What proportion of the North Sea fishing effort was made by Scotland since the 65% target for reduction in cod mortality was introduced by …

The Scottish Executive does not currently have effort data for other member states that fish in the North Sea. We understand that the European Commission is currently seeking this information.
The following table shows the proportion of the UK’s North Sea fishing effort which was made up by Scotland since the 65% target for reduction in cod mortality was introduced by the European Commission, compared with the remainder of the UK.

| 2002
| Proportion of UK NS Fishing Effort
- %
| 2003
| Proportion of UK NS Fishing Effort
- %
| 2004
| Proportion of UK NS Fishing Effort
- %

Total Scottish NS Effort (KW days at sea)
| 41,399,422
| 79
| 33,277,893
| 78
| 30,402,566
| 78

Total NS Effort England, Wales and NI (KW days at sea)
| 11,168,370
| 21
| 9,609,617
| 22
| 8,496,703
| 22

Total UK NS Effort
(KW days at sea)
| 52,567,792
|
| 42,887,510
|
| 38,899,269*
|

Note: *This figure shows that the UK’s overall effort in the North Sea has reduced by 26% between 2002 and 2004. When the same data is broken down by gear category and compared against the 2001 baseline, the UK data for whitefish gear, (demersal trawl >= 100mm), shows a 58% effort reduction.
If trips where cod made up less than 5% of the total landings from the Cod Recovery Zone are excluded the effort reduction in the North Sea is 67%.