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Written Question
Fishing Catches: North Sea
Wednesday 14th July 2021

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 Baroness Prentis of Banbury

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)

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Jul 2021
Fisheries Management

"It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Charles, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this debate, which I believe is the first fisheries debate that has been held since the signing of the trade and co-operation …..."
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Written Question
Fishing Catches: North Sea
Wednesday 16th June 2021

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 Baroness Prentis of Banbury

The data requested is set out in the tables below

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

North Sea plaice

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

North Sea sole

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)

Written Question
Fishing Catches: North Sea
Wednesday 16th June 2021

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 Baroness Prentis of Banbury

The data requested is set out in the tables below

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

North Sea plaice

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

North Sea sole

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)

Written Question
Fishing Catches: North Sea
Wednesday 16th June 2021

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 Baroness Prentis of Banbury

The data requested is set out in the tables below

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

North Sea plaice

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

North Sea sole

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)

Written Question
Fishing Catches: North Sea
Wednesday 16th June 2021

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 Baroness Prentis of Banbury

The data requested is set out in the tables below

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

North Sea plaice

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

North Sea sole

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)

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jun 2021
World Oceans Day 2021

"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hosie, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on having the foresight to secure this important debate on World Oceans Day. Although the world’s oceans are an enormous stage, they are all interconnected. …..."
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Offshore Wind Farms: Unexploded Ordnance

"Thank you, Mr Dowd; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (John Nicolson) on securing the debate. He has highlighted a very important concern.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Agricultural Transition Plan

"I draw attention to my involvement in family farms as detailed in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. To enable farmers to access new markets and to obtain fair prices for their high-quality UK-reared-and-grown produce, both at home and abroad, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"  Ahead of 1 January, the Renaissance of the East Anglia Fisheries is stepping up its plans to revitalise the East Anglian fishing industry. Investment in port and processing infrastructure is vital, and I would be grateful if the Minister could outline the role of fishing in the national infrastructure …..."
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