Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Published: 3 September 2015
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781785445958

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Cod	IIa( EU), IV	2010	15,536	14,281	91.9	14,123	98.9	10,243	65.9	10,204	99.6
			2011	22,279	12,484	56.0	12,290	98.4	8,607	38.6	8,550	99.3
			2012	21,974	12,386	56.4	12,190	98.4	9,262	42.1	9,211	99.5
			2013	21,974	12,986	59.1	12,747	98.2	9,286	42.3	9,193	99.0
			2014	27,799	13,570	48.8	13,440	99.0	9,351	33.6	9,278	99.2
	Haddock	IIa( EU), IV	2010	21,241	25,368	119.4	24,980	98.5	20,169	95.0	19,935	98.8
			2011	26,432	24,347	92.1	23,278	95.6	19,009	71.9	18,227	95.9
			2012	30,158	27,719	91.9	27,302	98.5	23,147	76.8	22,927	99.1
			2013	34,681	33,209	95.8	32,928	99.2	26,675	76.9	26,502	99.4
			2014	38,284	29,877	78.0	29,799	99.7	22,565	58.9	22,614	100.2
	Whiting	IIa( EU), IV	2010	8,185	7,782	95.1	7,843	100.8	6,089	74.4	6,088	100.0
			2011	13,349	9,150	68.5	8,831	96.5	6,960	52.1	6,803	97.7
			2012	15,750	10,985	69.7	9,865	89.8	8,760	55.6	8,160	93.1
			2013	17,039	11,941	70.1	11,113	93.1	9,124	53.5	8,773	96.2
			2014	16,092	10,920	67.9	10,258	93.9	8,486	52.7	7,987	94.1
	Saithe	IIa, III( EU), IV	2010	39,291	12,094	30.8	11,966	98.9	7,084	18.0	7,045	99.5
			2011	43,842	10,451	23.8	10,295	98.5	5,667	12.9	5,555	98.0
			2012	37,774	8,139	21.5	7,714	94.8	5,091	13.5	4,914	96.5
			2013	43,486	10,797	24.8	10,732	99.4	6,521	15.0	6,474	99.3
			2014	77,536	8,809	11.4	8,612	97.8	4,779	6.2	4,625	96.8
	Plaice	IIa( EU), IV	2010	34,120	14,763	43.3	14,780	100.1	1,214	3.6	1,169	96.3
			2011	68,862	15,996	23.2	15,199	95.0	1,526	2.2	1,357	88.9
			2012	79,201	18,943	23.9	17,018	89.8	1,557	2.0	899	57.7
			2013	91,225	22,878	25.1	19,246	84.1	2,320	2.5	1,225	52.8
			2014	111,631	26,217	23.5	17,274	65.9	4,047	3.6	1,792	44.3
	Sole	II, IV	2010	9,042	1,207	13.3	941	78.0	58	0.6	42	73.4
			2011	14,050	1,082	7.7	787	72.7	161	1.1	71	44.1
			2012	16,150	1,222	7.6	601	49.2	56	0.3	2	4.1
			2013	13,970	976	7.0	853	87.4	7	0.0	2	33.3
			2014	11,900	929	7.8	842	90.6	2	0.0	2	87.0
	Hake	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	1,935	1,989	102.8	1,897	95.4	716	37.0	655	91.4
			2011	1,935	1,932	99.8	1,920	99.4	1,040	53.7	1,052	101.2
			2012	1,935	1,851	95.7	1,827	98.7	982	50.8	955	97.2
			2013	2,438	1,839	75.4	1,658	90.2	1,030	42.2	939	91.1
			2014	2,874	3,015	104.9	2,741	90.9	1,315	45.8	1,258	95.7
	Nephrops	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	24,688	22,835	92.5	18,899	82.8	15,601	63.2	14,083	90.3
			2011	23,454	21,828	93.1	13,945	63.9	14,397	61.4	9,811	68.1
			2012	21,929	19,840	90.5	10,993	55.4	13,573	61.9	7,397	54.5
			2013	17,350	15,950	91.9	8,285	51.9	10,751	62.0	5,163	48.0
			2014	15,499	13,823	89.2	11,159	80.7	9,138	59.0	7,142	78.2
	Nephrops	IV (Norway)	2010	1,200	56	4.7	7	11.6	50	4.1	7	13.1
			2011	1,200	64	5.3	4	5.8	62	5.1	4	6.0
			2012	1,200	64	5.3	0	0.3	56	4.6	..	..
