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.s Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into Scotland, by main species 1,3: 2007 to 2011

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
UK and Foreign vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass 1 1 1 1 0 5 5 6 4 1
Black scabbardfish 2,556 3,166 3,182 2,795 2,132 3,902 3,850 3,695 5,772 5,017
Blue Ling 3,806 2,739 3,266 3,410 (r) 1,826 4,324 2,743 2,181 4,266 (r) 2,338
Brill 1 2 1 2
2 3 6 5 7
7
Cod 7,717 8,152 9,953 13,013 (r) 11,219 15,947 17,128 17,862 25,452 (r) 24,621
Greenland halibut 194 506 1,150 1,047 (r) 401 493 790 2,150 2,698 (r) 1,280
Haddock 30,202 29,717 33,264 29,754 (r) 25,733 38,863 32,915 32,817 34,094 (r) 32,386
Hake 4,221 7,673 10,801 10,310 (r) 12,184 6,351 13,108 20,727 18,198 (r) 21,161
Lemon sole 959 936 614 530 564 2,456 2,327 1,301 1,199 1,614
Ling 3,350 3,979 4,736 4,831 (r) 4,860 4,277 4,837 5,549 6,655 (r) 7,198
Megrims 2,415 2,773 2,834 2,707 (r) 2,445 5,654 7,572 7,396 7,411 (r) 7,968
Monks 11,827 11,916 12,012 9,755 (r) 9,385 29,552 32,485 37,731 33,285 (r) 32,033
Plaice 790 837 676 689 775 705 662 488 500 628
Pollack 889 975 636 547 485 1,246 1,825 1,150 1,026 1,124
Red mullet 12 21 12 6 3 24 27 36 21 12
Redfish 895 573 896 1,156 (r) 350 1,196 550 896 1,448 (r) 525
Saithe 17,753 18,189 19,380 16,359 (r) 17,391 8,593 9,631 13,487 14,926 (r) 18,263
Sole 5 3 2 2
3 33 16 11 10
24
Turbot 42 49 42 47 49 346 359 312 370 431
Whiting 9,475 9,239 8,002 7,131 (r) 7,970 9,266 9,289 8,003 8,021 (r) 9,819
Witches 1,232 914 849 692 640 1,506 1,117 1,095 890 848
Other demersal 8,232 6,995 7,866 7,087 (r) 5,002 8,308 7,611 9,057 8,258 (r) 6,027
Total demersal 106,572 109,352 120,173 111,872 (r) 103,419 143,049 148,854 165,957 174,513 (r) 173,322
Blue whiting 41,857 59,294 17,261 31,139 3,415 6,095 7,164 3,092 7,282 1,750
Herring 64,729 51,630 35,327 31,682 32,501 12,506 13,309 10,931 9,355 16,849
Horse mackerel 1,937 662 6,495 3,204 3,332 474 155 2,426 1,499 2,104
Mackerel 118,890 106,872 116,165 133,839 (r) 112,262 79,225 83,194 97,520 110,361 (r) 134,217
Pilchards 114 164 - -
- 3 14 - -
-
Sardinelle aurita - - - -
- - - - -
-
Other pelagic 1,042 3,836 4,965 3,266 512 76 1,507 820 792 116
Total pelagic 228,568 222,457 180,213 203,132 (r) 152,022 98,380 105,343 114,790 129,288 (r) 155,036
Cuttlefish 0 0 - 0
0 0 0 - 0
0
Edible crabs 11,974 9,430 10,424 11,015 (r) 11,927 15,783 10,802 11,497 13,133 (r) 14,250
Lobsters 894 1,030 1,101 1,136
1,238 9,841 10,995 11,407 11,703
13,147
Nephrops 33,802 32,789 31,499 28,906 24,340 104,414 95,570 78,286 79,676 86,753
Patagonian squid - - - -
- - - - -
-
Pink shrimps 0 - - -
0 0 - - -
0
Queen scallops 4,301 4,562 4,498 7,473
9,357 1,693 1,700 1,872 2,904
3,771
Scallops 8,986 10,168 9,899 9,335
7,794 18,495 25,247 19,182 17,608
16,081
Squid 1,218 1,541 2,093 3,188 (r) 2,151 3,338 4,438 4,340 8,615 (r) 8,536
Velvet crabs 2,946 2,711 2,762 2,518
2,193 5,852 5,832 6,135 6,403
5,801
Whelks 456 255 363 419 (r) 239 264 162 193 224 (r) 138
Other shellfish 2,069 2,044 1,583 2,106 (r) 1,352 1,876 2,634 3,068 3,624 (r) 3,461
Total shellfish 66,646 64,530 64,224 66,096 (r) 60,590 161,555 157,379 135,980 143,890 (r) 151,938
Total landings 401,787 396,340 364,610 381,100 (r) 316,031 402,984 411,576 416,726 447,690 (r) 480,296

(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. Some 2010 figures have been revised due to double counting arising from duplicated records in the vessel file.

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