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Publication - Factsheet

Fishing vessel weekly licence variations: 3 February 2023

Published
3 February 2023
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries

Scottish fishing vessel weekly licence variations notified on 3 February 2023.

Fishing vessel quota limits tables 2023 - showing the quota limits applicable to both 10m and under non-PO and over 10m non-sector vessels.

Fisheries closures table 2023 - showing the current status of fish stocks following the issue and publication of the above variations (if any).

Producer Organisation/Non-Producer Organisation Group

Type of Licence

Licence Conditions Text Amendment

Effective Date

ALL over 10m groups

AO

Irish Sea Conservation Measures

 

5.32 Vessels operating in the Northern Ireland zone of ICES Area 7a must comply with the specific technical measures described for the Irish Sea as specified in EU Regulations (EU) 2019/1241 and (EU) 2019/2239. These regulations provide a number of options for highly selective gears (HSE) that must be used in the Irish Sea.

 

 

5.32.1 All vessels must use an appropriate highly selective gear in the Irish Sea.

 

 

5.32.2 Vessels (greater than 12 m in length) operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 10% of haddock, cod and skates and rays combined, shall use one of the following gear options: (a) 120 mm cod-end; (b) an eliminator trawl with 600 mm large mesh panels and a 100 mm cod-end.

 

The gears described above paragraph 5.32.2 cannot be used within Northern Ireland zone of the Irish Sea (ICES Area 7a) from 14 February to 30 April, both dates inclusive, within the following area:

  • a point on the east coast of the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland at 54°30′N
  • 54°30′ N, 04°50′ W
  • 53°15′ N, 04°50′ W
  • a point on the east coast of Ireland at 53°15′ N.

 

0001 hours on 5 February 2023

ALL groups

AU/AUP/AO

5.23 Removal of licence condition – Dogger Bank Scallop Closure

 

5.23 This vessel may not be present in the area described below whilst carrying dredges on board other than when transiting at a speed of more than six

knots (except in the case of force majeure or adverse conditions).

 

Point  Latitude     Longitude

1 55°  11' 42.08"  N 1°36' 44.33" E

2 55°  29' 54.672  N 2° 54' 13.37" E

3 55°  29' 1.35"    N 3° 15' 1.21" E

4 54°  22' 34.78"  N 2° 45' 45.53" E

5 54°  18' 14.87"  N 2° 43' 14.79" E

6 54°  16' 0.07"    N 2° 31' 55.66" E

7 54°  14' 20.45"  N 2° 22' 39.16" E

8 54°  17' 38.18"  N 2° 0' 5.77" E

9 54°  29' 26.25"  N 1° 16' 38.33" E

10 54°  49' 7.89"  N 1° 8' 7.69" E

11 55°  3' 3.33"    N 1° 19' 37.24" E

 

5.23.1 Vessels transiting through the area referred to in condition 5.23 and which are carrying dredges must ensure that, for the entire duration of

the period in the area referred to in that condition, the dredges are disconnected from the towing cable and unable to be deployed.

 

5.23.2 In the case of force majeure and adverse conditions, the master must immediately inform the UK Fisheries Monitoring Centre.

0001 hours on 5 February 2023
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