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Fish Landings

2018

Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Irish Vessels in Ireland	Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports	Total Landings by Irish Vessels	Foreign Vessels in Ireland
2009	166,361	115,870	282,231	64,411
2010	164,615	153,440	318,055	81,340
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

Tonnage of Fish Landings by Irish Vessels down 12.9% in 2018

Figure 1: Fish Landings in Ireland and Abroad 2009-2018

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Landings by Irish trawlers decreased by 12.9% from 245,481 tonnes in 2017 to 213,897 tonnes in 2018 (see Headline Table). Landings by Irish vessels in Ireland dropped by 13.6% or 29,126 tonnes. Landings by Irish vessels in foreign ports decreased by 7.7% or 2,460 tonnes (see Table 1A). Landings by foreign vessels in Ireland increased by 32% or 32,172 tonnes (see Table 2).

The highest level of landings by Irish vessels in Ireland during 2009-2018 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 2018 the species for which the largest quantities landed by Irish vessels in Ireland were Atlantic Mackerel (57,149 tonnes), Blue Whiting (45,956 tonnes) and Horse Mackerel (24,847 tonnes) (see Table 3A). Over the 2009-2018 period, Lobster Norway and Atlantic Mackerel have consistently been the two species with the highest value landings, a pattern continued in 2018 with Lobster Norway at €55.7 million and Atlantic Mackerel at €43.4 million (see Table 3D).

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 2018 was €15,680. In contrast species with much higher tonnages, like Atlantic Mackerel, obtained lower prices.

Killybegs was the most important port for Irish landings in 2018 accounting for 60.8% (130,055 tonnes) of all landings by Irish vessels (see Table 4A). Killybegs (102,173 tonnes) and Castletownbere (23,442 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 35.6% (65,582 tonnes) of catch tonnages by Irish vessels that were landed in Ireland in 2018 (see Figure 4 and Table 6A). The Porcupine Bank was next highest at 15.6% (28,728 tonnes), followed by the North Sea at 13.4% (24,755 tonnes).

In terms of tonnes landed by Irish vessels the busiest months are January to March and October to November. In 2018, 59% 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. 78% of landings by Irish vessels of Blue Whiting in 2018 took place in March (see Table 9B).

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Boarfish	Horse Mackerel
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
2018	6.969	57.149	45.956	3.778	24.847

	Castletownbere	Dunmore East	Killybegs
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
2018	9.369	5.566	130.055

	Catch Zone
Celtic Sea	20.204
Irish Sea	10.829
North Sea	24.755
Porcupine Bank	28.728
South-West of Ireland	13.381
West of Ireland	18.522
West of Scotland and Rockall	65.582

Figure 5: Locations of Irish Ports with All Landings in 2018

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Horse Mackerel	Lobster Norway
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
2018	0.27	0.809	0.142	0.622	7.641

	Atlantic Herring	Atlantic Mackerel	Blue Whiting	Horse Mackerel	Total
January	0	14	0	67	14
February	26	47	10	9	24
March	0	2	78	3	21
April	0	0	12	0	5
May	0	0	0	3	3
June	0	0	0	0	2
July	0	0	0	0	3
August	0	0	0	0	3
September	5	0	0	0	3
October	40	22	0	1	12
November	16	15	0	8	9
December	13	0	0	8	3

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Table 1A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland and in Foreign Ports 2009-2018 (Tonnage and Value)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)				€000
Year	Ireland	Foreign	Total		Ireland	Foreign	Total
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
2018	184,375	29,521	213,897		217,573	30,203	247,776

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Table 1B Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
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
2018	1,061	8,495	2,488	184,375	1,029	9,529	1,089	4,974	856	213,897
– No landings reported

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Table 1C Landings by Irish Vessels by Landing Country 2009-2018 (Value)
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Year	Denmark	Faroe Islands	France	Ireland	Netherlands	Norway	Spain	United Kingdom	Other Foreign	Total
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
2018	208	1,340	6,529	217,573	4,117	6,398	2,839	8,242	533	247,776
– No landings reported

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Table 2 Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland 2009-2018 (Tonnage and Value)
	Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)	€000
Year	Ireland	Ireland
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
2018	132,477	125,059

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Table 3A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	15,552	17,470	18,552	21,934	18,592	21,033	16,316	16,738	11,900	6,969
Atlantic Mackerel	40,149	38,334	42,610	48,054	49,187	79,018	72,208	64,838	75,238	57,149
Blue Whiting	7,640	5,816	1,193	10,824	10,890	16,914	23,607	21,882	42,181	45,956
Boarfish	10,477	14,921	8,181	26,830	31,155	14,277	10,793	9,189	7,769	3,778
Cod Atlantic	1,064	1,252	1,239	1,850	1,604	1,363	1,274	1,012	717	852
Crab Edible	3,613	6,354	4,966	6,076	5,235	5,717	5,826	9,323	5,343	4,557
Haddock	3,977	3,469	4,140	6,077	3,983	3,336	3,090	3,793	3,857	3,527
Hake European	1,605	2,003	1,860	8,828	1,741	2,538	2,703	3,525	3,341	3,218
Horse Mackerel	37,092	37,268	34,574	45,312	34,692	32,385	20,773	26,068	22,808	24,847
John Dory	179	175	216	422	273	220	195	247	223	205
Lemon Sole	279	259	338	464	409	448	467	462	428	403
Ling	473	602	656	1,156	614	582	499	736	623	462
Lobster European	393	475	734	251	373	451	237	434	142	98
Lobster Norway	7,015	7,631	7,725	10,277	8,366	8,987	8,249	9,441	7,950	7,134
Megrim nei	2,218	2,611	2,307	4,653	3,067	2,603	2,732	3,005	2,915	2,704
Monkfish Angler nei	3,286	4,083	3,684	7,011	3,481	3,706	3,635	4,288	3,981	3,945
Plaice	265	272	288	324	275	297	371	759	578	440
Pollack	819	955	979	1,190	1,283	1,119	1,083	1,235	700	515
Razor Shells	290	495	462	497	867	983	816	1,190	752	536
Saithe	643	808	995	1,467	1,659	1,152	751	922	752	574
Scallop Great Atlantic	2,635	1,966	2,259	2,518	2,415	2,517	1,734	1,637	1,932	1,517
Sole Black	181	202	174	224	216	199	187	219	195	150
Sprat European	3,772	3,201	3,931	9,667	5,454	2,991	10,366	5,405	4,260	3,591
Thornback Ray	29	194	268	389	333	389	390	498	515	399
Tuna Albacore	1,990	755	3,507	3,665	2,231	2,485	2,362	1,779	251	263
Turbot	131	160	160	215	171	164	160	230	226	201
Whelk	2,198	2,845	2,828	3,442	2,647	2,130	3,098	6,272	2,525	2,251
Whiting	2,991	4,522	4,984	6,070	7,016	7,030	6,579	7,793	6,407	4,740
Witch	387	394	446	560	658	538	490	553	547	631
Other Species	15,017	5,124	8,047	18,959	4,042	4,772	3,204	4,149	4,445	2,765

