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Publication - Statistics

Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2018

Published
26 September 2019
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781839601712

Tonnage and value of all landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels, all landings into Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad, and the size and structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.

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Table 33. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake

North Sea

Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
North Sea Cod IIa(EU), IV 2014 27,799 13,570 48.8 13,440 99.0 9,351 33.6 9,278 99.2
2015 29,189 14,829 50.8 14,798 99.8 9,742 33.4 9,741 100.0
2016 33,651 16,754 49.8 16,504 98.5 10,928 32.5 10,849 99.3
2017 39,220 20,274 51.7 18,414 90.8 13,357 34.1 13,177 98.7
2018 35,819 23,417 65.4 21,100 90.1 16,857 47.1 16,277 96.6
Haddock IIa(EU), IV 2014 38,284 29,877 78.0 29,799 99.7 22,565 58.9 22,614 100.2
2015 40,711 30,977 76.1 25,824 83.4 23,622 58.0 19,704 83.4
2016 61,933 44,464 71.8 26,412 59.4 34,145 55.1 20,207 59.2
2017 33,643 27,924 83.0 25,476 91.2 21,332 63.4 19,546 91.6
2018 32,461 30,920 95.3 25,894 83.7 22,972 70.8 20,080 87.4
Whiting IIa(EU), IV 2014 16,092 10,920 67.9 10,258 93.9 8,486 52.7 7,987 94.1
2015 13,678 10,154 74.2 9,998 98.5 7,421 54.3 7,359 99.2
2016 13,678 16,754 122.5 16,504 98.5 10,928 79.9 10,849 99.3
2017 16,003 10,578 66.1 9,217 87.1 7,744 48.4 6,982 90.2
2018 20,651 14,988 72.6 10,640 71.0 11,309 54.8 8,356 73.9
Saithe IIa, III(EU), IV 2014 77,536 8,809 11.4 8,612 97.8 4,779 6.2 4,625 96.8
2015 66,006 8,970 13.6 8,923 99.5 4,898 7.4 4,860 99.2
2016 65,696 8,710 13.3 8,577 98.5 4,678 7.1 4,585 98.0
2017 100,287 11,005 11.0 8,674 78.8 6,319 6.3 5,513 87.2
2018 50,531 13,537 26.8 12,453 92.0 7,583 15.0 7,237 95.4
Plaice IIa(EU), IV 2014 111,631 26,217 23.5 17,274 65.9 4,047 3.6 1,792 44.3
2015 128,376 25,936 20.2 17,303 66.7 8,330 6.5 4,683 56.2
2016 131,714 27,552 20.9 18,731 68.0 8,133 6.2 5,250 64.6
2017 129,917 32,219 24.8 14,962 46.4 8,768 6.7 4,846 55.3
2018 104,758 27,469 26.2 9,596 34.9 7,992 7.6 3,298 41.3
Sole II, IV 2014 11,900 929 7.8 842 90.6 2 0.0 2 87.0
2015 11,900 894 7.5 813 91.0 39 0.3 38 97.8
2016 13,262 783 5.9 706 90.1 54 0.4 44 81.4
2017 16,123 940 5.8 511 54.3 101 0.6 21 21.0
2018 15,684 735 4.7 431 58.7 73 0.5 40 55.5
Hake IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 2,874 3,015 104.9 2,741 90.9 1,315 45.8 1,258 95.7
