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Fish Landings

2017

Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Irish Vessels in Ireland	Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports	Total Landings by Irish Vessels	Foreign Vessels in Ireland
2008	149,209	52,723	201,932	73,464
2009	166,361	115,870	282,231	64,411
2010	164,615	153,440	318,055	81,340
2011	162,303	45,635	207,938	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	245,482	100,305

Fish Landings by Irish Vessels up 1.6% in 2017

Figure 1 Fish Landings in Ireland 2007-2017

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Landings by Irish trawlers increased by 1.6% from 241,553 tonnes in 2016 to 245,482 tonnes in 2017 (see Headline Table). Landings by Irish vessels in Ireland were higher by 2.8% or 5,881 tonnes. Landings by Irish vessels in foreign ports decreased by 5.8% or 1,952 tonnes (see Table 1A). Landings by foreign vessels in Ireland increased by 47.5% to 100,305 tonnes (see Table 2).

The highest level of landings by Irish vessels in Ireland during 2008-2017 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 in 2010 when 153,440 tonnes were landed. Almost half of this (73,535 tonnes) was boarfish (see Table 3B).

In 2017 similar amounts were landed by Irish vessels in the United Kingdom (8,526 tonnes), Norway (8,184 tonnes) and the Faroe Islands (7,720 tonnes) (see Table 1B).

In 2017 the species for which the largest quantities landed by Irish vessels in Ireland were Atlantic Mackerel (75,238 tonnes), Blue Whiting (42,181 tonnes) and Horse Mackerel (22,808 tonnes) (see Table 3A). In value terms, Table 3D shows that Lobster Norway (€55 million) and Atlantic Mackerel (€51 million) were the most important species.

The median prices per tonne for landings by Irish vessels in Ireland is given in Table 3G. Lobster European, Sole Black and Turbot obtained the highest prices. The median price per tonne of Lobster European in 2017 was €15,166. In contrast species with much higher tonnages, like Atlantic Mackerel, obtained lower prices.

Killybegs was the most important port for Irish landings in 2017 accounting for 61% (149,908 tonnes) of all landings by Irish vessels (see Table 4A). Killybegs (69.2%) and Castletownbere (27.1%) were the ports with the highest tonnages landed by foreign vessels in Ireland (see Table 4B).

The West of Scotland and Rockall accounted for 41% (86,662 tonnes) of catch tonnages by Irish vessels that were landed in Ireland in 2017 (see Figure 4 and Table 6A). The North Sea was next highest at 15.6% (33,324 tonnes), followed by the Celtic Sea at 14.3% (30,482 tonnes).

In terms of tonnes landed the busiest months are January to March and October to November. In 2017 just over half (51%) of the catch landed by Irish vessels was in the January to March period (see Table 9A). There was greater variability at species level e.g. 72% of landings by Irish vessels of Blue Whiting in 2017 took place in March (see Table 9B).

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Boarfish	Horse Mackerel
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
2017	11.9	75.238	42.181	7.769	22.808

	Castletownbere	Dunmore East	Killybegs
2008	9.116	6.361	92.331
2009	12.815	5.556	96.878
2010	11.29	8.224	97.97
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

	Catch Zone
Celtic Sea	30.482
Irish Sea	10.826
North Sea	33.324
Porcupine Bank	21.492
South-West of Ireland	11.746
West of Ireland	14.169
West of Scotland and Rockall	86.662

Figure 5 Locations of Irish Ports with All Landings in 2017

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Horse Mackerel	Lobster Norway
2008	0.22	0.95	0.141	0.256	4.972
2009	0.269	0.73	0.12	0.282	3.518
2010	0.22	0.95	0.34	0.28	4.098
2011	0.395	1.02	0.167	0.5	5.26
2012	0.442	1	0.167	0.509	5.27
2013	0.4	0.88	0.221	0.612	5.005
2014	0.234	0.85	0.58	0.635	5.711
2015	0.36	0.61	0.46	0.57	6.43
2016	0.534	0.75	0.25	0.54	6.761
2017	0.33	0.691	0.16	0.451	6.892

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Horse Mackerel	Total
January	2	23	1	65	16
February	14	33	6	7	18
March	0	2	72	1	17
April	0	0	21	0	6
May	0	0	0	0	2
June	0	0	0	0	2
July	0	0	0	0	2
August	0	0	0	0	2
September	14	0	0	0	3
October	36	23	0	0	13
November	22	19	0	10	13
December	11	0	0	17	5

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Table 1A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland and in Foreign Ports 2008-2017 (Tonnage and Value)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)				€000
Year	Ireland	Foreign	Total		Ireland	Foreign	Total
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
2017	213,501	31,981	245,481		229,655	26,287	255,942

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Table 1B Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
2008	2,530	10,169	3,616	149,209	3,877	19,121	2,173	11,226	12	201,932
2009	30,290	31,107	4,314	166,361	9,870	20,294	51	11,585	8,359	282,231
2010	34,411	40,501	5,577	164,615	7,336	17,155	30,707	11,077	6,677	318,055
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
– No landings reported

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Table 1C Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2008-2017 (Value)
€000
Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
2008	336	931	2,333	163,726	3,077	9,327	1,052	10,018	17	190,816
2009	2,032	4,002	2,692	153,605	4,960	10,035	124	6,856	1,793	186,099
2010	3,804	10,743	3,731	159,390	5,914	8,820	6,657	8,697	1,144	208,900
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	295,575	1,522	9,504	2,625	10,103	2	326,945
2013	1,537	2,170	1,379	212,306	1,748	4,283	3,031	6,333	–	232,788
2014	2,124	2,858	3,210	241,202	2,394	7,954	3,149	9,712	–	272,603
2015	704	640	3,939	220,404	1,901	5,447	2,913	6,659	–	242,608
2016	1,411	1,073	3,344	255,783	2,605	5,141	2,633	8,580	–	280,570
2017	742	1,162	4,909	229,655	2,970	4,229	3,656	8,620	–	255,942
– No landings reported