			2013	1,000	53	5.3	..	..	46	4.6	..	..
			2014	1,000	53	5.3	..	..	45	4.5	..	..
	Monkfish	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	11,345	9,763	86.1	6,184	63.3	8,046	70.9	5,248	65.2
			2011	9,643	7,537	78.2	6,522	86.5	5,916	61.4	5,238	88.5
			2012	9,161	7,858	85.8	4,920	62.6	6,235	68.1	3,880	62.2
			2013	8,703	7,639	87.8	4,838	63.3	5,707	65.6	3,700	64.8
			2014	7,833	7,194	91.8	6,623	92.1	5,304	67.7	5,237	98.7
	Monkfish	IV (Norway)	2010	1,540	194	12.6	166	85.4	131	8.5	116	88.3
			2011	1,500	251	16.7	107	42.7	137	9.1	62	45.1
			2012	1,500	262	17.5	127	48.4	180	12.0	96	53.6
			2013	1,500	262	17.5	86	32.7	166	11.1	44	26.2
			2014	1,500	261	17.4	90	34.5	164	10.9	46	28.0
	Megrims	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	1,757	1,678	95.5	1,436	85.6	1,556	88.5	1,370	88.0
			2011	1,845	1,768	95.8	1,391	78.7	1,593	86.4	1,279	80.2
			2012	1,845	1,936	104.9	1,390	71.8	1,768	95.8	1,290	73.0
			2013	1,937	2,044	105.5	1,689	82.6	1,864	96.2	1,578	84.7
			2014	2,083	2,185	104.9	1,469	67.2	1,909	91.6	1,340	70.2

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Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Lemon sole & witches	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	6,521	3,983	61.1	1,350	33.9	2,334	35.8	843	36.1
			2011	6,391	3,805	59.5	1,617	42.5	2,156	33.7	931	43.2
			2012	6,391	3,849	60.2	1,458	37.9	2,133	33.4	843	39.5
			2013	6,391	3,920	61.3	1,772	45.2	2,124	33.2	1,068	50.3
			2014	6,391	3,590	56.2	1,827	50.9	1,864	29.2	1,060	56.9
	Skates & rays	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	1,397	677	48.4	658	97.2	289	20.7	285	98.6
			2011	1,397	870	62.3	773	88.8	350	25.1	338	96.5
			2012	1,395	774	55.5	662	85.5	294	21.0	266	90.5
			2013	1,256	808	64.3	800	99.0	289	23.0	289	99.9
			2014	1,256	775	61.7	780	100.6	330	26.2	333	101.2
	Dabs & flounder	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	18,810	1,395	7.4	810	58.0	233	1.2	24	10.3
			2011	18,434	1,633	8.9	697	42.7	197	1.1	21	10.8
			2012	18,434	1,652	9.0	706	42.8	190	1.0	58	30.3
			2013	18,434	1,643	8.9	663	40.4	152	0.8	13	8.8
			2014	18,434	1,543	8.4	535	34.7	163	0.9	18	11.3
	Turbot & brill	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	4,737	610	12.9	507	83.1	102	2.1	63	61.9
			2011	4,642	686	14.8	500	72.9	98	2.1	73	74.6
			2012	4,642	515	11.1	477	92.7	54	1.2	39	71.9
			2013	4,642	544	11.7	476	87.5	54	1.2	41	75.6
			2014	4,642	686	14.8	491	71.6	99	2.1	50	50.5
	Spurdog	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	2010	..	20	..	18	88.0	..	..	11	..
			2011	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Herring	IVa, b	2010	63,598	23,096	36.3	23,097	100.0	10,773	16.9	10,781	100.1
			2011	115,464	27,687	24.0	27,885	100.7	15,909	13.8	15,909	100.0
			2012	243,000	55,881	23.0	55,707	99.7	33,709	13.9	33,555	99.5
			2013	286,800	58,841	20.5	58,952	100.2	38,835	13.5	39,038	100.5
			2014	282,022	66,289	23.5	65,747	99.2	44,962	15.9	44,977	100.0
	Herring	IVc, VIId	2010	15,319	1,799	11.7	1,806	100.4	..	..	..	..
