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Fishing vessel weekly licence variations 4 September 2020

Scottish fishing vessel licence variations effective 6 September 2020

Group	Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
All vessels over 15m in length in all groups	AO	Q3 Update	Scallops	VII	55 days	0001 hours on 6 September 2020 – 2359 hours on 30 September 2020
10m and under – Non-PO	AU	Opening	Cod	IV; EU Waters of IIa	750 Kg per month	0001 hours on 6 September 2020
10m and under – Non-PO	AU	Change to catch limit	Plaice	IV; EU Waters of IIa	3 tonnes per quarter	0001 hours on 6 September 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 6 September 2020 – 2359 hours on 19 September 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 tonne per fortnight	0001 hours on 6 September 2020 – 2359 hours on 19 September 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 6 September 2020 – 2359 hours on 19 September 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 6 September 2020 – 2359 hours on 19 September 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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