This chapter contains data on fish landings by Irish vessels to Irish ports, foreign ports and foreign vessels to Irish ports taken from our Fish Landings 2016 release.
| Table 25.1 Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland and in Foreign Ports 2007-2016 (Tonnage and Value) | |||||||
| Tonnes (Live weight equivalent) | €000 | ||||||
| Year | Ireland | Foreign | Total | Ireland | Foreign | Total | |
| 2007 | 155,252 | 59,827 | 215,079 | 166,350 | 33,412 | 199,762 | |
| 2008 | 149,209 | 52,723 | 201,932 | 163,726 | 27,090 | 190,816 | |
| 2009 | 166,361 | 115,870 | 282,231 | 153,605 | 32,494 | 186,099 | |
| 2010 | 164,615 | 153,440 | 318,055 | 159,390 | 49,510 | 208,900 | |
| 2011 | 162,303 | 45,635 | 207,939 | 216,908 | 33,774 | 250,682 | |
| 2012 | 249,205 | 57,339 | 306,544 | 295,575 | 31,370 | 326,945 | |
| 2013 | 202,926 | 39,709 | 242,635 | 212,306 | 20,482 | 232,788 | |
| 2014 | 220,344 | 55,352 | 275,696 | 241,202 | 31,401 | 272,603 | |
| 2015 | 204,194 | 29,834 | 234,028 | 220,404 | 22,204 | 242,608 | |
| 2016 | 207,620 | 33,933 | 241,553 | 255,783 | 24,788 | 280,570 | |
| Source: CSO | |||||||
| Atlantic Herring | Atlantic Mackerel | Blue Whiting | Boarfish | Horse Mackerel | |
| 2007 | 24.124 | 25.151 | 16.618 | 8.046 | 27.938 |
| 2008 | 19.983 | 25.331 | 22.042 | 4.015 | 33.61 |
| 2009 | 15.552 | 40.149 | 7.64 | 10.477 | 37.092 |
| 2010 | 17.47 | 38.334 | 5.816 | 14.921 | 37.268 |
| 2011 | 18.552 | 42.61 | 1.193 | 8.181 | 34.574 |
| 2012 | 21.934 | 48.054 | 10.824 | 26.83 | 45.312 |
| 2013 | 18.592 | 49.187 | 10.89 | 31.155 | 34.692 |
| 2014 | 21.033 | 79.018 | 16.914 | 14.277 | 32.385 |
| 2015 | 16.316 | 72.208 | 23.607 | 10.793 | 20.773 |
| 2016 | 16.738 | 64.838 | 21.882 | 9.189 | 26.068 |
Landings by Irish trawlers increased by 3.2% from 234,028 tonnes in 2015 to 241,553 tonnes in 2016. In 2016, Atlantic Mackerel was the species with the highest tonnage (64,838 tonnes) landed by Irish vessels in Irish ports, followed by Horse Mackerel (26,068 tonnes) and Blue Whiting (21,882 tonnes).
More information on this topic can be found on the Fish Landings page of our website.
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