Total	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375

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Table 3B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	10,702	9,191	7,345	6,356	4,600	3,022	2,935	2,920	4,220	2,972
Atlantic Mackerel	21,271	19,909	20,110	16,693	7,417	24,339	16,632	11,939	11,199	9,598
Blue Whiting	1,134	2,508	2	–	2,315	4,554	1,178	5,776	2,379	3,946
Boarfish	58,151	73,535	11,947	29,119	21,095	20,348	5,531	8,306	7,715	5,735
Cod Atlantic	142	20	17	361	355	10	260	8	6	5
Crab Edible	1,917	1,823	973	1,324	1,135	1,405	1,127	1,323	1,235	1,056
Haddock	7	39	25	49	86	58	35	42	41	60
Hake European	20	44	48	56	32	63	31	39	38	30
Horse Mackerel	3,950	7,849	3,891	2,002	1,100	284	883	1,464	1,110	1,356
John Dory	0	3	11	9	9	8	5	6	6	7
Lemon Sole	0	2	5	17	18	17	12	11	17	12
Ling	1	11	9	13	7	8	11	16	27	22
Lobster European	4	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	0	2
Lobster Norway	104	127	151	239	75	95	129	130	54	47
Megrim nei	7	108	325	401	372	293	277	281	291	233
Monkfish Angler nei	14	61	207	295	264	229	183	174	214	221
Plaice	0	1	2	3	2	2	5	1	2	4
Pollack	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
Razor Shells	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	1	5
Saithe	25	15	49	9	14	12	13	13	22	15
Scallop Great Atlantic	0	9	10	216	479	359	308	597	616	771
Sole Black	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Thornback Ray	0	1	2	3	8	6	4	3	1	4
Tuna Albacore	7	–	90	–	–	–	5	546	2,239	2,839
Turbot	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Whelk	0	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Whiting	4	9	9	4	14	7	1	75	8	20
Witch	1	2	15	40	38	47	53	41	36	30
Other Species	18,409	38,145	388	126	272	184	212	220	500	526

Total	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521
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Table 3C Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Species 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	0	–	–	6,411	8,113	1,370	7,167	23	2,337	5,592
Atlantic Mackerel	1,850	520	2	1	3,921	4,054	4,631	6,659	7,571	9,617
Blue Whiting	40,174	59,118	10,638	66,535	36,002	33,269	37,884	15,646	57,752	77,114
Boarfish	0	426	1	–	932	12	–	66	–	69
Cod Atlantic	108	39	133	1	90	99	157	123	69	47
Crab Edible	531	403	441	–	1,275	1,387	1,402	1,858	1,983	1,717
Haddock	1,597	616	459	55	628	543	590	433	234	238
Hake European	9,656	8,234	11,457	4,100	11,869	16,612	24,088	21,632	15,880	13,387
Horse Mackerel	419	1,889	1,732	–	1,133	2,673	1,218	6,406	0	6,845
John Dory	81	108	95	24	149	140	271	177	115	80
Lemon Sole	54	103	57	9	39	49	76	116	136	91
Ling	638	676	804	420	1,070	809	620	825	587	626
Lobster European	2	1	1	–	1	1	2	6	4	16
Lobster Norway	423	250	207	50	195	146	142	504	497	799
Megrim nei	2,071	2,332	2,165	931	2,885	3,301	3,474	3,522	3,816	3,654
Monkfish Angler nei	4,294	4,061	4,470	1,122	5,349	6,451	5,738	7,301	6,632	7,529
Plaice	24	18	33	10	12	29	26	29	21	20
Pollack	27	12	24	3	38	44	552	31	21	24
Razor Shells	0	26	9	–	0	39	36	–	1	–
Saithe	129	103	307	7	87	38	109	41	9	14
Scallop Great Atlantic	2	7	8	2	169	487	134	249	104	65
Sole Black	21	19	23	12	7	19	16	24	16	25
Sprat European	0	–	–	19	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	66	83	51	4	58	64	59	96	72	49
Tuna Albacore	24	44	3	3	–	–	–	0	–	–
Turbot	18	25	21	3	11	13	13	18	15	13
Whelk	42	0	0	–	–	274	15	20	118	126
Whiting	72	99	104	53	181	342	239	119	28	35
Witch	140	223	173	220	199	237	956	307	349	585
Other Species	1,949	1,907	1,736	352	2,531	1,537	4,322	1,781	1,937	4,099

Total	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477
– No landings reported

