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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011

Published
13 September 2012
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782560678

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.7.i Quantity and value of all landings into Shetland district by main species: 2007 to 2011

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Shetland
Catfish 18 23 41 46 40 25 34 55 72 74
Cod 1,642 1,844 2,448 2,976 2,631 3,384 3,910 4,277 5,775 5,743
Cuckoo ray - - 0 69 112 - - 0 71 117
Haddock 3,788 4,145 3,105 2,516 2,728 4,986 5,035 3,589 3,136 3,425
Hake 135 235 184 190 254 143 285 207 224 344
Lemon sole 75 82 76 74 90 202 236 176 218 353
Ling 454 691 830 802 863 482 810 888 975 1,198
Megrims 475 602 703 634 633 1,126 1,769 1,982 1,841 2,193
Monks 2,168 2,660 2,548 1,659 1,846 5,183 7,222 8,024 5,515 6,210
Norway pout - - - 294 - - - - 41 -
Plaice 212 230 197 226 227 203 167 148 171 194
Pollack 131 253 186 136 112 207 532 379 287 275
Saithe 1,619 1,939 2,193 2,227 1,873 713 992 1,383 1,919 1,844
Skates and rays 192 206 199 69 20 170 200 224 69 21
Spotted ray - - - 29 39 - - - 40 57
Tusk 31 35 46 40 32 20 28 30 35 31
Whiting 1,750 2,191 2,167 1,744 1,794 1,897 2,428 2,242 1,936 2,149
Witches 60 89 117 72 88 65 108 145 88 127
Other demersal 115 119 150 149 97 330 347 366 357 321
Total demersal 12,865 15,343 15,190 13,952 13,480 19,135 24,103 24,115 22,770 24,676
Blue whiting 29,180 42,460 6,928 5,849 - 4,532 4,510 1,191 1,212 -
Herring 24,419 16,493 4,725 7,542 9,440 4,286 4,268 1,418 2,255 4,608
Horse mackerel 40 222 2,047 2,861 2,146 5 57 768 1,398 1,120
Mackerel 51,588 45,754 46,900 56,235 (r) 44,136 35,091 36,505 40,282 47,026 (r) 56,113
Other pelagic 770 55 - 9 - 46 3 - 1 -
Total pelagic 105,997 104,985 60,600 72,495 (r) 55,722 43,961 45,342 43,659 51,891 (r) 61,841
Edible crabs 474 435 325 276 296 470 420 315 278 299
Green crabs 4 29 23 25 26 2 16 12 16 20
Lobsters 16 20 31 32 30 202 252 370 383 365
Nephrops 213 426 399 313 253 997 1,720 1,136 830 914
Scallops 862 878 912 1,077 910 2,108 1,817 2,498 3,030 1,574
Squid 104 130 143 228 157 323 401 387 646 642
Velvet crabs 191 300 340 268 263 396 725 786 673 814
Other shellfish 5 5 11 25 30 5 14 10 20 19
Total shellfish 1,870 2,222 2,184 2,244 1,965 4,502 5,363 5,515 5,876 4,647
Total landings 120,732 122,550 77,975 88,691 (r) 71,167 67,598 74,809 73,289 80,537 (r) 91,165
Stornoway
Total demersal 144 119 89 107 110 170 162 119 160 119
Total pelagic 1 0 18 0 21 0 0 5 0 14
Edible crabs 988 739 658 688 775 1,054 808 720 719 856
Lobsters 178 162 134 134 130 1,849 1,688 1,374 1,349 1,408
Nephrops 2,237 2,108 1,758 1,450 1,378 7,296 7,063 6,288 5,910 5,400
Scallops 337 416 468 459 402 689 902 1,004 859 811
Velvet crabs 302 257 283 286 268 585 531 588 664 715
Other shellfish 21 27 44 26 25 73 140 92 131 123
Total shellfish 4,063 3,709 3,345 3,043 2,977 11,545 11,132 10,066 9,631 9,312
Total landings 4,208 3,828 3,452 3,150 3,108 11,716 11,295 10,190 9,792 9,445

(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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