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.m Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the whole 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 UK
Bass 677 766 657 687 720 4,012 4,377 4,361 4,870 5,468
Black scabbardfish 57 26 81 104 36 87 28 123 170 90
Blue ling 272 222 360 384 76 364 290 397 494 102
Brill 290 283 243 283 285 1,604 1,611 1,398 1,566 1,753
Cod 12,753 9,798 11,620 14,645 12,691 21,732 20,292 20,662 28,562 27,458
Greenland halibut 342 144 317 418 62 556 233 574 984 202
Haddock 32,292 31,908 34,744 31,714 28,259 39,867 34,955 34,184 36,170 35,050
Hake 2,752 4,118 6,376 5,624 6,727 4,566 7,765 11,823 10,150 12,282
Lemon sole 1,976 1,745 1,998 1,929 1,611 6,328 5,307 5,308 6,293 5,906
Ling 3,040 3,005 3,944 4,117 4,192 3,609 3,621 4,608 5,690 6,157
Megrims 3,425 3,516 3,941 3,555 3,208 8,519 10,050 10,724 10,110 10,496
Monks 13,790 13,092 12,915 11,740 11,829 34,076 36,476 40,107 38,583 39,526
Plaice 2,799 2,848 2,963 2,932 2,959 3,455 3,450 3,397 3,347 3,627
Pollack 2,551 2,292 1,947 1,726 1,917 3,808 4,543 3,834 3,535 4,388
Red mullet 49 22 25 11 41 54 28 100 37 287
Redfish 428 338 301 534 232 831 827 910 1,105 812
Saithe 9,966 12,883 14,413 13,601 12,709 4,927 7,404 10,072 12,378 13,387
Sole 2,077 1,931 1,855 1,652 1,841 15,830 14,092 13,774 13,948 16,216
Turbot 342 358 333 407 445 2,866 2,844 2,679 3,374 4,223
Whiting 13,133 11,415 10,092 8,924 9,668 11,784 10,746 9,257 9,397 11,323
Witches 1,342 1,034 965 832 802 1,653 1,290 1,368 1,205 1,103
Other demersal 8,751 8,035 8,703 8,898 8,891 9,981 9,568 10,440 11,078 10,527
Total demersal 113,103 109,779 118,792 114,718 109,199 180,508 179,796 190,103 203,046 210,383
Blue whiting 21,886 15,345 11 4,968 1,347 2,686 1,449 0 991 602
Herring 50,745 38,227 31,611 35,590 31,260 9,467 9,693 9,529 10,295 15,316
Horse mackerel 6,352 5,059 6,443 5,777 8,939 1,779 1,377 1,768 1,773 3,067
Mackerel 100,303 90,722 100,265 99,899 94,422 67,146 67,824 84,533 81,981 107,472
Pilchards 2,529 2,858 2,459 2,263 3,481 965 1,014 748 624 878
Sardinelle aurita 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0
Other pelagic 4,625 3,882 4,249 5,492 4,831 1,985 1,201 1,517 1,149 1,085
Total pelagic 186,439 156,092 145,038 153,990 144,279 84,029 82,559 98,096 96,814 128,420
Cuttlefish 4,419 3,559 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,515 5,246 3,532 7,886 8,843
Edible crabs 19,986 20,076 20,047 22,556 24,516 24,875 24,509 22,724 27,103 30,354
Lobsters 2,764 2,752 2,757 2,710 3,177 31,241 31,629 26,456 26,460 32,444
Nephrops 44,125 42,946 42,343 38,215 34,278 126,495 115,459 95,842 95,259 111,150
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 10 13 25 22 47 11 15 38 80 49
Queen scallops 5,789 4,625 6,427 12,039 22,932 2,215 1,724 2,590 4,619 8,565
Scallops 20,801 23,001 27,601 30,760 29,996 38,829 46,332 44,403 49,817 55,545
Squid 1,793 1,890 2,516 3,595 2,826 5,900 6,108 6,110 10,233 11,560
Velvet crabs 3,724 3,276 3,163 2,809 2,570 7,113 6,648 6,764 6,924 6,397
Whelks 12,989 13,518 12,921 14,377 13,824 7,768 9,191 7,397 9,314 8,950
Other shellfish 23,867 26,680 10,323 10,644 13,800 21,215 16,743 15,509 9,444 7,939
Total shellfish 140,267 142,336 130,340 141,558 151,224 271,177 263,603 231,364 247,139 281,796
Total landings 439,809 408,207 394,171 410,266 404,703 535,714 525,957 519,563 546,999 620,600

(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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