a) areas - provided that the following conditions, are met:

  1. It is prohibited to retain, trans-ship or land specimens over 100cm in length as measured from the end of the tail to the tip of the snout.
  2. In ICES areas 6, 7 and 8; United Kingdom and international waters of 5; international waters of 1, 12 and 14 (Western spurdog), no more than 5 tonnes (live weight), may be retained on board or landed per calendar month.

 

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