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Table 2 Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland 2008-2017 (Tonnage and Value)
	Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)	€000
Year	Ireland	Ireland
2008	73,464	50,017
2009	64,411	50,779
2010	81,340	49,006
2011	35,153	50,953
2012	80,349	29,022
2013	76,943	70,508
2014	74,039	104,638
2015	93,938	136,236
2016	68,012	116,229
2017	100,305	109,398

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Table 3A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	19,983	15,552	17,470	18,552	21,934	18,592	21,033	16,316	16,738	11,900
Atlantic Mackerel	25,331	40,149	38,334	42,610	48,054	49,187	79,018	72,208	64,838	75,238
Blue Whiting	22,042	7,640	5,816	1,193	10,824	10,890	16,914	23,607	21,882	42,181
Boarfish	4,015	10,477	14,921	8,181	26,830	31,155	14,277	10,793	9,189	7,769
Cod Atlantic	1,405	1,064	1,252	1,239	1,850	1,604	1,363	1,274	1,012	717
Crab Edible	5,662	3,613	6,354	4,966	6,076	5,235	5,717	5,826	9,323	5,343
Haddock	3,710	3,977	3,469	4,140	6,077	3,983	3,336	3,090	3,793	3,857
Hake European	1,321	1,605	2,003	1,860	8,828	1,741	2,538	2,703	3,525	3,341
Horse Mackerel	33,610	37,092	37,268	34,574	45,312	34,692	32,385	20,773	26,068	22,808
John Dory	191	179	175	216	422	273	220	195	247	223
Lemon Sole	249	279	259	338	464	409	448	467	462	428
Ling	517	473	602	656	1,156	614	582	499	736	623
Lobster European	496	393	475	734	251	373	451	237	434	142
Lobster Norway	9,070	7,015	7,631	7,725	10,277	8,366	8,987	8,249	9,441	7,950
Megrim nei	1,731	2,218	2,611	2,307	4,653	3,067	2,603	2,732	3,005	2,915
Monkfish Angler nei	2,794	3,286	4,083	3,684	7,011	3,481	3,706	3,635	4,288	3,981
Plaice	265	265	272	288	324	275	297	371	759	578
Pollack	758	819	955	979	1,190	1,283	1,119	1,083	1,235	700
Razor Shells	454	290	495	462	497	867	983	816	1,190	752
Saithe	451	643	808	995	1,467	1,659	1,152	751	922	752
Scallop Great Atlantic	1,072	2,635	1,966	2,259	2,518	2,415	2,517	1,734	1,637	1,932
Sole Black	195	181	202	174	224	216	199	187	219	195
Sprat European	2,353	3,772	3,201	3,931	9,667	5,454	2,991	10,366	5,405	4,260
Thornback Ray	–	29	194	268	389	333	389	390	498	515
Tuna Albacore	1,515	1,990	755	3,507	3,665	2,231	2,485	2,362	1,779	251
Turbot	169	131	160	160	215	171	164	160	230	226
Whelk	1,871	2,198	2,845	2,828	3,442	2,647	2,130	3,098	6,272	2,525
Whiting	2,567	2,991	4,522	4,984	6,070	7,016	7,030	6,579	7,793	6,407
Witch	403	387	394	446	560	658	538	490	553	547
Other Species	5,009	15,017	5,124	8,047	18,959	4,042	4,772	3,204	4,149	4,445

Total	149,209	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501
– No landings reported

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Table 3B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	8,080	10,702	9,191	7,345	6,356	4,600	3,022	2,935	2,920	4,220
Atlantic Mackerel	19,564	21,271	19,909	20,110	16,693	7,417	24,339	16,632	11,939	11,199
Blue Whiting	809	1,134	2,508	2	–	2,315	4,554	1,178	5,776	2,379
Boarfish	17,569	58,151	73,535	11,947	29,119	21,095	20,348	5,531	8,306	7,715
Cod Atlantic	120	142	20	17	361	355	10	260	8	6
Crab Edible	1,317	1,917	1,823	973	1,324	1,135	1,405	1,127	1,323	1,235
Haddock	12	7	39	25	49	86	58	35	42	41
Hake European	71	20	44	48	56	32	63	31	39	38
Horse Mackerel	2,910	3,950	7,849	3,891	2,002	1,100	284	883	1,464	1,110
John Dory	1	0	3	11	9	9	8	5	6	6
Lemon Sole	1	0	2	5	17	18	17	12	11	17
Ling	6	1	11	9	13	7	8	11	16	27
Lobster European	1	4	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	0
Lobster Norway	153	104	127	151	239	75	95	129	130	54
Megrim nei	23	7	108	325	401	372	293	277	281	291
Monkfish Angler nei	41	14	61	207	295	264	229	183	174	214
Plaice	11	0	1	2	3	2	2	5	1	2
Pollack	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	–
Razor Shells	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	1
Saithe	2	25	15	49	9	14	12	13	13	22
Scallop Great Atlantic	0	–	9	10	216	479	359	308	597	616
Sole Black	19	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Thornback Ray	–	0	1	2	3	8	6	4	3	1
Tuna Albacore	7	7	–	90	–	–	–	5	546	2,239
Turbot	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Whelk	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
Whiting	–	4	9	9	4	14	7	1	75	8
Witch	4	1	2	15	40	38	47	53	41	36
Other Species	1,999	18,409	38,145	388	126	272	184	212	220	500

Total	52,723	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981
– No landings reported

