Select Committee on European Scrutiny Thirty-First Report

ANNEX I

COMPARATIVE TABLES OF TACs: 1998, 1999, 2000 AND 2001

	1998	1999	2000	ICESAdvice	Proposal	% ch 2001/00
Herring
I, II	1,300,000	1,300,000	1,252,000	753,000	851,500	-32
IVa, b	229,000	240,000	240,000	260,000 -	p.m
IVc, VIIId	25,000	25,000	25,000	265,000
Vb, VIaN, VIb	80,370	68,000	42,000	30,000	30,000	-29
VIa (Clyde)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	0
VIIa	9,000	6,600	5,350	5,100	5,350	0
VIIe,f	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	0
VIIg,h,j,k	22,200	21,000	21,000	17,900	17,900	-15
Cod
IIa, IV	140,000	132,400	81,000	Lowest possible	p.m.
Vb, VI,XII, XIV	11,000	11,800	7,480	Lowest possible	3,300	-56
VIIa	7,100	5,500	2,100	Lowest possible	2,100	-62
VIIb-k, VIII, IX, X	20,000	19,000	16,000	7,400	6,100	-62
Megrim
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	4,840	4,840	4,840	4,840	4,840	0
VII	22,400	22,400	17,920	12,630	11,150	-38
Anglerfish
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	8,600	8,600	8,000	10,000	6,000	-25
VII	26,670	26,670	23,000	21,450	17,650	-23
Haddock
IIa, IV	115,000	88,500	73,000	<68,000	p.m.
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	25,700	19,000	19,000	<13,900	11,500	-39
VII, VIII, IX, X	20,000	22,000	13,200	13,200	4,500	-64
VIIa		4,990	3,400	1,700	1,700	-50
Whiting
IIa, IV	60,000	44,000	30,000	29,700	p.m.
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	9,000	6,300	4,300	4,200	2,800	-35
VIIa	5,000	4,400	2,640	Lowest possible	1,390	-47
VIIb-k	27,000	25,000	22,500	16,500	14,800	-34
Hake
IIa, IV	2,070	1,930	1,480	Lowest possible	390	-74
Vb, VI, VII, XII, XIV	33,160	30,910	23,600	Lowest possible	6,180	-74
Nephrops
IIa, IV	15,200	15,200	17,200	No new advice	13,760	-20
Vb, VI	12,600	12,600	12,600	No new advice	10,080	-20
VII	23,000	23,000	21,000	No new advice	16,800	-20
Plaice
IIa, IV	87,000	102,000	97,000	78,000	p.m.
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	2,400	2,400	2,400	—	1,920	-20
VIIa	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	1,500	-38
VIId,e	5,700	7,400	6,500	5,330	5,930	-9
VIIf,g	1,100	900	800	600	600	-25
VIIh-k	1,350	1,350	1,350	—	1,080	-20
Pollack
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	1,100	1,100	1,100	—	1,100	0
VII	17,000	17,000	17,000	—	17,000	0
Saithe
IIa, IIIb-d, IV	97,000	110,000	85,000	87,000	p.m.
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	10,900	7,500	7,000	9,000	p.m.
VII, VIII, IX, X	8,800	8,800	6,500	0	5,200	-20
Mackerel
IIa, IIIa-d, IV	62,455	62,455
IIa, Vb, VI, VII, VIIIa,b, d,e, XII, XIV	422,160	422,160	560,000	577,000	574,000	+2.5
Sole
II, IV	19,100	22,000	22,000	17,700	17,700	-20
Vb, VI, XII, XIV	155	155	155	—	125	-20
VIIa	900	900	1,080	930	1,050	-3
VIId	5,230	4,700	4,100	4,700	4,200	+2.5
VIIe	670	700	660	580	600	-9
VIIfg	850	960	1,160	810	810	-30
VIIh,j,k	720	720	720	—	580	-20
Sprat
IIa, IV	150,000	175,000	225,000	225,000	220,000	-2
VIId,e	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	0
Horse Mackerel
IIa, IV	60,000	60,000	51,000	51,000	49,400	-3
Vb, VI, VII, VIIIa, b,d,e, XII, XIV	320,000	265,000	240,000	224,000	233,000	-3

TACs are defined in terms of areas designated by ICES. Those of most immediate relevance to the UK correspond roughly to the following geographical regions:

Area II	North Sea N of 62°
Area IV	North Sea S of 62°
Area Vb	Faroes
Area VI	West of Scotland
Area VIIa	Irish Sea
Area VIIb,c,h,j,k	Western approaches
Area VII d, e	English Channel
Area VIIfg	Celtic Sea
Area VIII	Bay of Biscay

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Prepared 15 December 2000