			2011	26,536	2,276	8.6	2,162	95.0	2	..	0	15.8
			2012	44,550	4,164	9.3	3,996	96.0	2	..	0	8.7
			2013	52,580	5,235	10.0	5,100	97.4	88	1.7	42	47.8
			2014	51,704	5,169	10.0	5,136	99.4	2	0.0	0	0.0
	Mackerel	IIa ( EU), III ( EU), IV	2010	15,243	1,754	11.5	1,724	98.3	800	5.2	791	98.9
			2011	20,002	1,761	8.8	1,683	95.6	996	5.0	914	91.8
			2012	19,855	1,794	9.0	1,784	99.4	982	4.9	972	99.0
			2013	24,221	1,365	5.6	1,338	98.1	720	3.0	705	98.0
			2014	42,304	8,603	20.3	8,357	97.1	4,335	10.2	4,301	99.2
	Horse mackerel ¹	IVb, Ivc, VIId	2010	30,143	4,396	14.6	1,900	43.2	164	0.5	..	..
			2011	42,955	4,700	10.9	1,790	38.1	1,508	3.5	46	3.1
			2012	40,630	3,133	7.7	1,021	32.6	223	..	..	..
			2013	34,400	6,282	18.3	4,573	72.8	259	0.8	172	66.4
			2014	31,720	5,236	16.5	4,460	85.2	645	2.0	265	41.0
	Blue whiting	I-VIII, XII, XIV	2010	48,138	7,622	15.8	6,995	91.8	5,019	10.4	4,490	89.5
			2011	10,042	1,508	15.0	1,358	90.1	1,330	13.2	1,331	100.1
			2012	63,421	9,367	14.8	9,171	97.9	6,355	10.0	6,301	99.2
			2013	116,032	14,940	12.9	13,499	90.4	8,077	7.0	8,166	101.1
			2014	185,525	28,430	15.3	27,809	97.8	25,996	14.0	25,594	98.5
	Sandeel	IIa ( EU), IV ( EU)	2010	115,375	3,983	3.5	3,966	99.6	3,981	3.5	3,966	99.6
			2011	242,250	6,312	2.6	6,102	96.7	6,283	2.6	6,102	97.1
			2012	180,000	280	0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	263,974	2,682	1.0	2,436	90.8	2,551	1.0	2,436	95.5
			2014	207,219	3,509	1.7	30	0.9	1,858	0.9	30	1.6
	Sprats	IIa ( EU), IV ( EU)	2010	98,005	5,607	5.7	1,870	33.3	1,921	2.0	1,075	56.0
			2011	149,924	3,726	2.5	3,365	90.3	2,253	1.5	2,251	99.9
			2012	151,500	4,498	3.0	1,134	25.2	2,466	1.6	649	26.3
			2013	151,500	2,806	1.9	38	1.3	2,641	1.7	..	..
			2014	144,000	403	0.3	38	9.3	22	0.0	0

(1) In 2010 the sea areas for this stock were changed from IVa, IVb IVc to IVb,IVc,VIId.

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Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
West of Scotland	Cod	VIb, XII, XIV	2010	80	45	56.8	23	50.0	40	49.4	22	56.5
			2011	78	48	61.5	37	76.0	..	..	34	..
			2012	78	48	61.5	11	22.5	..	..	11	..
			2013	74	45	60.8	9	20.0	..	..	9	..
			2014	74	45	60.8	10	21.8	..	..	10	..
	Cod	Vb, VIa ¹	2010	240	139	57.8	119	85.6	119	49.6	113	94.5
			2011	182	124	68.1	110	88.5	..	..	103	..
			2012	..	..	..	137	..	..	..	128	..
			2013	..	..	..	131	..	..	..	123	..
			2014	..	..	..	152	..	..	..	138	..