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Table 3C Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Species 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	–	–	–	–	6,411	8,113	1,370	7,167	23	2,337
Atlantic Mackerel	407	1,850	520	2	1	3,921	4,054	4,631	6,659	7,571
Blue Whiting	54,426	40,174	59,118	10,638	66,535	36,002	33,269	37,884	15,646	57,752
Boarfish	0	–	426	1	–	932	12	–	66	–
Cod Atlantic	38	108	39	133	1	90	99	157	123	69
Crab Edible	667	531	403	441	–	1,275	1,387	1,402	1,858	1,983
Haddock	350	1,597	616	459	55	628	543	590	433	234
Hake European	6,263	9,656	8,234	11,457	4,100	11,869	16,612	24,088	21,632	15,880
Horse Mackerel	2,030	419	1,889	1,732	–	1,133	2,673	1,218	6,406	0
John Dory	103	81	108	95	24	149	140	271	177	115
Lemon Sole	37	54	103	57	9	39	49	76	116	136
Ling	410	638	676	804	420	1,070	809	620	825	587
Lobster European	1	2	1	1	–	1	1	2	6	4
Lobster Norway	321	423	250	207	50	195	146	142	504	497
Megrim nei	1,437	2,071	2,332	2,165	931	2,885	3,301	3,474	3,522	3,816
Monkfish Angler nei	4,507	4,294	4,061	4,470	1,122	5,349	6,451	5,738	7,301	6,632
Plaice	18	24	18	33	10	12	29	26	29	21
Pollack	15	27	12	24	3	38	44	552	31	21
Razor Shells	10	–	26	9	–	0	39	36	–	1
Saithe	75	129	103	307	7	87	38	109	41	9
Scallop Great Atlantic	44	2	7	8	2	169	487	134	249	104
Sole Black	12	21	19	23	12	7	19	16	24	16
Sprat European	5	–	–	–	19	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	6	66	83	51	4	58	64	59	96	72
Tuna Albacore	0	24	44	3	3	–	–	–	0	–
Turbot	11	18	25	21	3	11	13	13	18	15
Whelk	77	42	0	0	–	–	274	15	20	118
Whiting	83	72	99	104	53	181	342	239	119	28
Witch	106	140	223	173	220	199	237	956	307	349
Other Species	2,005	1,949	1,907	1,736	352	2,531	1,537	4,322	1,781	1,937

Total	73,464	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305
– No landings reported

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Table 3D Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2008-2017 (Value)
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Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	4,266	4,023	3,293	7,867	9,601	7,423	6,302	5,657	8,890	4,275
Atlantic Mackerel	18,831	27,514	27,519	44,772	47,987	40,038	58,133	42,061	41,087	50,999
Blue Whiting	3,053	954	2,043	197	1,738	2,407	8,254	9,578	4,977	6,919
Boarfish	128	388	1,647	1,135	3,822	4,225	1,749	1,257	1,181	1,165
Cod Atlantic	3,583	2,387	2,854	2,700	3,700	3,585	3,300	3,180	2,331	1,959
Crab Edible	8,058	4,700	9,095	6,371	7,172	7,236	7,169	7,968	12,493	9,353
Haddock	6,246	5,129	4,715	5,512	8,016	5,732	5,548	5,389	6,357	6,904
Hake European	3,411	3,221	3,708	3,465	16,133	3,474	6,177	6,629	8,518	9,121
Horse Mackerel	10,852	11,177	10,419	17,575	23,063	21,418	20,408	11,954	13,799	10,303
John Dory	998	713	781	1,026	2,225	1,237	1,010	1,076	1,306	1,167
Lemon Sole	770	673	618	854	1,161	985	1,084	1,327	1,483	1,366
Ling	694	598	746	856	1,457	746	717	693	1,015	935
Lobster European	6,521	4,615	5,617	9,098	2,846	4,777	6,070	3,372	6,169	2,142
Lobster Norway	37,879	21,135	24,181	31,807	53,455	41,343	48,907	49,803	62,145	54,667
Megrim nei	5,990	5,771	6,212	6,947	12,781	8,187	7,560	8,727	9,646	9,162
Monkfish Angler nei	10,192	10,971	12,726	12,364	22,678	11,636	11,892	12,528	14,535	12,973
Plaice	508	480	427	549	580	518	545	735	1,407	1,095
Pollack	1,504	1,369	1,516	1,740	2,127	2,300	1,794	3,030	2,595	1,445
Razor Shells	1,134	951	1,471	1,261	1,349	2,861	4,871	3,223	7,326	4,412
Saithe	429	606	815	1,109	1,631	1,758	1,542	948	1,205	933
Scallop Great Atlantic	12,374	10,453	11,090	18,448	12,592	7,833	6,679	8,025	3,963	4,204
Sole Black	2,382	1,658	1,965	1,750	2,111	2,089	1,779	1,765	2,056	1,645
Sprat European	568	595	614	666	1,743	1,231	735	1,971	1,560	1,066
Thornback Ray	–	38	331	439	482	501	578	588	770	876
Tuna Albacore	4,195	9,179	3,455	8,146	8,582	4,774	4,605	5,047	7,551	776
Turbot	1,723	1,047	1,336	1,387	1,808	1,510	1,435	1,409	2,065	2,126
Whelk	2,012	1,443	1,825	2,286	2,760	3,159	2,904	3,915	8,745	4,025
Whiting	3,479	3,635	5,591	5,732	7,341	7,904	8,001	8,092	9,756	8,797
Witch	809	767	570	874	935	1,242	958	924	963	966
Other Species	11,136	17,416	12,210	19,973	33,697	10,178	10,498	9,534	9,887	13,879

Total	163,726	153,605	159,390	216,908	295,575	212,306	241,202	220,404	255,783	229,655
– No landings reported

