Asked by: Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2021 to Question 12119, what the Total Allowable Catches are for North Sea sole and plaice for 2021; and what the (a) UK’s opening quota is for those species under the 10m fleet pool quota allocation and (b) EU's opening quota is for 2021.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
Information relating to this question is already published:
The data requested is set out in the below table.
North Sea sole | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 21,361 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 2,446 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 797 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (b) | 18,817 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £13.0m |
North Sea plaice | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 143,419 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 37,113 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 88 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (a) | 51,985 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £18.8m |
(a) post-landing obligation exemption deductions, and pre-allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) | |
(b) taken from the UK-EU negotiation Written Record as the final EU TAC and Quota Regulation is not yet published, so this is pre-landing obligation exemption deductions and allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) | |
Asked by: Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) volume of North Sea (i) common sole and (ii) plaice made available to vessels under 10m through the Pool for each year between 2016 and 2021 and (b) take up within the Pool of those stocks between 2016 and 2020.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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Asked by: Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the catch levels within the UK EEZ of North Sea (a) common sole and (b) plaice for each year from 2016 to 2020.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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Asked by: Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the volume of catches was by (a) the UK and (b) EU member state vessels of (i) common sole and (ii) plaice in the North Sea in each year from 2016 to 2020.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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Asked by: Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the North Sea total allowable catch limits are for the (a) common sole and (b) plaice for each year from 2016 to 2021; and what the (i) UK's and (ii) EU member states’ quota allocations are for those stocks for each year from 2016 to 2021.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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