Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017

Published: 27 September 2018
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781787812390

A National Statistics publication presenting data on the Scottish and UK fishing fleet, landings and employment.

Table 33. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake

				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	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
			2016	33,651	16,754	49.8	16,504	98.5	10,928	32.5	10,849	99.3
			2017	39,220	20,274	51.7	18,414	90.8	13,357	34.1	13,177	98.7
	Haddock	IIa(EU), IV	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
			2016	61,933	44,464	71.8	26,412	59.4	34,145	55.1	20,207	59.2
			2017	33,643	27,924	83.0	25,476	91.2	21,332	63.4	19,546	91.6
	Whiting	IIa(EU), IV	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
			2016	13,678	16,754	122.5	16,504	98.5	10,928	79.9	10,849	99.3
			2017	16,003	10,578	66.1	9,217	87.1	7,744	48.4	6,982	90.2
	Saithe	IIa, III(EU), IV	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
			2016	65,696	8,710	13.3	8,577	98.5	4,678	7.1	4,585	98.0
			2017	100,287	11,005	11.0	8,674	78.8	6,319	6.3	5,513	87.2
	Plaice	IIa(EU), IV	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
			2016	131,714	27,552	20.9	18,731	68.0	8,133	6.2	5,250	64.6
			2017	129,917	32,219	24.8	14,962	46.4	8,768	6.7	4,846	55.3
	Sole	II, IV	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
			2016	13,262	783	5.9	706	90.1	54	0.4	44	81.4
			2017	16,123	940	5.8	511	54.3	101	0.6	21	21.0
	Hake	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
			2016	3,492	5,317	152.3	5,053	95.0	2,099	60.1	2,008	95.6
			2017	3,928	6,797	173.0	6,129	90.2	2,932	74.6	2,683	91.5
	Nephrops	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
			2016	13,700	10,801	78.8	9,399	87.0	6,275	45.8	5,273	84.0
			2017	20,034	16,153	80.6	11,950	74.0	9,605	47.9	8,316	86.6
	Nephrops	IV (Norway)	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	..	..
			2016	1,000	53	5.3	..	..	45	4.5	..	..
			2017	1,000	53	5.3	..	..	44	4.4	..	..
	Monkfish	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
			2016	11,267	9,798	87.0	9,692	98.9	7,626	67.7	7,671	100.6
			2017	13,521	11,173	82.6	10,505	94.0	9,184	67.9	8,675	94.5
	Monkfish	IV (Norway)	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
			2016	1,500	180	12.0	179	99.9	118	7.9	119	100.5
			2017	1,500	125	8.3	109	87.4	90	6.0	80	89.0
	Megrims	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
			2016	2,639	2,727	103.3	1,275	46.8	2,302	87.2	1,103	47.9
			2017	2,639	2,744	104.0	1,191	43.4	2,376	90.0	1,031	43.4
	Lemon sole & witches	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
			2016	6,391	3,554	55.6	1,763	49.6	2,085	32.6	1,241	59.5
2017			6,391	3,780	59.1	1,861	49.2	2,021	31.6	1,424	70.4
Skates & rays	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
		2016	1,313	721	54.9	665	92.2	336	25.6	323	96.3
		2017	1,378	770	55.9	703	91.2	353	25.6	344	97.6
Dabs & flounder	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
		2016	18,434	1,558	8.5	385	24.7	281	1.5	65	23.3
		2017	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turbot & brill	IIa(EU), IV(EU)	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
		2016	4,488	522	11.6	545	104.3	98	2.2	107	108.7
		2017	4,937	752	15.2	495	65.8	154	3.1	108	69.8
Herring	IVa,b	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
		2016	310,945	70,710	22.7	73,434	103.9	56,531	18.2	59,107	104.6
		2017	288,788	68,719	23.8	67,900	98.8	49,900	17.3	49,406	99.0
Herring	IVc, VIId	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	..	..
		2016	57,007	6,395	11.2	6,304	98.6	6	0.1	..	..
		2017	52,954	4,303	8.1	4,278	99.4	-3	-0.1	..	..
Mackerel	IIa (EU), III(EU), IV	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
		2016	31,241	8,549	27.4	8,495	99.4	6,826	21.9	6,883	100.8
		2017	35,286	3,991	11.3	3,923	98.3	2,495	7.1	2,489	99.8
Horse mackerel¹	IVbc, VIId	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
		2016	15,200	5,715	37.6	4,697	82.2	34	0.2	35	104.1
		2017	14,697	5,139	35.0	4,136	80.5	102	0.7	78	77.0
Blue whiting	I-VIII, XII, XIV	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
		2016	207,657	41,868	20.2	38,270	91.4	36,638	17.6	36,896	100.7
		2017	385,254	73,711	19.1	66,386	90.1	64,660	16.8	62,943	97.3
Sandeel	IIa (EU), IV (EU)	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
		2016	79,219	1,741	2.2	..	..	..	..	41	..
		2017	486,115	5,087	1.0	3,324	65.3	4,012	0.8	3,324	82.8
Sprats²	IIa (EU), IV (EU)	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
		2016	355,500	1,508	0.4	21	1.4	112	0.0	0	0.1
		2017	164,087	5,417	3.3	48	0.9	1,692	1.0	1	0.1