	Haddock	VIb, XII, XIV	2010	4,997	4,761	95.3	2,931	61.6	4,212	84.3	2,666	63.3
			2011	3,748	3,478	92.8	1,732	49.8	2,957	78.9	1,601	54.1
			2012	3,302	3,008	91.1	577	19.2	2,471	74.8	550	22.3
			2013	990	1,098	110.9	596	54.3	1,011	102.1	587	58.0
			2014	1,210	1,177	97.3	1,156	98.2	1,034	85.5	1,021	98.7
	Haddock	Vb, VIa	2010	2,673	2,468	92.3	2,415	97.9	2,398	89.7	2,379	99.2
			2011	2,005	1,618	80.7	1,394	86.1	1,433	71.5	1,312	91.5
			2012	6,013	4,935	82.1	4,122	83.5	4,265	70.9	3,686	86.4
			2013	4,211	3,927	93.2	3,917	99.8	3,487	82.8	3,508	100.6
			2014	3,988	3,237	81.2	3,266	100.9	3,021	75.7	3,071	101.7
	Whiting	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	431	304	70.4	263	86.7	225	52.2	241	107.0
			2011	323	155	48.0	86	55.4	..	..	77	..
			2012	307	202	65.8	205	101.6	..	..	188	..
			2013	292	164	56.2	119	72.3	..	..	109	..
			2014	292	183	62.8	105	57.4	..	..	99	..
	Saithe	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	8,493	3,718	43.8	3,168	85.2	3,535	41.6	3,044	86.1
			2011	9,682	5,316	54.9	4,544	85.5	4,956	51.2	4,283	86.4
			2012	7,830	5,468	69.8	4,549	83.2	5,118	65.4	4,445	86.8
			2013	8,964	4,486	50.0	3,648	81.3	4,222	47.1	3,521	83.4
			2014	8,045	3,894	48.4	3,326	85.4	3,186	39.6	2,754	86.4
	Plaice	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	707	417	59.0	31	7.5	332	46.9	26	8.0
			2011	693	371	53.5	30	8.0	312	45.0	27	8.7
			2012	693	408	58.9	40	9.9	311	44.9	36	11.5
			2013	658	388	59.0	41	10.5	308	46.7	35	11.2
			2014	658	388	59.0	50	12.8	305	46.4	46	15.1
	Sole	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	61	12	19.7	1	10.6	4	6.4	1	12.8
			2011	60	12	20.0	3	26.7	4	6.5	2	59.0
			2012	60	12	20.0	4	35.0	4	6.5	3	84.6
			2013	57	11	19.3	2	17.9	3	6.0	1	27.7
			2014	57	11	19.3	3	30.9	3	5.9	3	77.0
	Monkfish	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	5,567	2,518	45.2	2,212	87.9	2,075	37.3	1,907	91.9
			2011	5,456	2,380	43.6	2,150	90.3	1,851	33.9	1,724	93.2
			2012	5,183	2,352	45.4	2,085	88.7	1,831	35.3	1,745	95.3
			2013	4,924	2,340	47.5	1,996	85.3	1,741	35.4	1,552	89.1
			2014	4,432	1,757	39.6	1,720	97.9	1,267	28.6	1,260	99.5
	Nephrops	Vb( EU), VI	2010	16,057	17,907	111.5	12,164	67.9	10,708	66.7	7,544	70.5
			2011	13,681	15,131	110.6	12,873	85.1	9,059	66.2	7,973	88.0
			2012	14,091	15,271	108.4	14,247	93.3	9,636	68.4	9,279	96.3
			2013	16,690	17,699	106.0	12,811	72.4	10,947	65.6	8,828	80.6
			2014	15,287	16,683	109.1	12,705	76.2	10,523	68.8	8,506	80.8
	Megrims	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	3,079	1,225	39.8	914	74.6	1,038	33.7	871	83.9
			2011	3,387	1,110	32.8	785	70.7	957	28.3	749	78.2
			2012	3,387	1,173	34.6	679	57.9	890	26.3	641	72.0
			2013	3,387	1,179	34.8	528	44.7	957	28.3	501	52.3
			2014	4,074	1,396	34.3	560	40.1	1,020	25.0	522	51.2
	Pollack	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	2010	405	148	36.5	39	26.4	80	19.7	35	43.6
			2011	397	145	36.5	36	25.1	71	17.9	31	43.7
			2012	397	145	36.5	33	22.8	64	16.2	32	50.0
			2013	397	145	36.5	22	15.0	73	18.5	15	20.1
			2014	397	145	36.5	18	12.2	77	19.3	17	22.4
	Hake	Vb( EU), VI, VII, XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	2010	30,900	4,047	13.1	3,808	94.1	1,025	3.3	1,037	101.1
			2011	30,900	4,847	15.7	4,835	99.8	1,176	3.8	1,162	98.8
			2012	30,900	5,185	16.8	4,933	95.1	1,718	5.6	1,617	94.1
			2013	38,939	6,528	16.8	5,295	81.1	2,193	5.6	1,852	84.5
2014			45,896	7,131	15.5	6,915	97.0	2,365	5.2	2,244	94.9

(1) Total Allowable Catch for this quota not allocated since 2011, managed as a by-catch.

