Landings

Landings are the quantity of catch brought ashore and unloaded at port, recorded by weight and species in landings declarations and sales notes. Landings differ from total catch because discards, at-sea processing loss, and unreported removals are excluded, so converting landed weight back to live weight needs species conversion factors. They are the primary input to the catch time series in stock assessment and the unit in which most quotas and total allowable catch are counted down. The EU landing obligation under the Common Fisheries Policy (phased in 2015 to 2019) requires catches of quota species to be landed and counted, narrowing the historical gap between landings and actual catch.