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Fish Landings

2020

Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Irish Vessels in Ireland	Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports	Total Landings by Irish Vessels	Foreign Vessels in Ireland
2011	162,303	45,635	207,939	35,153
2012	249,205	57,339	306,544	80,349
2013	202,926	39,709	242,635	76,943
2014	220,344	55,352	275,696	74,039
2015	204,194	29,834	234,028	93,938
2016	207,620	33,933	241,553	68,012
2017	213,501	31,981	245,481	100,305
2018	184,375	29,521	213,897	132,477
2019	173,922	21,034	194,956	103,386
2020	188,051	29,930	217,981	136,257

Tonnage of Fish Landings by Irish Vessels increased by 11.8% in 2020

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Landings by Irish trawlers increased by 11.8% from 194,956 tonnes in 2019 to 217,981 tonnes in 2020 (see Headline Table). Landings by Irish vessels in Ireland rose by 8.1% or 14,129 tonnes. Landings by Irish vessels in foreign ports increased by 42.3% or 8,896 tonnes (see Table 1A). Landings by foreign vessels in Ireland increased by 31.8% or 32,871 tonnes (see Table 2).

The highest level of landings by Irish vessels in Ireland during 2011-2020 was in 2012 when 249,205 tonnes were landed (see Figure 1). The highest level of landings by Irish vessels in foreign ports during the same period was also in 2012 when 57,339 tonnes were landed. Approximately half of this (29,119 tonnes) was boarfish (see Table 3B).

In 2020 the species for which the largest quantities landed by Irish vessels in Ireland were Atlantic Mackerel (63,948 tonnes), Blue Whiting (34,933 tonnes) and Horse Mackerel (17,209 tonnes) (see Table 3A). Over the 2011-2020 period, Atlantic Mackerel and Lobster Norway have consistently been the two species with the highest value landings, a pattern continued in 2020 with Atlantic Mackerel at €48.3 million and Lobster Norway at €35.5 million (see Table 3D).

Killybegs was the most important port for Irish landings in 2020 accounting for 56.5% (123,233 tonnes) of all landings by Irish vessels (see Table 4A). Killybegs (106,641 tonnes) and Castletownbere (24,513 tonnes) were the ports with the highest tonnages landed by foreign vessels in Ireland (see Table 4B).

The West of Scotland and Rockall accounted for 35.5% (66,781 tonnes) of catch tonnages by Irish vessels that were landed in Ireland in 2020 (see Figure 4 and Table 6A). The South-West of Ireland was next highest at 12.9% (24,205 tonnes), followed by the West of Ireland at 12.2% (22,955 tonnes).

In terms of tonnes landed by Irish vessels the busiest months are January to April and October to December. In 2020, approximately 61% of the catch landed by Irish vessels was in the January to April period (see Table 9A). There was greater variability at species level e.g. 69% of landings by Irish vessels of Blue Whiting in 2020 took place in March and 53% of landings by Irish vessels of Atlantic Mackerel occurred in February 2020 (see Table 9B).

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Boarfish	Horse Mackerel
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
2017	11.9	75.238	42.181	7.769	22.808
2018	6.969	57.149	45.956	3.778	24.847
2019	4.013	45.986	33.548	9.861	27.898
2020	2.131	63.948	34.933	9.089	17.209

	Castletownbere	Dunmore East	Killybegs
2011	14.182	8.409	84.561
2012	28.43	13.047	123.172
2013	17.687	11.707	117.39
2014	14.597	11.319	139.616
2015	15.436	10.839	123.337
2016	14.008	10.189	122.594
2017	9.011	7.612	149.908
2018	9.369	5.566	130.055
2019	11.211	6.216	123.067
2020	9.779	5.202	123.233

	Catch Zone
Celtic Sea	17.839
Irish Sea	18.174
North Sea	11.516
Porcupine Bank	19.609
South-West of Ireland	24.205
West of Ireland	22.955
West of Scotland and Rockall	66.781

Figure 5: Locations of Irish Ports with Fish Landings by Irish and Foreign Vessels in 2020

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Horse Mackerel	Total
January	1	29	0	46	16
February	4	53	2	9	21
March	0	7	69	6	17
April	0	0	28	0	7
May	0	0	0	0	2
June	0	0	0	0	2
July	0	0	0	0	3
August	0	0	0	0	3
September	12	0	0	0	3
October	24	10	0	1	6
November	53	0	0	3	10
December	6	0	0	34	11

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Table 1A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland and in Foreign Ports 2011-2020 (Tonnage and Value)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)				€000
Year	Ireland	Foreign	Total		Ireland	Foreign	Total
2011	162,303	45,635	207,939		216,908	33,774	250,682
2012	249,205	57,339	306,544		301,333	31,890	333,223
2013	202,926	39,709	242,635		212,306	20,479	232,785
2014	220,344	55,352	275,696		241,202	31,401	272,603
2015	204,194	29,834	234,028		217,288	22,204	239,492
2016	207,620	33,933	241,553		255,783	24,773	280,555
2017	213,501	31,981	245,481		229,655	26,287	255,942
2018	184,375	29,521	213,897		215,460	28,147	243,607
2019	173,922	21,034	194,956		216,685	27,069	243,754
2020	188,051	29,930	217,981		203,812	29,688	233,500

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Table 1B Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
2011	7,350	4,636	4,010	162,303	910	19,695	1,036	7,998	–	207,939
2012	19,553	9,671	3,782	249,205	1,232	12,830	989	9,279	2	306,544
2013	10,112	13,501	1,276	202,926	1,010	6,620	1,006	6,183	–	242,635
2014	9,492	15,717	4,010	220,344	1,312	10,775	913	13,133	–	275,696
2015	1,339	5,519	4,391	204,194	940	9,440	820	7,385	–	234,028
2016	5,823	8,304	1,903	207,620	1,269	8,312	827	7,494	–	241,553
2017	2,863	7,720	2,285	213,501	1,161	8,184	1,242	8,526	–	245,481
2018	1,061	8,495	2,488	184,375	1,029	9,529	1,089	4,974	856	213,897
2019	1,022	–	2,327	173,922	1,675	8,712	1,048	6,250	–	194,956
2020	4,240	6,673	1,693	188,051	1,928	8,419	931	6,046	–	217,981
– No landings reported

