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UK Basking Shark Proposal


 

Annex 2. North East Atlantic basking shark landings data.

Annex 2a. Targeted Northeast Atlantic basking shark landings (numbers of sharks caught), 1946-1996.

 

Achill Island

Other Irish catches

Scotland

Norway2

Norway

5-yr mean

Total

Total

5-yr mean

1946

0

 

66

426

 

 

1947

6

 

245

250

 

501

 

1948

80

 

222

964

837

1,266

1,254

1949

450

 

35

782

913

1,267

1,673

1950

905

 

77

1,764

942

2,746

2,026

1951

1,630

 

147

806

868

2,583

2,128

1952

1,808

 

68

392

848

2,268

2,243

1953

1,068

 

110

596

554

1,774

2,094

1954

1,162

 

0

682

498

1,844

1,879

1955

1,708

   

294

472

2,002

1,570

1956

977

   

528

377

1,505

1,340

1957

468

   

258

747

726

1,533

1958

500

   

122

1,541

622

2,030

1959

280

   

2,532

1,844

2,812

2,189

1960

219

   

4,266

2,046

4,485

2,320

1961

258

   

2,042

2,463

2,300

2,653

1962

116

   

1,266

2,384

1,382

2,526

1963

75

   

2,210

1,792

2,285

1,899

1964

39

   

2,138

1,748

2,177

1,813

1965

47

   

1,304

2,331

1,351

2,380

1966

46

   

1,822

2,521

1,868

2,570

1967

41

   

4,180

2,719

4,221

2,784

1968

75

   

3,160

3,213

3,235

3,277

1969

113

   

3,130

3,190

3,243

3,250

1970

42

   

3,774

2,642

3,816

2,706

1971

29

   

1,708

2,453

1,737

2,519

1972

62

   

1,438

2,256

1,500

2,337

1973

85

0

 

2,214

2,236

2,299

2,385

1974

33

150

 

2,148

2,194

2,331

2,338

1975

38

350

 

3,670

2,224

4,058

2,355

1976

0

?

 

1,502

2,095

1,502

2,209

1977

     

1,586

2,119

1,586

2,197

1978

     

1,570

1,706

1,570

1,706

1979

     

2,268

1,561

2,268

1,561

1980

     

1,606

1,430

1,606

1,430

1981

   

0

776

1,268

776

1,292

1982

   

1

930

992

931

1,035

1983

   

122

758

797

880

848

1984

   

92

888

740

980

799

1985

   

40

631

624

671

683

1986

   

38

493

518

531

556

1987

   

1

352

392

353

411

1988

   

15

228

343

243

355

1989

   

3

256

310

259

314

1990

   

2

387

386

389

392

1991

   

1

325

456

326

459

1992

   

9

732

476

741

480

1993

   

0

582

403

582

407

1994

   

9

353

354

362

358

1995

   

0

22

231

22

232

1996

     

83

 

83

 

1997

     

114

 

114

 

 

Annex 2b. Norwegian basking shark landings3, recorded by ICES Fishing Area from 1973.

 

Area I

Area IIa

Area Iva

Area Vb(1)

Area VIa

Area VIIb-c

 

 

Barents Sea

N. Norway

S.Norway /Shetland

Faeroes

W.Scotland

W. Ireland

Total

1973

20

1,850

150

 

 

160

2,180

1974

 

1,598

 

200

 

350

2,148

1975

 

2,776

444

 

450

 

3,670

1976

14

1,488

 

 

 

 

1,502

1977

5

1,581

 

 

 

 

1,586

1978

 

1,443

 

6

 

120

1,570

1979

1

2,206

 

 

 

60

2,268

1980

 

1,570

 

36

 

 

1,606

1981

 

764

 

12

 

 

776

1982

 

849

 

 

 

80

930

1983

 

416

316

 

 

26

758

1984

1

375

530

 

 

 

906

1985

1

630

 

 

 

 

631

1986

 

493

 

 

 

 

493

1987

 

70

 

 

 

 

70

1988

 

3

43

 

 

 

46

1989

 

 

256

 

 

 

256

1990

 

71

315

 

 

 

387

1991

 

103

222

 

 

 

325

1992

 

221

511

 

 

 

732

1993

 

492

90

 

 

 

582

1994

 

301

51

 

 

 

353

1995

 

21

1

 

 

 

22

1996

 

83

 

 

 

 

83

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: reports of the ICES Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes.


2 Numbers of sharks caught by Norway are calculated from data of landings in metric tonnes and assuming a mean weight of 5t per shark. This calculation may under-estimate numbers of sharks taken by up to 30%.

3Numbers are derived by converting published landings (tonnes) to number of 5t fish. This may result in an under-estimate of the numbers of sharks taken by up to 30%.


 

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