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Table 3E Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2008-2017 (Value)
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Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	1,778	2,879	2,022	3,296	2,644	1,842	935	1,139	1,630	1,397
Atlantic Mackerel	18,586	15,549	18,914	22,143	16,272	6,667	18,348	11,405	10,099	8,373
Blue Whiting	89	136	853	0	–	512	2,222	478	1,311	390
Boarfish	1,448	4,472	13,684	1,661	4,106	2,861	2,492	642	1,072	1,157
Cod Atlantic	318	341	45	27	722	791	31	654	24	17
Crab Edible	1,948	2,538	2,734	1,574	1,601	1,931	2,505	2,137	2,709	3,150
Haddock	21	9	50	28	63	109	86	57	60	65
Hake European	190	41	78	52	103	72	148	79	96	98
Horse Mackerel	727	1,123	2,159	1,852	1,019	680	227	589	934	505
John Dory	5	0	13	50	45	39	24	26	33	30
Lemon Sole	3	0	5	8	42	50	53	37	34	52
Ling	7	2	12	11	16	8	10	16	23	39
Lobster European	13	43	4	3	1	–	0	–	4	1
Lobster Norway	806	367	552	796	1,259	368	517	781	833	368
Megrim nei	71	16	225	920	1,091	1,397	1,161	1,088	1,037	1,132
Monkfish Angler nei	147	45	196	664	957	840	917	771	735	725
Plaice	20	1	1	3	6	4	4	9	1	5
Pollack	1	0	43	2	1	2	2	0	0	–
Razor Shells	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3
Saithe	2	22	15	55	10	16	14	15	16	26
Scallop Great Atlantic	0	–	45	73	1,080	1,554	953	1,427	1,245	1,615
Sole Black	241	2	6	12	13	11	2	5	6	13
Thornback Ray	–	0	1	3	5	12	9	6	4	2
Tuna Albacore	17	34	–	208	–	–	–	11	2,090	5,674
Turbot	15	0	3	4	9	15	1	2	7	18
Whelk	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
Whiting	–	5	11	9	4	16	8	1	95	9
Witch	8	1	3	37	73	98	140	170	130	104
Other Species	628	4,866	7,837	281	228	589	590	659	561	1,318

Total	27,090	32,494	49,510	33,774	31,370	20,482	31,401	22,204	24,788	26,287
– No landings reported

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Table 3F Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Species 2008-2017 (Value)
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Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	–	–	–	–	2,831	3,241	412	2,695	12	760
Atlantic Mackerel	249	1,363	337	2	1	3,237	3,000	2,557	4,435	4,760
Blue Whiting	6,130	4,821	12,412	2,127	11,111	7,200	16,235	15,381	3,552	9,474
Boarfish	0	–	47	0	–	126	1	–	8	–
Cod Atlantic	95	249	89	239	2	201	240	393	285	187
Crab Edible	918	571	594	592	–	1,868	1,917	2,091	2,843	3,760
Haddock	566	2,081	827	634	82	902	900	1,028	723	419
Hake European	13,254	17,119	11,803	20,967	6,966	17,039	40,188	59,087	52,632	43,334
Horse Mackerel	587	146	550	990	–	699	1,648	705	3,427	0
John Dory	400	273	455	498	124	673	635	1,497	938	594
Lemon Sole	93	123	237	135	24	95	120	216	372	435
Ling	590	831	787	1,088	551	1,299	989	861	1,138	879
Lobster European	13	24	10	10	–	6	11	24	93	61
Lobster Norway	2,084	1,297	1,254	795	259	965	794	854	3,317	3,418
Megrim nei	3,667	4,822	5,026	6,049	2,417	8,040	9,938	11,331	11,456	12,249
Monkfish Angler nei	17,563	13,756	11,140	13,209	3,637	17,817	21,000	19,991	24,763	21,451
Plaice	32	54	28	70	18	22	54	51	53	40
Pollack	26	46	21	40	5	68	71	1,191	62	44
Razor Shells	34	–	86	21	–	1	194	142	–	8
Saithe	71	126	115	381	7	91	69	138	53	11
Scallop Great Atlantic	474	4	54	25	10	549	1,293	621	578	280
Sole Black	170	192	183	255	117	67	169	155	221	132
Sprat European	1	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	7	89	104	64	5	87	94	89	146	122
Tuna Albacore	0	98	180	7	7	–	–	–	0	–
Turbot	107	123	180	165	17	97	113	118	163	142
Whelk	80	48	0	0	–	–	373	19	31	189
Whiting	106	87	133	127	62	204	389	294	149	39
Witch	197	249	287	285	387	384	445	1,926	564	629
Other Species	2,506	2,185	2,068	2,178	377	5,531	3,344	12,779	4,213	5,980

Total	50,017	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398
– No landings reported

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Table 3G Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species Medians 2008-2017 (€/Tonne)
€/Tonne
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	220	269	220	395	442	400	234	360	534	330
Atlantic Mackerel	950	730	950	1,020	1,000	880	850	610	750	691
Blue Whiting	141	120	340	167	167	221	580	460	250	160
Boarfish	30	30	110	104	141	100	110	110	120	150
Cod Atlantic	2,659	2,402	2,282	2,127	2,000	2,205	2,419	2,530	2,325	2,716
Crab Edible	1,478	1,326	1,500	1,238	1,239	1,318	1,150	1,220	1,300	1,506
Haddock	1,663	1,340	1,299	1,408	1,402	1,410	1,573	1,744	1,624	1,715
Hake European	2,875	2,155	1,949	1,911	1,835	1,998	2,087	2,162	1,924	2,262
Horse Mackerel	256	282	280	500	509	612	635	570	540	451
John Dory	5,854	3,982	4,549	5,174	5,174	4,712	4,522	5,191	5,283	5,467
Lemon Sole	2,871	2,211	2,324	2,356	2,500	2,229	2,297	2,722	2,935	2,941
Ling	1,274	1,189	1,159	1,198	1,260	1,193	1,143	1,293	1,260	1,470
Lobster European	12,828	11,571	12,132	11,961	11,961	12,780	12,497	14,414	14,739	15,166
Lobster Norway	4,972	3,518	4,098	5,260	5,270	5,005	5,711	6,430	6,761	6,892
Megrim nei	3,245	2,365	2,068	2,746	2,761	2,464	2,541	2,876	2,887	2,976
Monkfish Angler nei	3,453	3,269	3,203	3,246	3,249	3,148	3,106	3,328	3,212	3,157
Plaice	1,833	1,821	1,559	1,800	1,810	1,832	1,785	1,943	1,710	1,729
Pollack	1,941	1,710	1,605	1,796	1,794	1,735	1,709	2,028	2,000	2,033
Razor Shells	2,665	3,300	3,300	2,670	2,729	3,307	4,956	5,100	6,169	5,870
Saithe	983	859	983	1,098	1,109	1,000	1,152	1,273	1,328	1,278
Scallop Great Atlantic	10,380	5,310	5,200	9,050	5,000	3,244	2,654	3,622	3,100	2,167
Sole Black	12,686	9,083	8,881	9,420	9,420	9,308	9,058	9,087	9,308	9,284
Sprat European	230	200	190	180	180	220	223	180	350	240
Thornback Ray	–	1,217	1,565	1,461	1,381	1,548	1,347	1,504	1,522	1,625
Tuna Albacore	2,500	5,000	3,710	2,350	2,350	2,160	1,880	2,075	4,680	2,830
Turbot	9,800	8,407	8,022	8,509	8,472	8,624	8,770	8,898	8,800	9,060
Whelk	740	640	500	801	802	1,193	1,363	1,288	1,523	1,598
Whiting	1,389	1,256	1,246	1,190	1,201	1,127	1,185	1,280	1,286	1,410
Witch	2,003	1,914	1,403	1,806	1,798	1,764	1,690	1,797	1,679	1,673
Other Species	1,300	1,304	1,435	1,855	2,171	1,751	1,717	2,000	2,276	2,173