2015 3,190 3,125 98.0 2,978 95.3 1,542 48.4 1,474 95.5
2016 3,492 5,317 152.3 5,053 95.0 2,099 60.1 2,008 95.6
2017 3,928 6,797 173.0 6,129 90.2 2,932 74.6 2,683 91.5
2018 3,653 5,903 161.6 5,255 89.0 2,895 79.2 2,638 91.1
Nephrops IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 15,499 13,823 89.2 11,159 80.7 9,138 59.0 7,142 78.2
2015 17,843 10,873 60.9 6,959 64.0 5,807 32.5 4,244 73.1
2016 13,700 10,801 78.8 9,399 87.0 6,275 45.8 5,273 84.0
2017 20,034 16,153 80.6 11,950 74.0 9,605 47.9 8,316 86.6
2018 24,518 21,596 88.1 10,772 49.9 14,620 59.6 7,607 52.0
Nephrops IV (Norway) 2014 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2015 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2016 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2017 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 44 4.4 .. ..
2018 800 42 5.3 0 0.4 36 4.5 0 0.4
Monkfish IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 7,833 7,194 91.8 6,623 92.1 5,304 67.7 5,237 98.7
2015 9,390 9,087 96.8 8,886 97.8 6,650 70.8 6,818 102.5
2016 11,267 9,798 87.0 9,692 98.9 7,626 67.7 7,671 100.6
2017 13,521 11,173 82.6 10,505 94.0 9,184 67.9 8,675 94.5
2018 16,225 13,646 84.1 10,036 73.5 11,275 69.5 8,311 73.7
Monkfish IV (Norway) 2014 1,500 261 17.4 90 34.5 164 10.9 46 28.0
2015 1,500 269 17.9 138 51.3 149 10.0 68 45.6
2016 1,500 180 12.0 179 99.9 118 7.9 119 100.5
2017 1,500 125 8.3 109 87.4 90 6.0 80 89.0
2018 1,700 194 11.4 125 64.5 128 7.5 76 59.3
Megrims IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 2,083 2,185 104.9 1,469 67.2 1,909 91.6 1,340 70.2
2015 2,083 2,199 105.5 1,172 53.3 1,924 92.4 1,045 54.3
2016 2,639 2,727 103.3 1,275 46.8 2,302 87.2 1,103 47.9
2017 2,639 2,744 104.0 1,191 43.4 2,376 90.0 1,031 43.4
2018 2,526 2,639 104.5 1,524 57.7 2,231 88.3 1,402 62.9
Lemon sole & witches IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 6,391 3,590 56.2 1,827 50.9 1,864 29.2 1,060 56.9
2015 6,391 3,650 57.1 1,546 42.4 2,076 32.5 1,007 48.5
2016 6,391 3,554 55.6 1,763 49.6 2,085 32.6 1,241 59.5
2017 6,391 3,780 59.1 1,861 49.2 2,021 31.6 1,424 70.4
2018 6,391 3,894 60.9 2,091 53.7 2,421 37.9 1,646 68.0
Skates & rays IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 1,256 775 61.7 780 100.6 330 26.2 333 101.2
2015 1,382 691 50.0 669 96.8 334 24.2 326 97.5
2016 1,313 721 54.9 665 92.2 336 25.6 323 96.3
2017 1,378 770 55.9 703 91.2 353 25.6 344 97.6
2018 1,654 896 54.1 825 92.1 454 27.4 428 94.4
Dabs & flounder IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 18,434 1,543 8.4 535 34.7 163 0.9 18 11.3
