Publication - Progress report

Wild Wrasse Fishery – 2021/22 Report

Published: 8 July 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, +1 more … Director of Marine
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781836014805

This report covers the Scottish wild wrasse fishery data collected in 2021 and 2022.

Appendix 1

Table A1.1: Total landings (tonnes) by ICES statistical rectangle reported for all wrasse species from FISH1 and paper logs for the years 2017-2022. ICES statistical rectangles with fewer than 5 vessels reporting are not reported in this table (*) but are included in the total for each year. Annual Wrasse landings (tonnes)
ICES Statistical Rectangle	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
39E4	*	*	0	0	0	0
40E3	0	0	0	*	0	0
40E4	*	*	*	2.2231	*	*
40E5	0	0	0	0	0	0
40E8	0	0	0	0	0	*
41E2	0	0	*	0	0	0
41E3	*	*	*	*	*	0
41E4	*	*	*	*	*	*
41E5	0	0	0	0	*	0
41E7	*	0	0	0	0	0
42E2	*	*	*	*	0	*
42E3	*	*	*	*	*	*
42E4	*	*	12.603	*	18.917	19.818
42E7	*	0	0	0	0	0
43E2	*	*	*	*	4.006	*
43E3	8.965	11.435	10.461	10.206	3.992	7.541
43E4	5.803	1.490	*	1.009	*	1.505
43E5	0	0	*	0	*	0
44E2	*	*	34.610	*	5.461	7.306
44E3	*	*	*	8.574	4.857	4.520
44E4	*	*	*	2.499	*	*
44E5	0	0	*	*	*	0
44E6	*	*	*	*	*	*
44E7	0	*	0	*	0	0
44E8	0	*	*	0	0	0
44E9	0	*	0	0	0	0
45E3	*	*	*	*	*	*
45E4	*	*	*	*	*	*
45E5	0	0	0	*	0	0
46E4	0	0	0	0	0	*
46E6	0	*	2.049	3.686	*	*
46E7	0	*	0	*	*	*
47E3	0	0	0	*	0	*
47E6	0	*	*	3.245	*	*
47E7	0	*	2.010	3.145	2.851	5.796
48E8	0	0	0	*	*	0
48E9	0	0	0	*	0	0
49E8	0	0	0	0	*	*
49E9	0	0	0	0	0	*
Total	40.137	51.030	87.750	71.734	68.011	78.571

Table A1.2: Number of wrasse species caught by fishers in the first 20 pots lifted during the 2021 and 2022 wrasse fishing seasons and either returned to the sea or retained. Reported through science return forms. Table 1 (main report) shows minimum and maximum landing sizes.
Species	Ballan	Corkwing	Cuckoo	Goldsinny	Rock Cook	Total
Returned (%) undersize 2021	1798	1239	412	3926	2453	9828
Returned (%) undersize 2022	1264	1688	256	2966	3119	9293
Returned (%) oversize 2021	1028	317	102	547	97	2091
Returned (%) oversize 2022	1387	223	40	36	17	1703
Returned (%) permitted 2021	501	910	384	3403	635	5833
Returned (%) permitted 2022	447	2221	604	2889	1224	7385
Retained (%) permitted 2021	13718	1641	241	2026	1257	18883
Retained (%) permitted 2022	7158	2108	166	1711	1131	12274
Total 2021	17045	4107	1139	9902	4442	36635
Total 2022	10256	6240	1066	7602	5491	30655

Table A1.3: Number and percentage of total wrasse (all species combined) reported landed by ICES statistical rectangle during the 2021 and 2022 seasons as reported by fishers (science return forms) and part of the derogation to fish for wrasse. ICES statistical rectangles with fewer than 5 vessels reporting are not reported in this table (*) but are included in the total for each year.
ICES statistical rectangle	Number landed 2021	Percentage (%) 2021	Number landed 2022	Percentage (%) 2022
40E4	*	*	0	0
41E4	*	*	*	*
42E3	*	*	*	*
42E4	198211	32.3	372540	49.9
43E2	54725	8.9	*	*
43E3	52148	8.5	59001	7.9
43E4	*	*	4391	0.6
44E2	39907	6.5	44983	6.0
44E3	92985	15.1	17694	2.4
44E4	*	*	*	*
44E6	*	*	*	*
44E7	0	0	*	*
45E3	*	*	*	*
46E6	*	*	*	*
46E7	*	*	*	*
47E6	*	*	*	*
47E7	53465	8.7	80973	10.8
6a	940	0.2	0	0
Total	613993	100	746974	100

Table A1.4: Number and percentage of total wrasse reported (landed) by species during the 2021 and 2022 seasons as reported (via science return forms) as part of the derogation to fish for wrasse.
Species	Number landed 2021	Percentage (%) 2021	Number landed 2022	Percentage (%) 2022
Ballan	360896	58.8	488267	65.4
Corkwing	73758	12.0	120051	16.1
Cuckoo	5879	1.0	6009	0.8
Goldsinny	71115	11.6	70233	9.4
Rock cook	52820	8.6	62414	8.4
Wrasse (undefined)*	49525	8.1	N/A	N/A
Total	613993	100	746974	100

*In 2021, reporting at species level was not always possible. In 2022, that issue was addressed.

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