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Table 3D Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species 2009-2018 (Value)
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Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	4,023	3,293	7,867	9,601	7,423	6,302	5,657	8,890	4,275	2,120
Atlantic Mackerel	27,514	27,519	44,772	47,987	40,038	58,133	42,061	41,087	50,999	43,412
Blue Whiting	954	2,043	197	1,738	2,407	8,254	9,578	4,977	6,919	6,675
Boarfish	388	1,647	1,135	3,822	4,225	1,749	1,257	1,181	1,165	624
Cod Atlantic	2,387	2,854	2,700	3,700	3,585	3,300	3,180	2,331	1,959	2,556
Crab Edible	4,700	9,095	6,371	7,172	7,236	7,169	7,968	12,493	9,353	11,170
Haddock	5,129	4,715	5,512	8,016	5,732	5,548	5,389	6,357	6,904	6,488
Hake European	3,221	3,708	3,465	16,133	3,474	6,177	6,629	8,518	9,121	8,781
Horse Mackerel	11,177	10,419	17,575	23,063	21,418	20,408	11,954	13,799	10,303	15,500
John Dory	713	781	1,026	2,225	1,237	1,010	1,076	1,306	1,167	1,074
Lemon Sole	673	618	854	1,161	985	1,084	1,327	1,483	1,366	1,297
Ling	598	746	856	1,457	746	717	693	1,015	935	710
Lobster European	4,615	5,617	9,098	2,846	4,777	6,070	3,372	6,169	2,142	1,589
Lobster Norway	21,135	24,181	31,807	53,455	41,343	48,907	49,803	62,145	54,667	55,668
Megrim nei	5,771	6,212	6,947	12,781	8,187	7,560	8,727	9,646	9,162	8,350
Monkfish Angler nei	10,971	12,726	12,364	22,678	11,636	11,892	12,528	14,535	12,973	13,725
Plaice	480	427	549	580	518	545	735	1,407	1,095	863
Pollack	1,369	1,516	1,740	2,127	2,300	1,794	3,030	2,595	1,445	1,182
Razor Shells	951	1,471	1,261	1,349	2,861	4,871	3,223	7,326	4,412	3,089
Saithe	606	815	1,109	1,631	1,758	1,542	948	1,205	933	649
Scallop Great Atlantic	10,453	11,090	18,448	12,592	7,833	6,679	8,025	3,963	4,204	5,048
Sole Black	1,658	1,965	1,750	2,111	2,089	1,779	1,765	2,056	1,645	1,488
Sprat European	595	614	666	1,743	1,231	735	1,971	1,560	1,066	961
Thornback Ray	38	331	439	482	501	578	588	770	876	586
Tuna Albacore	9,179	3,455	8,146	8,582	4,774	4,605	5,047	7,551	776	497
Turbot	1,047	1,336	1,387	1,808	1,510	1,435	1,409	2,065	2,126	1,975
Whelk	1,443	1,825	2,286	2,760	3,159	2,904	3,915	8,745	4,025	4,577
Whiting	3,635	5,591	5,732	7,341	7,904	8,001	8,092	9,756	8,797	6,907
Witch	767	570	874	935	1,242	958	924	963	966	1,149
Other Species	17,416	12,210	19,973	33,697	10,178	10,498	9,534	9,887	13,879	8,867

Total	153,605	159,390	216,908	295,575	212,306	241,202	220,404	255,783	229,655	217,573

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Table 3E Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Species 2009-2018 (Value)
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Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	2,879	2,022	3,296	2,644	1,842	935	1,139	1,630	1,397	1,034
Atlantic Mackerel	15,549	18,914	22,143	16,272	6,667	18,348	11,405	10,099	8,373	8,360
Blue Whiting	136	853	0	–	512	2,222	478	1,311	390	562
Boarfish	4,472	13,684	1,661	4,106	2,861	2,492	642	1,072	1,157	936
Cod Atlantic	341	45	27	722	791	31	654	24	17	14
Crab Edible	2,538	2,734	1,574	1,601	1,931	2,505	2,137	2,709	3,150	4,178
Haddock	9	50	28	63	109	86	57	60	65	100
Hake European	41	78	52	103	72	148	79	96	98	75
Horse Mackerel	1,123	2,159	1,852	1,019	680	227	589	934	505	945
John Dory	0	13	50	45	39	24	26	33	30	42
Lemon Sole	0	5	8	42	50	53	37	34	52	38
Ling	2	12	11	16	8	10	16	23	39	32
Lobster European	43	4	3	1	–	0	–	4	1	28
Lobster Norway	367	552	796	1,259	368	517	781	833	368	362
Megrim nei	16	225	920	1,091	1,397	1,161	1,088	1,037	1,132	426
Monkfish Angler nei	45	196	664	957	840	917	771	735	725	896
Plaice	1	1	3	6	4	4	9	1	5	9
Pollack	0	43	2	1	2	2	0	0	–	0
Razor Shells	0	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	26
Saithe	22	15	55	10	16	14	15	16	26	17
Scallop Great Atlantic	0	45	73	1,080	1,554	953	1,427	1,245	1,615	2,564
Sole Black	2	6	12	13	11	2	5	6	13	5
Thornback Ray	0	1	3	5	12	9	6	4	2	6
Tuna Albacore	34	–	208	–	–	–	11	2,090	5,674	7,396
Turbot	0	3	4	9	15	1	2	7	18	35
Whelk	0	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Whiting	5	11	9	4	16	8	1	95	9	19
Witch	1	3	37	73	98	140	170	130	104	55
Other Species	4,866	7,837	281	228	589	590	659	561	1,318	2,040

Total	32,494	49,510	33,774	31,370	20,482	31,401	22,204	24,788	26,287	30,203
– No landings reported

