Fishing Catches
(asked on 8th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fish species have been overfished in 2013-14.
This question was answered on 13th January 2015
In 2013, four stocks from over 100 were overfished as follows:
Stock Landings as percentage of quota
North Sea herring 100.2%
Celtic Sea sole 105.2%
Celtic Sea plaice 112.1%
Western Approaches plaice 118.7%
Data for 2014 are not yet available as international quota trading, which may be used to cover initial overfishing, is permitted until the end of January 2015.