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Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
West of Scotland (cont'd)	Herring	Vb( EU), VIa(N), VIb	2010	13,715	12,166	88.7	12,043	99.0	6,491	47.3	6,481	99.8
			2011	21,755	11,722	53.9	11,838	101.0	7,325	33.7	7,552	103.1
			2012	22,900	12,016	52.5	12,064	100.4	8,206	35.8	8,247	100.5
			2013	27,480	16,315	59.4	15,734	96.4	10,673	38.8	10,181	95.4
			2014	28,067	18,540	66.1	16,999	91.7	12,228	43.6	12,141	99.3
	Mackerel	II(excl EU, Ice) Vb( EU), VI, VII, VIII(excl c), XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	2010	263,244	159,099	60.4	158,704	99.8	115,648	43.9	115,671	100.0
			2011	258,684	173,755	67.2	179,939	103.6	122,833	47.5	127,250	103.6
			2012	259,129	164,120	63.3	166,712	101.6	116,816	45.1	117,827	100.9
			2013	272,317	156,199	57.4	162,469	104.0	113,153	41.6	116,729	103.2
			2014	494,941	275,119	55.6	279,250	101.5	195,785	39.6	200,163	102.2
	Herring	VIa (Clyde)	2010	720	720	100.0	349	48.5	215	29.9	48	22.3
			2011	720	720	100.0	90	12.5	215	29.9	90	41.9
			2012	720	720	100.0	302	41.9	214	29.7	118	55.1
			2013	648	648	100.0	21	3.3	193	29.8	21	11.0
			2014	648	648	100.0	..	0.0	193	29.8	..	0.0
	Horse mackerel	IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII(exc d) VIII(excl c), XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	2010	98,986	15,652	15.8	15,216	97.2	2,333	2.4	2,336	100.1
			2011	156,587	15,939	10.2	14,945	93.8	835	0.5	810	97.0
			2012	157,989	15,997	10.1	14,904	93.2	1,493	0.9	1,459	97.7
			2013	157,989	7,909	5.0	6,789	85.8	891	0.6	502	56.3
			2014	116,912	10,458	8.9	8,252	78.9	1,337	1.1	1,321	98.8
Area VII	Cod	VIIa	2010	674	387	57.4	291	75.1	5	0.7	1	20.8
			2011	506	188	37.2	169	90.1	3	0.6	1	30.0
			2012	380	126	33.2	112	88.6	6	1.4	2	32.7
			2013	285	120	42.2	107	89.1	3	1.1	2	65.6
			2014	228	91	39.9	79	86.4	1	0.6	1	74.8
	Cod	VII(excl a), VIII, IX, X	2010	4,023	326	8.1	309	94.9	10	0.2	8	85.3
			2011	4,023	493	12.3	443	89.8	31	0.8	29	94.2
			2012	11,602	1,022	8.8	802	78.5	44	0.4	36	81.2
			2013	10,200	1,063	10.4	648	60.9	55	0.5	32	59.0
			2014	8,468	778	9.2	624	80.2	20	0.2	15	76.6
	Haddock	VII, VIII, IX,X	2010	11,579	1,743	15.1	1,450	83.2	145	1.3	93	63.8
			2011	14,633	2,290	15.6	2,013	87.9	265	1.8	236	89.1
			2012	17,896	2,547	14.2	2,139	84.0	365	2.0	330	90.5
			2013	15,337	2,004	13.1	1,608	80.2	168	1.1	133	79.5
			2014	10,660	1,451	13.6	1,200	82.7	95	0.9	58	61.5
	Whiting	VIIa	2010	157	60	38.2	16	27.3	3	1.9	..	..