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Table 3F Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Species 2009-2018 (Value)
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Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	0	–	–	2,831	3,241	412	2,695	12	760	1,781
Atlantic Mackerel	1,363	337	2	1	3,237	3,000	2,557	4,435	4,760	7,457
Blue Whiting	4,821	12,412	2,127	11,111	7,200	16,235	15,381	3,552	9,474	10,977
Boarfish	0	47	0	–	126	1	–	8	–	11
Cod Atlantic	249	89	239	2	201	240	393	285	187	141
Crab Edible	571	594	592	–	1,868	1,917	2,091	2,843	3,760	4,829
Haddock	2,081	827	634	82	902	900	1,028	723	419	434
Hake European	17,119	11,803	20,967	6,966	17,039	40,188	59,087	52,632	43,334	37,045
Horse Mackerel	146	550	990	–	699	1,648	705	3,427	0	4,259
John Dory	273	455	498	124	673	635	1,497	938	594	418
Lemon Sole	123	237	135	24	95	120	216	372	435	292
Ling	831	787	1,088	551	1,299	989	861	1,138	879	956
Lobster European	24	10	10	–	6	11	24	93	61	263
Lobster Norway	1,297	1,254	795	259	965	794	854	3,317	3,418	6,211
Megrim nei	4,822	5,026	6,049	2,417	8,040	9,938	11,331	11,456	12,249	11,325
Monkfish Angler nei	13,756	11,140	13,209	3,637	17,817	21,000	19,991	24,763	21,451	26,587
Plaice	54	28	70	18	22	54	51	53	40	39
Pollack	46	21	40	5	68	71	1,191	62	44	55
Razor Shells	0	86	21	–	1	194	142	–	8	–
Saithe	126	115	381	7	91	69	138	53	11	16
Scallop Great Atlantic	4	54	25	10	549	1,293	621	578	280	218
Sole Black	192	183	255	117	67	169	155	221	132	252
Sprat European	0	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thornback Ray	89	104	64	5	87	94	89	146	122	73
Tuna Albacore	98	180	7	7	–	–	–	0	–	–
Turbot	123	180	165	17	97	113	118	163	142	125
Whelk	48	0	0	–	–	373	19	31	189	258
Whiting	87	133	127	62	204	389	294	149	39	50
Witch	249	287	285	387	384	445	1,926	564	629	1,060
Other Species	2,185	2,068	2,178	377	5,531	3,344	12,779	4,213	5,980	9,926

Total	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398	125,059
– No landings reported

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Table 3G Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Species Medians 2009-2018 (€/Tonne)
€/Tonne
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	269	220	395	442	400	234	360	534	330	270
Atlantic Mackerel	730	950	1,020	1,000	880	850	610	750	691	809
Blue Whiting	120	340	167	167	221	580	460	250	160	142
Boarfish	30	110	104	141	100	110	110	120	150	150
Cod Atlantic	2,402	2,282	2,127	2,000	2,205	2,419	2,530	2,325	2,716	2,941
Crab Edible	1,326	1,500	1,238	1,239	1,318	1,150	1,220	1,300	1,506	2,421
Haddock	1,340	1,299	1,408	1,402	1,410	1,573	1,744	1,624	1,715	1,838
Hake European	2,155	1,949	1,911	1,835	1,998	2,087	2,162	1,924	2,262	2,420
Horse Mackerel	282	280	500	509	612	635	570	540	451	622
John Dory	3,982	4,549	5,174	5,174	4,712	4,522	5,191	5,283	5,467	5,494
Lemon Sole	2,211	2,324	2,356	2,500	2,229	2,297	2,722	2,935	2,941	2,914
Ling	1,189	1,159	1,198	1,260	1,193	1,143	1,293	1,260	1,470	1,519
Lobster European	11,571	12,132	11,961	11,961	12,780	12,497	14,414	14,739	15,166	15,680
Lobster Norway	3,518	4,098	5,260	5,270	5,005	5,711	6,430	6,761	6,892	7,641
Megrim nei	2,365	2,068	2,746	2,761	2,464	2,541	2,876	2,887	2,976	3,031
Monkfish Angler nei	3,269	3,203	3,246	3,249	3,148	3,106	3,328	3,212	3,157	3,320
Plaice	1,821	1,559	1,800	1,810	1,832	1,785	1,943	1,710	1,729	1,863
Pollack	1,710	1,605	1,796	1,794	1,735	1,709	2,028	2,000	2,033	2,267
Razor Shells	3,300	3,300	2,670	2,729	3,307	4,956	5,100	6,169	5,870	5,757
Saithe	859	983	1,098	1,109	1,000	1,152	1,273	1,328	1,278	1,174
Scallop Great Atlantic	5,310	5,200	9,050	5,000	3,244	2,654	3,622	3,100	2,167	3,327
Sole Black	9,083	8,881	9,420	9,420	9,308	9,058	9,087	9,308	9,284	9,484
Sprat European	200	190	180	180	220	223	180	350	240	237
Thornback Ray	1,217	1,565	1,461	1,381	1,548	1,347	1,504	1,522	1,625	1,466
Tuna Albacore	5,000	3,710	2,350	2,350	2,160	1,880	2,075	4,680	2,830	1,840
Turbot	8,407	8,022	8,509	8,472	8,624	8,770	8,898	8,800	9,060	9,690
Whelk	640	500	801	802	1,193	1,363	1,288	1,523	1,598	1,997
Whiting	1,256	1,246	1,190	1,201	1,127	1,185	1,280	1,286	1,410	1,440
Witch	1,914	1,403	1,806	1,798	1,764	1,690	1,797	1,679	1,673	1,800
Other Species	1,304	1,435	1,855	2,171	1,751	1,717	2,000	2,276	2,173	2,000