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Table 1C Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2011-2020 (Value)
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Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
2011	1,058	632	4,239	216,908	1,489	16,183	2,057	8,116	–	250,682
2012	2,820	1,364	3,431	301,333	1,522	9,504	2,627	10,621	2	333,223
2013	1,537	2,170	1,379	212,306	1,748	4,280	3,031	6,333	–	232,785
2014	2,124	2,858	3,210	241,202	2,394	7,954	3,149	9,712	–	272,603
2015	704	640	3,939	217,288	1,901	5,447	2,913	6,659	–	239,492
2016	1,411	1,073	3,343	255,783	2,605	5,141	2,620	8,580	–	280,555
2017	742	1,162	4,909	229,655	2,970	4,229	3,656	8,620	–	255,942
2018	208	1,340	6,529	215,460	2,063	6,398	2,839	8,240	533	243,607
2019	214	–	5,215	216,685	3,374	6,826	2,642	8,799	–	243,754
2020	1,094	1,325	4,071	203,812	6,530	5,955	2,150	8,562	–	233,500
– No landings reported

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Table 2 Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland 2011-2020 (Tonnage and Value)
	Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)	€000
Year	Ireland	Ireland
2011	35,153	50,953
2012	80,349	29,025
2013	76,943	70,508
2014	74,039	104,638
2015	93,938	134,262
2016	68,012	116,228
2017	100,305	109,326
2018	132,477	123,663
2019	103,386	115,745
2020	136,257	124,853

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Table 3A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	18,552	21,934	18,592	21,033	16,316	16,738	11,900	6,969	4,013	2,131
Atlantic Mackerel	42,610	48,054	49,187	79,018	72,208	64,838	75,238	57,149	45,986	63,948
Blue Whiting	1,193	10,824	10,890	16,914	23,607	21,882	42,181	45,956	33,548	34,933
Boarfish	8,181	26,830	31,155	14,277	10,793	9,189	7,769	3,778	9,861	9,089
Cod Atlantic	1,239	1,850	1,604	1,363	1,274	1,012	717	852	628	618
Crab Edible	4,966	6,076	5,235	5,717	5,826	9,323	5,343	4,557	3,410	4,488
Haddock	4,140	6,077	3,983	3,336	3,090	3,793	3,857	3,527	4,074	4,417
Hake European	1,860	8,828	1,741	2,538	2,703	3,525	3,341	3,218	3,216	3,556
Horse Mackerel	34,574	45,312	34,692	32,385	20,773	26,068	22,808	24,847	27,898	17,209
John Dory	216	422	273	220	195	247	223	205	228	143
Lemon Sole	338	464	409	448	467	462	428	403	385	308
Ling	656	1,156	614	582	499	736	623	462	402	471
Lobster European	734	251	373	451	237	434	142	98	121	343
Lobster Norway	7,725	10,277	8,366	8,987	8,249	9,441	7,950	7,134	7,079	5,510
Megrim nei	2,307	4,653	3,067	2,603	2,732	3,005	2,915	2,704	2,736	2,530
Monkfish Angler nei	3,684	7,011	3,481	3,706	3,635	4,288	3,981	3,945	4,515	4,707
Plaice	288	324	275	297	371	759	578	440	359	303
Pollack	979	1,190	1,283	1,119	1,083	1,235	700	515	353	581
Razor Shells	462	497	867	983	816	1,190	752	536	409	643
Saithe	995	1,467	1,659	1,152	751	922	752	574	223	304
Scallop Great Atlantic	2,259	2,518	2,415	2,517	1,734	1,637	1,932	1,517	1,413	1,685
Sole Black	174	224	216	199	187	219	195	150	178	148
Sprat European	3,931	9,667	5,454	2,991	10,366	5,405	4,260	3,591	12,821	14,301
Thornback Ray	268	389	333	389	390	498	515	399	323	278
Tuna Albacore	3,507	3,665	2,231	2,485	2,362	1,779	251	263	229	756
Turbot	160	215	171	164	160	230	226	201	197	125
Whelk	2,828	3,442	2,647	2,130	3,098	6,272	2,525	2,251	2,027	4,952
Whiting	4,984	6,070	7,016	7,030	6,579	7,793	6,407	4,740	2,657	2,827
Witch	446	560	658	538	490	553	547	631	520	447
Other Species	8,047	18,959	4,042	4,772	3,204	4,149	4,445	2,765	4,112	6,296

Total	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375	173,922	188,051

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Table 3B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	7,345	6,356	4,600	3,022	2,935	2,920	4,220	2,972	3,886	4,110
Atlantic Mackerel	20,110	16,693	7,417	24,339	16,632	11,939	11,199	9,598	7,940	10,466
Blue Whiting	2	–	2,315	4,554	1,178	5,776	2,379	3,946	1,719	4,244
Boarfish	11,947	29,119	21,095	20,348	5,531	8,306	7,715	5,735	21	5,599
Cod Atlantic	17	361	355	10	260	8	6	5	14	13
Crab Edible	973	1,324	1,135	1,405	1,127	1,323	1,235	1,056	1,691	1,975
Haddock	25	49	86	58	35	42	41	60	116	95
Hake European	48	56	32	63	31	39	38	30	20	19
Horse Mackerel	3,891	2,002	1,100	284	883	1,464	1,110	1,356	806	222
John Dory	11	9	9	8	5	6	6	7	7	5
Lemon Sole	5	17	18	17	12	11	17	12	8	4
Ling	9	13	7	8	11	16	27	22	23	11
Lobster European	0	0	–	0	–	0	0	2	6	3
Lobster Norway	151	239	75	95	129	130	54	47	227	194
Megrim nei	325	401	372	293	277	281	291	233	161	142
Monkfish Angler nei	207	295	264	229	183	174	214	221	168	113
Plaice	2	3	2	2	5	1	2	4	2	3
Pollack	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	6	1
Razor Shells	0	–	–	0	–	–	1	5	4	4
Saithe	49	9	14	12	13	13	22	15	4	9
Scallop Great Atlantic	10	216	479	359	308	597	616	771	782	234
Sole Black	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	4
Sprat European	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
Thornback Ray	2	3	8	6	4	3	1	4	10	9
Tuna Albacore	90	–	–	–	5	546	2,239	2,839	2,890	2,184
Turbot	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	1
Whelk	0	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	18
Whiting	9	4	14	7	1	75	8	20	42	13
Witch	15	40	38	47	53	41	36	30	29	15
Other Species	388	126	272	184	212	220	500	526	444	220

