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Fishing vessel weekly licence variations 1 January 2022

Published: 1 January 2022
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries

Scottish fishing vessel licence variations announced on 1 January 2022

Fishing vessel quota limits tables 2022 - showing the quota limits applicable to both 10m and under non-PO and over 10m non-sector vessels.

Fisheries closures table 2022 - showing the current status of fish stocks following the issue and publication of the above variations (if any).

Change in catch limits

Group	Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Anglerfish	EU waters of IIa & IV	3 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Anglerfish	VI; EU and International Water of Vb; International Waters of XII & XIV	250 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Haddock	IV; EU Waters of IIa	1 tonne per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Haddock	EU and International Waters of Vb & Vla	500 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Nephrops	EU Waters of IIa & IV	20 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Nephrops	VI, EU and International Waters of Vb	20 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Plaice	IV; EU Waters of IIa	3 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Pollack	VI: EU and International Waters of Vb; International Waters of XII & XIV	500 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Pollack	VII	100 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Saithe	IIIa & ; EU Waters of IIa, IIIbc	350 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change I catch limit	Skates & rays	EU Waters of IIa & IV	500 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Change in catch limit	Skates & rays	VIa-b & VIIa-c,e-k	500 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Anglerfish	EU waters of IIa & IV	250 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Anglerfish	VI; EU and International Water of Vb; International Waters of XII & XIV	50 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Haddock	EU and International Waters of Vb & Vla	50 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Nephrops	EU Waters of IIa & IV	20 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Nephrops	VI, EU and International Waters of Vb	20 tonnes per quarter	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Saithe	IIIa & IV; EU Waters of IIa, IIIbc	50 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Skates & rays	EU Waters of IIa & IV	100 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
Non-Member	AO	Change in catch limit	Skates & rays	Vla-b & VIIa-c,e-k	100 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022

Closures and openings

Group	Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Opening	Cod	IV; EU Waters of IIa	350 kg’s per month	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Closure	Mackerel	VI, VII, VIIIabde; EU and International Waters of vb; International Waters of IIA, XIII and XIV		0001 Hours on 1 January 2022

Effort allocations confirmed

Group	Licence	Reason	Species	Area of Sea	Limit	Effective Date
ALL Over 15m vessels	AO	Effort Allocation confirmed	Ediblie Crab (Cancer pagurus) and Spider Crab (Maja squinado)	VII	160 days for the period 01/01/2022 to 31/03/2022	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
ALL Over 15m vessels	AO	Effort Allocation confirmed	Scallops	VII	65 days for the period 01/02/2022 to 31/03/2022	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022

Conditions text amendments

Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group	Type of Licence	Licence Conditions Text Amendment	Effective Date
Non-Member	AO	Condition 2.10 Whiting by catch limit changed to 10%	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
10 Metre and Under – Non PO	AU	Condition 2.6 Cod by catch limit changed to 5%	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
All groups	AU,AUP,AO	For AU and AUP Condition 5.6 For AO Stanhope Ground - updated coordinates 60° 10N – 02°00 E 60° 10N – 02°45 E 60° 25N – 01°45 E 60° 25N – 02°00 E	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
All groups	AO	Condition 5.6 Papa Bank – updated coordinates 59° 56N – 03°08W 59° 56N – 02°45W 59° 35N – 03°15W 59° 35N – 03°35W	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022
All groups	AU, AUP, AO	For AU and AUP condition 5.12 For AO condition 5.13 Rabarberen – updated coordinates 57° 47.00 N – 11° 04.00 E 57° 43.00 N – 11° 04.00 E 57° 43.00 N – 11° 09.00 E 57° 47.00 N – 11° 09.00 E	0001 Hours on 1 January 2022

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