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Achill	223	205	110	125	147	168	55	531	73	71
Arklow	368	730	730	738	453	615	527	967	1,285	625
Arranmore	37	84	67	80	90	132	99	48	15	21
Balbriggan	136	240	312	319	256	395	343	354	292	179
Ballycotton	741	571	1,171	1,211	1,120	1,158	1,056	1,373	1,100	877
Ballycrovane	135	188	163	216	166	162	540	355	57	92
Ballyglass	144	161	161	232	452	313	401	930	751	1,019
Baltimore	2,510	2,766	2,697	3,306	3,721	2,294	2,430	2,699	1,798	1,492
Belmullet/Blacksod	84	154	80	47	69	75	35	146	107	88
Burtonport	58	223	128	26	88	408	285	194	46	99
Castletownbere	12,815	11,290	14,182	28,430	17,687	14,597	15,436	14,008	9,011	9,369
Clogherhead	1,140	1,143	1,334	1,485	1,383	1,741	1,554	1,834	1,507	1,291
Cobh	409	586	391	1,080	3,860	4,628	3,848	237	49	95
Dingle	5,420	6,040	4,490	10,587	5,348	5,248	4,871	4,137	4,853	3,915
Duncannon/St. Helens	748	1,107	2,195	5,639	2,979	1,666	4,048	3,015	1,801	2,509
Dundalk	113	18	122	79	161	79	40	101	166	91
Dunmore East	5,556	8,224	8,409	13,047	11,707	11,319	10,839	10,189	7,612	5,566
Greencastle	2,581	3,290	2,642	7,155	2,327	2,605	2,588	3,298	3,492	2,941
Howth	1,769	2,475	3,343	4,589	4,983	4,303	4,190	5,703	4,228	3,453
Killybegs	96,878	97,970	84,561	123,172	117,390	139,616	123,337	122,594	149,908	130,055
Kilmore Quay	2,544	3,260	3,722	5,128	4,665	4,681	4,428	5,435	4,286	3,654
Kinsale	1,199	1,005	1,292	1,495	1,262	2,063	1,615	1,599	1,201	1,030
Malin Head	375	765	541	717	660	1,368	856	898	496	543
Rathmullan	19	437	548	1,104	677	1,249	1,041	960	693	823
Ringaskiddy	2,268	2,566	7,896	9,387	906	600	3,377	3,658	4,444	936
Ros a' Mhil	4,256	4,822	4,230	6,019	5,715	4,579	3,484	3,074	2,669	3,316
Rosslare	1,658	515	1,446	1,517	1,001	1,378	961	957	716	805
Skerries	717	871	1,065	717	441	427	182	401	189	126
Union Hall	2,766	2,716	3,000	3,351	3,269	2,528	2,283	2,305	1,950	1,857
Wicklow	1,585	1,678	1,835	1,778	1,265	1,323	1,348	1,844	1,375	1,229
Other Irish Ports	17,111	8,514	9,439	16,429	8,676	8,625	8,092	13,774	7,331	6,209
Foreign Ports	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521

Total	282,231	318,055	207,939	306,544	242,635	275,696	234,028	241,553	245,481	213,897

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Port	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	7,301	7,740	11,245	4,136	14,418	20,407	30,326	25,554	27,210	23,442
Dingle	8,907	6,721	6,436	1,340	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,317	792	3,800
Dunmore East	77	162	109	442	287	215	139	198	330	218
Greencastle	163	749	695	–	1,466	1,103	238	284	354	390
Howth	42	–	19	1	71	179	221	294	103	98
Killybegs	47,277	65,476	16,067	74,351	52,749	43,436	53,699	32,941	69,438	102,173
Rathmullan	371	229	392	–	457	709	796	1,030	1,246	968
Ros a' Mhil	0	–	–	–	80	191	153	317	75	210
Other Irish Ports	273	262	190	80	639	824	627	1,076	756	1,177

Total	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477
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Table 4C Landings by Irish Vessels by Port 2009-2018 (Value)
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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Achill	575	793	387	439	311	468	157	1,978	263	214
Arklow	470	624	959	699	696	820	1,085	1,625	1,299	1,269
Arranmore	137	259	100	127	174	199	224	144	85	117
Balbriggan	300	828	775	1,462	728	1,406	1,225	1,567	1,305	860
Ballycotton	1,955	1,349	2,855	2,996	2,995	3,218	3,389	4,425	3,549	3,041
Ballycrovane	193	263	299	311	429	241	787	732	182	309
Ballyglass	221	183	148	295	556	388	344	1,121	909	1,580
Baltimore	1,777	1,598	2,179	3,004	2,537	2,422	2,658	3,243	2,695	3,013
Belmullet/Blacksod	243	288	131	119	141	102	69	347	286	184
Burtonport	102	622	454	52	159	941	423	489	116	260
Castletownbere	19,804	16,083	21,354	43,887	24,606	26,424	30,190	39,142	31,045	34,204
Clogherhead	3,780	4,330	4,830	6,588	4,681	7,974	6,122	9,335	7,655	7,064
Cobh	1,241	1,628	1,317	2,847	4,582	5,899	6,359	1,407	248	31
Dingle	4,988	5,323	5,275	17,744	5,280	8,231	6,940	6,999	6,908	6,953
Duncannon/St. Helens	4,341	2,104	4,395	4,649	1,941	2,041	2,400	3,331	2,475	2,855
Dundalk	303	46	166	163	362	389	215	369	304	189
Dunmore East	10,208	13,138	12,485	17,899	14,234	16,171	15,881	18,068	15,566	11,573
Greencastle	4,868	6,573	5,464	9,908	4,730	5,005	6,199	8,141	8,966	6,963
Howth	3,981	5,274	9,563	18,974	12,457	10,463	11,579	14,911	11,118	9,117
Killybegs	39,589	42,633	63,562	77,738	67,112	86,878	64,350	64,108	79,003	69,252
Kilmore Quay	8,680	13,547	18,432	15,204	14,398	13,372	15,580	12,952	10,483	10,620
Kinsale	2,438	1,820	2,523	3,081	2,355	2,703	3,222	3,391	2,871	2,569
Malin Head	616	1,210	815	879	1,129	1,448	993	1,237	1,023	1,334
Rathmullan	23	261	537	938	624	768	545	1,030	493	552
Ringaskiddy	499	463	3,150	3,992	343	139	1,242	2,127	1,392	244
Ros a' Mhil	6,739	7,199	9,893	12,689	15,933	13,615	11,654	12,877	10,974	14,539
Rosslare	3,390	1,636	3,937	2,846	2,399	3,161	1,997	2,243	1,557	2,298
Skerries	1,141	1,385	2,286	3,680	1,341	1,500	625	1,092	762	412
Union Hall	6,735	6,236	7,734	7,942	7,143	6,892	6,681	8,547	7,511	8,217
Wicklow	1,246	1,486	2,012	1,954	2,017	1,480	1,678	3,047	2,291	2,687
Other Irish Ports	23,025	20,207	28,891	32,468	15,912	16,444	15,593	25,757	16,325	15,051
Foreign Ports	32,494	49,510	33,774	31,370	20,482	31,401	22,204	24,788	26,287	30,203