Total	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521	21,034	29,930
– No landings reported

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Table 3C Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Species 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	0	6,411	8,113	1,370	7,167	23	2,337	5,592	36	1,424
Atlantic Mackerel	2	1	3,921	4,054	4,631	6,659	7,571	9,617	5,511	13,370
Blue Whiting	10,638	66,535	36,002	33,269	37,884	15,646	57,752	77,114	60,168	84,942
Boarfish	1	–	932	12	–	66	–	69	383	142
Cod Atlantic	133	1	90	99	157	123	69	47	33	40
Crab Edible	441	–	1,275	1,387	1,402	1,858	1,983	1,717	1,251	780
Haddock	459	55	628	543	590	433	234	238	204	229
Hake European	11,457	4,100	11,869	16,612	24,088	21,632	15,880	13,387	12,934	14,258
Horse Mackerel	1,732	–	1,133	2,673	1,218	6,406	0	6,845	7,168	5,581
John Dory	95	24	149	140	271	177	115	80	95	93
Lemon Sole	57	9	39	49	76	116	136	91	108	110
Ling	804	420	1,070	809	620	825	587	626	601	266
Lobster European	1	–	1	1	2	6	4	16	12	25
Lobster Norway	207	50	195	146	142	504	497	799	722	389
Megrim nei	2,165	931	2,885	3,301	3,474	3,522	3,816	3,654	3,465	3,396
Monkfish Angler nei	4,470	1,122	5,349	6,451	5,738	7,301	6,632	7,529	7,272	7,103
Plaice	33	10	12	29	26	29	21	20	45	7
Pollack	24	3	38	44	552	31	21	24	5	5
Razor Shells	9	–	0	39	36	–	1	–	–	–
Saithe	307	7	87	38	109	41	9	14	19	41
Scallop Great Atlantic	8	2	169	487	134	249	104	65	64	36
Sole Black	23	12	7	19	16	24	16	25	66	20
Sprat European	0	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	51	4	58	64	59	96	72	49	60	41
Tuna Albacore	3	3	–	–	–	0	–	–	31	–
Turbot	21	3	11	13	13	18	15	13	12	4
Whelk	0	–	–	274	15	20	118	126	81	62
Whiting	104	53	181	342	239	119	28	35	62	40
Witch	173	220	199	237	956	307	349	585	509	443
Other Species	1,736	352	2,531	1,537	4,322	1,781	1,937	4,099	2,470	3,409

Total	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477	103,386	136,257
– No landings reported

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Table 3D Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2011-2020 (Value)
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Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	7,867	9,601	7,423	6,302	5,657	8,890	4,275	2,120	1,166	712
Atlantic Mackerel	44,772	47,643	40,038	58,133	42,061	41,087	50,999	43,412	46,150	48,263
Blue Whiting	197	1,738	2,407	8,254	9,578	4,977	6,919	6,675	7,029	9,013
Boarfish	1,135	3,822	4,225	1,749	1,257	1,181	1,165	624	2,148	1,572
Cod Atlantic	2,700	3,700	3,585	3,300	3,180	2,331	1,959	2,556	2,018	1,726
Crab Edible	6,371	7,172	7,236	7,169	7,968	12,493	9,353	9,062	6,919	8,351
Haddock	5,512	8,016	5,732	5,548	5,389	6,357	6,904	6,488	8,000	7,668
Hake European	3,465	16,133	3,474	6,177	6,629	8,518	9,121	8,781	9,302	9,237
Horse Mackerel	17,575	23,063	21,418	20,408	11,954	13,799	10,303	15,500	14,875	9,859
John Dory	1,026	2,225	1,237	1,010	1,076	1,306	1,167	1,074	1,205	668
Lemon Sole	854	1,173	985	1,084	1,327	1,483	1,366	1,297	1,222	894
Ling	856	1,457	746	717	693	1,015	935	710	749	760
Lobster European	9,098	2,846	4,777	6,070	3,372	6,169	2,142	1,589	2,079	4,418
Lobster Norway	31,807	53,455	41,343	48,907	49,803	62,145	54,667	55,668	51,148	35,477
Megrim nei	6,947	12,781	8,187	7,560	8,727	9,646	9,162	8,350	8,873	7,652
Monkfish Angler nei	12,364	22,678	11,636	11,892	12,528	14,535	12,973	13,725	15,894	15,783
Plaice	549	580	518	545	735	1,407	1,095	863	752	609
Pollack	1,740	2,127	2,300	1,794	3,030	2,595	1,445	1,182	885	1,435
Razor Shells	1,261	1,349	2,861	4,871	3,223	7,326	4,412	3,089	2,389	3,117
Saithe	1,109	1,631	1,758	1,542	948	1,205	933	649	249	308
Scallop Great Atlantic	18,448	18,685	7,833	6,679	4,909	3,963	4,204	5,048	3,614	5,041
Sole Black	1,750	2,111	2,089	1,779	1,765	2,056	1,645	1,488	1,975	1,395
Sprat European	666	1,743	1,231	735	1,971	1,560	1,066	961	3,379	3,250
Thornback Ray	439	482	501	578	588	770	876	586	487	393
Tuna Albacore	8,146	8,582	4,774	4,605	5,047	7,551	776	497	622	1,770
Turbot	1,387	1,808	1,510	1,435	1,409	2,065	2,126	1,975	2,233	1,346
Whelk	2,286	2,760	3,159	2,904	3,915	8,745	4,025	4,577	4,341	7,914
Whiting	5,732	7,341	7,904	8,001	8,092	9,756	8,797	6,907	3,934	4,052
Witch	874	935	1,242	958	924	963	966	1,149	936	720
Other Species	19,973	33,694	10,178	10,498	9,534	9,887	13,879	8,862	12,111	10,408