2015 18,434 1,533 8.3 354 23.1 285 1.5 69 24.4
2016 18,434 1,558 8.5 385 24.7 281 1.5 65 23.3
2017 - - - - - - - - -
2018 - - - - - - - - -
Turbot & brill IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2014 4,642 686 14.8 491 71.6 99 2.1 50 50.5
2015 4,642 458 9.9 455 99.3 90 1.9 86 95.9
2016 4,488 522 11.6 545 104.3 98 2.2 107 108.7
2017 4,937 752 15.2 495 65.8 154 3.1 108 69.8
2018 7,102 933 13.1 460 49.3 220 3.1 112 50.8
Herring IVa,b 2014 282,022 66,289 23.5 65,747 99.2 44,962 15.9 44,977 100.0
2015 267,197 66,893 25.0 68,055 101.7 47,329 17.7 48,204 101.8
2016 310,945 70,710 22.7 73,434 103.9 56,531 18.2 59,107 104.6
2017 288,788 68,719 23.8 67,900 98.8 49,900 17.3 49,406 99.0
2018 359,977 84,695 23.5 84,745 100.1 56,138 15.6 56,148 100.0
Herring IVc, VIId 2014 51,704 5,169 10.0 5,136 99.4 2 0.0 0 0.0
2015 48,986 5,399 11.0 5,140 95.2 3 0.1 .. ..
2016 57,007 6,395 11.2 6,304 98.6 6 0.1 .. ..
2017 52,954 4,303 8.1 4,278 99.4 -3 -0.1 .. ..
2018 66,040 6,786 10.3 6,573 96.9 -8.5 -0.1 .. ..
Mackerel IIa (EU), III(EU), IV 2014 42,304 8,603 20.3 8,357 97.1 4,335 10.2 4,301 99.2
2015 36,338 5,791 15.9 5,567 96.1 4,064 11.2 3,954 97.3
2016 31,241 8,549 27.4 8,495 99.4 6,826 21.9 6,883 100.8
2017 35,286 3,991 11.3 3,923 98.3 2,495 7.1 2,489 99.8
2018 28,693 3,180 11.1 3,116 98.0 1,693 5.9 1,674 98.9
Horse mackerel1 IVbc, VIId 2014 31,720 5,236 16.5 4,460 85.2 645 2.0 265 41.0
2015 15,200 5,314 35.0 3,580 67.4 30 0.2 24 80.0
2016 15,200 5,715 37.6 4,697 82.2 34 0.2 35 104.1
2017 14,697 5,139 35.0 4,136 80.5 102 0.7 78 77.0
2018 12,629 3,624 28.7 3,001 82.8 55 0.4 36 66.4
Blue whiting I-VIII, XII, XIV 2014 185,525 28,430 15.3 27,809 97.8 25,996 14.0 25,594 98.5
2015 197,195 34,275 17.4 31,778 92.7 32,929 16.7 30,504 92.6
2016 207,657 41,868 20.2 38,270 91.4 36,638 17.6 36,896 100.7
2017 385,254 73,711 19.1 66,386 90.1 64,660 16.8 62,943 97.3
2018 401,363 74,895 18.7 72,884 97.3 68,518 17.1 66,494 97.0
Sandeel IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2014 207,219 3,509 1.7 30 0.9 1,858 0.9 30 1.6
2015 357,219 3,081 0.9 2,000 64.9 2,976 0.8 2,000 67.2
2016 79,219 1,741 2.2 .. .. .. .. 41 ..
2017 486,115 5,087 1.0 3,324 65.3 4,012 0.8 3,324 82.8
2018 207,650 4,191 2.0 1,849 44.1 2,044 1.0 1,849 90.4
Sprats2 IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2014 144,000 403 0.3 38 9.3 22 0.0 .. ..
2015 227,000 11,625 5.1 33 0.3 3,039 1.3 0 0.0
2016 355,500 1,508 0.4 21 1.4 112 0.0 0 0.1
2017 164,087 5,417 3.3 48 0.9 1,692 1.0 1 0.1
2018 177,545 3,474 2.0 9.4 0.3 107 0.1 .. ..

