Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 December 2021
623. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2010, 2021 and 2026 quota of mackerel allocated to each European Union state; the quotas for the same years for the United Kingdom, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Russia, Greenland and Norway; the reason for the decline in the Irish quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62598/21]
View answerIreland's mackerel quota in 2010 was 62,641 tonnes. In 2021 it was 60,847 tonnes. The decline of 2.86% between those years is attributable to a number of factors including share adjustments arising from the 2014 Mackerel agreement between the EU, Norway and the Faroes; the TCA Agreement with the UK and the state of the stock and the scientific advice for the relevant years. It is not possible to say what the quota for Ireland or any other country will be in the future as that will also depend on such factors as the future scientific advice and any new sharing agreement at Coastal States level. The quotas within the EU Member States for the relevant years are set down in Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010 of 14 January 2010 for 2010 and COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2021/1239 of 29 July 2021 for 2021.
For all countries referenced by the deputy, the official ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) mackerel catch and landings data are listed in Table 11 on page 215 of the Marine Institute Stock Book which is available at The Stock Book 2021: Annual Review of Fish Stocks in 2021 with Management Advice for 2022 (marine.ie). Catch data for 2021 is not yet available.
