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 1.7.a Quantity and value of all landings into Aberdeen and Ayr districts by main species: 2007 to 2011

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Aberdeen
Cod 272 240 170 84 - 526 479 299 132 -
Haddock 1,929 1,477 1,251 112 - 2,586 1,669 1,285 137 -
Pollack 99 79 17 20 - 114 118 30 33 -
Saithe 196 263 213 168 29 92 145 152 142 28
Other demersal 818 515 225 26 30 1,256 843 359 42 57
Total demersal 3,313 2,575 1,876 410 58 4,574 3,254 2,126 486 85
Mackerel 4 9 11 26 56 1 6 10 19 66
Other pelagic 5,076 2,763 - - - 637 250 - - -
Total pelagic 5,080 2,773 11 26 56 638 256 10 19 66
Edible crabs 255 256 294 286 264 293 275 314 305 295
Lobsters 83 93 130 121 175 881 1,006 1,286 1,194 1,815
Nephrops 289 219 203 33 43 1,006 690 493 85 145
Scallops 2,203 1,589 957 847 456 4,365 3,510 1,762 1,419 844
Squid 35 15 9 148 80 119 39 22 504 408
Velvet crabs 169 149 81 81 136 303 295 161 176 332
Other shellfish 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 6 0
Total shellfish 3,036 2,323 1,676 1,520 1,155 6,971 5,816 4,040 3,688 3,839
Total landings 11,429 7,670 3,563 1,956 1,269 12,183 9,325 6,175 4,194 3,990
Ayr
Monks 1 1 0 67 - 3 1 0 181 -
Other demersal 195 43 9 18 3 362 56 18 30 5
Total demersal 197 43 9 84 3 365 58 18 211 5
Total pelagic 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 6 1 4
Cockles 165 5 - 341 - 190 6 - 321 (r) -
Edible crabs 32 37 18 30 - 38 40 19 34 -
Lobsters 50 58 52 69 60 562 627 550 719 641
Nephrops 2,435 2,307 1,896 2,202 2,529 5,411 5,159 4,421 5,041 5,490
Queen scallops 4,282 4,552 4,388 7,427 9,344 1,673 1,685 1,821 2,876 3,758
Razor fish 6 65 124 33 133 17 178 270 84 359
Scallops 1,184 1,385 1,587 1,696 1,360 2,485 2,703 3,072 2,928 2,667
Whelks 113 94 114 121 110 71 69 63 63 63
Other shellfish 1 3 10 2 11 2 26 15 5 14
Total shellfish 8,269 8,508 8,188 11,922 13,547 10,450 10,493 10,232 12,072 (r) 12,992
Total landings 8,465 8,553 8,200 12,007 13,554 10,815 10,553 10,255 12,284 (r) 13,000

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2010. Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated.

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