Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Published: 29 September 2016
ISBN: 9781786524300

Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Cod	IIa( EU), IV	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
			2015	29,189	14,829	50.8	14,798	99.8	9,742	33.4	9,741	100.0
	Haddock	IIa( EU), IV	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
			2015	40,711	30,977	76.1	25,824	83.4	23,622	58.0	19,704	83.4
	Whiting	IIa( EU), IV	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
			2015	13,678	10,154	74.2	9,998	98.5	7,421	54.3	7,359	99.2
	Saithe	IIa, III( EU), IV	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
			2015	66,006	8,970	13.6	8,923	99.5	4,898	7.4	4,860	99.2
	Plaice	IIa( EU), IV	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
			2015	128,376	25,936	20.2	17,303	66.7	8,330	6.5	4,683	56.2
	Sole	II, IV	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
			2015	11,900	894	7.5	813	91.0	39	0.3	38	97.8
	Hake	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	3,190	3,125	98.0	2,978	95.3	1,542	48.4	1,474	95.5
	Nephrops	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	17,843	10,873	60.9	6,959	64.0	5,807	32.5	4,244	73.1
	Nephrops	IV (Norway)	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	..	..
			2015	1,000	53	5.3	..	..	45	4.5	..	..
	Monkfish	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	9,390	9,087	96.8	8,886	97.8	6,650	70.8	6,818	102.5
	Monkfish	IV (Norway)	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
			2015	1,500	269	17.9	138	51.3	149	10.0	68	45.6
	Megrims	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	2,083	2,199	105.5	1,172	53.3	1,924	92.4	1,045	54.3

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total 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)	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
			2015	6,391	3,650	57.1	1,546	42.4	2,076	32.5	1,007	48.5
	Skates &rays	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	1,382	691	50.0	669	96.8	334	24.2	326	97.5
	Dabs & flounder	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	18,434	1,533	8.3	354	23.1	285	1.5	69	24.4
	Turbot & brill	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	4,642	458	9.9	455	99.3	90	1.9	86	95.9
	Herring	IVa, b	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
			2015	267,197	66,893	25.0	68,055	101.7	47,329	17.7	48,204	101.8
	Herring	IVc, VIId	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
			2015	48,986	5,399	11.0	5,140	95.2	3	0.1	..	..
	Mackerel	IIa( EU), III(EU), IV	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
			2015	36,338	5,791	15.9	5,567	96.1	4,064	11.2	3,954	97.3
	Horse mackerel ¹	IVb, IVc, VIId	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
			2015	15,200	5,314	35.0	3,580	67.4	30	0.2	24	80.0
	Blue whiting	I-VIII, XII, XIV	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
			2015	197,195	34,275	17.4	31,778	92.7	32,929	16.7	30,504	92.6
	Sandeel	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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
			2015	357,219	3,081	0.9	2,000	64.9	2,976	0.8	2,000	67.2
	Sprats	IIa( EU), IV( EU)	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	..	..
			2015	227,000	11,625	5.1	33	0.3	3,039	1.3	0	0.0

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

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
West of Scotland	Cod	VIb, XII, XIV	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	..
			2015	74	45	60.8	18	40.1	..	..	17	..
	Cod	Vb, VIa ¹	2011	182	124	68.1	110	88.5	..	..	103	..
			2012	..	..	..	137	..	..	..	128	..
			2013	..	..	..	131	..	..	..	123	..
			2014	..	..	..	152	..	..	..	138	..
			2015	..	..	..	169	..	..	..	152	..
	Haddock	VIb, XII, XIV	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
			2015	2,580	2,104	81.5	2,052	97.6	1,870	72.5	1,833	98.0
	Haddock	Vb, VIa	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
			2015	4,536	3,385	74.6	3,052	90.2	2,966	65.4	2,837	95.6
	Whiting	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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	..
			2015	263	168	64.0	168	99.9	..	..	153	..
	Saithe	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	6,848	3,392	49.5	3,286	96.9	2,810	41.0	2,724	97.0
	Plaice	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	658	388	59.0	56	14.3	307	46.7	51	16.5
	Sole	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	57	11	19.3	4	36.8	5	9.2	2	47.5
	Monkfish	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	5,313	2,117	39.8	2,085	98.5	1,644	30.9	1,634	99.4
	Nephrops	Vb( EU), VI	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
			2015	14,190	15,522	109.4	11,744	75.7	9,575	67.5	8,130	84.9
	Megrims	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	4,129	1,375	33.3	643	46.8	1,023	24.8	593	57.9
	Pollack	Vb( EU), VI, XII(int'l), XIVb(int'l)	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
			2015	397	145	36.5	25	17.3	75	18.9	22	29.9
	Hake	Vb( EU), VI, VII, XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	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
2015			50,944	8,022	15.7	7,723	96.3	2,380	4.7	2,349	98.7