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

(2) In 2017 Sprats was an 18 month TAC which ran until end June 2018.

				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	2013	74	45	60.8	9	20.0	..	..	11	..
			2014	74	45	60.8	10	21.8	..	..	10	..
			2015	74	45	60.8	18	40.1	..	..	17	..
			2016	74	45	60.8	37	82.6	..	..	26	..
			2017	74	50	66.9	36	72.3	..	..	33	..
	Cod	Vb, VIa ¹	2013	..	..	..	131	..	..	..	123	..
			2014	..	..	..	152	..	..	..	138	..
			2015	..	..	..	169	..	..	..	152	..
			2016	..	..	..	183	..	..	..	167	..
			2017	..	..	..	199	..	..	..	186	..
	Haddock	VIb, XII, XIV	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
			2016	3,225	2,561	79.4	2,160	84.4	1,990	61.7	1,651	83.0
			2017	4,690	3,995	85.2	3,889	97.3	3,307	70.5	3,214	97.2
	Haddock	Vb, VIa	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
			2016	6,462	5,077	78.6	3,101	61.1	4,271	66.1	2,797	65.5
			2017	3,697	3,349	90.6	2,464	73.6	2,918	78.9	2,228	76.3
	Whiting	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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	..
			2016	213	122	57.4	121	98.5	..	..	113	..
			2017	213	125	58.5	125	100.0	..	..	116	..
	Saithe	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	6,448	2,839	44.0	2,770	97.6	2,342	36.3	2,306	98.5
			2017	9,994	3,259	32.6	2,649	81.3	2,836	28.4	2,377	83.8
	Plaice	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	658	388	59.0	70	18.1	307	46.7	66	21.4
			2017	658	427	64.9	111	26.1	337	51.3	109	32.4
	Sole	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	57	11	19.3	2	22.4	4	7.2	2	44.9
			2017	57	12	21.2	2	16.5	6	10.7	2	24.6
	Monkfish	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	6,375	2,805	44.0	2,760	98.4	2,247	35.2	2,224	99.0
			2017	7,650	3,057	40.0	2,758	90.2	2,471	32.3	2,308	93.4
	Nephrops	Vb(EU), VI	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
			2016	16,524	17,636	106.7	14,615	82.9	11,278	68.3	10,036	89.0
			2017	16,407	17,475	106.5	11,580	66.3	11,495	70.1	8,192	71.3
	Megrims	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	5,214	1,772	34.0	803	45.3	1,266	24.3	749	59.2
			2017	5,682	1,959	34.5	755	38.5	1,398	24.6	725	51.8
	Pollack	Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	397	145	36.5	29	20.3	70	17.5	25	35.4
			2017	397	145	36.5	14	9.6	76	19.2	10	12.5
	Hake	Vb(EU), VI, VII, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
			2016	61,902	8,023	13.0	7,268	90.6	2,368	3.8	2,284	96.5
2017			67,658	8,649	12.8	6,417	74.2	2,106	3.1	1,705	81.0
Herring	Vb(EU), VIa (N), Vib	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
		2016	4,170	4,058	97.3	3,254	80.2	2,508	60.1	2,404	95.9
		2017	4,170	3,607	86.5	3,356	93.1	2,554	61.2	2,550	99.9
Mackerel	II(excl EU,Ice), Vb(EU), VI, VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
		2016	357,587	195,937	54.8	209,143	106.7	147,089	41.1	158,515	107.8
		2017	407,517	222,117	54.5	224,289	101.0	151,681	37.2	153,876	101.4
Herring	VIa (Clyde)	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
		2016	583	641	110.0	..	0.0	174	29.8	..	0.0
		2017	583	647	111.0	..	0.0	..	..	..	0.0
Horse mackerel	IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII (excl d), VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l)	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
		2016	106,721	8,077	7.6	1,822	22.6	1,890	1.8	975	51.6
		2017	83,329	3,792	4.6	1,321	34.9	892	1.1	316	35.4

