Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.


Table 1.1.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1,3: 2007 to 2011

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 676 765 656 687 719 4,007 4,372 4,356 4,866 5,467
Black scabbardfish - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0
Blue ling 1 0 - - - 1 0 - - -
Brill 290 282 242 281 283 1,601 1,605 1,394 1,560 1,746
Cod 5,638 2,154 2,270 2,028 1,697 7,082 4,238 3,941 3,779 3,297
Greenland halibut 313 - - - 0 500 - - - 0
Haddock 2,783 2,420 2,063 2,253 2,723 2,288 2,275 2,051 2,434 2,933
Hake 598 631 675 652 663 1,553 1,551 1,318 1,141 1,102
Lemon sole 1,030 811 1,392 1,404 1,047 3,912 2,986 4,027 5,105 4,294
Ling 529 435 366 322 418 525 461 404 391 536
Megrims 1,142 988 1,359 1,216 1,043 3,236 3,195 3,972 3,632 3,424
Monks 3,534 3,005 3,016 3,531 3,888 8,552 8,454 8,906 10,509 11,938
Plaice 2,023 2,015 2,291 2,254 2,186 2,769 2,792 2,912 2,856 3,000
Pollack 1,664 1,319 1,311 1,181 1,434 2,565 2,721 2,686 2,511 3,267
Red mullet 37 1 13 5 38 30 1 64 16 276
Redfish 194 164 126 106 113 581 649 701 606 614
Saithe 422 100 149 82 224 268 69 109 84 241
Sole 2,072 1,928 1,852 1,650 1,837 15,798 14,076 13,763 13,938 16,192
Turbot 302 312 291 365 397 2,532 2,503 2,370 3,037 3,800
Whiting 3,741 2,189 2,127 1,805 1,745 2,595 1,469 1,289 1,390 1,541
Witches 147 162 171 181 188 195 227 332 369 294
Other demersal 5,990 5,963 5,854 6,295 7,058 6,086 6,140 5,892 6,824 7,459
Total demersal 33,124 25,645 26,223 26,299 27,701 66,678 59,785 60,486 65,049 71,421
Blue whiting - 0 - 32 23 - 0 - 9 6
Herring 5,587 5,861 6,423 8,024 5,934 1,081 1,421 1,808 2,343 2,521
Horse mackerel 4,958 4,425 5,604 4,610 6,724 1,439 1,228 1,542 1,275 1,884
Mackerel 4,515 4,103 5,708 4,719 5,280 3,397 3,190 4,796 3,956 5,213
Pilchards 2,415 2,694 2,459 2,263 3,481 961 1,000 748 624 878
Sardinelle aurita 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0
Other pelagic 3,747 3,634 3,210 4,853 4,321 1,919 1,158 1,402 1,002 969
Total pelagic 21,222 20,716 23,405 24,501 25,763 8,798 7,996 10,296 9,209 11,473
Cuttlefish 4,419 3,559 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,514 5,245 3,532 7,886 8,843
Edible crabs 8,547 11,245 10,536 11,852 12,616 11,020 14,383 12,210 14,465 16,195
Lobsters 1,869 1,726 1,659 1,575 1,938 21,404 20,680 15,087 14,762 19,297
Nephrops 10,343 10,182 10,852 9,320 9,940 22,173 19,983 17,574 15,614 24,403
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 10 13 25 22 47 11 15 38 80 49
Queen scallops 1,489 63 1,929 4,565 13,575 522 24 717 1,715 4,794
Scallops 11,939 12,915 17,754 21,426 22,202 20,582 21,237 25,323 32,209 39,464
Squid 601 375 448 443 689 2,626 1,724 1,829 1,697 3,060
Velvet crabs 778 566 400 291 377 1,261 816 630 522 596
Whelks 12,533 13,263 12,558 14,027 13,585 7,504 9,029 7,204 9,123 8,812
Other shellfish 21,858 24,829 8,824 8,725 12,663 19,369 14,318 13,073 6,498 5,319
Total shellfish 74,385 78,735 67,203 76,078 90,892 111,986 107,456 97,216 104,571 130,831
Total landings 128,731 125,096 116,830 126,878 144,356 187,462 175,237 167,999 178,829 213,725

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2010.

(2) The methodology used to calculate value of landings was changed by the introduction of the Register of Buyers and Sellers ( RBS) in September 2005 - see discussion in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details.

(3) Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated; when corrected the value failed to meet the £2m threshold and cockles are no longer separately distinguished in the tables. The figures have been included in Other shellfish.

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