			2011	118	19	16.1	6	30.5	3	2.6	..	..
			2012	89	37	41.6	17	45.1	5	5.6	1	22.0
			2013	84	32	37.7	20	62.8	3	3.1	1	50.0
			2014	80	21	26.5	11	52.2	1	0.9	0	8.3
	Whiting	VII(excl a)	2010	14,407	1,153	8.0	1,048	90.9	55	0.4	37	66.7
			2011	16,568	1,143	6.9	1,000	87.5	134	0.8	87	65.0
			2012	19,053	1,895	9.9	1,024	54.0	159	0.8	90	56.7
			2013	24,500	2,095	8.6	1,378	65.8	193	0.8	128	66.3
			2014	20,668	1,647	8.0	1,419	86.2	96	0.5	67	69.9
	Saithe	VII, VIII, IX, X	2010	3,411	447	13.1	85	18.9	133	3.9	2	1.3
			2011	3,343	431	12.9	69	16.0	136	4.1	1	0.4
			2012	3,343	441	13.2	148	33.6	125	3.7	1	1.0
			2013	3,176	424	13.4	233	55.0	59	1.9	2	3.2
			2014	3,176	429	13.5	168	39.2	87	2.7	3	3.6
	Plaice	VIIa	2010	1,627	548	33.7	150	27.3	40	2.4	0	1.0
			2011	1,627	546	33.6	145	26.5	41	2.5	3	6.9
			2012	1,627	506	31.1	157	31.0	35	2.1	2	4.9
			2013	1,627	520	31.9	90	17.2	36	2.2	1	3.3
			2014	1,220	352	28.9	59	16.6	23	1.9	1	3.0
	Plaice	VIId, e	2010	4,274	1,361	31.8	1,344	98.8	3	0.1	3	103.4
			2011	4,665	1,382	29.6	1,382	100.0	7	0.2	6	86.1
			2012	5,062	1,575	31.1	1,522	96.6	7	0.1	7	97.1
			2013	6,400	1,822	28.5	1,676	92.0	13	0.2	12	86.5
			2014	5,322	1,500	28.2	1,606	107.1	11.4	0.2	20	171.5
	Plaice	VIIf, g	2010	451	60	13.3	55	90.8	..	..	0	0.0
			2011	410	49	12.0	45	92.2	0	0.0	1	250.0
			2012	369	42	11.3	44	106.7	0	-0.1	0	-66.7
			2013	369	36	9.7	40	112.0	-1	-0.2	1	-75.0
			2014	461	28	6.1	24	87.1	-1	-0.1	0.1	-17.9
	Plaice	VIIh, j, k	2010	218	48	22.0	35	72.1	0	0.1	..	..
			2011	185	45	24.3	44	98.2	2	0.8	1	86.7
			2012	176	40	22.7	38	94.5	1	0.6	3	227.3
			2013	141	34	23.9	40	118.4	2	1.1	2	93.8
			2014	135	16	11.7	15	94.9	0	0.2	0	0.0

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Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Area VII	Sole	VIIa	2010	402	94	23.4	13	13.4	2	0.4	0	6.3
			2011	390	69	17.7	31	44.9	2	0.4	0	23.5
			2012	300	37	12.3	21	57.0	1	0.4	1	50.0
			2013	140	19	13.4	12	62.0	1	0.5	0	9.3
			2014	95	10	10.7	10	94.7	0	0.3	0	49.2
	Sole	VIId	2010	4,219	913	21.6	674	73.8	1	0.0	..	..
			2011	4,852	989	20.4	687	69.5	0	0.0	..	..
			2012	5,580	1,132	20.3	627	55.4	6	0.1	..	..
			2013	5,900	1,233	20.9	605	49.0	6	0.1	..	..
