These monthly statistics are provided to supervise control of fishing effort in Western Waters areas within British fisheries limits waters by UK vessels.
Page collection updated with January- April 2022 effort statistics
Page updated with November 2021 effort use statistics
Publication of October Effort use statistics
August and September effort statistics added to page
Publication of July 2021 effort statistics
Page updated with June 2021 effort statistics
MAy updated
Page updated with April 2021 effort statistics
new documents
Final Doc added
January 2021 added
Updated with Provisional December 2020 effort statistics
Page updated with November 2020 effort uptake figures
October 2020 effort uptake figures added
September 2020 data added
August data added
July 2020 effort uptake figures added
Adding on June 2020 Effort Statistics
May 2020 statistics added
Updated with effort statistics April 2020
February & March 2020 effort use statistics uploaded
January 2020 effort statistics added
Statistics for December 2019 Final uploaded
Updated with December provisional effort uptake
Statistics for November 2019 added
October 2019 effort uptake figures added
Statistics for September 2019 added
August Stats added
July 2019 stats added
June 2019 statistics added
April 2019 Statistics added
May 2019 Stats added
March 2019 statistics added
Effort use stats for February 2019 added
Final effort statistics December 2018 added
Effort statistics January 2019 added
Effort statistics December 2018 added
October 2018 data added
Effort statistics September 2018 added
Effort statistics August 2018 added
Effort statistics July 2018 data added
Added effort statistics for June 2018
Effort statistics May 2018 added
Effort statistics April 2018 added
Effort statistics February 2018 added
Effort statistics March 2018 added
Effort statistics December 2017 added
Effort statistics January 2018 added
Effort statistics November 2017 added
Effort statistics September 2017 data added
Effort statistics August 2017 added
Effort statistics July 2017 added
Effort statistics June 2017 added
Effort statistics May 2017 data added
Effort statistics April 2017 added
Effort statistics March 2017 added
February 2017 data added
Effort statistics January 2017 data added
Effort statistics December 2016 added
November 2016 added
Effort statistics October 2016 data added
September 2016 added
Effort statistics August 2016 added
Effort statistics July 2016 data added
Effort statistics June 2016 added
Effort statistics May 2016 added
Effort statistics April 2016 added
Effort statistics March 2016 added
Effort statistics February 2016 data added
Effort statistics January 2016 added
Effort statistics November 2015 added
Effort statistics December 2015 added
Effort statistics October 2015 added
September data added
August 2015 data added
Effort statistics July 2015 added
Effort use statistics for June 2015 added
May 2015 effort use statistics added
April 2015 effort use statistics published
March 2015 effort use statistics added
Effort statistics February 2015 added
Effort statistics for January 2015 added and December 2014 amended
Statistics for December 2014 added
Statistics for November 2014
Statistics for November 2014 added
effort use statistics for October added
September statistics added
August data updated
July stats added
Effort statistics for June 2014 added to website - 14 July 2014
First published.
The Western Waters regulations were originally derived from EU law and have been transposed into UK law. The statistics are made available on or after the 15th day of each month.
Historical western waters effort statistics can be found in the archive available online