2025 Quota Uptake - Landings
The European Community fishing quotas are determined at the December meeting of the Council of Ministers held in Brussels. These quotas are published in an annual Total Allowable Catch Regulation; this legislation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters.
The Species stock areas may be denoted by a single ICES area e.g. Cod in ICES area VIIa (the Irish Sea), or may be a combination of ICES areas. When a national quota catch limit for a stock area has been reached, landings of that species by vessels belonging to that nation are no longer permitted.
2025 Landings and Percentage Quota Uptake
see ref * at bottom of the table
The following table shows the percentage uptake by Irish fishing vessels of the national quota by species stock area. Note: Not all stock areas are included below, the absence of a species/area combination does not imply that it is not under quota.
| Species |
Area** |
Area Code |
Catch limit ^ (Seines)/over 55ft/under 55ft - March 2025 |
***2025 Quota (TAC) 2025 |
2025 Tonnes |
% Uptake |
Last Tonnes Update |
| ALBACORE |
All Areas |
ALB/AN05N |
Closed |
3967 |
0 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| BLUEFIN |
All Areas |
BFT/AE45WM_AMS |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
0 |
2 |
|
17-Apr-25 |
| BLUE WHITING |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 |
WHB/1X14 |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
51263 |
52195 |
102% |
17-Apr-25 |
| BOR |
6, 7 and 8 |
BOR/678- |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
26462 |
17402 |
66% |
17-Apr-25 |
| COD |
7a |
COD/07A. |
2/ 1 |
82 |
2 |
3% |
17-Apr-25 |
| COD |
7b, 7c, 7e-k, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 |
COD/7XAD34 |
3/ 1.5 |
335 |
31 |
9% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PICKED DOGFISH |
1, 5, 6, 7 and 8; 12 and 14 |
DGS/15X14 |
Open |
2325 |
117 |
5% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HADDOCK |
7a |
HAD/07A. |
(18) / 12 / 6 |
692 |
59 |
9% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HADDOCK |
5b, 6a |
HAD/5BC6A. |
50 / 25 |
1304 |
212 |
16% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HADDOCK |
6b; 12 and 14 |
HAD/6B1214 |
20 / 10 |
622 |
228 |
37% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HADDOCK |
7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 |
HAD/7X7A34 |
(18) / 12/ 6 |
1184 |
415 |
35% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HAKE |
5b; 6 and 7; 12 and 14 |
HKE/571214 |
20 / 10 |
1730 |
626 |
36% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
1 and 2 |
HER/1/2- |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
2015 |
0 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
5b, 6aN and 6b |
HER/5B6ANB |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
-153.938 |
5 |
-4% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
6aS, 7b, 7c |
HER/6AS7BC |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
2600 |
277 |
11% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
4a, 4b |
HER/4AB. |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
0 |
17 |
|
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
7a Manx |
HER/07A/MM |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
52 |
0 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HERRING |
7a south of 52° 30' N ; 7g, 7h, 7j and 7k |
HER/7G-K. |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
750 |
96 |
13% |
17-Apr-25 |
| HORSE MACKEREL |
2a and 4a; 6, 7a-c, 7e-k, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; 5b; 12 and 14 |
JAX/2A-14 |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
16406 |
11182 |
68% |
17-Apr-25 |
| LING |
6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; 12 and 14 |
LIN/6X14. |
30 / 15 |
752 |
33 |
4% |
17-Apr-25 |
| MACKEREL |
All Areas |
MAC/2CX14- MAC/*04A-C MAC/*04N- |
See authorisation/FMN^ |
39914 |
36013 |
90% |
17-Apr-25 |
| MEGRIM |
7 |
LEZ/07. |
30 / 15 |
3038 |
203 |
7% |
17-Apr-25 |
| MEGRIM |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
LEZ/56-14 |
30 / 15 |
614 |
53 |
9% |
17-Apr-25 |
| MONK |
7 |
ANF/07. |
16 / 8 |
3367 |
1051 |
31% |
17-Apr-25 |
| MONK |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
ANF/56-14 |
12 / 6 |
890 |
149 |
17% |
17-Apr-25 |
| NEPHROPS |
7 |
NEP/07. |
18 / 9 |
5313 |
1268 |
24% |
17-Apr-25 |
| NEPHROPS |
5b; 6 |
NEP/5BC6. |
10 / 5 |
184 |
8 |
4% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PLAICE |
7a |
PLE/07A. |
Open |
396 |
3 |
1% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PLAICE |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
PLE/56-14 |
Open |
224 |
0 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PLAICE |
7b and 7c |
PLE/7BC. |
Open |
13 |
1 |
5% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PLAICE |
7f and 7g |
PLE/7FG. |
0.20 / 0.10 |
40 |
6 |
14% |
17-Apr-25 |
| PLAICE |
7h, 7j and 7k |
PLE/7HJK. |
1.0 / 0.50 |
53 |
4 |
7% |
17-Apr-25 |
| POLLACK |
7 |
POL/07. |
0.05**** / 0.05**** |
48 |
12 |
25% |
17-Apr-25 |
| POLLACK |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
POL/56-14 |
0.05 / 0.05 |
11 |
3 |
30% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SAITHE |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
POK/56-14 |
20/10 |
366 |
17 |
5% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SAITHE |
7, 8, 9 and 10; CECAF 34.1.1 |
POK/7/3411 |
20 / 10 |
690 |
3 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| Skates and Rays |
6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k |
SRX/67AKXD |
20 / 10 |
1145 |
115 |
10% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SOLE |
7a |
SOL/07A. |
1.0 / 0.50 |
92 |
17 |
19% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SOLE |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
SOL/56-14 |
Open |
46 |
2 |
3% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SOLE |
7b and 7c |
SOL/7BC. |
0.10 / 0.05 |
14 |
3 |
24% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SOLE |
7f and 7g |
SOL/7FG. |
0.05/ 0.05 |
33 |
19 |
59% |
17-Apr-25 |
| SOLE |
7h, 7j and 7k |
SOL/7HJK. |
1/1 |
77 |
8 |
10% |
17-Apr-25 |
| TUSK |
5; 6 and 7 |
USK/567EI. |
Open |
381 |
8 |
2% |
17-Apr-25 |
| WHITING |
7a |
WHG/07A. |
10 / 5 |
258 |
2 |
1% |
17-Apr-25 |
| WHITING |
5b; 6; 12 and 14 |
WHG/56-14 |
40 / 20 |
1435 |
8 |
1% |
17-Apr-25 |
| WHITING |
7d (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) |
WHG/*07D |
Open |
7456 |
0 |
0% |
17-Apr-25 |
| WHITING |
7b - k excluding 7d (sub-area of WHG/7X7A-C) |
WHG/*7XAD |
20**** / 10**** |
1301 |
93 |
7% |
17-Apr-25 |
Quota uptake weights reflect declared figures only (unless noted), changes to quota (TAC) are supplied by DAFM and will be updated monthly. All figures are provisional, for critical applications please contact the SFPA directly.
** For more specific stock area definitions please consult relevant TAC and quota regulations
***2025 Quota (TAC); last updated 28th March is provisional. This updated TAC is not final for 2025.
**** By-catch only
^Catch limits shown are guidelines only. For a definite list of catch limits and full terms and conditions, please see The Fisheries Management Notices (FMN) in the link below - demersal catch limits shown only apply where no authorisation exists for your vessel, note that some stocks are by-catch only and may not be targetted. Pelagic catch limits are not shown.
Last update 17th April 2025.
gov.ie - Fisheries Management Notices 2024 (www.gov.ie)