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Table 4A Landings by Irish Vessels by Port 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Achill	650	223	205	110	125	147	168	55	531	73
Arklow	274	368	730	730	738	453	615	527	967	1,285
Arranmore	36	37	84	67	80	90	132	99	48	15
Balbriggan	344	136	240	312	319	256	395	343	354	292
Ballycotton	588	741	571	1,171	1,211	1,120	1,158	1,056	1,373	1,100
Ballycrovane	67	135	188	163	216	166	162	540	355	57
Ballyglass	58	144	161	161	232	452	313	401	930	751
Baltimore	2,138	2,510	2,766	2,697	3,306	3,721	2,294	2,430	2,699	1,798
Belmullet/Blacksod	111	84	154	80	47	69	75	35	146	107
Burtonport	190	58	223	128	26	88	408	285	194	46
Castletownbere	9,116	12,815	11,290	14,182	28,430	17,687	14,597	15,436	14,008	9,011
Clogherhead	1,365	1,140	1,143	1,334	1,485	1,383	1,741	1,554	1,834	1,507
Cobh	189	409	586	391	1,080	3,860	4,628	3,848	237	49
Dingle	5,153	5,420	6,040	4,490	10,587	5,348	5,248	4,871	4,137	4,853
Duncannon/St. Helens	525	748	1,107	2,195	5,639	2,979	1,666	4,048	3,015	1,801
Dundalk	80	113	18	122	79	161	79	40	101	166
Dunmore East	6,361	5,556	8,224	8,409	13,047	11,707	11,319	10,839	10,189	7,612
Greencastle	2,633	2,581	3,290	2,642	7,155	2,327	2,605	2,588	3,298	3,492
Howth	2,819	1,769	2,475	3,343	4,589	4,983	4,303	4,190	5,703	4,228
Killybegs	92,331	96,878	97,970	84,561	123,172	117,390	139,616	123,337	122,594	149,908
Kilmore Quay	2,217	2,544	3,260	3,722	5,128	4,665	4,681	4,428	5,435	4,286
Kinsale	878	1,199	1,005	1,292	1,495	1,262	2,063	1,615	1,599	1,201
Malin Head	705	375	765	541	717	660	1,368	856	898	496
Rathmullan	281	19	437	548	1,104	677	1,249	1,041	960	693
Ringaskiddy	2,980	2,268	2,566	7,896	9,387	906	600	3,377	3,658	4,444
Ros a' Mhil	4,474	4,256	4,822	4,230	6,019	5,715	4,579	3,484	3,074	2,669
Rosslare	639	1,658	515	1,446	1,517	1,001	1,378	961	957	716
Skerries	935	717	871	1,065	717	441	427	182	401	189
Union Hall	2,213	2,766	2,716	3,000	3,351	3,269	2,528	2,283	2,305	1,950
Wicklow	1,415	1,585	1,678	1,835	1,778	1,265	1,323	1,348	1,844	1,375
Other Irish Ports	7,441	17,111	8,514	9,439	16,429	8,676	8,625	8,092	13,774	7,331
Foreign Ports	52,723	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981

Total	201,932	282,231	318,055	207,939	306,544	242,635	275,696	234,028	241,553	245,481

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	5,326	7,301	7,740	11,245	4,136	14,418	20,407	30,326	25,554	27,210
Dingle	6,165	8,907	6,721	6,436	1,340	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,317	792
Dunmore East	155	77	162	109	442	287	215	139	198	330
Greencastle	130	163	749	695	–	1,466	1,103	238	284	354
Howth	115	42	–	19	1	71	179	221	294	103
Killybegs	60,816	47,277	65,476	16,067	74,351	52,749	43,436	53,699	32,941	69,438
Rathmullan	579	371	229	392	–	457	709	796	1,030	1,246
Ros a' Mhil	4	–	–	–	–	80	191	153	317	75
Other Irish Ports	174	273	262	190	80	639	824	627	1,076	756

