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.t Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into the rest 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 and Foreign vessels>
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 785 674 699 741 834 4,485 4,481 4,956 5,625 5,725
Black scabbardfish - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 -
Blue ling 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0
Brill 364 322 372 376 378 1,986 1,853 2,113 2,334 1,985
Cod 8,286 8,218 7,579 2,899 3,056 10,332 14,604 10,388 5,548 5,999
Greenland halibut 4 1 5 30 0 8 1 10 60 0
Haddock 4,340 2,948 3,119 3,241 3,356 3,172 3,012 3,099 3,568 3,712
Hake 658 692 679 713 851 1,622 1,370 1,190 1,311 1,301
Lemon sole 998 1,506 1,562 1,303 2,243 3,553 4,345 5,772 5,326 6,098
Ling 479 446 343 450 387 505 485 432 590 476
Megrims 1,315 1,681 1,434 1,289 1,658 4,056 4,727 4,079 3,975 3,722
Monkfish 3,448 3,400 3,958 4,490 4,609 9,709 10,239 11,923 13,683 13,301
Plaice 2,546 2,758 3,023 3,217 3,254 3,414 3,458 4,121 4,464 3,862
Pollack 1,354 1,328 1,202 1,456 1,336 2,773 2,722 2,563 3,321 2,977
Red mullet 49 46 30 150 129 213 202 117 756 835
Redfish 200 168 148 113 0 678 747 693 614 0
Saithe 462 463 194 227 144 174 370 132 245 148
Sole 2,568 2,477 2,395 2,761 2,656 18,995 19,046 21,431 25,553 22,558
Turbot 377 364 457 504 527 2,980 2,960 3,907 4,763 4,123
Whiting 2,514 2,210 1,959 1,966 2,123 1,795 1,354 1,524 1,738 1,598
Witches 211 231 229 231 281 322 448 472 380 694
Other demersal 7,374 7,144 7,528 8,770 7,941 7,525 7,635 8,974 9,874 9,014
Total demersal 38,333 37,078 36,913 34,926 35,762 78,296 84,061 87,897 93,727 88,128
Blue whiting 0 - 32 23 117 0 - 9 6 32
Herring 6,080 6,609 8,745 7,074 7,016 1,474 1,845 2,518 3,018 3,515
Horse mackerel 4,593 7,087 5,010 7,725 7,991 1,296 1,816 1,462 2,346 2,468
Mackerel 4,309 6,011 5,361 6,148 5,378 3,365 5,065 4,380 6,621 5,773
Pilchards 2,694 2,459 2,263 3,481 4,257 1,000 748 624 878 1,085
Sardinelle aurita 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Other pelagic 3,634 3,210 4,853 4,321 4,999 1,158 1,402 1,002 969 1,056
Total pelagic 21,309 25,376 26,264 28,772 29,758 8,294 10,876 9,995 13,840 13,929
Cuttlefish 3,614 2,230 3,855 3,310 5,372 5,326 3,552 8,012 8,986 10,923
Edible crabs 11,310 10,764 11,915 12,688 14,950 14,428 12,567 14,508 16,252 18,523
Lobsters 1,727 1,660 1,577 1,940 2,002 20,692 15,097 14,788 19,316 19,174
Nephrops 10,326 10,975 9,468 10,130 11,118 20,249 17,769 15,877 24,848 29,151
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 13 25 22 47 31 15 38 80 49 35
Queen scallops 76 1,933 4,567 13,628 11,698 28 719 1,716 4,813 4,473
Scallops 13,827 18,721 22,071 22,577 24,250 22,471 26,665 33,154 40,085 39,917
Squid 392 481 475 756 420 1,786 1,923 1,820 3,372 2,273
Velvet crabs 566 400 291 377 328 816 630 522 596 1,495
Whelks 13,289 12,594 14,050 13,598 16,074 9,039 7,219 9,139 8,817 10,906
Other shellfish 24,844 8,846 8,761 12,707 13,908 14,328 13,086 6,513 5,353 8,115
Total shellfish 79,982 68,630 77,054 91,759 100,152 109,180 99,264 106,130 132,489 144,985
Total landings 139,624 131,083 140,231 155,456 165,672 195,770 194,202 204,023 240,056 247,042

(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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