Scotland's marine economic statistics 2016

The publication presents economic statistics for industrial categories defined as part of the marine sector.


Table 21 : Economic Overview - Employment time series by industry, 2008 to 2016, ‘000s

SIC 2007/Description 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
03.1: Fishing1 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8
03.2: Aquaculture2 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3
09.1: Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 16.6 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.5 17.4 20.0 21.5 19.7
10.2: Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs 7.8 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.1 8.0 7.5 7.6
30.1: Building of ships and boats & 33.15: Repair and maintenance of ships and boats 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.0
42.91: Construction of water projects & 52.22: Service activities incidental to water transportation 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.8 4.0
50.1: Sea and coastal passenger water transport 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4
50.2: Sea and coastal freight water transport 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5
77.34: Renting and leasing of water transport equipment 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Marine Tourism3 24.3 24.4 22.9 24.4 24.2 29.3 26.7 29.7 27.9
Marine economy total 67.9 70.6 68.5 69.9 69.5 73.9 75.0 79.1 75.3

Source: Marine Scotland, Scottish Annual Business Statistics, Office for National Statistics

Footnotes
1 – Fishing values taken from Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Statistics, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and Seafish Statistics.
2 – Aquaculture values taken from Marine Scotland Aquaculture Surveys, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and DCF statistics.
3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.
SABS categories for oil and gas services changed between 2010 and 2011. See section 16.7.
Employment figures are head counts (not adjusted to Full Time Equivalents).

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