Total	73,464	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305
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Table 4C Landings by Irish Vessels by Port 2008-2017 (Value)
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Port	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Achill	1,004	575	793	387	439	311	468	157	1,978	263
Arklow	469	470	624	959	699	696	820	1,085	1,625	1,299
Arranmore	155	137	259	100	127	174	199	224	144	85
Balbriggan	791	300	828	775	1,462	728	1,406	1,225	1,567	1,305
Ballycotton	1,979	1,955	1,349	2,855	2,996	2,995	3,218	3,389	4,425	3,549
Ballycrovane	120	193	263	299	311	429	241	787	732	182
Ballyglass	81	221	183	148	295	556	388	344	1,121	909
Baltimore	1,524	1,777	1,598	2,179	3,004	2,537	2,422	2,658	3,243	2,695
Belmullet/Blacksod	224	243	288	131	119	141	102	69	347	286
Burtonport	420	102	622	454	52	159	941	423	489	116
Castletownbere	16,088	19,804	16,083	21,354	43,887	24,606	26,424	30,190	39,142	31,045
Clogherhead	6,342	3,780	4,330	4,830	6,588	4,681	7,974	6,122	9,335	7,655
Cobh	855	1,241	1,628	1,317	2,847	4,582	5,899	6,359	1,407	248
Dingle	6,242	4,988	5,323	5,275	17,744	5,280	8,231	6,940	6,999	6,908
Duncannon/St. Helens	4,111	4,341	2,104	4,395	4,649	1,941	2,041	2,400	3,331	2,475
Dundalk	201	303	46	166	163	362	389	215	369	304
Dunmore East	14,283	10,208	13,138	12,485	17,899	14,234	16,171	15,881	18,068	15,566
Greencastle	5,834	4,868	6,573	5,464	9,908	4,730	5,005	6,199	8,141	8,966
Howth	9,121	3,981	5,274	9,563	18,974	12,457	10,463	11,579	14,911	11,118
Killybegs	36,337	39,589	42,633	63,562	77,738	67,112	86,878	64,350	64,108	79,003
Kilmore Quay	11,790	8,680	13,547	18,432	15,204	14,398	13,372	15,580	12,952	10,483
Kinsale	2,535	2,438	1,820	2,523	3,081	2,355	2,703	3,222	3,391	2,871
Malin Head	814	616	1,210	815	879	1,129	1,448	993	1,237	1,023
Rathmullan	186	23	261	537	938	624	768	545	1,030	493
Ringaskiddy	504	499	463	3,150	3,992	343	139	1,242	2,127	1,392
Ros a' Mhil	7,665	6,739	7,199	9,893	12,689	15,933	13,615	11,654	12,877	10,974
Rosslare	3,155	3,390	1,636	3,937	2,846	2,399	3,161	1,997	2,243	1,557
Skerries	2,416	1,141	1,385	2,286	3,680	1,341	1,500	625	1,092	762
Union Hall	8,273	6,735	6,236	7,734	7,942	7,143	6,892	6,681	8,547	7,511
Wicklow	1,750	1,246	1,486	2,012	1,954	2,017	1,480	1,678	3,047	2,291
Other Irish Ports	18,454	23,025	20,207	28,891	32,468	15,912	16,444	15,593	25,757	16,325
Foreign Ports	27,090	32,494	49,510	33,774	31,370	20,482	31,401	22,204	24,788	26,287

Total	190,816	186,099	208,900	250,682	326,945	232,788	272,603	242,608	280,570	255,942

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Port	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	13,138	15,604	13,799	25,066	9,606	33,068	55,705	82,475	71,674	80,552
Dingle	17,875	17,939	13,526	12,356	2,007	12,918	17,629	21,954	16,577	2,592
Dunmore East	406	185	563	198	210	522	398	302	953	1,605
Greencastle	160	202	899	835	–	3,452	1,993	727	550	642
Howth	521	54	–	56	1	135	289	401	709	318
Killybegs	16,725	15,842	19,241	11,358	17,022	18,559	26,004	27,811	21,043	19,342
Rathmullan	837	417	350	539	–	669	981	1,189	1,605	2,351
Ros a' Mhil	13	–	–	–	–	102	254	207	1,107	498
Other Irish Ports	343	536	627	546	176	1,084	1,385	1,169	2,011	1,500

Total	50,017	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398
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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cork	19,440	24,139	23,134	32,199	50,405	35,040	30,731	33,891	30,408	21,607
Donegal	98,960	101,110	104,514	89,595	133,800	123,001	146,970	129,571	131,657	156,905
Dublin	4,401	2,744	3,713	5,576	5,728	6,047	5,396	5,439	8,170	4,999
Galway	5,613	5,439	6,176	4,476	6,332	6,039	5,982	3,712	3,499	2,751
Kerry	5,694	6,740	7,289	5,500	12,630	6,686	6,195	5,718	5,750	6,787
Louth	1,611	4,007	1,285	1,710	2,320	1,709	1,896	1,597	1,947	1,694
Mayo	1,182	933	1,217	687	688	944	971	714	2,040	1,002
Waterford	6,506	7,507	8,534	11,122	17,136	12,529	11,629	11,470	10,580	7,984
Wexford	3,412	11,114	5,623	8,736	17,488	9,033	8,062	10,144	10,553	7,021
Wicklow	1,690	1,953	2,408	2,565	2,517	1,719	1,939	1,876	2,811	2,660
Other Counties	700	674	721	138	161	179	573	62	207	92

Total	149,209	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cork	5,336	7,319	7,740	11,254	4,142	14,418	20,414	30,331	25,673	27,220
Donegal	61,585	47,935	66,603	17,195	74,351	55,198	45,773	55,066	34,716	71,563
Dublin	115	42	15	19	1	71	179	224	296	103
Galway	4	–	–	–	–	80	191	156	317	75
Kerry	6,165	8,922	6,721	6,436	1,344	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,318	792
Louth	10	7	20	17	0	20	49	26	49	–
Mayo	–	13	0	–	–	–	–	187	302	206
Waterford	156	77	162	109	442	313	215	139	198	330
Wexford	48	87	66	77	58	67	60	18	100	–
Wicklow	45	10	12	46	12	–	56	51	45	16
Other Counties	–	–	–	–	–	–	130	–	–	–

Total	73,464	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305
– No landings reported

