Publication - Statistics

Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2021

Published: 27 October 2022
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781805250517

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised fish farming businesses in Scotland during 2021. Statistics on employment, production and value are presented.

Supporting documents

Appendix 3

Scottish Marine Regions

Salmon Production by Scottish Marine Region (Tonnage and Value)

	2012		2013
	Tonnage	Value (£)	Tonnage	Value (£)
Argyll & Clyde	26,850	108,124,950	34,924	172,873,800
Orkney Islands	11,694	47,091,738	11,479	56,821,050
Outer Hebrides	29,682	119,531,025	36,817	182,244,150
Shetland Isles	43,010	173,201,270	36,694	181,635,300
North Coast & West Highlands	50,987	205,324,649	43,320	214,434,000
All Scotland	162,223	653,273,632	163,234	808,008,300

	2014		2015
	Tonnage	Value (£)	Tonnage	Value (£)
Argyll & Clyde	34,976	163,547,776	35,911	153,555,436
Orkney Islands	13,029	60,923,604	11,074	47,352,424
Outer Hebrides	33,775	157,931,900	27,210	116,349,960
Shetland Isles	46,369	216,821,444	42,786	182,952,936
North Coast & West Highlands	50,873	237,882,148	54,741	234,072,516
All Scotland	179,022	837,106,872	171,722	734,283,272

	2016		2017
	Tonnage	Value (£)	Tonnage	Value (£)
Argyll & Clyde	31,022	167,022,448	44,575	276,721,600
Orkney Islands	14,752	79,424,768	16,756	104,021,248
Outer Hebrides	32,662	175,852,208	33,778	209,693,824
Shetland Isles	37,464	201,706,176	38,908	241,540,864
North Coast & West Highlands	46,917	252,601,128	55,690	345,723,520
All Scotland	162,817	876,606,728	189,707	1,177,701,056

	2018		2019
	Tonnage	Value (£)	Tonnage	Value (£)
Argyll & Clyde	37,506	232,612,212	44,881	255,552,414
Orkney Islands	20,956	129,969,112	17,758	101,114,052
Outer Hebrides	30,668	190,202,936	38,468	219,036,792
Shetland Isles	35,947	222,943,294	36,141	205,786,854
North Coast & West Highlands	30,948	191,939,496	66,633	379,408,302
All Scotland	156,025	967,667,050	203,881	1,160,898,414

	2020		2021
	Tonnage	Value (£)	Tonnage	Value (£)
Argyll & Clyde	36,367	186,344,508	36,085	187,281,150
Orkney Islands	21,612	110,739,888	24,407	126,672,330
Outer Hebrides	44,639	228,730,236	31,069	161,248,110
Shetland Isles	40,749	208,797,876	43,770	227,166,300
North Coast & West Highlands	48,862	250,368,888	70,062	363,621,780
All Scotland	192,129	984,468,996	205,393	1,065,989,670

Footnote: Figures for Argyll & Clyde and the North Coast & West Highlands have been merged due to commercial confidentiality. Other finfish species including brown/sea trout, rainbow trout, halibut and cleaner fish were produced but cannot be attributed to Scottish Marine Regions due to commercial confidentiality. Average price (real) have been adjusted for inflation based on 2021 price estimates.