Total	216,908	301,333	212,306	241,202	217,288	255,783	229,655	215,460	216,685	203,812

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Table 3E Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2011-2020 (Value)
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Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	3,296	2,644	1,842	935	1,139	1,630	1,397	1,034	1,239	1,707
Atlantic Mackerel	22,143	16,272	6,667	18,348	11,405	10,099	8,373	8,360	7,940	10,015
Blue Whiting	0	–	512	2,222	478	1,311	390	562	359	1,095
Boarfish	1,661	4,106	2,861	2,492	642	1,072	1,157	936	5	901
Cod Atlantic	27	722	791	31	654	24	17	14	43	36
Crab Edible	1,574	1,601	1,931	2,505	2,137	2,709	3,150	2,123	3,382	6,598
Haddock	28	63	109	86	57	60	65	100	226	148
Hake European	52	103	72	148	79	96	98	75	58	54
Horse Mackerel	1,852	1,019	680	227	589	934	505	945	436	191
John Dory	50	45	39	24	26	33	30	42	39	27
Lemon Sole	8	39	50	53	37	34	52	38	24	11
Ling	11	16	8	10	16	23	39	32	41	22
Lobster European	3	1	–	0	–	4	1	28	111	42
Lobster Norway	796	1,259	368	517	781	833	368	362	1,650	1,250
Megrim nei	920	1,091	1,397	1,161	1,088	1,037	1,132	426	507	320
Monkfish Angler nei	664	957	840	917	771	735	725	896	591	379
Plaice	3	6	4	4	9	1	5	9	5	9
Pollack	2	1	2	2	0	0	–	0	14	2
Razor Shells	0	–	–	1	–	–	3	26	19	19
Saithe	55	10	16	14	15	16	26	17	5	9
Scallop Great Atlantic	73	1,603	1,554	953	1,427	1,245	1,615	2,564	1,956	703
Sole Black	12	13	11	2	5	6	13	5	15	31
Sprat European	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Thornback Ray	3	5	12	9	6	4	2	6	15	9
Tuna Albacore	208	–	–	–	11	2,090	5,674	7,396	6,460	5,151
Turbot	4	9	15	1	2	7	18	35	13	358
Whelk	0	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	18
Whiting	9	4	16	8	1	95	9	19	61	18
Witch	37	73	98	140	170	130	104	55	53	21
Other Species	281	228	586	590	659	547	1,318	2,040	1,799	544

Total	33,774	31,890	20,479	31,401	22,204	24,773	26,287	28,147	27,069	29,688
– No landings reported

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Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	0	2,831	3,241	412	2,695	12	760	1,781	11	542
Atlantic Mackerel	2	1	3,237	3,000	2,557	4,435	4,760	7,457	5,511	10,456
Blue Whiting	2,127	11,111	7,200	16,235	15,381	3,552	9,474	10,977	12,585	21,915
Boarfish	0	–	126	1	–	8	–	11	83	23
Cod Atlantic	239	2	201	240	393	285	187	141	102	110
Crab Edible	592	–	1,868	1,917	2,091	2,843	3,760	3,433	2,503	1,970
Haddock	634	82	902	900	1,028	723	419	434	394	382
Hake European	20,967	6,966	17,039	40,188	59,087	52,632	43,334	37,045	37,784	36,615
Horse Mackerel	990	–	699	1,648	705	3,427	0	4,259	3,879	3,572
John Dory	498	124	673	635	1,497	938	594	418	501	456
Lemon Sole	135	22	95	120	216	372	435	292	331	314
Ling	1,088	551	1,299	989	861	1,138	879	956	1,090	415
Lobster European	10	–	6	11	24	93	61	263	199	349
Lobster Norway	795	259	965	794	854	3,317	3,418	6,211	5,239	2,513
Megrim nei	6,049	2,417	8,040	9,938	11,331	11,456	12,249	11,325	10,883	10,012
Monkfish Angler nei	13,209	3,637	17,817	21,000	19,991	24,763	21,451	26,587	25,623	24,109
Plaice	70	18	22	54	51	53	40	39	93	12
Pollack	40	5	68	71	1,191	62	44	55	10	9
Razor Shells	21	–	1	194	142	–	8	–	–	–
Saithe	381	7	91	69	138	53	11	16	22	44
Scallop Great Atlantic	25	15	549	1,293	621	578	280	218	160	108
Sole Black	255	117	67	169	155	221	132	252	716	206
Sprat European	0	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	64	5	87	94	89	146	122	73	86	56
Tuna Albacore	7	7	–	–	–	0	–	–	70	–
Turbot	165	17	97	113	118	163	142	125	148	1,452
Whelk	0	–	–	373	19	31	189	258	171	99
Whiting	127	62	204	389	294	149	39	50	89	56
Witch	285	387	384	445	1,926	564	629	1,060	915	715
Other Species	2,177	377	5,531	3,344	10,805	4,212	5,908	9,926	6,547	8,343

Total	50,953	29,025	70,508	104,638	134,262	116,228	109,326	123,663	115,745	124,853
– No landings reported

