Irish fish quotas set to drop 15% by 2026
© European Union 2018 - Source EPA preliminary analysis report on the reduction of fish quota shares under the EU/UK Trans and Cooperation Agreement shows Ireland will have transferred 15% of its quota by 2026 (€43m) compared to the overall value of Irish quota in 2020.
The UK has or will receive a Total Allowable Catch for 105 stocks, 41 of which will remain unchanged from their current relative stability share. For eight stocks there is no transition period, and the new UK quota shares ‘it is understood’ apply from 2021.
For the remaining stocks, 60% of the transition to the new shares occurs in 2021, followed by 70% in 2022, 80% in 2023 and 92% in 2024.
| Reduction in Irish quota value (€m) due to quota transfer from EU to UK | ||||||
| Stock Group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Pelagic (oily fish) | 17.188 | 20.039 | 22.864 | 26.290 | 28.565 | 28.565 |
| Nephrops (prawns) | 4.931 | 5.753 | 6.575 | 7.557 | 8.218 | 8.218 |
| Celtic Sea whitefish | 2.020 | 2.357 | 2.694 | 3.099 | 3.368 | 3.368 |
| Irish Sea whitefish | 0.318 | 0.372 | 0.424 | 0.488 | 0.531 | 0.531 |
| W Scotland Whitefish | 1.349 | 1.573 | 1.798 | 2.068 | 2.248 | 2.248 |
| Deepwater | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.007 |
| Total | 25.810 | 30.099 | 34.360 | 39.510 | 42.937 | 42.937 |
Quota transfers from Ireland
• 25% reduction in western mackerel
• 14% reduction in Nephrops (prawns)
• Hake (Celtic Sea) 3%; Haddock (Celtic Sea) 11%; Haddock (Irish Sea) 16%; Haddock (Rockall) 22.6%; Megrim (Celtic Sea) 8%; Megrim (West of Scotland) 19%; Monkfish (Celtic Sea) 7%; Monkfish (West of Scotland) 20% and Pollack (Celtic Sea) 9%
• Herring (Irish Sea) 96%
The report was compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Food in association with BIM and the Marine Institute. The figures represent best available estimates based on the mean fish price per species in 2019 from Irish Sales Notes data and 2020 quotas.
