Statutory guidance

Variation Issued: Thursday 01 April 2021

Updated 16 October 2024

1. Check your licence

It is your responsibility to check your licence documents before going to sea as licences can be changed at any time. The most up to date licences can be accessed on the understand your fishing vessel licence page.

The variation effective from 00:01 hours, Thursday 01 April 2021 is as follows:

2. Under 10m Quota Change

Affecting under 10m Licence Category A (91/99)

  • Pollack in area VII from 25 tonnes over the period: 01 January 2021 to 23:59 hours 31 March 2021 to 3.5 tonnes monthly
  • Sole in area VIIa from 0.5 tonne to 0.75 tonne

3. Western Waters Scallop Effort days

  • Q2 of the Western Water Scallop Effort days for the period 00:01hrs 01 April 2021 – 23:59hrs 30 June 2021 is set to 55 days.

Affecting Over 10m licence Schedules for Cat A (11), Cat A Islands (12), Cat A Pelagic (17), Cat B (31) and Cat C (41)

The most up to date licences can be accessed on the understand your fishing vessel licence webpage.

It is your responsibility to check variations before going to sea as they can be changed at any time. If you have any queries please contact the Fisheries Management team.