			2014	4,838	722	14.9	649	89.9	1	0.0	1	64.0
	Sole	VIIe	2010	618	365	59.1	362	99.2	2	0.3	2	83.3
			2011	710	431	60.7	423	98.2	1	0.1	1	100.0
			2012	777	495	63.7	494	99.7	1	0.2	1	100.0
			2013	894	581	65.0	536	92.2	3	0.3	1	53.2
			2014	832	522	62.8	510	97.6	1	0.1	1	98.3
	Sole	VIIf, g	2010	993	310	31.2	179	57.7	1	0.1	..	..
			2011	1,241	371	29.9	168	45.2	1	0.1	0	21.4
			2012	1,060	222	21.0	172	77.6	1	0.1	0	57.1
			2013	1,100	195	17.8	206	105.2	0	0.0	0	27.9
			2014	1,001	255	25.5	252	98.9	0	0.0	0	687.1
	Sole	VIIh, j, k	2010	498	93	18.7	51	54.4	0	0.1	0	33.3
			2011	423	73	17.3	54	74.5	3	0.6	1	40.7
			2012	423	78	18.4	46	59.1	1	0.3	1	92.9
			2013	402	75	18.6	47	62.3	1	0.3	1	64.8
			2014	382	89	23.3	54	60.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Nephrops	VII	2010	22,432	8,831	39.4	7,523	85.2	280	1.3	206	73.3
			2011	21,759	8,155	37.5	7,261	89.0	283	1.3	120	42.5
			2012	21,759	7,824	36.0	7,151	91.4	239	1.1	207	86.5
			2013	23,065	7,740	33.6	6,982	90.2	369	1.6	244	66.2
			2014	20,989	7,795	37.1	6,536	83.9	355	1.7	298	84.1
	Monkfish	VII	2010	32,292	6,079	18.8	5,658	93.1	759	2.4	751	99.0
			2011	32,292	6,475	20.1	6,300	97.3	854	2.6	815	95.4
			2012	30,677	6,601	21.5	5,970	90.4	597	1.9	546	91.4
			2013	29,144	6,796	23.3	6,520	95.9	688	2.4	673	97.9
			2014	33,516	7,555	22.5	7,329	97.0	696	2.1	667	95.8
	Megrims	VII	2010	18,300	3,313	18.1	2,485	75.0	230	1.3	207	90.2
			2011	18,300	2,673	14.6	2,436	91.1	227	1.2	171	75.4
			2012	17,385	2,888	16.6	2,356	81.6	179	1.0	145	81.0
			2013	17,385	3,212	18.5	3,059	95.2	158	0.9	154	97.5
			2014	17,385	3,135	18.0	2,813	89.7	226	1.3	193	85.6
	Pollack (Lythe)	VII	2010	13,770	2,396	17.4	1,380	57.6	120	0.9	2	1.3
			2011	13,495	2,313	17.1	1,738	75.1	120	0.9	6	4.6
			2012	13,495	2,349	17.4	1,842	78.4	83	0.6	9	11.3
			2013	13,495	2,398	17.8	1,829	76.3	53	0.4	7	12.9
			2014	13,495	2,392	17.7	2,112	88.3	16	0.1	1	7.3
	Herring	VIIa	2010	4,800	5,030	104.8	4,981	99.0	3	0.1	..	..
			2011	5,280	5,313	100.6	5,205	98.0	4	0.1	..	..
			2012	4,752	5,696	119.9	5,677	99.7	1	0.0	..	..
			2013	4,993	5,013	100.4	5,000	99.8	1	0.0	..	..
			2014	5,251	5,147	98.0	5,084	98.8	1	0.0	..	..
	Herring	VIIe, f	2010	1,000	500	50.0	208	41.6	..	..	..	..
			2011	980	490	50.0	218	44.4	..	..	..	..
			2012	980	490	50.0	275	56.2	..	..	..	..
			2013	931	464	49.8	410	88.4	..	..	..	..
			2014	930	465	50.0	455	97.9	..	..	..	..
	Sprats	VIId, e	2010	5,532	4,429	80.1	4,404	99.4	0	0.0	..	..
			2011	5,421	3,147	58.1	3,135	99.6	0	0.0	..	..
			2012	5,150	3,702	71.9	4,433	119.7	5	0.1	..	..
			2013	5,150	4,081	79.2	3,793	92.9	7	0.1	..	..
			2014	5,150	4,102	79.7	3,358	81.9	0	0.0	..	..

