Statutory guidance
2013 10-metres-and-under catch limits
Updated 29 September 2026
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| Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angler - North Sea | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 800kg | 800kg | 800kg |
| Angler - Area VII | 3.5t 4t from 00.01 on Friday 25 January | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 6t | 6t | 6t | 6t | 6t | 6t |
| Cod - North Sea | 1t 1.25t from 00.01 on Saturday 19 January | 1.25t | 1.25t | 1.25t | 1.25t | 1.25t 1.75t from 00.01 on Saturday 15 June 2013 2t from 00.01 on Sunday 23 June 2013 | 2.5t | 2.5t | 2.5t | 2.5t | 2.5t 3.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 3.5t 5t from 00.01 on Sunday 15 December |
| Cod - Area VIIa | 100kg 200kg from 00.01 on Friday 11 January | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 500kg 1.25t from 00.01 on Sunday 15 December |
| Cod - Areas VIIb-k (excluding VIId) | 600kg | 600kg | 600kg | 600kg | 600kg | 600kg | 1.25t | 2t | 2t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t |
| Cod - Area VIId | 125kg | 125kg | 150kg | Closed 50kg from 00.01 on 4 April | 50kg | Closed | Closed | Closed | 50kg | 50kg 100kg from 00.01 on Sunday 13 October 200kg from 00.01 on Sunday 27 October | 400kg 650kg from 00.01 on Sunday 17 November | 2.25t |
| Dabs and flounders - North Sea | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t |
| Haddock - North Sea | 2t | 2t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Haddock - Area VIIa | 1t | 2t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t |
| Haddock - Areas VIIb-k | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 400kg | 400kg | 150kg Closed from 00.01 on Sunday 10 November | Closed |
| Hake - North Sea | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | 50kg | 50kg | 50kg | 50kg 200kg from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 200kg |
| Hake - Western | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t |
| Herring - Areas IVc and VIId | 1t 2.5t from 00.01 on Saturday 19 January | 2.5t | 3t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Herring - Area VIIa | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg |
| Herring - Areas VIIe and VIIf | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t 8t from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 8t |
| Herring - Areas VIIghjk | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg | 500kg |
| Horse mackerel - North Sea | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed 250kg from 00.01 on Tuesday 14 May | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg |
| Horse mackerel - West coast | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg |
| Lemons and witches - North Sea | 3t | 3t | 3t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Ling - North Sea (Area IV EC Zone) | 100kg | 100kg | 100kg | 100kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg |
| Ling - Western | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t 3.5t from 00.01 on Saturday 16 March | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t | 3.5t |
| Mackerel - Western | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t | 2t | 2t | 3t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t |
| Mackerel - North Sea | Closed | Closed | Closed 100kg from 00.01 on Saturday 16 March | 100kg | 400kg | 400kg a vessel a month | 350kg a vessel a week Changed to 3t a month, effective from 00.01 Sunday 28 July | 4t | 4t | 4t | 4t Closed from 00.01 on Sunday 10 November | Closed |
| Megrim - North Sea | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Megrim - Area VII | 4t | 4t | 4t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Nephrops - North Sea (quarterly catch limits) | 12t 15t from 00.01 on 1 April | Not set | Not set | 12t 15t from 00.01 on 1 May 20t from 00.01 on 14 May | Not set | Not set | 25t | Not set | Not set | 25t 30t from 00.01 on Sunday 1 December | Not set | Not set |
| Nephrops - Area VII (quarterly catch limits) | 4.5t | Not set | Not set | 4.5t 6t from 00.01 on 1 May | Not set | Not set | 6t | Not set | Not set | 6t | Not set | Not set |
