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.f Quantity and value of all landings into Peterhead district by main species: 2007 to 2011

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Peterhead
Blue ling 32 20 9 44 - 39 27 8 38 -
Catfish 142 144 192 175 135 225 235 294 290 252
Cod 3,584 4,036 5,008 7,627 6,744 7,607 8,617 9,070 15,063 14,897
Greenland halibut 9 19 0 46 - 22 43 0 93 -
Haddock 16,582 16,940 18,528 17,559 (r) 15,552 21,358 19,216 17,997 20,203 (r) 19,531
Hake 709 1,420 1,642 1,579 2,028 929 2,129 1,913 2,007 2,805
Halibut 112 140 104 77 47 585 679 577 524 419
Lemon sole 501 554 295 260 244 1,323 1,438 669 609 709
Ling 693 656 846 735 (r) 933 856 813 962 972 (r) 1,407
Megrim 423 476 437 324 (r) 384 979 1,199 1,027 874 (r) 1,236
Monks 2,128 1,998 1,747 1,189 (r) 1,333 5,300 5,424 5,534 3,993 (r) 4,470
Norway pout - - - 291 60 - - - 15 5
Plaice 222 323 262 271 303 223 294 206 209 272
Pollack 613 591 387 328 298 854 1,082 656 588 694
Redfishes 107 53 11 46 49 100 56 11 60 64
Roes 31 31 31 37 44 71 82 76 97 118
Saithe 4,889 7,214 7,768 7,316 (r) 7,600 2,477 4,302 5,580 6,857 (r) 8,253
Skates and rays 67 52 41 21 49 54 37 34 17 40
Turbot 14 19 21 25 23 115 136 152 183 203
Tusk 54 40 41 31 27 49 38 28 29 29
Whiting 4,440 4,336 3,557 3,724 4,300 4,659 4,610 3,837 4,413 5,665
Witches 189 208 153 137 138 263 308 214 193 215
Other demersal 185 149 178 147 922 194 163 193 159 311
Total demersal 35,726 39,422 41,258 41,986 (r) 41,213 48,283 50,928 49,036 57,485 (r) 61,595
Argentines - 2,256 3,931 346 - - 1,150 704 137 -
Blue whiting 7,594 14,070 10,333 25,291 3,136 923 2,405 1,901 6,070 1,624
Capelin - 1,332 - 2,331 - - 314 - 527 -
Herring 39,848 32,916 27,033 24,021 22,280 8,145 8,404 8,467 7,048 11,883
Horse mackerel 1,897 242 4,446 340 1,177 469 36 1,658 100 980
Mackerel 59,395 55,622 57,403 69,238 57,374 39,273 43,055 47,150 56,447 66,105
Other pelagic 371 356 963 - 1 29 54 101 - 0
Total pelagic 109,104 106,794 104,109 121,566 83,969 48,838 55,418 59,981 70,329 80,592
Edible crabs 197 71 96 177 (r) 239 1,472 82 109 298 (r) 325
Nephrops 2,259 2,801 2,852 3,189 2,264 8,808 8,819 6,565 8,825 10,014
Red crabs - 13 56 136 (r) 166 - 11 123 427 (r) 591
Scallops 297 289 659 484 176 535 564 1,092 829 340
Squid 157 235 124 399 (r) 230 432 702 270 1,030 (r) 927
Velvet crabs 24 18 12 23 23 41 26 18 45 46
Whelks 0 0 0 70 (r) - 0 0 0 33 (r) -
Other shellfish 6 162 29 30 15 46 230 552 138 119
Total shellfish 2,940 3,590 3,828 4,507 (r) 3,113 11,335 10,435 8,730 11,625 (r) 12,362
Total landings 147,771 149,806 149,195 168,060 (r) 128,295 108,456 116,781 117,748 139,440 (r) 154,549

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2010. Some 2010 figures have been revised downwards due to double counting arising from duplicated records in the vessel file.

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