Total	186,099	208,900	250,682	326,945	232,788	272,603	242,608	280,570	255,942	247,776

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Table 4D Landings by Foreign Vessels in Ireland by Port 2009-2018 (Value)
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Port	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	15,604	13,799	25,066	9,606	33,068	55,705	82,475	71,674	80,552	73,617
Dingle	17,939	13,526	12,356	2,007	12,918	17,629	21,954	16,577	2,592	11,510
Dunmore East	185	563	198	210	522	398	302	953	1,605	1,354
Greencastle	202	899	835	–	3,452	1,993	727	550	642	1,032
Howth	54	–	56	1	135	289	401	709	318	465
Killybegs	15,842	19,241	11,358	17,022	18,559	26,004	27,811	21,043	19,342	29,309
Rathmullan	417	350	539	–	669	981	1,189	1,605	2,351	2,769
Ros a' Mhil	0	–	–	–	102	254	207	1,107	498	1,492
Other Irish Ports	536	627	546	176	1,084	1,385	1,169	2,011	1,500	3,510

Total	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398	125,059
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Table 5A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by County 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Cork	24,139	23,134	32,199	50,405	35,040	30,731	33,891	30,408	21,607	19,035
Donegal	101,110	104,514	89,595	133,800	123,001	146,970	129,571	131,657	156,905	135,935
Dublin	2,744	3,713	5,576	5,728	6,047	5,396	5,439	8,170	4,999	3,967
Galway	5,439	6,176	4,476	6,332	6,039	5,982	3,712	3,499	2,751	3,445
Kerry	6,740	7,289	5,500	12,630	6,686	6,195	5,718	5,750	6,787	4,531
Louth	4,007	1,285	1,710	2,320	1,709	1,896	1,597	1,947	1,694	1,397
Mayo	933	1,217	687	688	944	971	714	2,040	1,002	1,339
Waterford	7,507	8,534	11,122	17,136	12,529	11,629	11,470	10,580	7,984	5,704
Wexford	11,114	5,623	8,736	17,488	9,033	8,062	10,144	10,553	7,021	7,060
Wicklow	1,953	2,408	2,565	2,517	1,719	1,939	1,876	2,811	2,660	1,855
Other Counties	674	721	138	161	179	573	62	207	92	108

Total	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375

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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
County	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Cork	7,319	7,740	11,254	4,142	14,418	20,414	30,331	25,673	27,220	23,929
Donegal	47,935	66,603	17,195	74,351	55,198	45,773	55,066	34,716	71,563	104,119
Dublin	42	15	19	1	71	179	224	296	103	99
Galway	0	–	–	–	80	191	156	317	75	210
Kerry	8,922	6,721	6,436	1,344	6,775	6,973	7,739	6,318	792	3,800
Louth	7	20	17	0	20	49	26	49	–	6
Mayo	13	0	–	–	–	–	187	302	206	51
Waterford	77	162	109	442	313	215	139	198	330	218
Wexford	87	66	77	58	67	60	18	100	–	9
Wicklow	10	12	46	12	–	56	51	45	16	36
Other Counties	–	–	–	–	–	130	–	–	–	–

Total	64,411	81,340	35,153	80,349	76,943	74,039	93,938	68,012	100,305	132,477
– No landings reported

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County	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Cork	37,316	32,363	44,157	72,190	49,183	52,596	62,047	70,979	55,192	58,228
Donegal	46,743	54,707	72,462	91,276	76,539	96,971	75,048	81,017	94,015	82,959
Dublin	5,553	7,667	19,286	24,257	14,999	13,861	13,710	19,349	13,657	10,853
Galway	10,889	12,120	10,532	13,420	16,824	17,462	12,342	14,129	11,256	14,973
Kerry	8,451	9,158	8,629	22,237	8,905	10,358	9,210	11,262	10,851	8,398
Louth	5,689	4,718	5,590	7,795	5,421	8,658	6,346	9,768	8,048	7,327
Mayo	2,074	2,557	1,403	1,465	1,546	1,767	958	4,257	1,637	2,390
Waterford	14,196	13,775	22,373	31,862	16,341	16,734	16,624	18,768	16,043	11,940
Wexford	18,984	17,894	29,118	28,014	19,316	19,162	21,127	20,827	15,039	16,005
Wicklow	1,716	2,110	2,971	2,654	2,714	2,300	2,763	4,672	3,589	3,956
Other Counties	1,993	2,322	388	405	518	1,333	230	756	328	544

