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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 2.6 Number of Scottish based vessels by main fishing method ( 1) and length group as at 31st December 2011
| Main fishing method | Length group (metres) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total | |
| Demersal single trawl | 18 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 49 | - | 139 | 157 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Seine net | - | - | - | 16 | 12 | - | 28 | 28 |
| Lines | 31 | - | - | - | 13 | 2 | 15 | 46 |
| Demersal gill nets | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | 9 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | - | 16 | 16 |
| Beam trawl | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Other demersal | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Demersal total | 54 | 6 | 9 | 111 | 99 | 4 | 229 | 283 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Creel fishing | 1,285 | 95 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 118 | 1,403 |
| Nephrops trawl | 80 | 45 | 46 | 81 | 5 | - | 177 | 257 |
| Mechanical dredging | 16 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 12 | - | 71 | 87 |
| Suction dredging | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 34 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 38 |
| Shellfish total | 1,416 | 151 | 77 | 127 | 17 | 0 | 372 | 1,788 |
| Total | 1,470 | 157 | 86 | 238 | 116 | 28 | 625 | 2,095 |
(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.
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