(1) In 2010 the sea areas for Horse Mackerel were changed from IVa, IVb IVc to IVb,IVc,VIId.

(2) In 2017 Sprats was an 18 month TAC which ran until end June 2018.

(3) UK quota after exchanges can exceed the whole EU TAC as some quota can be 'carried over' into the next year within agreed limits.

West of Scotland

Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
West of Scotland Cod VIb, XII, XIV 2014 74 45 60.8 10 21.8 .. .. 10 ..
2015 74 45 60.8 18 40.1 .. .. 17 ..
2016 74 45 60.8 37 82.6 .. .. 26 ..
2017 74 50 66.9 36 72.3 .. .. 33 ..
2018 74 50 67.5 49 97.5 .. .. 42 ..
Cod Vb, VIa 1 2014 .. .. .. 152 .. .. .. 138 ..
2015 .. .. .. 169 .. .. .. 152 ..
2016 .. .. .. 183 .. .. .. 167 ..
2017 .. .. .. 199 .. .. .. 186 ..
2018 .. .. .. 222 .. .. .. 203 ..
Haddock VIb, XII, XIV 2014 1,210 1,177 97.3 1,156 98.2 1,034 85.5 1,021 98.7
2015 2,580 2,104 81.5 2,052 97.6 1,870 72.5 1,833 98.0
2016 3,225 2,561 79.4 2,160 84.4 1,990 61.7 1,651 83.0
2017 4,690 3,995 85.2 3,889 97.3 3,307 70.5 3,214 97.2
2018 5,163 4,234 82.0 3,463 81.8 3,487 67.5 2,850 81.7
Haddock Vb, VIa 2014 3,988 3,237 81.2 3,266 100.9 3,021 75.7 3,071 101.7
2015 4,536 3,385 74.6 3,052 90.2 2,966 65.4 2,837 95.6
2016 6,462 5,077 78.6 3,101 61.1 4,271 66.1 2,797 65.5
2017 3,697 3,349 90.6 2,464 73.6 2,918 78.9 2,228 76.3
2018 4,654 3,922 84.3 3,343 85.2 3,272 70.3 2,929 89.5
Whiting Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 292 183 62.8 105 57.4 .. .. 99 ..
2015 263 168 64.0 168 99.9 .. .. 153 ..
2016 213 122 57.4 121 98.5 .. .. 113 ..
2017 213 125 58.5 125 100.0 .. .. 116 ..
2018 213 124 58.2 143 115.5 .. .. 131 ..
Saithe Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 8,045 3,894 48.4 3,326 85.4 3,186 39.6 2,754 86.4
2015 6,848 3,392 49.5 3,286 96.9 2,810 41.0 2,724 97.0
2016 6,448 2,839 44.0 2,770 97.6 2,342 36.3 2,306 98.5
2017 9,994 3,259 32.6 2,649 81.3 2,836 28.4 2,377 83.8
2018 9,575 3,606 37.7 2,758 76.5 2,782 29.1 2,260 81.2
Plaice Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 658 388 59.0 50 12.8 305 46.4 46 15.1
2015 658 388 59.0 56 14.3 307 46.7 51 16.5
2016 658 388 59.0 70 18.1 307 46.7 66 21.4
2017 658 427 64.9 111 26.1 337 51.3 109 32.4
2018 658 431 65.5 294 68.2 297 45.1 226 76.2
Sole Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 57 11 19.3 3 30.9 3 5.9 3 77.0
2015 57 11 19.3 4 36.8 5 9.2 2 47.5
2016 57 11 19.3 2 22.4 4 7.2 2 44.9
2017 57 12 21.2 2 16.5 6 10.7 2 24.6
2018 57 12 21.4 3 26.3 7 12.5 3 37.5
Monkfish Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 4,432 1,757 39.6 1,720 97.9 1,267 28.6 1,260 99.5
2015 5,313 2,117 39.8 2,085 98.5 1,644 30.9 1,634 99.4
2016 6,375 2,805 44.0 2,760 98.4 2,247 35.2 2,224 99.0
