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Monthly UK sea fisheries statistics

Figures on the fishing industry are released every month, in addition to the annual sea fisheries statistics report

Notice: Mackerel Landing Price Data Discrepancy in 2025 Provisional Statistics

While processing 2025 landings data for UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2025, a discrepancy has been discovered for prices of Mackerel landings between our latest published provisional dataset for 2025 and the data now held on our systems. 

This is due to some Scottish Mackerel landings not feeding through onto our data systems until after the provisional data for up to the end of December 2025 was published. Therefore, prices for Mackerel in towards the end of 2025 are currently not representative and should be used with caution. 

This discrepancy will be corrected once landings data is finalised within UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2025 scheduled for release 29 October 2026.

Monthly publication consultation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is consulting on proposals to consolidate the provisional monthly Non-Quota Species (NQS) uptake by UK vessels in EU waters release and the monthly UK Sea Fisheries Statistical (SFS) series at the end of 2026.

The consolidation of the two official statistics series will simplify the statistical offering for users, providing a single source for provisional landings data and making it easier for users to access the data they need. It will also increase the data available to users of the monthly UK SFS release series better aligning with the annual UK SFS statistical series.

The MMO would like to hear your thoughts and feedback on the proposal, further details can be found in the monthly publication consultation, published 18 August 2026.

Provisional statistics published in the Monthly Sea Fisheries Statistics for January to September 2025 have been revised.

Revisions have been made to account for a change in the data source used to report landings by under-10m vessels registered in England, Wales and Isle of Man.

A summary of the revisions can be found in the Monthly Sea Fisheries Statistics 2025 revisions statistical notice. Revised provisional landing data for January to September 2025 are also available.

The statistical releases for January to September 2025 published previously have been archived.

Provisional landings data up to and including 2024 have been finalised in the annual Sea Fisheries Statistics. For the latest release and data, please see the Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024 (published 2 December 2025).

This is an official statistics release. This release was previously published as accredited official statistics (formerly known as National Statistics). However, MMO has written to the Office for Statistics Regulation to request a temporary suspension to the accredited official statistics designation for these statistics. This was agreed by the Director General for Regulation on 3 December 2024. For further details on the reason for the suspension and its impact please see the following statistical notice.

Figures on the fishing industry are released every month, in addition to the annual sea fisheries statistics report

The monthly landings statistics will be released at 9.30am on the last Friday of each month. This may change during holiday periods. Check here for an up-to-date timetable.

The Marine Management Organisation follows all Defra statistical policies.

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