Total	153,605	159,390	216,908	295,575	212,306	241,202	220,404	255,783	229,655	217,573

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County	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Cork	15,643	13,799	25,090	9,616	33,068	55,716	82,490	71,994	80,575	75,136
Donegal	16,574	20,711	12,783	17,022	23,458	29,704	30,246	23,945	23,372	34,730
Dublin	54	49	56	1	135	290	416	721	318	469
Galway	0	–	–	–	102	254	211	1,107	498	1,492
Kerry	17,974	13,526	12,356	2,012	12,918	17,629	21,954	16,584	2,592	11,510
Louth	32	66	34	0	59	220	103	69	–	48
Mayo	25	2	–	–	–	–	279	432	391	144
Waterford	185	563	198	210	558	398	302	953	1,605	1,354
Wexford	264	259	268	122	211	164	60	283	–	29
Wicklow	28	30	169	38	–	167	175	142	49	146
Other Counties	–	–	–	–	–	96	–	–	–	–

Total	50,779	49,006	50,953	29,022	70,508	104,638	136,236	116,229	109,398	125,059
– No landings reported

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Table 6A Landings by Irish Vessels in Ireland by Catch Zone 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Azores Grounds	0	0	0	0	405	199	28	227	7	–
Bay of Biscay	39	63	723	1,180	395	11	731	2,932	4,355	1,923
Bristol Channel	62	74	302	436	71	39	96	147	111	102
Celtic Sea	22,322	25,076	28,761	74,817	40,801	37,432	37,664	36,313	30,482	20,204
Irish Sea	19,813	11,065	19,027	21,294	15,685	13,287	15,627	11,253	10,826	10,829
North Sea	1,773	5,436	7,032	13,324	8,748	27,515	25,450	19,546	33,324	24,755
Porcupine Bank	4,269	8,901	2,914	3,728	4,843	7,184	11,715	17,702	21,492	28,728
South-West of Ireland	33,519	31,250	17,413	46,800	35,471	34,356	30,011	18,051	11,746	13,381
West of Ireland	34,440	23,678	13,045	24,080	32,773	34,045	34,463	23,151	14,169	18,522
West of Scotland and Rockall	49,736	58,981	63,696	18,486	63,713	64,546	47,294	66,242	86,662	65,582
Other Areas	228	19	164	4,560	22	1,731	1,114	70	326	350
Not Stated	161	71	9,227	40,500	–	–	–	11,986	–	–

Total	166,361	164,615	162,303	249,205	202,926	220,344	204,194	207,620	213,501	184,375
– No landings reported

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Table 6B Landings by Irish Vessels in Foreign Ports by Catch Zone 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Catch Zone	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Bay of Biscay	3	285	0	1	770	119	34	4,994	10,042	5,862
Bristol Channel	34	25	42	11	–	2	–	–	–	–
Celtic Sea	18,625	10,247	8,707	14,475	6,059	16,666	6,490	4,887	1,041	2,370
Irish Sea	5,654	1,004	483	881	95	122	149	135	258	547
North Sea	13,040	10,732	11,548	843	6,153	19,111	10,050	6,325	4,731	1,382
Porcupine Bank	1,675	1,010	126	21	2,421	929	324	5,845	2,216	2,194
South-West of Ireland	41,621	63,674	5,427	12,371	9,598	7,123	2,336	263	470	984
West of Ireland	568	2,739	751	8,026	6,083	1,613	2,003	388	80	511
West of Scotland and Rockall	12,289	16,511	10,616	6,450	4,087	8,087	6,445	8,397	8,749	11,340
Other Areas	22,362	43,378	6,117	4,979	4,442	1,579	2,003	2,679	4,393	3,585
Not Stated	0	3,834	1,819	9,280	–	–	–	18	–	746

Total	115,870	153,440	45,635	57,339	39,709	55,352	29,834	33,933	31,981	29,521
– No landings reported

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Table 7A Landings by All Vessels in Castletownbere by Species 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	1,100	1,535	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784	199
Atlantic Mackerel	2,030	1,253	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184	62
Boarfish	3	1	1,415	6,937	5,528	700	131	381	6	1
Haddock	620	666	664	813	617	655	900	975	921	696
Hake European	3,294	3,278	5,850	5,662	6,527	10,823	19,354	14,566	15,046	11,011
Horse Mackerel	1,018	1,070	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132	584
Lobster Norway	539	486	603	722	672	748	1,031	1,371	1,430	1,553
Megrim nei	1,804	2,245	2,274	2,773	3,328	3,630	3,818	3,978	4,614	4,203
Monkfish Angler nei	3,113	3,738	3,902	3,896	4,710	6,287	5,718	7,464	7,535	7,388
Razor Shells	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Sprat European	2,908	1,588	1,028	1,269	562	1,147	2,174	1,861	804	1,576
Tuna Albacore	1,569	610	3,060	3,106	1,809	2,053	2,089	1,479	212	260
Whiting	547	974	862	1,401	1,662	1,406	1,247	1,308	833	732
Other Species	1,572	1,585	1,849	2,567	3,460	3,725	5,361	3,367	3,720	4,546

Total	20,116	19,030	25,427	32,566	32,105	35,004	45,763	39,563	36,221	32,811
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Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Atlantic Herring	9,760	8,853	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685	6,583
Atlantic Mackerel	35,966	33,933	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995	63,293
Blue Whiting	47,815	64,689	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872	123,070
Boarfish	10,451	15,338	4,401	16,936	22,967	12,765	10,246	8,601	7,746	3,817
Horse Mackerel	34,071	34,844	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663	30,271
Monkfish Angler nei	903	913	1,032	683	457	445	320	419	424	818
Sprat European	104	372	465	108	406	3	1,391	472	557	1
Other Species	5,085	4,504	4,572	4,417	3,481	2,943	3,691	5,237	4,404	4,376

