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.x Value and prices in real terms 1 of the main species 2 landed by Scottish vessels: 2007 to 2011

  Value (£'000) at 2011 prices Price (£ per tonne) at 2011 prices
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Cod 16,530 17,224 18,182 24,657 22,865 2,288 2,264 1,904 2,041 2,215
Haddock 40,993 34,449 33,270 33,237 30,877 1,404 1,193 1,046 1,183 1,263
Hake 4,442 8,987 14,315 11,253 12,385 1,631 1,815 2,079 1,894 1,851
Ling 3,308 3,480 4,686 5,902 6,122 1,353 1,304 1,268 1,486 1,496
Megrims 6,255 8,442 8,745 8,601 9,053 2,582 2,826 2,753 2,802 3,250
Monks 29,977 34,262 38,333 33,417 33,479 2,763 2,912 3,399 3,478 3,453
Plaice 7,721 7,117 6,147 3,766 3,903 1,435 1,397 1,229 1,116 1,192
Saithe 4,499 7,303 9,497 11,009 11,468 539 611 737 942 1,043
Whiting 10,188 9,838 8,369 7,995 9,516 1,072 1,077 1,050 1,148 1,218
Total demersal 142,894 148,936 156,898 155,758 152,851
Herring 15,680 10,938 15,306 11,964 16,974 270 240 331 287 450
Mackerel 77,690 92,264 142,074 116,127 163,112 719 847 936 861 1,118
Total pelagic 99,784 108,205 158,993 132,605 184,341
Edible crabs 13,233 9,292 9,509 10,991 11,496 1,312 1,201 1,158 1,197 1,175
Lobsters 10,724 11,710 11,996 11,939 13,196 12,104 11,380 10,885 10,539 10,606
Nephrops 112,447 97,521 81,508 78,647 84,309 3,477 3,196 2,679 2,923 3,721
Queen scallops 1,863 1,766 2,322 3,293 6,374 411 398 435 393 387
Scallops 28,185 30,430 31,565 32,754 30,935 2,278 2,092 1,822 1,746 1,960
Squid 3,817 5,141 4,918 9,141 9,164 3,062 3,138 2,271 2,823 4,051
Velvet crabs 6,434 6,231 6,486 6,575 5,810 2,186 2,295 2,335 2,606 2,642
Total shellfish 179,064 165,384 151,177 156,514 164,220
Total landings 421,742 422,525 467,068 444,877 501,411

(1) See Table 1.1 'Scottish vessels - All landings' for nominal values. Values in real terms were calculated by application of the HM Treasury Gross Domestic Product deflators, http://hm-treasury.gov.uk/data_gdp_index.htm

Year GDP deflator
2007 90.8
2008 93.6
2009 94.8
2010 97.5
2011 100.0

(2) Main species are those landed by Scottish vessels with a value of £2 million or above in 2010.

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