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

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total 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	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
			2015	22,690	16,910	74.5	15,260	90.2	10,298	45.4	10,394	100.9
	Mackerel	II(excl EU,Ice) Vb( EU), VI, VII, VIII(excl c), XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	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
			2015	420,692	237,094	56.4	242,411	102.2	167,584	39.8	171,423	102.3
	Herring	VIa(Clyde)	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
			2015	583	583	100.0	..	0.0	174	29.8	..	0.0
	Horse mackerel	IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII (exc d) VIII(excl c), XII(intl), XIVb(intl)	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
			2015	85,732	5,508	6.4	3,973	72.1	737	0.9	700	95.0
Area VII	Cod	VIIa	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
			2015	182	51	28.1	50	97.5	0	0.2	0	75.0
	Cod	VII(excl a), VIII, IX, X	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
			2015	5,072	668	13.2	583	87.3	19	0.4	16	84.4
	Haddock	VII, VIII, IX, X	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
			2015	9,523	1,466	15.4	1,393	95.1	97	1.0	80	83.1
	Whiting	VIIa	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
			2015	80	31	38.9	8	26.7	1	1.3	0	30.0
	Whiting	VII(excl a)	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
			2015	17,742	1,277	7.2	1,205	94.3	222	1.3	220	99.0
	Saithe	VII, VIII, IX, X	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
			2015	3,176	431	13.6	103	23.8	93	2.9	1	1.2
	Plaice	VIIa	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
			2015	1,098	306	27.9	80	26.0	22	2.0	1	2.7
	Plaice	VIId, e	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
			2015	4,787	1,460	30.5	1,303	89.2	28	0.6	27	95.3
	Plaice	VIIf, g	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
			2015	461	51	11.1	25	48.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Plaice	VIIh, j, k	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
			2015	135	18	13.3	17	96.1	0	0.0	0	0.0

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Area VII	Sole	VIIa	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
			2015	90	15	16.2	8	51.4	1	0.6	0	80.0
	Sole	VIId	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
			2015	3,483	532	15.3	468	88.0	1	0.0	1	62.5
	Sole	VIIe	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
			2015	851	508	59.7	492	96.7	1	0.2	1	85.7
	Sole	VIIf, g	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
			2015	851	118	13.9	105	88.8	1	0.1	0	25.0
	Sole	VIIh, j, k	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
			2015	382	66	17.3	53	80.7	0	0.1	0	75.0
	Nephrops	VII	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
			2015	21,619	7,711	35.7	7,060	91.6	442	2.0	415	94.0
	Monkfish	VII	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
			2015	33,516	7,602	22.7	6,875	90.4	644	1.9	611	94.9
	Megrims	VII	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
			2015	17,385	3,536	20.3	2,923	82.7	271	1.6	171	63.0
	Pollack (Lythe)	VII	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
			2015	13,495	2,251	16.7	1,483	65.9	50	0.4	2	3.6
	Herring	VIIa	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	..	..
			2015	4,854	4,918	101.3	4,870	99.0	2	0.0	..	..
	Herring	VIIe, f	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	930	465	50.0	379	81.5	..	..	..	..
	Sprats	VIId, e	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	..	..
			2015	5,150	2,952	57.3	2,659	90.1	0	0.0	..	..

Table 1.10 Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2011 to 2015

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
Norway	Cod	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	22,036	6,256	28.4	5,919	94.6	..	..	..	..
	Haddock	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	1,288	453	35.2	336	74.1	..	..	..	..
	Saithe	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	2,550	515	20.2	379	73.5	..	..	..	..
	Redfish	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	1,500	150	10.0	45	29.7	..	..	..	..
	Greenland halibut	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	50	17	33.8	7	40.2	..	..	..	..
	Other species	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	350	159	45.3	61	38.4	..	..	..	..
	Herring	I, II	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
			2015	18,424	77	0.4	55	71.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
Svalbard	Cod	I, IIb (Svalbard)	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	..	..	..	..
			2015	33,176	6,867	20.7	6,866	100.0	..	..	..	..
Faroes	Cod/ haddock	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	950	836	88.0	656	78.4	728	76.6	612	84.1
			2015	950	836	88.0	831	99.4	801	84.3	800	99.9
	Saithe	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	3,000	796	26.5	338	42.5	606	20.2	313	51.6
			2015	3,000	726	24.2	304	41.8	533	17.8	253	47.4
	Redfish	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,300	14	1.1	1	7.1	6	0.5	1	15.7
			2015	1,100	12	1.1	0	1.7	5	0.5	0	3.9
	Ling/blue ling	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	1,500	186	12.4	40	21.4	178	11.8	37	20.8
			2015	1,500	156	10.4	66	42.4	153	10.2	65	42.3
	Flat fish	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	300	204	68.0	6	2.8	..	..	6	..
			2015	300	204	68.0	7	3.5	..	..	7	..
	Other species	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	800	219	27.4	54	24.5	169	21.2	53	31.4
			2015	800	189	23.6	138	72.8	169	21.2	137	80.9
	Blue whiting	Vb (Faroes)	2011	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2012	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2014	2,000	571	..	..	..	437	..	..	..
			2015	2,000	708	..	..	..	609	..	..	..

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