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 2.2 Number, tonnage and engine power of active Scottish based vessels by length group and age group as at 31st December 2011

Length group (metres)
10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Total
Number of vessels Age Group (years) Under 10 175 7 9 28 5 16 240
10<15 119 2 8 27 21 3 180
15<20 130 6 6 16 14 4 176
20<25 229 49 14 33 24 1 350
25<30 154 21 11 26 15 1 228
30<35 162 23 4 22 7 - 218
35 yrs & over 197 38 27 82 26 2 372
Not known 304 11 7 4 4 1 331
Totals 1,470 157 86 238 116 28 2,095
Average age 24 28 28 27 25 13 25
Total tonnage 1 (GT) Age Group (years) Under 10 612 88 256 4,632 1,836 34,059 41,484
10<15 542 28 152 4,672 8,107 4,778 18,279
15<20 463 81 113 2,166 4,222 6,283 13,329
20<25 857 696 325 4,559 5,981 814 13,231
25<30 587 267 242 3,181 3,415 477 8,168
30<35 618 296 90 2,179 1,397 - 4,579
35 yrs & over 792 424 506 4,394 5,533 821 12,470
Not known 813 125 166 609 1,351 1,332 4,395
Totals 5,283 2,004 1,850 26,392 31,842 48,564 115,935
Average tonnage 4 13 21 110 272 1,749 63
Engine power 2 (kW) Age Group (years) Under 10 12,866 1,620 2,949 11,833 3,745 87,210 120,222
10<15 9,266 231 1,564 12,707 18,425 12,503 54,697
15<20 8,196 1,129 982 6,031 9,601 13,604 39,543
20<25 12,611 7,471 2,551 12,642 13,558 2,398 51,232
25<30 7,304 2,012 1,830 9,117 8,035 1,790 30,088
30<35 7,180 2,472 699 6,942 3,458 - 20,751
35 yrs & over 7,711 3,134 3,642 17,123 13,915 1,420 46,945
Not known 12,986 2,033 1,215 1,945 2,772 2,250 23,201
Totals 78,121 20,102 15,432 78,340 73,509 121,175 386,679
Average power 56 124 180 326 632 4,405 206

(1) Year on year tonnage comparisons should be made with caution, since these figures take no account of the phased replacement of GRT with GT during the period 1996-2003. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

(2) Engine power in years before 2005 have been underestimated. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

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