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

				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	Cod	VIIa	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
			2016	146	49	33.7	36	72.8	2.3	1.5	1.3	57.1
			2017	156	56	35.6	41	73.7	3	1.8	1	32.1
	Cod	VII (excl a), VIII, IX, X	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
			2016	4,565	495	10.8	365	73.8	23	0.5	19	82.2
			2017	4,889	511	10.5	235	46.0	27	0.6	17	63.2
	Haddock	VII, VIII, IX, X	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
			2016	8,912	1,611	18.1	1,512	93.9	140	1.6	116	82.7
			2017	10,366	2,085	20.1	1,912	91.7	141	1.4	132	93.6
	Whiting	VIIa	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
			2016	80	33	41.4	5	15.3	1	1.3	0	13.1
			2017	80	37	46.0	16	44.3	2	2.3	0	16.7
	Whiting	VII(excl a)	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
			2016	22,778	1,502	6.6	1,140	75.9	186	0.8	152	81.5
			2017	27,500	2,116	7.7	964	45.6	230	0.8	188	82.0
	Saithe	VII, VIII, IX, X	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
			2016	3,176	434	13.7	119	27.4	119	3.7	1	1.0
			2017	3,176	477	15.0	63	13.1	121	3.8	1	0.7
	Plaice	VIIa	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
			2016	1,098	296	26.9	56	18.8	26	2.4	1	4.3
			2017	1,098	311	28.3	62	19.8	23	2.1	0	1.3
	Plaice	VIId,e	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
			2016	12,446	3,103	24.9	2,223	71.6	49	0.4	44	89.6
			2017	10,022	2,741	27.4	2,407	87.8	48	0.5	47	97.1
	Plaice	VIIf,g	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	-17.9
			2015	461	51	11.1	25	48.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
			2016	420	50	11.9	27	53.9	0	0.1	0	29.0
			2017	405	44	10.9	38	86.0	1	0.3	0	9.1
	Plaice	VIIh,j,k	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
			2016	135	17	12.4	15	90.7	0	0.1	0	107.4
			2017	128	13	9.9	9	74.0	1	0.4	0	40.0
	Sole	VIIa	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
			2016	40	10	25.0	6	57.7	0	0.5	0	96.3
			2017	40	10	25.8	4	39.8	0	0.5	0	50.0
	Sole	VIId	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
			2016	3,258	476	14.6	391	82.1	1	0.0	0	24.1
			2017	2,724	394	14.5	343	86.9	1	0.0	0	16.7
	Sole	VIIe	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
			2016	979	646	66.0	622	96.2	2	0.2	1	52.5
2017			1,178	805	68.3	738	91.7	3	0.2	2	75.0
Sole	VIIf,g	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
		2016	779	179	23.0	176	98.1	1	0.2	1	62.2
		2017	845	172	20.4	150	86.9	1	0.2	0	14.3
Sole	VIIh,j,k	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
		2016	382	85	22.2	63	74.2	1	0.2	1	70.8
		2017	382	51	13.2	39	76.6	1	0.2	1	55.6
Nephrops	VII	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
		2016	23,348	9,038	38.7	7,340	81.2	882	3.8	720	81.6
		2017	25,356	9,483	37.4	6,631	69.9	874	3.4	602	68.9
Monkfish	VII	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
		2016	33,516	8,025	23.9	7,458	92.9	710	2.1	652	91.8
		2017	33,516	7,643	22.8	6,473	84.7	766	2.3	596	77.8
Megrims	VII	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
		2016	18,254	3,550	19.4	2,824	79.6	285	1.6	178	62.5
		2017	13,691	3,060	22.4	2,664	87.1	227	1.7	189	83.3
Pollack (Lythe)	VII	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
		2016	13,495	2,298	17.0	1,915	83.3	31	0.2	4	11.5
		2017	12,146	2,067	17.0	1,393	67.4	19	0.2	3	15.1
Herring	VIIa	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	..	..
		2016	4,575	4,432	96.9	4,243	95.7	1	0.0	..	..
		2017	4,127	4,091	99.1	3,696	90.4	0	0.0	..	..
Herring	VIIe,f	2013	931	464	49.8	410	88.4	..	..	..	..
		2014	930	465	50.0	455	97.9	..	..	..	..
		2015	930	465	50.0	379	81.5	..	..	..	..
		2016	930	567	60.9	431	76.1	..	..	..	..
		2017	930	522	56.1	50	9.6	..	..	..	..
Sprats	VIId,e	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	..	..
		2016	5,150	2,952	57.3	2,867	97.1	5	0.1	..	..
		2017	4,120	3,474	84.3	2,498	71.9	4	0.1	..	..

