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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

Published
12 September 2013
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782568124

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

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Table 1.1.e Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels, by main species 1,4: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Scottish vessels
Landings into the UK and Abroad
Bass 67 24 63 105 51 329 149 400 645 306
Black scabbardfish 26 81 104 36 34 29 123 170 90 69
Blue ling 217 357 385 76 48 284 397 496 102 70
Brill 39 28 22 22 26 237 164 116 128 120
Cod 7,606 9,552 12,081 10,323 10,772 16,123 17,244 24,031 22,865 21,353
Greenland halibut 139 317 418 62 67 224 575 984 203 174
Haddock 28,876 31,802 28,101 24,453 30,639 32,247 31,553 32,394 30,877 32,034
Hake 4,951 6,885 5,940 6,689 7,029 8,413 13,576 10,967 12,385 14,799
Lemon sole 1,048 737 626 743 655 2,714 1,651 1,582 2,258 1,711
Ling 2,669 3,696 3,972 4,092 4,147 3,258 4,444 5,753 6,122 5,911
Megrims 2,987 3,176 3,070 2,785 2,741 7,903 8,293 8,383 9,053 7,730
Monkfish 11,767 11,279 9,609 9,696 8,299 32,072 36,354 32,569 33,479 27,297
Plaice 5,093 5,003 3,374 3,275 2,898 6,662 5,829 3,671 3,903 3,159
Pollack 756 531 394 363 454 1,492 989 792 876 986
Red mullet 307 186 165 143 58 1,285 1,061 794 717 347
Redfish 178 175 439 126 122 182 209 515 216 178
Saithe 11,952 12,883 11,690 10,996 10,032 6,836 9,007 10,729 11,468 10,557
Sole 253 116 43 12 31 1,900 981 377 121 229
Turbot 177 148 102 114 104 1,296 1,126 859 1,008 781
Whiting 9,136 7,969 6,964 7,814 9,033 9,209 7,937 7,792 9,516 9,607
Witches 1,016 834 843 668 753 1,220 1,128 1,276 918 856
Other demersal 10,443 7,688 17,472 12,090 7,732 5,501 6,011 7,155 5,902 4,511
Total demersal 99,705 103,466 105,877 94,684 95,727 139,416 148,801 151,807 152,851 142,786
Blue whiting 24,004 174 5,496 1,331 6,305 2,559 19 1,109 597 1,733
Herring 45,569 46,241 41,712 37,717 54,321 10,239 14,516 11,660 16,974 28,972
Horse mackerel 1,323 1,568 2,490 1,004 1,501 485 361 891 400 805
Mackerel 3 108,922 151,757 134,880 145,955 134,345 86,366 134,742 113,181 163,112 131,096
Pilchards 24,926 2,148 1,508 776 - 732 62 137 122 -
Sardinelle aurita - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic 2,129 3,093 3,057 5,495 3,303 907 1,088 2,262 3,135 3,445
Total pelagic 206,873 204,981 189,142 192,277 199,774 101,289 150,788 129,240 184,341 166,050
Cuttlefish 10 19 71 57 178 17 39 167 172 322
Edible crabs 7,734 8,210 9,180 9,786 9,494 8,698 9,018 10,712 11,496 11,337
Lobsters 1,029 1,102 1,133 1,244 1,132 10,961 11,377 11,636 13,196 11,765
Nephrops 30,511 30,427 26,903 22,655 21,272 91,287 77,302 76,651 84,309 82,449
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Queen scallops 4,437 5,334 8,373 16,457 14,797 1,653 2,202 3,209 6,374 5,926
Scallops 14,548 17,328 18,762 15,783 17,092 28,485 29,936 31,923 30,935 31,332
Squid 1,638 2,166 3,238 2,262 1,559 4,812 4,664 8,910 9,164 5,134
Velvet crabs 2,714 2,778 2,523 2,199 2,029 5,832 6,151 6,408 5,810 4,853
Whelks 292 367 376 289 380 181 193 209 169 238
Other shellfish 2,002 1,712 1,823 1,156 1,362 2,886 2,491 2,718 2,595 3,346
Total shellfish 64,915 69,442 72,381 71,889 69,295 154,813 143,374 152,543 164,220 156,701
Total landings 371,493 377,889 367,400 358,850 364,796 395,517 442,963 433,590 501,411 465,537

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2010.

(2) The methodology used to calculate value of landings was changed by the introduction of the Register of Buyers and Sellers ( RBS) in September 2005 - see discussion in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details.

(3) Because no Sales Notes were received for mackerel landed by Scottish vessels into Norway, the value of these landings were estimated for 2009 - see discussion in in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details. We assess that the estimated figure of £55million is overstated by some £7million

(4) Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated; when corrected the value failed to meet the £2m threshold and cockles are no longer separately distinguished in the tables. The figures have been included in Other shellfish.

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