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County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cork	34,885	37,316	32,363	44,157	72,190	49,183	52,596	62,047	70,979	55,192
Donegal	47,486	46,743	54,707	72,462	91,276	76,539	96,971	75,048	81,017	94,015
Dublin	12,878	5,553	7,667	19,286	24,257	14,999	13,861	13,710	19,349	13,657
Galway	12,457	10,889	12,120	10,532	13,420	16,824	17,462	12,342	14,129	11,256
Kerry	7,683	8,451	9,158	8,629	22,237	8,905	10,358	9,210	11,262	10,851
Louth	7,015	5,689	4,718	5,590	7,795	5,421	8,658	6,346	9,768	8,048
Mayo	2,377	2,074	2,557	1,403	1,465	1,546	1,767	958	4,257	1,637
Waterford	14,663	14,196	13,775	22,373	31,862	16,341	16,734	16,624	18,768	16,043
Wexford	19,107	18,984	17,894	29,118	28,014	19,316	19,162	21,127	20,827	15,039
Wicklow	2,219	1,716	2,110	2,971	2,654	2,714	2,300	2,763	4,672	3,589
Other Counties	2,956	1,993	2,322	388	405	518	1,333	230	756	328

Total	163,726	153,605	159,390	216,908	295,575	212,306	241,202	220,404	255,783	229,655

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County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cork	13,171	15,643	13,799	25,090	9,616	33,068	55,716	82,490	71,994	80,575
Donegal	17,784	16,574	20,711	12,783	17,022	23,458	29,704	30,246	23,945	23,372
Dublin	521	54	49	56	1	135	290	416	721	318
Galway	13	–	–	–	–	102	254	211	1,107	498
Kerry	17,875	17,974	13,526	12,356	2,012	12,918	17,629	21,954	16,584	2,592
Louth	34	32	66	34	0	59	220	103	69	–
Mayo	–	25	2	–	–	–	–	279	432	391
Waterford	413	185	563	198	210	558	398	302	953	1,605
Wexford	161	264	259	268	122	211	164	60	283	–
Wicklow	47	28	30	169	38	–	167	175	142	49
Other Counties	–	–	–	–	–	–	96	–	–	–

Total	50,017	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398
– No landings reported

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Azores Grounds	0	0	0	0	0	405	199	28	227	7
Bay of Biscay	6	39	63	723	1,180	395	11	731	2,932	4,355
Bristol Channel	116	62	74	302	436	71	39	96	147	111
Celtic Sea	17,704	22,322	25,076	28,761	74,817	40,801	37,432	37,664	36,313	30,482
Irish Sea	9,556	19,813	11,065	19,027	21,294	15,685	13,287	15,627	11,253	10,826
North Sea	1,741	1,773	5,436	7,032	13,324	8,748	27,515	25,450	19,546	33,324
Porcupine Bank	12,174	4,269	8,901	2,914	3,728	4,843	7,184	11,715	17,702	21,492
South-West of Ireland	19,188	33,519	31,250	17,413	46,800	35,471	34,356	30,011	18,051	11,746
West of Ireland	26,048	34,440	23,678	13,045	24,080	32,773	34,045	34,463	23,151	14,169
West of Scotland and Rockall	62,073	49,736	58,981	63,696	18,486	63,713	64,546	47,294	66,242	86,662
Other Areas	583	228	19	164	4,560	22	1,731	1,114	70	326
Not Stated	19	161	71	9,227	40,500	–	–	–	11,986	–

Total	149,209	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501
– No landings reported

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Table 6B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Catch Zone 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Bay of Biscay	246	3	285	0	1	770	119	34	4,994	10,042
Bristol Channel	2	34	25	42	11	–	2	–	–	–
Celtic Sea	99	18,625	10,247	8,707	14,475	6,059	16,666	6,490	4,887	1,041
Irish Sea	199	5,654	1,004	483	881	95	122	149	135	258
North Sea	11,998	13,040	10,732	11,548	843	6,153	19,111	10,050	6,325	4,731
Porcupine Bank	837	1,675	1,010	126	21	2,421	929	324	5,845	2,216
South-West of Ireland	19,286	41,621	63,674	5,427	12,371	9,598	7,123	2,336	263	470
West of Ireland	3,380	568	2,739	751	8,026	6,083	1,613	2,003	388	80
West of Scotland and Rockall	7,143	12,289	16,511	10,616	6,450	4,087	8,087	6,445	8,397	8,749
Other Areas	9,532	22,362	43,378	6,117	4,979	4,442	1,579	2,003	2,679	4,393
Not Stated	–	–	3,834	1,819	9,280	–	–	–	18	–

Total	52,723	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981
– No landings reported

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Table 7A Landings by All Vessels in Castletownbere by Species 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	946	1,100	1,535	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784
Atlantic Mackerel	1,403	2,030	1,253	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184
Boarfish	0	3	1	1,415	6,937	5,528	700	131	381	6
Haddock	479	620	666	664	813	617	655	900	975	921
Hake European	2,185	3,294	3,278	5,850	5,662	6,527	10,823	19,354	14,566	15,046
Horse Mackerel	686	1,018	1,070	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132
Lobster Norway	507	539	486	603	722	672	748	1,031	1,371	1,430
Megrim nei	1,122	1,804	2,245	2,274	2,773	3,328	3,630	3,818	3,978	4,614
Monkfish Angler nei	2,466	3,113	3,738	3,902	3,896	4,710	6,287	5,718	7,464	7,535
Razor Shells	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sprat European	1,252	2,908	1,588	1,028	1,269	562	1,147	2,174	1,861	804
Tuna Albacore	1,019	1,569	610	3,060	3,106	1,809	2,053	2,089	1,479	212
Whiting	458	547	974	862	1,401	1,662	1,406	1,247	1,308	833
Other Species	1,920	1,572	1,585	1,849	2,567	3,460	3,725	5,361	3,367	3,720

