Variation issued: Sunday 6 February 2022
Updated 26 April 2024
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1. Check your licence
It is your responsibility to check your licence documents before going to sea as licences can be changed at any time. The most up to date licences can be accessed on the understand your fishing vessel licence page.
The variations effective from 00:01 hours, Sunday 6 February 2022 are as follows:
2. Over 10m Non-Sector
Affecting licence schedules Category A (11), Category A Islands (12), Category A Pelagic (17), Category B (31) and Category C (41):
- Whiting bycatch increased from 5% to 20% as per wording below :
Notwithstanding any quota limitation detailed in Part II of the Annex to this Schedule, the vessel to which this licence relates, may not retain on board and land Cod and Whiting, caught in ICES Divisions Vb, VI, separately in the case of Cod (whereby 2% may not be exceeded separately in the ICES Divisions VIa; British fishery limits of Vb east of 12° 00′ W and 0.5% may not be exceeded in the ICES division VIb; British Fishery Limits of Vb west of 12° 00′ W) and 20% in the case of Whiting by live weight of the total catch retained on board the vessel during each fishing trip.