Outcome Report: Consultation on setting the total allowable catch for Herring in the Firth of Clyde 2024
Summary and analysis of the responses received to the consultation on setting the 2024 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for herring in the Firth of Clyde, and description of the outcome of the consultation.
1. Introduction
On 17 June 2024, the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government issued a public consultation seeking views on a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for herring in the Firth of Clyde in 2024. The consultation closed on 08 July 2024.
This report provides a summary and analysis of the written responses to the question posed in the consultation document and describes the outcome of the consultation.
1.1 Background
The Clyde herring stock is defined as the stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of Kintyre (55° 17,9′ N, 05° 47,8′ W), a point at position (55° 04′ N, 05° 23′ W), and Corsewall Point (55° 00,5′ N, 05° 09,4′ W), which lies exclusively within Scottish waters.
The Marine Directorate carried out this consultation on behalf of the UK Fisheries Administrations, to seek views on the level of the 2024 TAC. Following consideration of the consultation responses, the Scottish Government has made a recommendation to the UK Secretary of State. A determination on the TAC level will subsequently be made by the Secretary of State.
1.2 Requirements for determining the TAC
As set out in ANNEX FISH.2F of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Clyde herring stock is present only in UK waters, and is not a shared stock with the EU. Clyde herring is located exclusively in Scottish waters.
Setting the TAC for Clyde herring is therefore the sole responsibility of the UK. It should be noted that, similarly, responsibility for setting the Clyde herring TAC was delegated to the UK by the EU prior to 2021, in line with Article 6 of the EU TAC and Quota Regulation (Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123).
1.3 Consultation
A three-week consultation was undertaken, mirroring the approach used in previous years and afforded respondents the same length of time to provide views.
The consultation document proposed to set the TAC level at 583 tonnes for 2024, the same TAC level in 2023 and between 2015 and 2021.
Respondents were asked: What is your view on the proposed Total Allowable Catch (TAC) level for Clyde herring in 2024?
Contact
Email: clydeherring@gov.scot
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