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Achill	110	125	147	168	55	531	73	71	67	36
Arklow	730	738	453	615	527	967	1,285	625	844	596
Arranmore	67	80	90	132	99	48	15	21	32	7
Balbriggan	312	319	256	395	343	354	292	179	125	153
Ballycotton	1,171	1,211	1,120	1,158	1,056	1,373	1,100	877	733	778
Ballycrovane	163	216	166	162	540	355	57	92	116	101
Ballyglass	161	232	452	313	401	930	751	1,019	699	783
Baltimore	2,697	3,306	3,721	2,294	2,430	2,699	1,798	1,492	1,209	2,317
Belmullet/Blacksod	80	47	69	75	35	146	107	88	80	115
Burtonport	128	26	88	408	285	194	46	99	82	41
Castletownbere	14,182	28,430	17,687	14,597	15,436	14,008	9,011	9,369	11,211	9,779
Clogherhead	1,334	1,485	1,383	1,741	1,554	1,834	1,507	1,291	1,248	1,804
Cobh	391	1,080	3,860	4,628	3,848	237	49	95	24	51
Dingle	4,490	10,587	5,348	5,248	4,871	4,137	4,853	3,915	4,606	7,506
Duncannon/St. Helens	2,195	5,639	2,979	1,666	4,048	3,015	1,801	2,509	1,403	6,872
Dundalk	122	79	161	79	40	101	166	91	108	210
Dunmore East	8,409	13,047	11,707	11,319	10,839	10,189	7,612	5,566	6,216	5,202
Greencastle	2,642	7,155	2,327	2,605	2,588	3,298	3,492	2,941	3,153	3,231
Howth	3,343	4,589	4,983	4,303	4,190	5,703	4,228	3,453	4,071	5,009
Killybegs	84,561	123,172	117,390	139,616	123,337	122,594	149,908	130,055	123,067	123,233
Kilmore Quay	3,722	5,128	4,665	4,681	4,428	5,435	4,286	3,654	3,465	3,764
Kinsale	1,292	1,495	1,262	2,063	1,615	1,599	1,201	1,030	1,048	1,251
Malin Head	541	717	660	1,368	856	898	496	543	367	216
Rathmullan	548	1,104	677	1,249	1,041	960	693	823	280	104
Ringaskiddy	7,896	9,387	906	600	3,377	3,658	4,444	936	87	0
Ros a' Mhil	4,230	6,019	5,715	4,579	3,484	3,074	2,669	3,316	1,250	2,776
Rosslare	1,446	1,517	1,001	1,378	961	957	716	805	619	902
Skerries	1,065	717	441	427	182	401	189	126	81	95
Union Hall	3,000	3,351	3,269	2,528	2,283	2,305	1,950	1,857	2,415	1,803
Wicklow	1,835	1,778	1,265	1,323	1,348	1,844	1,375	1,229	712	1,998
Other Irish Ports	9,439	16,429	8,676	8,625	8,092	13,774	7,331	6,209	4,507	7,316
Foreign Ports	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521	21,034	29,930

Total	207,939	306,544	242,635	275,696	234,028	241,553	245,481	213,897	194,956	217,981

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	11,245	4,136	14,418	20,407	30,326	25,554	27,210	23,442	23,329	24,513
Dingle	6,436	1,340	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,317	792	3,800	2,780	2,813
Dunmore East	109	442	287	215	139	198	330	218	214	16
Greencastle	695	–	1,466	1,103	238	284	354	390	378	177
Howth	19	1	71	179	221	294	103	98	110	820
Killybegs	16,067	74,351	52,749	43,436	53,699	32,941	69,438	102,173	74,693	106,641
Rathmullan	392	–	457	709	796	1,030	1,246	968	698	453
Ros a' Mhil	0	–	80	191	153	317	75	210	179	248
Other Irish Ports	190	80	639	824	627	1,076	756	1,177	1,006	575

Total	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477	103,386	136,257
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Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Achill	387	439	311	468	157	1,978	263	208	313	210
Arklow	959	717	696	820	1,085	1,625	1,299	1,269	1,872	1,284
Arranmore	100	127	174	199	224	144	85	112	142	56
Balbriggan	775	1,462	728	1,406	1,225	1,567	1,305	860	515	638
Ballycotton	2,855	3,005	2,995	3,218	3,389	4,425	3,549	3,019	3,264	2,214
Ballycrovane	299	311	429	241	787	732	182	309	319	286
Ballyglass	148	295	556	388	344	1,121	909	1,580	1,287	1,277
Baltimore	2,179	3,021	2,537	2,422	2,658	3,243	2,695	3,013	2,127	2,696
Belmullet/Blacksod	131	119	141	102	69	347	286	184	244	307
Burtonport	454	52	159	941	423	489	116	207	170	157
Castletownbere	21,354	43,916	24,606	26,424	30,190	39,142	31,044	34,204	32,479	24,798
Clogherhead	4,830	6,588	4,681	7,974	6,122	9,335	7,655	7,064	6,422	8,421
Cobh	1,317	2,855	4,582	5,899	6,359	1,407	248	31	91	157
Dingle	5,275	17,471	5,280	8,231	6,940	6,999	6,908	6,914	6,369	7,794
Duncannon/St. Helens	4,395	6,008	1,941	2,041	2,400	3,331	2,475	2,855	2,244	2,763
Dundalk	166	163	362	389	215	369	304	189	324	562
Dunmore East	12,485	17,910	14,234	16,171	15,881	18,068	15,566	11,569	12,159	10,486
Greencastle	5,464	10,051	4,730	5,005	6,199	8,141	8,966	6,918	8,636	8,202
Howth	9,563	19,916	12,457	10,463	11,579	14,911	11,118	9,085	9,880	8,595
Killybegs	63,562	77,667	67,112	86,878	64,350	64,108	79,003	69,231	79,676	71,086
Kilmore Quay	18,432	18,129	14,398	13,372	12,464	12,952	10,483	10,500	10,667	10,876
Kinsale	2,523	3,084	2,355	2,703	3,222	3,391	2,871	2,569	2,837	2,927
Malin Head	815	879	1,129	1,448	993	1,237	1,023	1,208	1,009	660
Rathmullan	537	938	624	768	545	1,030	493	407	210	110
Ringaskiddy	3,150	3,992	343	139	1,242	2,127	1,392	244	24	0
Ros a' Mhil	9,893	12,672	15,933	13,615	11,654	12,877	10,974	14,517	8,464	9,570
Rosslare	3,937	3,465	2,399	3,161	1,997	2,243	1,557	2,271	1,557	2,018
Skerries	2,286	3,680	1,341	1,500	625	1,092	762	412	278	293
Union Hall	7,734	7,945	7,143	6,892	6,681	8,547	7,511	8,217	9,970	5,759
Wicklow	2,012	1,954	2,017	1,480	1,678	3,047	2,291	2,687	2,362	3,608
Other Irish Ports	28,891	32,503	15,912	16,444	15,593	25,757	16,325	13,607	10,774	16,003
Foreign Ports	33,774	31,890	20,479	31,401	22,204	24,773	26,287	28,147	27,069	29,688