| Nephrops - West of Scotland (including North Sea and Area VII) (quarterly catch limits) | 15t 20t from 00.01 on 1 March | Not set | Not set | 20t | Not set | Not set | 20t | Not set | Not set | 20t | Not set | Not set |
| Plaice - North Sea | 250kg 750kg from 00.01 on Friday 11 January | 750kg | 750kg | 750kg | 750kg | 750kg | 750kg | 2t | 2t | 2.5t | 2.5t 3.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 3.5t |
| Plaice - Area VIIa | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t |
| Plaice - Areas VIId and VIIe | 150kg | 250kg 1t from 00.01 on Saturday 23 February | 1t | 1t 1.5t from 00.01 on Saturday 27 April | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1.5t | 1.5t 1.75t from 00.01 on 27 September | 1.75t 2.25t from 00.01 on Sunday 27 October | 2.75t 3.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 3.5t |
| Plaice - Areas VIIf and VIIg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | Closed | Closed |
| Pollock - Area VII | 7t | 7t 10t from 00.01 on Saturday 23 February | 10t | 10t | 10t | 10t | 10t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Saithe - North Sea (EC Zone) | 100kg | 100kg | 200kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg |
| Saithe - Areas VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1 | 200kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg |
| Skates and rays - North Sea | 125kg 250kg from 00.01 on Saturday 19 January | 250kg | 250kg 400kg from 00.01 on Saturday 16 March | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg 600kg from 00.01 on Saturday 17 August | 750kg | 1t 1.25t from 00.01 on Sunday 27 October | 1.25t 1.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 17 November | 1.5t |
| Skates and rays - Area VIId | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg 400kg from 00.01 on 20 April | 400kg | 6t (from 1 June to 31 July) | Not set | 400kg | 400kg | 400kg | 1t 1.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 17 November | 250kg 1.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 15 December |
| Skates and rays - Areas VI and VII (excluding VIId) | 40t (over 2 months) | Not set | 40t (over 2 months) | Not set | 40t (over 2 months) | Not set | 40 (over 2 months from 1 July to 31 August) | Not set | 40 (over 2 months from 1 September to 31 October) | Not set | 40 (over 2 months from 1 November to 31 December) | Not set |
| Sole - North Sea | 100kg | 100kg | 250kg 1t from 00.01 on Saturday 16 March | 1t | 2t | 2t | 2.5t | 2.5t 3t from 00.01 on Saturday 17 August | 3t | 3t 4.5t from 00.01 on Sunday 13 October | 4.5t | 4.5t |
| Sole - Area VIIa | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t | 1.5t |
| Sole - Area VIId | 250kg 1t from 00.01 on Friday 11 January | 1t | 1.5t | 2t | 2.5t | 2.5t | 4t | 4t | 5t | 5t | 5t | 5t |
| Sole - Area VIIe | 30kg | 30kg | 30kg | 30kg | 30kg 50kg from 00.01 on Tuesday 14 May | 60kg 80kg from 00.01 on Sunday 23 June 2013 | 100kg | 100kg | 100kg | 100kg 150kg from 00.01 on Sunday 13 October | 150kg 200kg from 00.01 on Sunday 17 November | 240kg |
| Sole - Areas VIIf and VIIg | 1t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t | 2t |
| Sprats (for each vessel in a single week) - North Sea | 5t | 5t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t | 7t |
| Sprats - Areas (VIId and VIIe) | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t | 15t |
| Spurdog (all areas) | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Turbot and brill - North Sea | 250kg | 250kg | 250kg 0.35 from 00.01 on Saturday 16 March | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg | 350kg 500kg from 00.01 on Sunday 24 November | 500kg |
| Whiting - North Sea | 500kg | 1t | 1t | 1t | 1t 2.5t from 00.01 on Tuesday 14 May | 2.5t 3.25t from 00.01 on Saturday 15 June 2013 4t from 00.01 on Sunday 23 June 2013 | 4t Changed to 5t tonnes from 00.01 on Tuesday 30 July | 4t | 4t 6t from 00.01 on 27 September | 6t | 6t | 6t |
| Whiting - Area VIIa | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg | 200kg |
| Whiting - Areas VIIb-k | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t | 3t |