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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2023

Published
30 October 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781836019213

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised fish farming businesses in Scotland during 2023. Statistics on employment, production and value are presented.

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5. Scottish Marine Regions

The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces integrated management of Scotland's seas. The creation of a National Marine Plan, as required by the Act, sets the wider context for planning within Scotland including what should be considered when creating regional marine plans. Eleven Scottish Marine Regions have been created under the Act (see Figure 4) which cover sea areas extending out to 12 nautical miles.

To support the development of Regional Marine Plans by Regional Marine Planning Partnerships, tonnages and financial values of annual finfish production have been calculated for the regions defined under the Act. These regional data are presented in Appendix 3. In order to maintain commercial confidentiality salmon production figures for Argyll & Clyde and the North Coast & West Highlands have been merged. Other finfish species including brown/sea trout, rainbow trout, cod, halibut and cleaner fish were produced, however these figures cannot be attributed to Scottish Marine Regions due to commercial confidentiality.

Figure 4: Scottish Marine Regions
Figure 4 showing a map of the Scottish Marine Regions. The map is split into 11 areas around the Scottish coastline: Shetland Isles, Orkney Isles, North Coast, Moray Firth, West Highlands, North East, Forth and Tay, Argyll, Clyde and Solway.
Chart 1: Atlantic salmon production tonnage by Scottish Marine Region.
Chart 1 showing line graph of Atlantic salmon production tonnage by Scottish Marine Region. The chart shows production in each Scottish Marine Region – Argyll & Clyde, Orkney Islands, Outer Hebrides, Shetland Isles and the North Coast & West Highlands from 2014 to 2023. Data for this chart are available in the supplementary data, Table 45.

Chart shows production tonnage in each Scottish Marine Region – North Coast & West Highlands, Shetland Isles, Argyle & Clyde, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Islands from 2014 to 2023.

Chart 2: Atlantic salmon production value (GBP) by Scottish Marine Region.
Chart 2 showing line graph of Atlantic salmon production value (value in GBP) by Scottish Marine Region. The chart shows production value in each Scottish Marine Region – Argyll & Clyde, Orkney Islands, Outer Hebrides, Shetland Isles and the North Coast & West Highlands from 2014 to 2023. Data for this chart are available in the supplementary data, Table 45.

Chart shows production value (GBP) in each Scottish Marine Region – North Coast & West Highlands, Shetland Isles, Argyle & Clyde, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Islands from 2014 to 2023. Average price (real) have been adjusted for inflation based on 2023 price estimates.

Data Source: Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2023, Supplementary Tables, Table 45.

Contact

Email: MD.Productionsurvey@gov.scot

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