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Total Allowable Catches
Bill Wiggin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what percentage of the UK’s Total Allowable Catch for 2008 he plans to distribute to the 10 metre and under fleet; and if he will make a statement; [170899]
(2) what percentage of the UK’s Total Allowable Catch for 2008 he has allocated to the 10 metre and under fleet, broken down by (a) species and (b) fishery; and if he will make a statement. [170900]
Jonathan Shaw:
The opening quota for the 10 m and under fleet is boosted by Fisheries Administrations acquiring additional quota in-year for their use. Information on the 10 m and under fleet’s share of quota at 31 December 2006 is set out in the table. However, focusing on such an analysis can be misleading, as some of the quota stocks included are of little interest to inshore vessels. In addition, many of these vessels catch types of fish, such as crabs and scallops, which are not subject to the constraints on their activity that may be seen when targeting quota
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species. Figures for landings of quota stocks and non-quota stocks are also included in the table and show that 80 per cent. of all landings by the UK 10 m and under fleet in 2006 were of non-quota stocks.
Corresponding figures for end-year quota for 2007 are not yet available, as Fisheries Administrations continue to obtain extra allocations of quota wherever possible.
| Stocks fished by the UK’s 10 m and under fleet( 1) : 2006 |
| Quota stocks | UK quota as at 31 December (t onnes) | 10 m and under fleet’s quota as at 31 December ( t onnes) | Per centage of UK quota | Landings by the 10 m and under fleet ( t onnes) | Percentage of UK quota |
|
Anglers 7 (incl. 8abde)
|
4,907.1
|
218.3
|
4
|
164.8
|
3
|
|
North Sea Anglers
|
9,509.0
|
10.2
|
0
|
10.2
|
0
|
|
West of Scotland Anglers
|
1,818.5
|
2.4
|
0
|
0.5
|
0
|
|
Blue Whiting I-VIII,XII, XIV
|
80,179.0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.3
|
0
|
|
Cod 7a
|
1,027.9
|
19.1
|
2
|
7.8
|
1
|
|
Cod 7b-k
|
688.9
|
278.9
|
40
|
290.7
|
42
|
|
North Sea Cod
|
8,356.9
|
167.4
|
2
|
204.8
|
2
|
|
West of Scotland Cod
|
455.7
|
11.5
|
3
|
0.1
|
0
|
|
North Sea Dabs/Flounders
|
2,218.0
|
17.6
|
1
|
15.3
|
1
|
|
Haddock 7
|
1,154.0
|
35.0
|
3
|
24.4
|
2
|
|
North Sea Haddock
|
39,053.0
|
69.8
|
0
|
34.5
|
0
|
|
West of Scotland Haddock
|
6,950.7
|
11.0
|
0
|
0.3
|
0
|
|
Hake 6and 7 (incl. 8abde)
|
3,849.6
|
30.0
|
1
|
2.4
|
0
|
|
North Sea Hake
|
325.6
|
1.4
|
0
|
1.4
|
0
|
|
Herring 4c/7d
|
5,246.0
|
61.0
|
1
|
68.9
|
1
|
|
Herring 7a (Manx and Mourne)
|
4,237.9
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.8
|
0
|
|
Herring 7ef
|
488.0
|
151.0
|
31
|
87.5
|
18
|
|
North Sea Herring
|
69,010.9
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.2
|
0
|
|
North Sea Horse Mackerel
|
3,917.0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.2
|
0
|
|
West Coast Horse Mackerel
|
11,101.1
|
6.0
|
0
|
5.9
|
0
|
|
North Sea Lemon Sole/Witches
|
3,430.8
|
36.0
|
1
|
33.1
|
1
|
|
Deep Sea Ling IV
|
2,941.8
|
2.5
|
0
|
2.5
|
0
|
|
Deep Sea Ling VI-X, XII, XIV
|
5,060.3
|
54.7
|
1
|
46.7
|
1
|
|
North Sea Mackerel
|
414.1
|
333.0
|
80
|
425.3
|
103
|
|
West Coast Mackerel
|
103,167.9
|
90.2
|
0
|
90.5
|
0
|
|
Megrim 7
|
2,917.9
|
42.9
|
1
|
13.4
|
0
|
|
West of Scotland Megrim
|
903.0
|
5.0
|
1
|
0.4
|
0
|
|
Nephrops 7
|
7,924.7
|
155.1
|
2
|
87.6
|
1
|
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|
North Sea Nephrops
|
24,431.7
|
1,515.2
|
6
|
1,497.7
|
6
|
|
West of Scotland Nephrops
|
18,504.9
|
2,262.7
|
12
|
1,808.1
|
10
|
|
Plaice 7a
|
707.0
|
81.2
|
11
|
72.5
|
10
|
|
Plaice 7de
|
1,643.7
|
437.5
|
27
|
427.7
|
26
|
|
Plaice 7fg
|
118.9
|
35.9
|
30
|
34.3
|
29
|
|
North Sea Plaice
|
12,651.2
|
58.5
|
0
|
58.4
|
0
|
|
West of Scotland Plaice
|
477.0
|
5.0
|
1
|
0.2
|
0
|
|
Pollack 7
|
2,658.0
|
306.3
|
12
|
271.7
|
10
|
|
West of Scotland Pollack
|
165.0
|
5.0
|
3
|
0.2
|
0
|
|
Saithe 7
|
726.0
|
13.8
|
2
|
5.3
|
1
|
|
North Sea Saithe
|
9,379.0
|
14.8
|
0
|
10.0
|
0
|
|
North Sea Skates and Rays
|
1,695.0
|
195.8
|
12
|
181.1
|
11
|
|
Sole 7a
|
225.6
|
20.2
|
9
|
10.7
|
5
|
|
Sole 7d
|
1,215.0
|
464.9
|
38
|
419.1
|
34
|
|
Sole 7e
|
566.0
|
44.2
|
8
|
46.2
|
8
|
|
Sole 7fg
|
274.1
|
33.0
|
12
|
31.4
|
11
|
|
North Sea Sole
|
1,255.6
|
257.0
|
20
|
235.0
|
19
|
|
West of Scotland Sole
|
14.0
|
0.1
|
1
|
0.1
|
1
|
|
Sprat 7de
|
3,226.0
|
7.8
|
0
|
0.5
|
0
|
|
North Sea Sprat
|
4,944.0
|
137.8
|
3
|
92.3
|
2
|
|
North Sea Spurdog
|
778.0
|
8.9
|
1
|
6.9
|
1
|
|
North Sea Turbot/Brill
|
551.0
|
15.2
|
3
|
15.3
|
3
|
|
Whiting 7a
|
188.9
|
2.6
|
1
|
0.8
|
0
|
|
Whiting 7b-k
|
2,288.5
|
162.8
|
7
|
102.2
|
4
|
|
North Sea Whiting
|
11,733.1
|
312.2
|
3
|
337.4
|
3
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total quota stocks
|
481,672.5
|
8,208.5
|
2
|
7,285.6
|
2
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total non-quota stocks
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
28,600.0
|
n/a
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total all species
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
35,885.6
|
n/a
|
(1) Excludes vessels which are members of Producer Organisations.
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