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 1.2 Number of voyages and the quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels by landing district: 2008 to 2012

Landing country / district Number of voyages Quantity (tonnes) Value (£ '000)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Scotland
Aberdeen 2,266 2,108 1,829 2,134 2,229 7,057 3,139 1,474 1,221 1,636 8,227 5,579 3,557 3,925 4,215
Anstruther 5,130 5,389 4,503 4,091 4,136 1,737 2,117 1,590 1,364 1,411 4,289 4,538 3,923 4,498 4,514
Ayr 5,938 6,013 6,309 6,281 6,152 7,672 7,398 10,897 12,658 11,293 9,195 9,205 10,799 11,817 12,693
Buckie 1,900 2,253 1,680 1,227 1,132 1,058 1,893 1,238 995 1,155 2,499 3,545 3,253 3,227 3,136
Campbeltown 8,615 8,783 8,954 7,802 7,813 4,970 4,818 4,954 4,556 5,291 12,314 10,372 11,359 12,140 12,879
Eyemouth 5,300 5,384 5,011 4,808 4,350 1,914 2,451 1,847 2,087 1,880 4,883 6,055 5,105 6,560 6,187
Fraserburgh 6,354 5,515 5,964 4,410 3,736 27,135 35,157 26,499 25,069 23,459 45,572 46,563 43,553 48,197 35,459
Kinlochbervie 635 748 778 703 688 4,879 7,132 7,683 6,335 8,074 9,177 11,793 13,750 12,266 13,538
Lochinver 1,718 1,739 1,138 1,151 1,216 2,680 3,231 2,381 3,436 2,313 6,176 6,970 5,135 8,088 6,307
Mallaig 2,779 2,596 2,371 1,774 1,887 3,705 3,550 4,092 3,858 5,397 9,538 7,890 8,237 9,139 12,063
Oban 3,926 3,871 3,914 3,104 2,890 3,231 2,855 3,135 2,805 3,254 8,006 6,792 7,527 7,235 8,380
Orkney 3,613 3,519 2,955 2,694 2,570 2,952 3,350 3,676 3,943 3,492 5,566 6,257 7,460 7,575 6,491
Peterhead 2,658 2,579 2,794 2,514 2,598 109,741 108,490 115,766 101,608 103,038 96,944 97,692 110,237 126,368 109,947
Portree 6,831 6,657 6,120 5,067 5,005 2,685 1,870 2,024 1,956 1,975 9,729 7,716 8,343 7,785 7,901
Scrabster 2,821 3,124 3,270 3,169 2,818 10,914 13,809 13,018 11,443 10,738 18,687 23,441 24,585 25,337 20,298
Shetland 5,156 6,070 5,693 5,379 4,872 69,407 56,899 52,966 47,768 43,611 58,837 61,708 56,295 63,999 44,604
Stornoway 7,770 7,273 7,157 5,608 5,341 3,813 3,436 3,114 3,094 3,372 11,259 10,106 9,629 9,377 10,756
Ullapool 2,783 2,897 2,604 2,627 2,604 4,230 6,139 6,525 5,506 4,884 9,329 13,149 13,901 12,894 11,895
Other UK 1,458 2,914 2,517 2,995 3,379 6,730 12,332 12,082 16,365 15,969 12,462 17,800 18,396 24,288 22,066
Denmark 87 99 90 65 64 19,510 11,978 20,101 16,451 11,850 4,043 4,819 6,079 8,710 8,252
France 113 112 133 115 72 782 668 823 631 359 2,120 2,003 2,094 1,466 1,107
Ireland 138 159 153 212 267 3,181 4,514 5,300 4,620 5,226 3,397 6,909 5,780 7,053 9,301
Netherlands 296 241 109 90 70 4,973 4,726 2,468 2,010 1,419 9,056 7,390 3,690 3,096 2,165
Norway 1 46 84 56 83 104 32,653 70,787 54,671 71,961 89,953 22,468 58,053 39,948 66,599 81,973
Spain 179 90 139 112 102 3,162 1,868 2,942 2,406 2,504 6,164 5,894 8,225 7,272 7,583
Other foreign ports 142 28 26 28 33 30,721 3,281 6,134 4,705 1,241 5,580 722 2,732 2,501 1,828
Total 78,652 80,245 76,267 68,243 66,128 371,493 377,889 367,400 358,850 364,796 395,517 442,963 433,590 501,411 465,537

(1) 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 Annex 1 - Methodology for further details. We assess that the estimated figure is overstated by some £7million.

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