2017 7,650 3,057 40.0 2,758 90.2 2,471 32.3 2,308 93.4
2018 9,180 3,442 37.5 3,167 92.0 2,483 27.0 2,287 92.1
Nephrops Vb(EU), VI 2014 15,287 16,683 109.1 12,705 76.2 10,523 68.8 8,506 80.8
2015 14,190 15,522 109.4 11,744 75.7 9,575 67.5 8,130 84.9
2016 16,524 17,636 106.7 14,615 82.9 11,278 68.3 10,036 89.0
2017 16,407 17,475 106.5 11,580 66.3 11,495 70.1 8,192 71.3
2018 12,129 13,539 111.6 8,855 65.4 8,716 71.9 6,172 70.8
Megrims Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 4,074 1,396 34.3 560 40.1 1,020 25.0 522 51.2
2015 4,129 1,375 33.3 643 46.8 1,023 24.8 593 57.9
2016 5,214 1,772 34.0 803 45.3 1,266 24.3 749 59.2
2017 5,682 1,959 34.5 755 38.5 1,398 24.6 725 51.8
2018 5,432 1,900 35.0 933 49.1 1,296 23.9 879 67.8
Pollack Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 397 145 36.5 18 12.2 77 19.3 17 22.4
2015 397 145 36.5 25 17.3 75 18.9 22 29.9
2016 397 145 36.5 29 20.3 70 17.5 25 35.4
2017 397 145 36.5 14 9.6 76 19.2 10 12.5
2018 397 160 40.2 29 17.9 82 20.6 23 27.8
Hake Vb(EU), VI, VII, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 45,896 7,131 15.5 6,915 97.0 2,365 5.2 2,244 94.9
2015 50,944 8,022 15.7 7,723 96.3 2,380 4.7 2,349 98.7
2016 61,902 8,023 13.0 7,268 90.6 2,368 3.8 2,284 96.5
2017 67,658 8,649 12.8 6,417 74.2 2,106 3.1 1,705 81.0
2018 62,536 8,263 13.2 5,260 63.7 2,513 4.0 1,329 52.9
Herring Vb(EU), VIa (N), Vib 2014 28,067 18,540 66.1 16,999 91.7 12,228 43.6 12,141 99.3
2015 22,690 16,910 74.5 15,260 90.2 10,298 45.4 10,394 100.9
2016 4,170 4,058 97.3 3,254 80.2 2,508 60.1 2,404 95.9
2017 4,170 3,607 86.5 3,356 93.1 2,554 61.2 2,550 99.9
2018 4,170 3,157 75.7 2,910 92.2 1,219 29.2 1,204 98.8
Mackerel II(excl EU,Ice), Vb(EU), VI, VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 494,941 275,119 55.6 279,250 101.5 195,785 39.6 200,163 102.2
2015 420,692 237,094 56.4 242,411 102.2 167,584 39.8 171,423 102.3
2016 357,587 195,937 54.8 209,143 106.7 147,089 41.1 158,515 107.8
2017 407,517 222,117 54.5 224,289 101.0 151,681 37.2 153,876 101.4
2018 326,014 186,253 57.1 189,657 101.8 127,709 39.2 130,085 101.9
Herring VIa (Clyde) 2014 648 648 100.0 .. .. 193 29.8 .. ..
2015 583 583 100.0 .. .. 174 29.8 .. ..
2016 583 641 110.0 .. .. 174 29.8 .. ..
2017 583 647 111.0 .. .. .. .. .. ..
2018 583 648 111.1 .. .. 193 33.1 .. ..
Horse mackerel IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII (excl d), VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2014 116,912 10,458 8.9 8,252 78.9 1,337 1.1 1,321 98.8
2015 85,732 5,508 6.4 3,973 72.1 737 0.9 700 95.0
2016 106,721 8,077 7.6 1,822 22.6 1,890 1.8 975 51.6
2017 83,329 3,792 4.6 1,321 34.9 892 1.1 316 35.4
2018 99,470 7,674 7.7 4,439 57.8 1,882 1.9 328 17.4

