Variations issued: Friday 30 July 2021 and Sunday 1 August 2021
Updated 11 December 2024
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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, Friday 30th July is as follows:
2. Change to Fishing Restrictions For Bass
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Affecting under 10m licence schedules for Category A (91), Category A Producer Organisation (91 PO) and Category A Limited (94) at paragraph 7.4
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Affecting over 10m licence schedules for Category A (11), Category A Islands (12), Category A Pelagic (17), Category B (31) and Category C (41) at paragraph 11.4
For vessels which have been authorised to fish with demersal trawls and seines the vessel may only retain on board:
a) unavoidable by-catches of sea bass that do not exceed 5% of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board during any single fishing trip, and
b) no more than 380 kilogrammes of sea bass in total per calendar month. 1 (Outside the English and Welsh zones unavoidable by-catch of 520kg per two consecutive calendar months only). Limits for the English and Welsh zones and those outside the English and Welsh zones cannot be used in conjunction Change to Permitted By-Catch of Undulate Ray
- Affecting under 10m licence schedules for Category A (91), Category A Producer Organisation (91 PO) and Category A Limited (94)
Paragraph 6.4 – whereby the opening of undulate ray as a bycatch in ICES area VIId and VIIe has changed from 1st August to 1st September
- Affecting over 10m licence schedules for Category A (11), Category A Islands (12), Category A Pelagic (17), Category B (31) and Category C (41)
Paragraph 9.6 – whereby the opening of undulate ray as a bycatch in ICES area VIId and VIIe has changed from 1st August to 1st September
The variation effective from 00:01 hours, Sunday 1st August is as follows:
3. Under 10m Non-sector Quota Increase
Affecting licence Category A (91/99)
| SPECIES | SEA AREA (AS STATED IN ANNEXE) | QUOTA FROM (TONNES) | QUOTA TO (TONNES) |
| Skates and Rays | VIId | 1.0 | 1.3 |
4. Over 10m Non-sector Quota Increase
Affecting licence Category A (11/99)
| SPECIES | SEA AREA (AS STATED IN ANNEXE) | QUOTA FROM (TONNES) | QUOTA TO (TONNES) |
| Anglerfish | VII | 3 | 5 |
| Nephrops | IIa, IV over the period: 00:00 1 July 2021 to 23:59 hours 30 September 2021 inclusive. | 20 | 25 |
Affecting licence Category A Island (12/99)
| SPECIES | SEA AREA (AS STATED IN ANNEXE) | QUOTA FROM (TONNES) | QUOTA TO (TONNES) |
| Anglerfish | VII | 3 | 5 |
Affecting licence Category B (31/99) and Category C (41/99)
| SPECIES | SEA AREA (AS STATED IN ANNEXE) | QUOTA FROM (TONNES) | QUOTA TO (TONNES) |
| Nephrops | IIa, IV over the period: 00:00 1 July 2021 to 23:59 hours 30 September 2021 inclusive. | 20 | 25 |