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Fishing vessel weekly licence variations: 1 January 2020

Published: 19 December 2019
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries

Variations effective from 0001hrs on 1 January 2020.

1 January 2020 Licence Variations

Variations effective from 0001hrs on 1 January 2020

Due to the large volume of variations at this time all licences by group & category can be found as PDF documents below.

**Vessel owners should pay careful attention to their licence conditions, stock openings/closures and catch limits at 1 Jan 2020**

2020 Closures Table:- showing the current status of fish stocks following the issue and publication of the above variations (if any).

2020 quota limits tables:- showing the quota limits applicable to both 10m and under non-PO and over 10m non-sector vessels. Please note: these tables are for information only and you should always refer to your licence and the variations thereof in the first instance.

Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group	Type of Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
ALL Over 15m vessels in ALL Over 10m Producer Organisation and Non-Sector Groups	Category AO	Effort Allocation Confirmed	Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) and Spider Crab (Maja squinado)	VII	160 effort days for the period 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020	0001 hours on 01/01/2020
ALL Over 15m vessels in ALL Over 10m Producer Organisation and Non-Sector Groups	Category AO	Effort Allocation Confirmed	Scallops	VII	50 effort days for the quarter 01/01/2020 to 31/03/2020	0001 hours on 01/01/2020

Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group	Type of Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Effective Date
ALL	AO & AUP	Open	Cod	ICES division VIb; EU and International Waters of Vb west of 12°00'W, XII and XIV	0001 hours on 1 January 2020
ALL	AO, AU & AUP	Closed	Herring	EU and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN	0001 hours on 1 January 2020

PO / Non-PO Group	Category	Change to conditions text
ALL	AO, AU & AUP	Amendments to para 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10 (AO) or 2.6, 2.7 & 2.8 (AU & AUP) to amend by-catch per trip percentage limit. “…the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Cod caught in ICES Divisions VIa; EU and International Waters of Vb east of 12°00'W only insofar as such catches do not exceed 5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip. “ “… the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Cod caught in ICES division VIb; EU and International Waters of Vb west of 12°00'W, XII and XIV only insofar as such catches do not exceed 0.5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip.” “.. the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Whiting, caught in ICES Divisions Vb (EC Zone), VI, XII (International Waters) and XIV (International Waters) only insofar as such catches do not exceed 5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip.”

PO / Non-PO Group

Category

Change to conditions text

ALL

AO, AU & AUP

Amendments to para 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10 (AO) or 2.6, 2.7 & 2.8 (AU & AUP) to amend by-catch per trip percentage limit.

“…the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Cod caught in ICES Divisions VIa; EU and International Waters of Vb east of 12°00'W only insofar as such catches do not exceed 5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip. “

“… the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Cod caught in ICES division VIb; EU and International Waters of Vb west of 12°00'W, XII and XIV only insofar as such catches do not exceed 0.5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip.”

“.. the vessel to which this licence relates may retain on board and land Whiting, caught in ICES Divisions Vb (EC Zone), VI, XII (International Waters) and XIV (International Waters) only insofar as such catches do not exceed 5% by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip.”