Total	144,155	163,447	100,627	197,523	170,140	183,053	177,036	155,536	219,346	232,228

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Table 8A Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Blue Whiting by Port 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	0	126	70	175	190	624	698	0	–	–
Killybegs	47,815	64,689	11,761	77,007	46,484	49,267	60,793	37,521	99,872	123,070
Other Irish Ports	–	118	–	177	218	292	0	7	61	1

Total	47,815	64,933	11,831	77,359	46,892	50,184	61,491	37,528	99,934	123,070
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Table 8B Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Atlantic Herring by Port 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	1,100	1,535	1,492	1,568	1,779	2,220	1,901	1,875	784	199
Cobh	0	46	63	–	2,593	3,572	2,768	–	–	94
Dingle	809	1,172	571	453	1,057	454	727	518	–	–
Dunmore East	504	1,739	1,574	2,726	4,514	4,766	3,402	3,459	1,538	407
Howth	0	–	–	446	1,087	926	1,066	2,253	1,386	1,024
Killybegs	9,760	8,853	7,562	12,664	12,592	6,932	8,602	3,047	4,685	6,583
Ringaskiddy	2,268	2,566	5,866	8,858	906	599	3,334	3,399	4,228	936
Other Irish Ports	1,112	1,561	1,423	1,630	2,176	2,934	1,682	2,209	1,615	3,317

Total	15,552	17,470	18,552	28,345	26,705	22,403	23,483	16,761	14,237	12,561
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Table 8C Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Atlantic Mackerel by Port 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	2,030	1,253	1,024	1,040	1,187	1,139	1,757	513	184	62
Dingle	1,684	1,534	1,231	1,239	400	1,678	1,592	835	1,931	2,302
Killybegs	35,966	33,933	38,040	43,739	49,504	76,831	71,086	68,599	79,995	63,293
Ros a' Mhil	1,363	1,381	1,296	1,632	1,313	1,622	1,865	845	513	837
Other Irish Ports	956	754	1,020	405	704	1,803	542	704	185	272

Total	41,999	38,854	42,612	48,055	53,108	83,072	76,840	71,497	82,809	66,766

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Table 8D Landings by All Vessels in Ireland for Horse Mackerel by Port 2009-2018 (Tonnage)
Tonnes (Live weight equivalent)
Species	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Castletownbere	1,018	1,070	1,405	813	263	472	284	424	132	584
Dingle	1,362	1,558	827	1,038	655	493	200	27	630	330
Killybegs	34,071	34,844	32,794	41,968	34,248	33,866	20,907	31,639	21,663	30,271
Ros a' Mhil	571	1,095	815	1,258	651	227	113	142	75	329
Other Irish Ports	489	589	465	235	8	0	487	241	308	178

Total	37,510	39,156	36,305	45,312	35,824	35,058	21,991	32,474	22,808	31,692

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Table 9A Landings by Irish Vessels by Month 2009-2018 (Tonnage Percent)
%
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
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
2018	14	24	21	5	3	2	3	3	3	12	9	3

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Table 9B Landings by Irish Vessels by Species by Month 2018 (Tonnage Percent)
%
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Atlantic Herring	0	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	40	16	13
Atlantic Mackerel	14	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	15	0
Blue Whiting	0	10	78	12	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Boarfish	3	66	1	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	16	0
Cod Atlantic	5	8	8	8	17	14	9	8	7	8	5	4
Crab Edible	4	3	4	4	7	11	12	11	12	16	9	7
Haddock	6	8	10	8	12	13	9	8	8	7	6	6
Hake European	4	9	13	15	14	8	7	6	6	7	6	4
Horse Mackerel	67	9	3	0	3	0	–	–	0	1	8	8
John Dory	4	7	16	17	19	7	6	4	5	6	5	3
Lemon Sole	4	9	9	10	13	9	9	8	9	11	6	3
Ling	5	9	13	11	11	10	8	6	5	11	6	4
Lobster European	0	1	4	9	14	18	18	16	10	6	2	2
Lobster Norway	3	6	11	10	15	14	12	11	5	4	6	4
Megrim nei	4	7	8	9	16	14	11	8	8	7	5	4
Monkfish Angler nei	8	9	9	9	10	9	8	7	5	7	8	10
Plaice	5	10	5	5	8	9	12	11	10	14	8	3
Pollack	6	14	18	10	9	7	6	5	3	12	6	5
Razor Shells	12	11	10	8	12	1	9	9	7	9	4	9
Saithe	7	14	28	15	8	6	7	3	2	6	2	3
Scallop Great Atlantic	2	6	8	7	8	8	10	6	10	25	7	4
Sole Black	6	6	9	7	14	9	8	7	8	10	8	8
Sprat European	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	49	18
Thornback Ray	13	11	9	8	6	4	3	6	8	8	15	9
Tuna Albacore	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	54	26	–	–	–
Turbot	4	5	5	8	17	16	13	7	6	10	6	4
Whelk	6	8	10	11	10	14	12	9	5	9	4	3
Whiting	3	8	6	5	5	9	15	19	13	9	5	2
Witch	7	8	5	6	8	7	7	10	10	12	10	11
Other Species	9	5	4	3	4	4	8	13	9	18	11	11

Total	14	24	21	5	3	2	3	3	3	12	9	3
– 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 2018. Monthly data for landings by Irish vessels into Ireland were also received from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2003 to 2018 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 2009-2018 (Table 9A) and a second table showing the monthly distribution by species for 2018 (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

2018

Tonnage of Fish Landings by Irish Vessels down 12.9% in 2018

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