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 1.5.a Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using demersal gears by main species 1: 2011
Demersal Gears | ||||||||||||||||
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Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||||||
Demersal trawl 2 | Demersal seine | Demersal twin/multi trawl | Lines | Gill nets | Beam trawl | Other methods | Total | Demersal trawl 2 | Demersal seine | Demersal twin/multi trawl | Lines | Gill nets | Beam trawl | Other methods | Total | |
Cod | 8,104 | 1,061 | 1,109 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 10,301 | 17,965 | 2,325 | 2,474 | 53 | 7 | - | - | 22,823 |
Haddock | 19,211 | 3,664 | 1,521 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 24,399 | 24,516 | 4,429 | 1,871 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 30,819 |
Hake | 2,507 | 192 | 168 | 3,747 | 74 | - | - | 6,688 | 3,551 | 253 | 213 | 8,300 | 67 | - | - | 12,384 |
Lemon sole | 578 | 40 | 120 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 738 | 1,722 | 134 | 390 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2,248 |
Ling | 2,202 | 57 | 578 | 1,168 | 87 | - | - | 4,091 | 3,243 | 87 | 836 | 1,823 | 133 | - | - | 6,121 |
Megrim | 2,144 | 160 | 478 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 2,784 | 6,846 | 562 | 1,632 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 9,050 |
Monks | 5,630 | 113 | 1,688 | 33 | 2,184 | - | - | 9,648 | 19,634 | 375 | 5,798 | 103 | 7,448 | - | - | 33,358 |
Plaice | 1,871 | 129 | 1,255 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3,256 | 6,009 | 1,381 | 1,115 | 1,223 | 112 | - | - | 9,840 |
Saithe | 9,795 | 143 | 1,048 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 10,991 | 2,156 | 136 | 1,590 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3,882 |
Whiting | 5,464 | 1,389 | 915 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7,768 | 10,246 | 141 | 1,071 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 11,463 |
Other demersal | 6,934 | 561 | 510 | 747 | 43 | - | - | 8,795 | 6,749 | 1,753 | 978 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9,481 |
Total demersal | 64,440 | 7,508 | 9,389 | 5,729 | 2,394 | - | - | 89,461 | 102,638 | 11,574 | 17,967 | 11,513 | 7,776 | - | - | 151,469 |
Other species a | 11,688 | 162 | 142 | 1,564 | 25 | - | 22 | 13,601 | 15,840 | 721 | 491 | 2,720 | 82 | - | 64 | 19,918 |
(a) Other species include pelagic and/or shellfish species
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2010.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, whilebottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.
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