Total	14,443	20,116	19,030	25,427	32,566	32,105	35,004	45,763	39,563	36,221
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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Atlantic Herring	12,851	9,760	8,853	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685
Atlantic Mackerel	20,290	35,966	33,933	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995
Blue Whiting	76,401	47,815	64,689	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872
Boarfish	4,013	10,451	15,338	4,401	16,936	22,967	12,765	10,246	8,601	7,746
Horse Mackerel	32,862	34,071	34,844	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663
Monkfish Angler nei	1,008	903	913	1,032	683	457	445	320	419	424
Sprat European	223	104	372	465	108	406	3	1,391	472	557
Other Species	5,498	5,085	4,504	4,572	4,417	3,481	2,943	3,691	5,237	4,404

Total	153,147	144,155	163,447	100,627	197,523	170,140	183,053	177,036	155,536	219,346

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	67	0	126	70	175	190	624	698	0	–
Killybegs	76,401	47,815	64,689	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872
Other Irish Ports	1	–	118	–	177	218	292	0	7	61

Total	76,469	47,815	64,933	11,831	77,359	46,892	50,184	61,491	37,528	99,934
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Table 8B Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Atlantic Herring by Port 2008-2017 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	946	1,100	1,535	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784
Cobh	0	–	46	63	–	2,593	3,572	2,768	–	–
Dingle	1,119	809	1,172	571	453	1,057	454	727	518	–
Dunmore East	676	504	1,739	1,574	2,726	4,514	4,766	3,402	3,459	1,538
Howth	0	–	–	–	446	1,087	926	1,066	2,253	1,386
Killybegs	12,851	9,760	8,853	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685
Ringaskiddy	2,934	2,268	2,566	5,866	8,858	906	599	3,334	3,399	4,228
Other Irish Ports	1,456	1,112	1,561	1,423	1,630	2,176	2,934	1,682	2,209	1,615

Total	19,983	15,552	17,470	18,552	28,345	26,705	22,403	23,483	16,761	14,237
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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	1,403	2,030	1,253	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184
Dingle	1,529	1,684	1,534	1,231	1,239	400	1,678	1,592	835	1,931
Killybegs	20,290	35,966	33,933	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995
Ros a' Mhil	1,536	1,363	1,381	1,296	1,632	1,313	1,622	1,865	845	513
Other Irish Ports	980	956	754	1,020	405	704	1,803	542	704	185

Total	25,738	41,999	38,854	42,612	48,055	53,108	83,072	76,840	71,497	82,809

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Castletownbere	686	1,018	1,070	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132
Dingle	1,129	1,362	1,558	827	1,038	655	493	200	27	630
Killybegs	32,862	34,071	34,844	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663
Ros a' Mhil	640	571	1,095	815	1,258	651	227	113	142	75
Other Irish Ports	323	489	589	465	235	8	0	487	241	308

Total	35,640	37,510	39,156	36,305	45,312	35,824	35,058	21,991	32,474	22,808

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%
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2008	17	17	9	6	2	2	2	3	4	12	16	10
2009	12	18	8	5	2	3	3	2	7	19	12	8
2010	16	14	11	4	3	3	3	3	9	15	13	7
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

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Table 9B Landings by Irish Vessels by Species by Month 2017 (Tonnage Percent)
%
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Atlantic Herring	2	14	–	0	–	–	–	0	14	36	22	11
Atlantic Mackerel	23	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	19	0
Blue Whiting	1	6	72	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Boarfish	2	37	18	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	22	20
Cod Atlantic	5	6	10	11	10	8	6	7	7	6	11	13
Crab Edible	4	3	4	5	11	12	11	11	10	13	9	7
Haddock	6	8	10	9	14	11	7	7	7	7	9	6
Hake European	6	10	15	17	11	8	7	5	4	4	7	6
Horse Mackerel	65	7	1	0	–	0	–	–	0	0	10	17
John Dory	7	4	8	23	15	7	6	6	5	6	10	5
Lemon Sole	6	7	12	13	11	8	7	8	8	7	8	5
Ling	8	10	18	15	9	5	6	5	5	6	8	4
Lobster European	1	1	2	13	20	15	17	14	10	3	2	2
Lobster Norway	8	7	7	11	13	15	16	9	4	1	5	5
Megrim nei	7	6	9	11	13	9	8	7	7	7	9	7
Monkfish Angler nei	11	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	10	15
Plaice	8	9	6	5	13	7	7	8	12	14	7	4
Pollack	9	12	17	15	9	5	6	7	6	6	6	3
Razor Shells	11	9	10	12	7	0	9	9	5	9	10	9
Saithe	10	12	14	13	7	7	8	6	9	7	7	2
Scallop Great Atlantic	5	4	5	12	8	9	8	6	10	15	11	7
Sole Black	8	5	6	10	10	7	9	7	8	12	11	7
Sprat European	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	30	42	16
Thornback Ray	13	8	7	7	6	4	4	4	10	10	14	12
Tuna Albacore	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	43	35	10	–	–
Turbot	5	4	7	9	15	15	11	7	6	6	8	5
Whelk	5	5	9	12	11	10	12	10	6	5	10	5
Whiting	5	6	8	9	6	6	8	11	12	12	12	4
Witch	6	7	10	10	10	8	7	7	8	8	11	8
Other Species	5	3	3	4	5	6	9	19	20	8	8	10

Total	16	18	17	6	2	2	2	2	3	13	13	5
– 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, see https://www.sfpa.ie/Data-Statistics/Reports/Annual-Statistics

Data Source

The data were obtained by the CSO from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority. Data at annual level were obtained for 2007 to 2017. Monthly data for landings by Irish vessels into Ireland were also received from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2003 to 2017 but the monthly data are not fully consistent with the annual data. Two tables have been included showing the monthly profile of catches for all landings by Irish vessels for 2008-2017 (Table 9A) and a second table showing the monthly distribution by species for 2017 (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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Fish Landings

2017

Fish Landings by Irish Vessels up 1.6% in 2017

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