Total	250,682	333,223	232,785	272,603	239,492	280,555	255,942	243,607	243,754	233,500

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Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	25,066	9,604	33,068	55,705	82,465	71,673	80,549	73,616	73,261	71,885
Dingle	12,356	2,007	12,918	17,629	19,990	16,577	2,592	11,510	9,244	7,446
Dunmore East	198	210	522	398	302	953	1,605	1,353	1,270	72
Greencastle	835	–	3,452	1,993	727	550	584	882	578	477
Howth	56	1	135	289	401	709	318	465	473	1,102
Killybegs	11,357	17,022	18,559	26,004	27,811	21,043	19,341	29,305	25,507	39,372
Rathmullan	539	–	669	981	1,189	1,605	2,340	1,984	1,422	1,263
Ros a' Mhil	0	–	102	254	207	1,107	498	1,492	1,186	1,479
Other Irish Ports	546	181	1,084	1,385	1,169	2,010	1,500	3,055	2,805	1,758

Total	50,953	29,025	70,508	104,638	134,262	116,228	109,326	123,663	115,745	124,853
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Table 5A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by County 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Cork	32,199	50,405	35,040	30,731	33,891	30,408	21,607	19,035	18,327	17,662
Donegal	89,595	133,800	123,001	146,970	129,571	131,657	156,905	135,935	128,032	128,343
Dublin	5,576	5,728	6,047	5,396	5,439	8,170	4,999	3,967	4,440	5,851
Galway	4,476	6,332	6,039	5,982	3,712	3,499	2,751	3,445	1,336	2,952
Kerry	5,500	12,630	6,686	6,195	5,718	5,750	6,787	4,531	5,035	8,156
Louth	1,710	2,320	1,709	1,896	1,597	1,947	1,694	1,397	1,362	2,037
Mayo	687	688	944	971	714	2,040	1,002	1,339	1,000	1,426
Waterford	11,122	17,136	12,529	11,629	11,470	10,580	7,984	5,704	7,275	6,292
Wexford	8,736	17,488	9,033	8,062	10,144	10,553	7,021	7,060	5,515	12,576
Wicklow	2,565	2,517	1,719	1,939	1,876	2,811	2,660	1,855	1,556	2,695
Other Counties	138	161	179	573	62	207	92	108	45	61

Total	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375	173,922	188,051

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Cork	11,254	4,142	14,418	20,414	30,331	25,673	27,220	23,929	23,782	24,777
Donegal	17,195	74,351	55,198	45,773	55,066	34,716	71,563	104,119	76,247	107,527
Dublin	19	1	71	179	224	296	103	99	110	822
Galway	0	–	80	191	156	317	75	210	201	248
Kerry	6,436	1,344	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,318	792	3,800	2,780	2,813
Louth	17	0	20	49	26	49	–	6	1	–
Mayo	–	–	–	–	187	302	206	51	–	–
Waterford	109	442	313	215	139	198	330	218	214	16
Wexford	77	58	67	60	18	100	–	9	–	–
Wicklow	46	12	–	56	51	45	16	36	52	53
Other Counties	–	–	–	130	–	–	–	–	–	–

Total	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477	103,386	136,257
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County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Cork	44,157	72,278	49,183	52,596	62,047	70,979	55,192	58,195	56,019	44,088
Donegal	72,462	91,349	76,539	96,971	75,048	81,017	94,015	81,239	92,166	83,121
Dublin	19,286	25,199	14,999	13,861	13,710	19,349	13,657	10,821	11,060	10,550
Galway	10,532	13,402	16,824	17,462	12,342	14,129	11,256	14,924	8,727	10,127
Kerry	8,629	21,967	8,905	10,358	9,210	11,262	10,851	8,319	7,922	9,806
Louth	5,590	7,796	5,421	8,658	6,346	9,768	8,048	7,327	6,775	9,096
Mayo	1,403	1,465	1,546	1,767	958	4,257	1,637	2,384	2,251	2,665
Waterford	22,373	31,877	16,341	16,734	16,624	18,768	16,043	11,935	12,657	11,439
Wexford	29,118	32,924	19,316	19,162	18,011	20,827	15,039	15,858	14,544	17,572
Wicklow	2,971	2,671	2,714	2,300	2,763	4,672	3,589	3,956	4,234	5,046
Other Counties	388	405	518	1,333	230	756	328	500	330	302

Total	216,908	301,333	212,306	241,202	217,288	255,783	229,655	215,460	216,685	203,812

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County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Cork	25,090	9,614	33,068	55,716	82,480	71,993	80,572	75,134	74,809	72,715
Donegal	12,782	17,022	23,458	29,704	30,246	23,945	23,302	33,380	28,492	41,806
Dublin	56	1	135	290	416	721	318	469	474	1,108
Galway	0	–	102	254	211	1,107	498	1,492	1,281	1,479
Kerry	12,356	2,012	12,918	17,629	19,990	16,584	2,592	11,510	9,244	7,446
Louth	34	0	59	220	103	69	–	48	1	–
Mayo	–	–	–	–	279	432	391	103	–	–
Waterford	198	210	558	398	302	953	1,605	1,353	1,270	72
Wexford	268	126	211	164	60	283	–	28	–	–
Wicklow	169	39	–	167	175	142	49	145	175	227
Other Counties	–	–	–	96	–	–	–	–	–	–

Total	50,953	29,025	70,508	104,638	134,262	116,228	109,326	123,663	115,745	124,853
– No landings reported

