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.i Quantity and value of landings by other UK vessels abroad, 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 abroad
Bass 7 21 22 15 70 50 131 139 107 495
Black scabbardfish - - - 0 7 - - - 0 8
Blue ling 4 4 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0
Brill 47 68 109 109 93 214 322 581 605 1,177
Cod 9,294 10,293 10,791 10,376 13,595 12,600 9,941 15,947 18,506 8,673
Greenland halibut 326 461 233 345 22 434 794 378 559 14
Haddock 1,038 1,398 1,815 1,524 1,076 1,263 1,185 1,806 1,826 1,058
Hake 449 340 241 645 247 635 522 357 981 408
Lemon sole 175 130 199 295 295 479 318 615 989 905
Ling 89 94 91 141 110 96 97 125 197 169
Megrims 489 607 604 812 630 726 927 1,401 2,039 1,760
Monkfish 686 660 985 1,401 1,299 2,000 1,768 3,701 4,682 5,202
Plaice 5,844 7,501 10,771 11,707 13,394 10,408 8,732 12,686 15,578 22,892
Pollack 150 220 267 382 433 334 502 821 1,089 1,114
Red mullet 4 78 171 67 134 15 475 905 89 836
Redfish 120 120 52 137 118 67 181 68 703 41
Saithe 2,246 2,735 2,193 3,017 1,984 1,844 2,329 1,991 2,890 1,882
Sole 195 405 540 358 265 1,527 3,406 5,677 3,817 7,240
Turbot 170 247 269 274 261 1,197 1,777 2,643 2,358 4,390
Whiting 24 78 174 172 268 14 56 140 159 363
Witches 87 72 85 121 111 125 108 158 267 237
Other demersal 1,388 1,316 1,667 2,420 1,756 1,595 1,622 1,687 2,432 1,979
Total demersal 22,831 26,850 31,278 34,322 36,166 35,627 35,193 51,825 59,873 60,844
Blue whiting 14,147 6,176 2,444 31 2,749 2,617 1,112 531 17 1,500
Herring 15,354 14,458 11,895 14,615 29,748 6,820 6,495 6,762 8,232 5,437
Horse mackerel 4,843 11,055 10,329 7,007 7,610 1,556 3,603 3,993 3,163 3,123
Mackerel 10,983 15,017 17,361 26,690 28,670 9,899 13,592 18,012 32,179 18,047
Pilchards 729 1,715 4,463 1,267 3,372 200 472 1,303 348 882
Sardinelle aurita 6,524 8,763 15,019 3,625 971 1,794 2,410 4,130 1,813 485
Other pelagic 407 688 1,490 1,070 55 377 299 358 358 37
Total pelagic 52,987 57,872 63,000 54,305 73,173 23,264 27,983 35,089 46,111 29,511
Cuttlefish 5 10 35 26 80 5 17 82 71 207
Edible crabs 2,504 2,155 1,869 1,771 2,449 2,792 2,281 2,152 2,293 3,306
Lobsters 23 23 25 16 23 364 300 317 229 258
Nephrops 356 398 296 77 19 1,053 880 784 358 66
Patagonian squid 739 - 3,453 1,493 5,057 739 - 5,724 4,003 6,705
Pink shrimps - - 2,843 - 1,280 - - 5,118 - 2,561
Queen scallops - 7 34 169 2,106 - 3 11 71 847
Scallops 12 3 8 55 16 28 4 9 105 21
Squid 80 92 92 100 158 259 347 393 556 806
Velvet crabs 5 13 1 0 1 10 13 1 0 2
Whelks 179 106 101 80 85 108 66 47 36 45
Other shellfish 625 154 143 323 736 634 234 287 529 885
Total shellfish 4,530 2,961 8,900 4,110 12,011 5,995 4,145 14,926 8,251 15,708
Total landings 80,347 87,684 103,178 92,736 121,350 64,885 67,321 101,841 114,235 106,063

(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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