Question follow-through · 81871
Mackerel: Fishing Catches
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
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
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Landings 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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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