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Table 6A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Catch Zone 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Azores Grounds	0	0	405	199	28	227	7	–	–	–
Bay of Biscay	723	1,180	395	11	731	2,932	4,355	1,923	825	668
Bristol Channel	302	436	71	39	96	147	111	102	1,052	91
Celtic Sea	28,761	74,817	40,801	37,432	37,664	36,313	30,482	20,204	48,620	17,839
Irish Sea	19,027	21,294	15,685	13,287	15,627	11,253	10,826	10,829	12,975	18,174
North Sea	7,032	13,324	8,748	27,515	25,450	19,546	33,324	24,755	30	11,516
Porcupine Bank	2,914	3,728	4,843	7,184	11,715	17,702	21,492	28,728	15,121	19,609
South-West of Ireland	17,413	46,800	35,471	34,356	30,011	18,051	11,746	13,381	39,295	24,205
West of Ireland	13,045	24,080	32,773	34,045	34,463	23,151	14,169	18,522	22,431	22,955
West of Scotland and Rockall	63,721	18,503	63,713	64,546	47,294	66,242	86,662	65,582	21,701	66,781
Other Areas	164	4,560	22	1,731	1,114	70	326	350	4,261	106
Not Stated	9,202	40,482	–	–	–	11,986	–	–	7,609	6,109

Total	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375	173,922	188,051
– No landings reported

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Table 6B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Catch Zone 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Bay of Biscay	0	1	770	119	34	4,994	10,042	5,862	2,751	1,671
Bristol Channel	42	11	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	0
Celtic Sea	8,707	14,475	6,059	16,666	6,490	4,887	1,041	2,370	656	2,055
Irish Sea	483	881	95	122	149	135	258	547	878	1,456
North Sea	11,548	843	6,153	19,111	10,050	6,325	4,731	1,382	1,659	6,060
Porcupine Bank	126	21	2,421	929	324	5,845	2,216	2,194	104	3,650
South-West of Ireland	5,427	12,371	9,598	7,123	2,336	263	470	984	200	1,725
West of Ireland	751	8,026	6,083	1,613	2,003	388	80	511	388	5,023
West of Scotland and Rockall	10,616	6,450	4,087	8,087	6,445	8,397	8,749	11,340	10,450	5,149
Other Areas	6,117	4,979	4,442	1,579	2,003	2,679	4,393	3,585	3,948	3,019
Not Stated	1,819	9,280	–	–	–	18	–	746	–	122

Total	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521	21,034	29,930
– No landings reported

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Table 7A Landings by All Vessels in Castletownbere by Species 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784	199	56	–
Atlantic Mackerel	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184	62	23	18
Boarfish	1,415	6,937	5,528	700	131	381	6	1	7	374
Haddock	664	813	617	655	900	975	921	696	619	927
Hake European	5,850	5,662	6,527	10,823	19,354	14,566	15,046	11,011	11,581	12,936
Horse Mackerel	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132	584	156	105
Lobster Norway	603	722	672	748	1,031	1,371	1,430	1,553	1,620	1,094
Megrim nei	2,274	2,773	3,328	3,630	3,818	3,978	4,614	4,203	4,127	3,763
Monkfish Angler nei	3,902	3,896	4,710	6,287	5,718	7,464	7,535	7,388	7,642	7,760
Sprat European	1,028	1,269	562	1,147	2,174	1,861	804	1,576	4,161	2,228
Tuna Albacore	3,060	3,106	1,809	2,053	2,089	1,479	212	260	169	507
Whiting	862	1,401	1,662	1,406	1,247	1,308	833	732	355	302
Other Species	1,849	2,567	3,460	3,725	5,361	3,367	3,721	4,546	4,025	4,278

Total	25,427	32,566	32,105	35,004	45,763	39,563	36,221	32,811	34,540	34,292
– No landings reported

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Table 7B Landings by All Vessels in Killybegs by Species 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Atlantic Herring	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685	6,583	2,167	2,439
Atlantic Mackerel	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995	63,293	49,770	73,871
Blue Whiting	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872	123,070	93,536	119,875
Boarfish	4,401	16,936	22,967	12,765	10,246	8,601	7,746	3,817	10,196	8,005
Horse Mackerel	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663	30,271	34,471	22,048
Monkfish Angler nei	1,032	683	457	445	320	419	424	818	738	775
Sprat European	465	108	406	3	1,391	472	557	1	3,376	546
Other Species	4,572	4,417	3,481	2,943	3,691	5,237	4,404	4,376	3,507	2,315

Total	100,627	197,523	170,140	183,053	177,036	155,536	219,346	232,228	197,760	229,874

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Table 8A Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Blue Whiting by Port 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	70	175	190	624	698	0	0	0	4	0
Killybegs	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872	123,070	93,536	119,875
Other Irish Ports	–	177	218	292	0	7	61	1	176	0

Total	11,831	77,359	46,892	50,184	61,491	37,528	99,934	123,070	93,716	119,875
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Table 8B Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Atlantic Herring by Port 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784	199	56	–
Cobh	63	–	2,593	3,572	2,768	–	–	94	–	–
Dingle	571	453	1,057	454	727	518	–	–	–	92
Dunmore East	1,574	2,726	4,514	4,766	3,402	3,459	1,538	407	213	13
Howth	0	446	1,087	926	1,066	2,253	1,386	1,024	693	692
Killybegs	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685	6,583	2,167	2,439
Ringaskiddy	5,866	8,858	906	599	3,334	3,399	4,228	936	87	–
Other Irish Ports	1,423	1,630	2,176	2,934	1,682	2,209	1,615	3,317	834	319

Total	18,552	28,345	26,705	22,403	23,483	16,761	14,237	12,561	4,049	3,555
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Table 8C Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Atlantic Mackerel by Port 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184	62	23	18
Dingle	1,231	1,239	400	1,678	1,592	835	1,931	2,302	1,442	1,994
Killybegs	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995	63,293	49,770	73,871
Ros a' Mhil	1,296	1,632	1,313	1,622	1,865	845	513	837	–	345
Other Irish Ports	1,020	405	704	1,803	542	704	185	272	262	1,090

Total	42,612	48,055	53,108	83,072	76,840	71,497	82,809	66,766	51,497	77,318
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Table 8D Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Horse Mackerel by Port 2011-2020 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Castletownbere	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132	584	156	105
Dingle	827	1,038	655	493	200	27	630	330	352	422
Killybegs	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663	30,271	34,471	22,048
Ros a' Mhil	815	1,258	651	227	113	142	75	329	–	4
Other Irish Ports	465	235	8	0	487	241	308	178	88	211

