Publication - Progress report
Scottish Sea Fisheries Employment Report
This report details the findings of a new survey of crews on Scottish fishing vessels. It provides new information across a range of indicators such as age, nationality, job tenure and skills.
Annex 1: Extra Tables
Table 13: Mean Age (with standard deviation ( SD)) by position in each fishing sector
| Creel Fishing | Demersal all other | Demersal under 24m | Nephropss | Other Static | Scallop Dredge | Total Age | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n |
| Skipper/Owner | 50.0 | 12.0 | 63 | 46.3 | 9.0 | 26 | 42.3 | 10.2 | 14 | 47.3 | 9.4 | 52 | 56.3 | 9.1 | 4 | 51.4 | 8.0 | 11 | 48.1 | 10.6 | 170 |
| Skipper | 42.6 | 12.4 | 37 | 42.6 | 9.9 | 15 | 39.3 | 12.5 | 6 | 45.7 | 10.8 | 33 | 44.7 | 16.0 | 6 | 47.0 | 5.6 | 7 | 43.8 | 11.3 | 104 |
| Engineer | 47.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 43.4 | 9.3 | 28 | 38.9 | 10.7 | 11 | 37.6 | 11.1 | 19 | - | - | - | 47.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 41.1 | 10.1 | 63 |
| Mate | - | - | - | 39.6 | 12.4 | 8 | 38.0 | 21.2 | 2 | 38.0 | 11.3 | 5 | - | - | - | 54.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 39.8 | 12.3 | 16 |
| Cook/Deckhand | 30.6 | 11.6 | 12 | 37.2 | 12.5 | 15 | 41.0 | 11.0 | 7 | 39.0 | 12.8 | 23 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 34.7 | 13.8 | 4 | 36.8 | 12.3 | 62 |
| Deckhand | 29.5 | 11.8 | 56 | 36.1 | 9.8 | 104 | 36.5 | 10.0 | 48 | 36.6 | 10.9 | 160 | 32.0 | 8.4 | 11 | 31.1 | 10.0 | 36 | 34.9 | 10.8 | 415 |
| Other | - | - | - | 37.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 1 | - | - | - | 28.0 | 9.9 | 2 | - | - | - | 29.8 | 7.5 | 4 |
| All crew | 40.1 | 14.9 | 169 | 39.2 | 10.6 | 197 | 38.1 | 10.5 | 89 | 39.8 | 11.6 | 292 | 39.0 | 14.0 | 24 | 37.8 | 12.5 | 63 | 39.4 | 12.1 | 834 |
Table 14: Mean length of service (with standard deviation ( SD)) by position in each fishing sector
| Creel Fishing | Demersal all other | Demersal under 24m | Nephrops | Other Static | Scallop Dredge | Total Length of Service | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n |
| Skipper/Owner | 12.4 | 9.4 | 64 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 24 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 14 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 52 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 4 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 169 |
| Skipper | 7.3 | 5.9 | 37 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 15 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 31 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 102 |
| Engineer | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 28 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 11 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 19 | - | - | - | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 63 |
| Mate | - | - | - | 8.1 | 5.1 | 8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 2 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4 | - | - | - | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 15 |
| Cook/Deckhand | 3.8 | 1.9 | 12 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 14 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 61 |
| Deckhand | 4.6 | 5.7 | 55 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 105 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 44 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 153 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 11 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 34 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 402 |
| Other | - | - | - | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | - | - | - | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Grand Total | 8.1 | 8.0 | 169 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 195 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 85 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 282 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 24 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 61 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 816 |
Table 15: Breakdown by nationality and position
| British* | EU member | Non- EU member | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British | English | Scottish | N. Irish | Irish | Latvian | Lithuanian | Polish | Romanian | Spanish | Other EU | Turkish | Filipino | Indonesian | Ghanaian | SriLankan | Grand Total | |
| Skipper/Owner | 59 | 1 | 111 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 173 |
| Skipper | 39 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 104 |
| Engineer | 13 | 1 | 32 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 63 |
| Mate | - | - | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Cook/Deckhand | 22 | 1 | 17 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 63 |
| Deckhand | 77 | 6 | 147 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | 122 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 415 |
| Other | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Grand Total | 210 | 11 | 383 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 144 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 838 |
Table 16: Breakdown by employment type and position
| British | EU member | Non- EU member | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract | Crew share | Crew Share and Contract | Contract | Contract + Bonus | Crew share | Crew share and contract | Contract | Contract + Bonus | Crew share | Crew share and contract | Grand Total | |
| Skipper/Owner | - | 168 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 171 |
| Skipper | 1 | 98 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 102 |
| Engineer | - | 46 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 63 |
| Mate | - | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Cook/Deckhand | - | 40 | - | 2 | - | 8 | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | 63 |
| Deckhand | 4 | 221 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 121 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 412 |
| Other | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 590 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 143 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 831 |
Table 17: Breakdown of all qualifications in the Scottish Fleet
| Qualification | British | EU member | Non- EU member | Grand Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skipper | <16.5m Skipper | 48 | 1 | - | 49 |
| >16.5m Skipper | 23 | - | - | 23 | |
| Class 1 Skipper | 34 | - | - | 34 | |
| Class 2 Skipper | 45 | - | 1 | 46 | |
| Class 2 Skipper Inshore | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Skipper Certificate | 26 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| Engineer | Class 1 Engineer | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Class 2 Engineer | 20 | 1 | - | 21 | |
| Class 3 Engineer | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mate | 2nd Class Deck Officer | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Class 1 Mate | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Class 2 Mate | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| 3rd Mate | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Deckhand | 2nd Deck | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Class 3 Deck | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Efficent Deck Hand ( EDH - Merchant Navy) | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Other fishing | Net making | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Offshore and Merchant Navy Certifications | Offshore Certificates | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Offshore Survival | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| VHF - Radio | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Watchkeeping | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | |
| RYA Powerboat Certifications | Class 1 Power Boat | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Class 2 Power Boat | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Small Boat Handing | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Other | Dive Certificate | 7 | - | - | 7 |
| Dive Master ( PADI) | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Yacht Master | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Grand Total | 247 | 7 | 10 | 264 | |
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