Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, third edition

And a new edition is now available under the Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, fourth edition, 2024. This atlas provides a series of detailed maps of commercial fishing activity around Ireland with the aim of providing insights into fishing activities and fisheries resources.

The atlas contains maps of: Fishing effort by vessels of all nationalities by gear type inside the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); Fishing effort by Irish vessels gear type in all areas where it takes place for each; Landings taken by Irish vessels for the main commercially exploited species. The atlas is the third of its kind and is based on data from fishing vessels of =12m in length over the period 2014-2018. The vessel monitoring and logbook data that form the basis of the maps were collected under Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 and were aggregated and processed by the Marine Institute.