North Sea Herring Fisheries Management Plan
The North Sea herring Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) is one of 43 FMPs set out in the Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS).This FMP sets out the policies and actions to manage the North Sea herring stocks at sustainable levels.
Footnotes
1 An explanation of a MSY approach to fishing is provided in Advice published by ICES
2 UK Government (2022) Joint Fisheries Statement. The updated timetables are set out in the updated Annex A (amended December 2024)
3 The definition for an “authority” is given in Annex A (p. 55) of the JFS, which is: “Authority or Authorities responsible for preparation and publication of plan: The authority or authorities which are responsible for preparing and publishing the plan. There can be up to four fisheries policy authorities acting jointly in a plan.”.
4 The definition for a “co-ordinating authority” is given in Annex A (p. 55) of the JFS, which is: - “Coordinating Authority: The fisheries policy authority which will coordinate the preparation and management of the plan on behalf of the other fisheries policy authorities acting jointly”.
8 Report of the Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Sea Herring (WKMSEHERRING) - ICES
9 Fishing opportunities for British fishing boats. Guidance explaining the fishing opportunities available to British fishing boats, including catch limits (quotas) and other restrictions for different fish stocks and fishing areas.
10 UK Quota Management Rules. Sets out how UK fishing quotas are divided and managed across the UK, including how quota is allocated to fisheries administrations, fishing groups and vessels.
11 Separate quota management rules as set by the Scottish Government, Defra and DAERA.
12 The majority of the technical measures applying to fishing vessels are set out under the Common Fisheries Policy legislation, which was passed by the European Parliament in 2013, updated in 2019, and assimilated into UK law on the UK’s exit from the EU. Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 sets rules to conserve fish stocks and protect marine ecosystems through technical fishing measures and provides details of the assimilated UK law.
13 UK Government (2024) Technical Conservation and Landing Obligation rules and regulations from 2022 onwards.
14 Priority Marine Features in Scotland's seas - The List | NatureScot
15 The UK bycatch monitoring programme (‘the BMP’) places dedicated sensitive species bycatch observers on pelagic trawl and purse seine vessels. In 2022 the BMP conducted monitoring for 15 days at sea in the midwater trawl fishery and 12 days at sea in seine fisheries. No marine mammal or seabird bycatch was recorded in these gears. Several instances of elasmobranch and fish bycatch were recorded. Microsoft Word - 2022 BMP Annual Report
16 Supporting documents - Marine litter strategy - gov.scot
17 This section is not part of the original conservation advice and provides information on the policy context in which the FMPs are nested.
18 Changes in fish distribution in the eastern North Atlantic ICES 2023. Opens a report on observed changes in fish distribution in the eastern North Atlantic based on ICES scientific analysis.
19 Climate change risk adaptation for wild capture seafood. Opens guidance on adapting wild capture fisheries to risks associated with climate change.
20 Changing fish distributions challenge the effective management of European Fisheries. Opens an article discussing how shifting fish distributions affect fisheries management in Europe.
21 Climate change projections of commercial fish distribution and suitable habitat around north western Europe. Opens a study presenting projected changes in fish distribution and habitats under climate change scenarios.
22 Review of climate change impacts on marine fish and shellfish around the UK and Ireland. Opens a review of climate change impacts on marine fish and shellfish in UK and Irish waters.
23 Impacts of climate change on fish, relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK. (2020 ed.) MCCIP 16_fish_2020.pdf. Opens an MCCIP report summarising evidence on climate change impacts on fish in UK waters.
24 Impacts on Fish of Relevance to the UK and Ireland. Opens a report outlining climate-related impacts on fish species important to the UK and Ireland.
25 Warming shelf seas drive the subtropicalization of European pelagic fish communities. Opens a scientific study on how warming seas are shifting fish communities toward warmer-water species.
26 The term ‘northward movement’ in the context of species distribution means directed or going towards the North Pole in the northern hemisphere.
27 Geographical expansion of Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Nordic Seas. Opens a study describing the expansion of mackerel into northern waters.
28 Impacts on Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Relevant to the UK and Ireland. Opens a report assessing climate change impacts on commercial and recreational fisheries.
29 Impacts of climate change on the complex life cycles of fish. Opens a study examining how climate change affects different stages of fish life cycles.
30 EU-UK request on ecosystem considerations in the provision of single stock advice for forage fish species. Opens documentation outlining ecosystem considerations in fisheries advice for forage fish species
31 Refining Fisheries Advice With Stock-Specific Ecosystem Information. Opens a report on incorporating ecosystem data into stock-specific fisheries advice.
32 ICES (2020). Workshop on an Ecosystem Based Approach to Fishery Management for the Irish Sea (WKIRISH6; outputs from 2019 meeting). Opens an ICES report on applying an ecosystem-based approach to fishery management in the Irish Sea.
33 ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 90–104. Opens a scientific journal article from ICES Journal of Marine Science on fisheries or marine ecosystem research
34 ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 73, Issue 8, September 2016, Pages 2075–2084. Opens a scientific journal article from ICES Journal of Marine Science on fisheries or marine ecosystem research.
35 Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services . Opens a study on the impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
36 Carbon emissions in UK fisheries: recent trends, current levels, and pathways to Net Zero. Opens a report analysing carbon emissions in UK fisheries and potential pathways to net zero.
37 The environmental impacts of pelagic fish caught by Scottish vessels. Opens a study assessing the environmental impacts of pelagic fisheries in Scotland.
38 Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland's fishing fleet. Opens a report evaluating greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland’s fishing fleet.
39 Scottish Government Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024: Table 47. Opens official statistics on sea fisheries from the Scottish Government, including Table 47.
40 Good Food Nation - Food and drink - gov.scot
41 Assessing the sustainability of fisheries catch limits negotiated by the UK for 2026
42 Landings by Scottish vessels - Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024 - gov.scot
Contact
Email: fmps@gov.scot