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.b Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using pelagic gears by main species 1 : 2011
Pelagic Gears | ||||||||
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Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||
Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other methods | Total | Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other methods | Total | |
Herring | 0 | 35,832 | - | 35,832 | 0 | 16,081 | - | 16,081 |
Mackerel | 1,968 | 137,289 | - | 139,257 | 2,827 | 153,516 | - | 156,343 |
Other pelagic | 28 | 7,092 | - | 7,120 | 9 | 2,106 | - | 2,116 |
Total pelagic | 1,997 | 180,212 | - | 182,209 | 2,837 | 171,703 | - | 174,540 |
Other species b | 0 | 5,007 | - | 5,007 | 0 | 958 | - | 958 |
(b) Other species include demersal 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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