(1) Total Allowable Catch for this quota not allocated since 2011, managed as a by-catch.

(2) UK quota after exchanges can exceed the whole EU TAC as some quota can be 'carried over' into the next year within agreed limits.

Area VII

Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
Area VII Cod VIIa 2014 228 91 39.9 79 86.4 1 0.6 1 74.8
2015 182 51 28.1 50 97.5 0 0.2 0 75.0
2016 146 49 33.7 36 72.8 2 1.5 1 57.1
2017 156 56 35.6 41 73.7 3 1.8 1 32.1
2018 695 206 29.6 128 62.2 12 1.8 7 60.8
Cod VII (excl a), VIII, IX, X 2014 8,468 778 9.2 624 80.2 20 0.2 15 76.6
2015 5,072 668 13.2 583 87.3 19 0.4 16 84.4
2016 4,565 495 10.8 365 73.8 23 0.5 19 82.2
2017 4,889 511 10.5 235 46.0 27 0.6 17 63.2
2018 4,809 434 9.0 171 39.4 26 0.5 14 52.3
Haddock VII, VIII, IX, X 2014 10,660 1,451 13.6 1,200 82.7 95 0.9 58 61.5
2015 9,523 1,466 15.4 1,393 95.1 97 1.0 80 83.1
2016 8,912 1,611 18.1 1,512 93.9 140 1.6 116 82.7
2017 10,366 2,085 20.1 1,912 91.7 141 1.4 132 93.6
2018 10,117 2,459 24.3 2,163 88.0 141 1.4 118 83.8
Whiting VIIa 2014 80 21 26.5 11 52.2 1 0.9 0 8.3
2015 80 31 38.9 8 26.7 1 1.3 0 30.0
2016 80 33 41.4 5 15.3 1 1.3 0 13.1
2017 80 37 46.0 16 44.3 2 2.3 0 16.7
2018 80 34 42.1 19 56.0 1 1.7 0 31.0
Whiting VII(excl a) 2014 20,668 1,647 8.0 1,419 86.2 96 0.5 67 69.9
2015 17,742 1,277 7.2 1,205 94.3 222 1.3 220 99.0
2016 22,778 1,502 6.6 1,140 75.9 186 0.8 152 81.5
2017 27,500 2,116 7.7 964 45.6 230 0.8 188 82.0
2018 22,213 1,853 8.3 877 47.4 227 1.0 170 74.7
Saithe VII, VIII, IX, X 2014 3,176 429 13.5 168 39.2 87 2.7 3 3.6
2015 3,176 431 13.6 103 23.8 93 2.9 1 1.2
2016 3,176 434 13.7 119 27.4 119 3.7 1 1.0
2017 3,176 477 15.0 63 13.1 121 3.8 1 0.7
2018 3,176 482 15.2 78 16.3 107 3.4 3 3.1
Plaice VIIa 2014 1,220 352 28.9 59 16.6 23 1.9 1 3.0
2015 1,098 306 27.9 80 26.0 22 2.0 1 2.7
2016 1,098 296 26.9 56 18.8 26 2.4 1 4.3
2017 1,098 311 28.3 62 19.8 23 2.1 0 1.3
2018 1,793 489 27.3 64 13.1 46 2.6 0 0.0
Plaice VIId,e 2014 5,322 1,500 28.2 1,606 107.1 11 0.2 20 171.5
2015 4,787 1,460 30.5 1,303 89.2 28 0.6 27 95.3
2016 12,446 3,103 24.9 2,223 71.6 49 0.4 44 89.6
2017 10,022 2,741 27.4 2,407 87.8 48 0.5 47 97.1
2018 10,360 2,922 28.2 2,184 74.8 33 0.3 21 64.1
Plaice VIIf,g 2014 461 28 6.1 24 87.1 -1 -0.1 0 -17.9
2015 461 51 11.1 25 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 420 50 11.9 27 53.9 0 0.1 0 29.0
2017 405 44 10.9 38 86.0 1 0.3 0 9.1
2018 511 61 12.0 40 65.4 1 0.2 0 3.2
Plaice VIIh,j,k 2014 135 16 11.7 15 94.9 0 0.2 0 0.0
2015 135 18 13.3 17 96.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 135 17 12.4 15 90.7 0 0.1 0 107.4
2017 128 13 9.9 9 74.0 1 0.4 0 40.0
2018 128 14 11.2 12 84.0 1 0.5 0 44.6
Sole VIIa 2014 95 10 10.7 10 94.7 0 0.3 0 49.2
2015 90 15 16.2 8 51.4 1 0.6 0 80.0
2016 40 10 25.0 6 57.7 0 0.5 0 96.3
