Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81871
Mackerel: Fishing Catches
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Daniel Zeichner
Labour — Cambridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the quota application mechanism pilot for 2025 that allocated 2800 tonnes of Western Mackerel, how much has been (a) caught, (b) landed in UK ports and (c) landed in
Answer
Dame Angela EagleLandings for Western Mackerel allocated through the Quota Application Mechanism so far this year amount to 0.8t of the 3619.2 t allocated. All 0.8t was landed into Castletown Bearhaven in the Republic of Ireland.