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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.m Quantity and value of landings by all 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
UK vessels
Landings into the UK
Bass 766 657 687 720 818 4,377 4,361 4,870 5,468 5,604
Black scabbardfish 26 81 104 36 34 28 123 170 90 69
Blue ling 222 360 384 76 48 290 397 494 102 70
Brill 283 243 283 285 300 1,611 1,398 1,566 1,753 1,573
Cod 9,798 11,620 14,645 12,691 12,702 20,292 20,662 28,562 27,458 24,939
Greenland halibut 144 317 418 62 67 233 574 984 202 174
Haddock 31,908 34,744 31,714 28,259 33,992 34,955 34,184 36,170 35,050 35,711
Hake 4,118 6,376 5,624 6,727 6,516 7,765 11,823 10,150 12,282 13,157
Lemon sole 1,745 1,998 1,929 1,611 2,475 5,307 5,308 6,293 5,906 6,737
Ling 3,005 3,944 4,117 4,192 4,057 3,621 4,608 5,690 6,157 5,646
Megrims 3,516 3,941 3,555 3,208 3,253 10,050 10,724 10,110 10,496 8,582
Monkfish 13,092 12,915 11,740 11,829 10,232 36,476 40,107 38,583 39,526 31,812
Plaice 2,848 2,963 2,932 2,959 3,412 3,450 3,397 3,347 3,627 3,718
Pollack 2,292 1,947 1,726 1,917 1,765 4,543 3,834 3,535 4,388 3,892
Red mullet 22 25 11 41 81 28 100 37 287 528
Redfish 338 301 534 232 121 827 910 1,105 812 177
Saithe 12,883 14,413 13,601 12,709 10,951 7,404 10,072 12,378 13,387 11,294
Sole 1,931 1,855 1,652 1,841 1,706 14,092 13,774 13,948 16,216 13,755
Turbot 358 333 407 445 449 2,844 2,679 3,374 4,223 3,634
Whiting 11,415 10,092 8,924 9,668 10,789 10,746 9,257 9,397 11,323 10,896
Witches 1,034 965 832 802 856 1,290 1,368 1,205 1,103 1,286
Other demersal 8,035 8,703 8,898 8,891 8,041 9,568 10,440 11,078 10,527 9,466
Total demersal 109,779 118,792 114,718 109,199 112,665 179,796 190,103 203,046 210,383 192,720
Blue whiting 15,345 11 4,968 1,347 6,418 1,449 0 991 602 1,764
Herring 38,227 31,611 35,590 31,260 38,195 9,693 9,529 10,295 15,316 18,596
Horse mackerel 5,059 6,443 5,777 8,939 8,886 1,377 1,768 1,773 3,067 2,812
Mackerel 90,722 100,265 99,899 94,422 67,799 67,824 84,533 81,981 107,472 63,807
Pilchards 2,858 2,459 2,263 3,481 4,257 1,014 748 624 878 1,085
Sardinelle aurita 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Other pelagic 3,882 4,249 5,492 4,831 6,763 1,201 1,517 1,149 1,085 1,462
Total pelagic 156,092 145,038 153,990 144,279 132,318 82,559 98,096 96,814 128,420 89,527
Cuttlefish 3,559 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,258 5,246 3,532 7,886 8,843 10,679
Edible crabs 20,076 20,047 22,556 24,516 25,732 24,509 22,724 27,103 30,354 31,653
Lobsters 2,752 2,757 2,710 3,177 3,132 31,629 26,456 26,460 32,444 30,927
Nephrops 42,946 42,343 38,215 34,278 32,554 115,459 95,842 95,259 111,150 110,371
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 13 25 22 47 31 15 38 80 49 35
Queen scallops 4,625 6,427 12,039 22,932 19,237 1,724 2,590 4,619 8,565 7,582
Scallops 23,001 27,601 30,760 29,996 33,976 46,332 44,403 49,817 55,545 59,406
Squid 1,890 2,516 3,595 2,826 1,783 6,108 6,110 10,233 11,560 6,356
Velvet crabs 3,276 3,163 2,809 2,570 2,360 6,648 6,764 6,924 6,397 6,359
Whelks 13,518 12,921 14,377 13,824 16,389 9,191 7,397 9,314 8,950 11,109
Other shellfish 26,680 10,323 10,644 13,800 15,206 16,743 15,509 9,444 7,939 11,596
Total shellfish 142,336 130,340 141,558 151,224 155,657 263,603 231,364 247,139 281,796 286,072
Total landings 408,207 394,171 410,266 404,703 400,640 525,957 519,563 546,999 620,600 568,318

(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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