2017 40 10 25.8 4 39.8 0 0.5 0 50.0
2018 40 8 20.5 5 66.8 0 0.5 0 38.2
Sole VIId 2014 4,838 722 14.9 649 89.9 1 0.0 1 64.0
2015 3,483 532 15.3 468 88.0 1 0.0 1 62.5
2016 3,258 476 14.6 391 82.1 1 0.0 0 24.1
2017 2,724 394 14.5 343 86.9 1 0.0 0 16.7
2018 3,405 474 13.9 391 82.4 1 0.0 0 39.9
Sole VIIe 2014 832 522 62.8 510 97.6 1 0.1 1 98.3
2015 851 508 59.7 492 96.7 1 0.2 1 85.7
2016 979 646 66.0 622 96.2 2 0.2 1 52.5
2017 1,178 805 68.3 738 91.7 3 0.2 2 75.0
2018 1,202 889 73.9 789 88.8 2 0.1 2 112.6
Sole VIIf,g 2014 1,001 255 25.5 252 98.9 0 0.0 0 687.1
2015 851 118 13.9 105 88.8 1 0.1 0 25.0
2016 779 179 23.0 176 98.1 1 0.2 1 62.2
2017 845 172 20.4 150 86.9 1 0.2 0 14.3
2018 920 194 21.1 171 88.1 1 0.1 0 23.7
Sole VIIh,j,k 2014 382 89 23.3 54 60.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
2015 382 66 17.3 53 80.7 0 0.1 0 75.0
2016 382 85 22.2 63 74.2 1 0.2 1 70.8
2017 382 51 13.2 39 76.6 1 0.2 1 55.6
2018 382 47 12.4 33 68.5 1 0.2 0 48.2
Nephrops VII 2014 20,989 7,795 37.1 6,536 83.9 355 1.7 298 84.1
2015 21,619 7,711 35.7 7,060 91.6 442 2.0 415 94.0
2016 23,348 9,038 38.7 7,340 81.2 882 3.8 720 81.6
2017 25,356 9,483 37.4 6,631 69.9 874 3.4 602 68.9
2018 29,091 10,588 36.397 5,912 55.8 848 2.9 546 64.4
Monkfish VII 2014 33,516 7,555 22.5 7,329 97.0 696 2.1 667 95.8
2015 33,516 7,602 22.7 6,875 90.4 644 1.9 611 94.9
2016 33,516 8,025 23.9 7,458 92.9 710 2.1 652 91.8
2017 33,516 7,643 22.8 6,473 84.7 766 2.3 596 77.8
2018 33,516 7,420 22.1 5,185 69.9 640 1.9 375 58.7
Megrims VII 2014 17,385 3,135 18.0 2,813 89.7 226 1.3 193 85.6
2015 17,385 3,536 20.3 2,923 82.7 271 1.6 171 63.0
2016 18,254 3,550 19.4 2,824 79.6 285 1.6 178 62.5
2017 13,691 3,060 22.4 2,664 87.1 227 1.7 189 83.3
2018 12,310 2,722 22.1 2,484 91.3 160 1.3 130 81.0
Pollack (Lythe) VII 2014 13,495 2,392 17.7 2,112 88.3 16 0.1 1 7.3
2015 13,495 2,251 16.7 1,483 65.9 50 0.4 2 3.6
2016 13,495 2,298 17.0 1,915 83.3 31 0.2 4 11.5
2017 12,146 2,067 17.0 1,393 67.4 19 0.2 3 15.1
2018 12,163 2,258 18.6 1,246 55.2 41 0.3 9 21.3
Herring VIIa 2014 5,251 5,147 98.0 5,084 98.8 1 0.0 .. ..
2015 4,854 4,918 101.3 4,870 99.0 2 0.0 .. ..
2016 4,575 4,432 96.9 4,243 95.7 1 0.0 .. ..
2017 4,127 4,091 99.1 3,696 90.4 0 0.0 .. ..
2018 7,016 5,585 79.6 5,497 98.4 0 0.0 .. ..
Herring VIIe,f 2014 930 465 50.0 455 97.9 .. .. .. ..
2015 930 465 50.0 379 81.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 930 567 60.9 431 76.1 .. .. .. ..
2017 930 522 56.1 50 9.6 .. .. .. ..
2018 930 517 55.6 14 2.8 .. .. .. ..
Sprats VIId,e 2014 5,150 4,102 79.7 3,358 81.9 0 0.0 .. ..
2015 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,659 90.1 0 0.0 .. ..
2016 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,867 97.1 5 0.1 .. ..
2017 4,120 3,474 84.3 2,498 71.9 4 0.1 .. ..
2018 3,296 3,053 92.6 1,766 57.8 3 0.1 .. ..

