Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2020
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2020. Includes a time series of Gross Value Added (GVA), turnover and employment for marine sectors. The supporting documents include: additional tables in an excel file and a pdf version of the publication.
Seafood processing
Seafood processing includes the processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs. While fish processing is mainly land based, it is highly dependent on fish landed from Scottish waters. So, fish processing has been included within the marine economy. Scottish Annual Business Statistics is the source of the seafood processing data. See Annex for more information.
In 2020, Seafood processing generated £355 million GVA: 0.26% of the Scottish economy and 9% of the marine economy GVA. Seafood processing employed 7,200 people, 0.28% of Scottish employment and 10% of marine economy employment.
In 2020, the GVA from seafood processing decreased by 13% from the previous year. The longer term trend, from 2011 to 2020, decreased by 11%. Employment decreased by 4% between 2011 and 2020. Seafood processing businesses reported negative impacts of Covid-19 on production, labour, and markets in 2020.
A geographic breakdown of seafood processing economic data is not available.
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