Division Annex B: Notes of Non-UK fishery statistics data

These tables are extracts of landings data reported by Member States to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) working group on fishing effort regimes.

As part of the activities of this group, various data sets are compiled including the details for each Member State of landings of species for each ICES rectangle with associated vessel groupings.

This data set is constructed to meet the needs of the STECF group and as such it has had to be processed carefully to avoid double counting of activity data. It has been sourced from the STECF site^f1

Summary totals have been checked against the recorded activity on the EU FIDES systems for certain quota stocks to validate the data reported.

However, there are remain differences in the totals between those reported for species/area combinations in the STECF data files and those reported for similar levels of detail as part of the catch reporting systems on FIDES for monitoring quota uptake. As such these figures are indicative of the level of activity in the area by the Member States involved and not definitive statements.

Indicative monetary values have been constructed using the average value of landings by UK vessels from the ICES rectangle concerned or similar areas.

Where data for years are missing it may be indicative of no activity being reported but it may be a result of no data having been supplied.