(1) UK quota after exchanges can exceed the whole EU TAC as some quota can be 'carried over' into the next year within agreed limits.

Others

Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
Norway Cod I, II (Norway) 2014 20,524 6,868 33.5 5,112 74.4 .. .. .. ..
2015 22,036 6,256 28.4 5,919 94.6 .. .. .. ..
2016 19,900 5,046 25.4 4,990 98.9 .. .. .. ..
2017 23,002 6,951 30.2 6,671 96.0 .. .. .. ..
2018 23,008 6,964 30.3 6,960 99.9 .. .. .. ..
Haddock I, II (Norway) 2014 1,200 370 30.9 165 44.7 .. .. .. ..
2015 1,288 453 35.2 336 74.1 .. .. .. ..
2016 1,247 412 33.0 390 94.7 .. .. .. ..
2017 1,200 377 31.4 316 83.8 .. .. .. ..
2018 1,200 393 32.8 391 99.6 .. .. .. ..
Saithe I, II (Norway) 2014 2,550 230 9.0 230 99.7 .. .. .. ..
2015 2,550 515 20.2 379 73.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 2,550 325 12.7 287 88.4 .. .. .. ..
2017 2,550 353 13.9 353 99.9 .. .. .. ..
2018 2,550 460 18.0 464 100.8 .. .. .. ..
Redfish I, II (Norway) 2014 1,500 100 6.7 23 22.8 .. .. .. ..
2015 1,500 150 10.0 45 29.7 .. .. .. ..
2016 1,500 159 10.6 159 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2017 1,500 592 39.4 591 99.8 .. .. .. ..
2018 1,500 98 6.6 98 99.9 .. .. .. ..
Greenland halibut I, II (Norway) 2014 50 23 46.0 13 57.0 .. .. .. ..
2015 50 17 33.8 7 40.2 .. .. .. ..
2016 50 21 42.8 21 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2017 50 24 47.2 21 90.7 .. .. .. ..
2018 50 22 44.0 24 111.1 .. .. .. ..
Other species I, II (Norway) 2014 350 251 71.7 46 18.3 .. .. .. ..
2015 350 159 45.3 61 38.4 .. .. .. ..
2016 350 138 39.4 93 67.6 .. .. .. ..
2017 350 170 48.7 98 57.7 .. .. .. ..
2018 350 96 27.4 82 85.9 .. .. .. ..
Herring I, II 2014 27,244 4,348 16.0 4,233 97.4 4,347 16.0 4,233 97.4
2015 18,424 77 0.4 55 71.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 20,629 4,061 19.7 4,031 99.3 3,915 19.0 3,900 99.6
2017 42,059 4,561 10.8 4,389 96.2 4,529 10.8 4,358 96.2
2018 28,319 2,601 9.2 2,582 99.2 2,595 9.2 2,582 99.5
Svalbard Cod I,IIb (Svalbard) 2014 36,908 9,786 26.5 9,187 93.9 .. .. .. ..
2015 33,176 6,867 20.7 6,866 100.0 .. .. .. ..
2016 33,176 8,759 26.4 8,593 98.1 .. .. .. ..
2017 33,025 9,638 29.2 7,802 81.0 .. .. .. ..
2018 29,218 4,861 16.6 4,817 99.1 .. .. .. ..
Faroes Cod/haddock Vb (Faroes) 2014 950 836 88.0 656 78.4 728 76.6 612 84.1
2015 950 836 88.0 831 99.4 801 84.3 800 99.9
2016 950 836 88.0 768 91.8 739 77.8 727 98.4
2017 950 817 86.0 491 60.0 751 79.0 491 65.3
2018 950 822 86.5 702 85.4 805 84.7 690 85.7
Saithe Vb (Faroes) 2014 3,000 796 26.5 338 42.5 606 20.2 313 51.6
2015 3,000 726 24.2 304 41.8 533 17.8 253 47.4
2016 3,000 846 28.2 601 71.1 744 24.8 561 75.4
2017 2,800 670 23.9 292 43.5 553 19.8 292 52.7
2018 2,800 723 25.8 214 29.5 556 19.9 184 33.1
Redfish Vb (Faroes) 2014 1,300 14 1.1 1 7.1 6 0.5 1 15.7
2015 1,100 12 1.1 0 1.7 5 0.5 0 3.9
2016 500 10 2.0 3 29.6 7 1.4 2 27.4
2017 400 7 1.8 3 41.4 7 1.7 3 43.3
2018 100 1 1.0 1 103.5 1 0.9 1 115.0
Ling/blue ling Vb (Faroes) 2014 1,500 186 12.4 40 21.4 178 11.8 37 20.8
2015 1,500 156 10.4 66 42.4 153 10.2 65 42.3
2016 2,100 220 10.5 120 54.8 208 9.9 118 56.5
2017 2,000 114 5.7 59 51.3 113 5.6 59 52.0
2018 2,000 114 5.7 55 48.3 109 5.5 51 46.5
Flatfish Vb (Faroes) 2014 300 204 68.0 6 2.8 .. .. 6 ..
2015 300 204 68.0 7 3.5 .. .. 7 ..
2016 100 68 68.0 39 57.9 .. .. 39 ..
2017 100 68 68.0 9 13.7 .. .. 9 ..
2018 50 34 68.0 5 15.5 .. .. 5 ..
Other species Vb (Faroes) 2014 800 219 27.4 54 24.5 169 21.2 53 31.4
2015 800 189 23.6 138 72.8 169 21.2 137 80.9
2016 800 403 50.4 387 96.1 391 48.8 384 98.3
2017 800 204 25.5 145 71.0 203 25.4 145 71.3
2018 700 260 37.1 59 22.8 257 36.7 58 22.4
Blue whiting Vb (Faroes) 2014 2,000 571 28.6 .. .. 437 21.9 .. ..
2015 2,000 708 35.4 .. .. 609 30.4 .. ..
2016 2,500 713 28.5 .. .. 546 21.8 .. ..
2017 2,500 1,100 44.0 .. .. 800 32.0 .. ..
2018 2,500 294 11.8 .. .. 160 6.4 .. ..

(1) UK quota after exchanges can exceed the whole EU TAC as some quota can be 'carried over' into the next year within agreed limits.

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