Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

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


Table 1.1.h Quantity and value of landings by other UK vessels into the whole of the UK, by main species 1,3: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Other UK vessels
Landings into the UK
Bass 741 653 652 630 780 4,233 4,328 4,649 4,915 5,383
Black scabbardfish - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 -
Blue ling 7 3 0 - 0 8 1 0 - 0
Brill 274 238 275 274 291 1,572 1,370 1,528 1,704 1,533
Cod 2,436 2,668 2,877 2,487 2,097 4,760 4,584 5,301 4,953 4,015
Greenland halibut 5 - - 0 - 9 - - 0 -
Haddock 3,142 3,097 3,697 3,855 3,454 2,832 2,773 3,870 4,234 3,775
Hake 661 697 742 771 1,052 1,591 1,300 1,232 1,237 2,138
Lemon sole 853 1,389 1,412 1,012 1,900 3,073 3,991 5,089 4,171 5,278
Ling 509 463 409 503 411 550 512 507 668 523
Megrims 877 1,176 1,180 1,001 1,165 2,826 3,451 3,476 3,252 3,002
Monkfish 2,973 3,133 3,798 4,018 3,795 8,278 9,032 11,285 12,522 11,286
Plaice 2,018 2,288 2,270 2,182 2,454 2,793 2,898 2,861 2,976 2,938
Pollack 1,555 1,428 1,343 1,565 1,339 3,087 2,870 2,778 3,534 2,965
Red mullet 1 1 0 0 71 2 2 1 1 475
Redfish 169 127 108 113 1 654 702 608 614 1
Saithe 1,541 1,630 2,244 1,802 1,057 909 1,163 2,091 2,020 1,045
Sole 1,918 1,841 1,645 1,831 1,693 13,991 13,688 13,894 16,126 13,654
Turbot 304 287 359 384 393 2,461 2,348 3,007 3,720 3,218
Whiting 2,324 2,191 2,079 2,006 1,835 1,575 1,372 1,704 1,945 1,379
Witches 227 217 245 230 222 299 370 471 349 595
Other demersal 5,972 5,845 6,114 6,927 6,113 6,124 5,854 6,813 7,196 6,757
Total demersal 28,507 29,371 31,447 31,592 30,122 61,625 62,610 71,165 76,136 69,961
Blue whiting 0 - 32 23 117 0 - 9 6 32
Herring 6,191 6,414 13,284 9,240 6,351 1,477 1,805 3,830 4,189 2,885
Horse mackerel 4,355 5,487 4,607 8,765 7,638 1,192 1,510 1,275 2,976 2,131
Mackerel 8,339 5,528 8,427 9,569 5,826 6,209 4,694 7,538 10,543 5,631
Pilchards 2,684 2,459 2,252 3,447 4,257 1,000 748 620 867 1,085
Sardinelle aurita 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Other pelagic 3,629 3,210 4,807 4,320 4,999 1,159 1,402 991 969 1,056
Total pelagic 25,199 23,099 33,409 35,365 29,189 11,036 10,160 14,264 19,551 12,820
Cuttlefish 3,557 2,214 3,780 3,211 5,098 5,243 3,525 7,773 8,703 10,404
Edible crabs 12,392 11,856 13,387 14,737 16,251 15,842 13,720 16,413 18,869 20,327
Lobsters 1,723 1,655 1,578 1,933 2,001 20,670 15,081 14,827 19,249 19,169
Nephrops 12,633 12,075 11,478 11,791 11,426 25,118 19,578 19,615 27,950 28,835
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 13 25 22 47 31 15 38 80 49 35
Queen scallops 222 1,502 4,546 8,465 6,720 85 542 1,743 3,001 2,586
Scallops 8,467 10,274 12,007 14,214 16,927 17,872 14,469 17,907 24,613 28,155
Squid 379 444 468 674 368 1,731 1,790 1,738 2,958 1,995
Velvet crabs 562 385 286 371 331 816 613 517 587 1,507
Whelks 13,245 12,566 14,004 13,535 16,009 9,017 7,209 9,106 8,782 10,871
Other shellfish 24,797 8,640 8,890 12,702 13,923 14,198 13,057 6,808 5,437 8,325
Total shellfish 77,991 61,635 70,448 81,679 89,086 110,606 89,621 96,528 120,199 132,208
Total landings 131,697 114,105 135,304 148,637 148,397 183,267 162,391 181,957 215,886 214,989

(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) 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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