Total	36,305	45,312	35,824	35,058	21,991	32,474	22,808	31,692	35,066	22,790
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Table 9A Landings by Irish Vessels by Month 2011-2020 (Tonnage Percent)
%
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2011	27	8	5	2	2	2	3	4	5	21	13	9
2012	20	16	9	2	2	2	2	2	5	17	15	8
2013	24	15	11	2	2	2	3	2	6	16	11	6
2014	14	15	12	3	2	2	2	2	3	19	18	6
2015	13	21	12	4	2	2	2	2	5	17	12	7
2016	14	23	13	4	2	2	2	2	4	15	11	7
2017	16	18	17	6	2	2	2	2	3	13	13	5
2018	14	24	21	5	3	2	3	3	3	12	9	3
2019	17	23	15	9	3	3	3	3	4	6	10	5
2020	16	21	17	7	2	2	3	3	3	6	10	11

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Table 9B Landings by Irish Vessels by Species by Month 2020 (Tonnage Percent)
%
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Atlantic Herring	1	4	0	–	–	–	–	0	12	24	53	6
Atlantic Mackerel	29	53	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	–	0
Blue Whiting	0	2	69	28	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Boarfish	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	63
Cod Atlantic	3	5	11	12	18	17	8	5	7	4	5	4
Crab Edible	7	2	2	2	4	8	12	13	14	13	14	8
Haddock	5	5	8	7	9	12	15	11	10	8	6	4
Hake European	4	5	9	12	12	9	10	9	11	9	7	3
Horse Mackerel	46	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	34
John Dory	5	3	10	17	17	14	9	4	5	3	5	6
Lemon Sole	5	4	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	8	5	3
Ling	6	5	9	12	14	9	12	9	9	4	7	4
Lobster European	1	0	1	7	13	18	20	18	12	4	2	4
Lobster Norway	6	4	9	9	11	11	10	10	8	6	9	8
Megrim nei	7	4	6	9	13	15	12	9	9	6	6	5
Monkfish Angler nei	10	4	7	8	10	11	9	8	10	7	7	9
Plaice	8	5	5	6	6	9	12	11	15	11	7	5
Pollack	9	11	17	10	6	4	4	7	7	6	14	5
Razor Shells	13	7	5	6	10	0	12	9	9	9	11	10
Saithe	7	14	17	10	9	8	10	8	7	2	7	2
Scallop Great Atlantic	5	3	6	10	10	8	12	8	13	6	10	9
Sole Black	7	4	3	4	8	13	12	12	12	7	8	10
Sprat European	8	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	5	12	43	31
Thornback Ray	19	5	7	7	5	4	3	7	10	10	10	13
Tuna Albacore	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	64	–	–	–	–
Turbot	6	3	5	7	14	21	16	8	7	7	5	4
Whelk	9	4	8	11	11	11	13	8	8	5	7	6
Whiting	4	2	4	5	4	8	21	13	15	11	8	4
Witch	10	6	6	8	11	11	9	7	10	6	9	7
Other Species	3	2	1	1	2	5	6	15	11	3	43	8

Total	16	21	17	7	2	2	3	3	3	6	10	11
– No landings reported

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Introduction

This release contains data on fish landings by: Irish vessels to Irish ports; Irish vessels to foreign ports; and foreign vessels to Irish ports.

Coverage

The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority Statistics Unit is responsible for collating all sea-fisheries data particularly domestic and foreign landings by Irish vessels. Irish fishing vessels of 10 metres or longer are required to complete a logbook. Fishing vessels of less than 10 metres are not generally required to complete a fishing logbook so landing statistics are gathered using sales notes and gatherers documents.

Aquaculture and angling are not included in this release.

Data Quality

The CSO has made some changes to the value data received from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, particularly for 2012. The data published by the SFPA should be regarded as the definitive fish landings data for Ireland.

Data Source

The data were obtained by the CSO from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority. Data at annual level were obtained for 2007 to 2020. Monthly data for landings by Irish vessels into Ireland were also received from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2003 to 2020 but the monthly data are not fully consistent with the annual data. The CSO has made some adjustments to the monthly species codes to improve the consistency between the annual and monthly data e.g. where the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority had recoded the species during the processing of the data at annual level. Two tables have been included showing the monthly profile of catches for all landings by Irish vessels for 2011-2020 (Table 9A) and a second table showing the monthly distribution by species for 2020 (Table 9B).

Historical Data

The CSO previously published an annual fishery statistics release. Fish landings by Irish vessels covering the period 1990 to 2004 were included in these releases.

ICES Regions

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) standardise the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is '30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude' in size which is approximately 30 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles. A number of rectangles are amalgamated to create ICES areas. The ICES areas have been further aggregated by the CSO to show meaningful areas for fish landings relating to Ireland.

Fishing Ports

The SFPA microdata included the name of the harbour that the fish were landed into. The CSO has grouped these together to show data for the main harbours in Ireland. Irish ports have also been aggregated at county level. Landings by Irish vessels into foreign ports have been aggregated to country level.

Revisions

All data are subject to revision. There are mostly small differences between the official SFPA figures and those published in this release. If the causes of these differences are identified then the CSO will amend these figures as necessary e.g. estimation method for unusually low or high or missing unit values.

Species

This release contains data for the main species landed. The microdata contain data at a more detailed level.

Units

The quantity figures presented are in live weight equivalent. The landed weight may differ from the weight of the fish as it was taken from the sea due to the processing of the catch on board the vessel (e.g. gutting, filleting, etc). Conversion factors were applied to the landed weight by SFPA to calculate the live weight equivalent.

Vessels

The name of the fishing vessel was included for most years in the data provided to the CSO by SFPA. However even in those years, the name of the vessel is not on all records. Hence no tables have been presented showing vessel characteristics (number, length, engine power, etc.).

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Tonnage of Fish Landings by Irish Vessels increased by 11.8% in 2020

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