2024 Scottish Quota Management Rules

6. Admissions to, and Movements From, the 10mu Pool

65. A vessel which was fishing in the 10mu Pool at 1 January, may switch to fishing against Sectoral Group quota in-year, but no transfer of quota will be made to Sectoral Group from the 10mu Pool in such an event. No vessel fishing against a Sectoral Group from 1 January will normally be able to revert to fishing in the 10mu Pool in-year.

66. A Scottish 10-metre-and-under vessel accepted to join a Sectoral Group and fishing under the management of that Sectoral Group may acquire FQA units but, before re-joining the 10mu Pool, it must divest itself of any FQA units attached to its licence. A vessel in the 10mu Pool may not hold FQA units on its associated licence.

67. Vessels fishing in the 10mu Pool may not lease in quota for their individual use but will fish against the periodic 10mu Pool catch limits set by quota managers in Marine Directorate.

Where a 10-metre-and-under vessel moves from fishing in a 10-metre-and-under pool from one FA to another, there will be no quota transfer between UK FAs