				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)	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	..	..	..	..
			2016	19,900	5,046	25.4	4,990	98.9	..	..	..	..
			2017	23,002	6,951	30.2	6,671	96.0	..	..	..	..
	Haddock	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2016	1,247	412	33.0	390	94.7	..	..	..	..
			2017	1,200	377	31.4	316	83.8	..	..	..	..
	Saithe	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2016	2,550	325	12.7	287	88.4	..	..	..	..
			2017	2,550	353	13.9	353	99.9	..	..	..	..
	Redfish	I, II (Norway)	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	..	..	..	..
			2016	1,500	159	10.6	159	100.0	..	..	..	..
			2017	1,500	592	39.4	591	99.8	..	..	..	..
	Greenland halibut	I, II (Norway)	2013	50	23	46.0	8	33.5	..	..	..	..
			2014	50	23	46.0	13	57.0	..	..	..	..
			2015	50	17	33.8	7	40.2	..	..	..	..
			2016	50	21	42.8	21	100.0	..	..	..	..
			2017	50	24	47.2	21	90.7	..	..	..	..
	Other species	I, II (Norway)	2013	350	176	50.3	12	6.7	..	..	..	..
			2014	350	251	71.7	46	18.3	..	..	..	..
			2015	350	159	45.3	61	38.4	..	..	..	..
			2016	350	138	39.4	93	67.6	..	..	..	..
			2017	350	170	48.7	98	57.7	..	..	..	..
	Herring	I, II	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
			2016	20,629	4,061	19.7	4,031	99.3	3,915	19.0	3,900	99.6
			2017	42,059	4,561	10.8	4,389	96.2	4,529	10.8	4,358	96.2
Svalbard	Cod	I,IIb (Svalbard)	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	..	..	..	..
			2016	33,176	8,759	26.4	8,593	98.1	..	..	..	..
			2017	33,025	9,638	29.2	7,802	81.0	..	..	..	..

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