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Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2010 to 2014

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total		UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Norway	Cod	I, II (Norway)	2010	20,050	7,535	37.6	4,185	55.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	14,127	6,099	43.2	5,799	95.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	16,309	7,083	43.4	6,608	93.3	..	..	..	..
			2013	19,971	7,045	35.3	5,401	76.7	..	..	..	..
			2014	20,524	6,868	33.5	5,112	74.4	..	..	..	..
	Haddock	I, II (Norway)	2010	2,050	743	36.2	526	70.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	1,350	781	57.9	743	95.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	1,350	586	43.4	514	87.7	..	..	..	..
			2013	1,481	533	36.0	431	80.9	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,200	370	30.9	165	44.7	..	..	..	..
	Saithe	I, II (Norway)	2010	3,000	258	8.6	121	46.9	..	..	..	..
			2011	2,550	875	34.3	903	103.1	..	..	..	..
			2012	2,550	421	16.5	634	150.5	..	..	..	..
			2013	2,550	427	16.7	120	28.0	..	..	..	..
			2014	2,550	230	9.0	230	99.7	..	..	..	..
	Redfish	I, II (Norway)	2010	1,500	120	8.0	19	15.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	1,500	150	10.0	20	13.5	..	..	..	..
			2012	1,500	150	10.0	73	48.7	..	..	..	..
			2013	1,500	150	10.0	27	18.2	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,500	100	6.7	23	22.8	..	..	..	..
	Greenland halibut	I, II (Norway)	2010	50	20	40.0	0	0.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	50	25	50.0	9	37.6	..	..	..	..
			2012	50	25	50.0	18	71.6	..	..	..	..
			2013	50	23	46.0	8	33.5	..	..	..	..
			2014	50	23	46.0	13	57.0	..	..	..	..
	Other species	I, II (Norway)	2010	350	186	53.1	15	8.0	..	..	..	..
			2011	350	186	53.1	40	21.3	..	..	..	..
			2012	350	181	51.7	31	17.1	..	..	..	..
			2013	350	176	50.3	12	6.7	..	..	..	..
			2014	350	251	71.7	46	18.3	..	..	..	..
	Herring	I, II	2010	96,543	23,931	24.8	24,151	100.9	23,895	24.8	24,151	101.1
			2011	64,319	14,089	21.9	14,045	99.7	14,080	21.9	14,045	99.8
			2012	54,228	11,923	22.0	12,310	103.2	11,916	22.0	12,310	103.3
			2013	40,297	8,209	20.4	8,342	101.6	8,197	20.3	8,342	101.8
			2014	27,244	4,348	16.0	4,233	97.4	4,347	16.0	4,233	97.4
Svalbard	Cod	I, IIb (Svalbard)	2010	22,356	2,067	9.2	1,026	49.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	25,975	2,573	9.9	2,409	93.6	..	..	..	..
			2012	27,785	4,800	17.3	4,556	94.9	..	..	..	..
			2013	37,172	7,156	19.3	5,110	71.4	..	..	..	..
			2014	36,908	9,786	26.5	9,187	93.9	..	..	..	..
Faroes	Cod/haddock	Vb (Faroes)	2010	500	440	88.0	439	99.7	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	950	836	88.0	656	78.4	728	76.6	612	84.1
	Saithe	Vb (Faroes)	2010	2,425	862	35.5	706	81.9	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	3,000	796	26.5	338	42.5	606	20.2	313	51.6
	Redfish	Vb (Faroes)	2010	1,600	660	41.3	86	13.1	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,300	14	1.1	1	7.1	6	0.5	1	15.7
	Ling/blue ling	Vb (Faroes)	2010	2,700	444	16.4	370	83.3	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,500	186	12.4	40	21.4	178	11.8	37	20.8
	Flatfish	Vb (Faroes)	2010	300	217	72.3	252	116.2	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	300	204	68.0	6	2.8	..	..	6	..
	Otherspecies	Vb (Faroes)	2010	760	334	43.9	242	72.5	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	800	219	27.4	54	24.5	169	21.2	53	31.4
	Blue whiting	Vb (Faroes)	2010	2,700	1,187	44.0	974	82.0	..	..	..	..
			2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	2,000	571	..	..	..	437	..	..	..

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