Fishing vessels - economic link: business and regulatory impact assessment

A business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) of changes to Scottish economic link conditions contained in Scottish fishing vessels.


20. Appendix A – Economic characteristics of Scottish seafood processors

Data provided by Seafish from their seafood processing survey.

20.1 All Scottish processing sites handling sea fish (e.g. excluding sites classed as purely: salmon, trout or other freshwater sites), 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 148 135 122 114 112
Employment, FTE 7,864 7,712 7,883 7,009 6,604
Turnover (£million) 1,720 1,434 1,586 no data no data
GVA (£million) 287 268 444 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 1,225 1,011 934 no data no data
Labour (£million) 216 195 204 no data no data

20.2 Scottish processing sites handling mixed fish (including pelagic fish), 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 41 38 30 36 40
Employment, FTE 2,616 2,345 2,591 2,259 2,490
Turnover (£million) 723 542 503 no data no data
GVA (£million) 107 81 131 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 544 402 318 no data no data
Labour (£million) 77 73 59 no data no data

20.3 Scottish processing sites handling pelagic fish only, 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 9 8 9 6 5
Employment, FTE 1,106 1,046 939 536 524
Turnover (£million) 244 132 172 no data no data
GVA (£million) 40 27 46 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 168 84 92 no data no data
Labour (£million) 30 21 24 no data no data

20.4 Scottish processing sites handling mixed fish (including demersal fish), 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 63 59 48 48 49
Employment, FTE 4,326 3,850 4,184 2,706 2,664
Turnover (£million) 1,038 813 810 no data no data
GVA (£million) 164 128 220 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 755 597 498 no data no data
Labour (£million) 126 108 96 no data no data

20.5 Scottish processing sites handling demersal fish only, 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 35 30 29 27 25
Employment, FTE 421 419 505 522 588
Turnover (£million) 75 75 137 no data no data
GVA (£million) 15 14 10 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 52 52 112 no data no data
Labour (£million) 9 10 15 no data no data

20.6 Scottish processing sites handling mixed fish (including salmon, trout, or other freshwater fish), 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 65 59 47 47 45
Employment, FTE 4,520 4,391 4,705 4,258 3,955
Turnover (£million) 973 822 857 no data no data
GVA (£million) 170 141 279 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 693 597 472 no data no data
Labour (£million) 132 122 114 no data no data

20.7 Scottish processing sites handling salmon, trout, other freshwater fish only, 2014-2021, nominal prices

2014 2016 2018 2020 2021
Number of sites 21 17 16 17 16
Employment, FTE 924 667 951 799 1,179
Turnover (£million) 317 252 208 no data no data
GVA (£million) 65 70 68 no data no data
Raw Material (£million) 215 170 118 no data no data
Labour (£million) 41 33 24 no data no data

Contact

Email: AccesstoSeaFisheries@gov.scot

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