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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 1.6 Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels by ICES area and main species 1: 2012

Quantity ( tonnes) Value (£'000)
ICES area North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total
Iva Ivb Iia Vb Via Vib VIIa area VII Iva Ivb Iia Vb Via Vib VIIa area VII
Species
Cod 10,232 333 - - 135 11 2 49 10 10,772 20,219 715 - - 264 24 4 104 22 21,353
Haddock 20,513 5,015 - - 4,084 577 52 343 55 30,639 21,885 4,705 - - 4,028 946 47 333 89 32,034
Hake 3,049 73 - - 2,600 1 1 1,202 102 7,029 5,310 105 - - 6,254 1 1 2,881 247 14,799
Ling 1,974 9 0 - 1,628 223 0 312 0 4,147 2,674 13 1 - 2,421 275 0 527 0 5,911
Megrims 1,378 0 - - 586 89 0 688 - 2,741 3,911 1 - - 1,443 151 0 2,224 0 7,730
Monkfish 4,622 115 1 - 1,179 895 6 1,482 0 8,299 15,175 331 3 - 3,823 2,960 14 4,991 0 27,297
Plaice 707 2,138 - - 39 0 0 14 0 2,898 582 2,525 - - 33 0 0 18 0 3,159
Saithe 5,424 61 1 - 4,394 147 0 5 - 10,032 5,899 78 1 - 4,416 158 0 6 0 10,557
Whiting 8,098 619 - - 202 1 1 113 - 9,033 8,710 549 - - 221 1 1 125 0 9,607
Other demersal 2,270 1,442 36 - 1,150 122 9 3,875 1,232 10,136 4,411 1,633 71 - 1,409 103 16 2,385 311 10,339
Total demersal 58,266 9,805 38 - 15,997 2,066 73 8,082 1,399 95,727 88,777 10,655 76 - 24,312 4,618 84 13,594 670 142,786
Herring 32,579 1,061 12,310 - 8,369 - 0 1 - 54,321 16,656 556 7,573 - 4,187 - - 0 - 28,972
Mackerel 56,955 327 - - 66,393 - 1 10,669 0 134,345 46,593 315 - - 71,787 - 2 12,400 0 131,096
Other pelagic 170 651 - - 8,603 - 0 756 930 11,108 97 1,270 - - 2,605 - - 338 1,673 5,983
Total pelagic 89,704 2,039 12,310 - 83,365 - 1 11,425 930 199,774 63,345 2,141 7,573 - 78,578 - 2 12,738 1,673 166,050
Edible crabs 2,869 954.5122 - - 5,662 - 6 3 0 9,494 3,456 1,143 - - 6,728 - 7 3 0 11,337
Lobsters 309 489 - - 287 - 46 0 - 1,132 3,341 4,954 - - 2,974 - 495 1 - 11,765
Nephrops 5,116 4006.9824 - - 11,806 - 148 195 - 21,272 20,509 14,201 - - 46,213 - 393 1,134 - 82,449
Queen scallops 36 0 - - 4,631 - 10,130 - - 14,797 33 0 - - 1,892 - 4,001 0 - 5,926
Razor fish 33 73 - - 701 - 10 - - 817 110 178 - - 2,002 - 35 0 - 2,325
Scallops 2,786 1,950 - - 4,611 - 2,035 5,694 16 17,092 5,788 3,665 - - 8,958 - 3,964 8,936 21 31,332
Squid 572 60 - - 59 716 0 152 0 1,559 1,891 210 - - 245 1,961 0 827 0 5,134
Velvet crabs 913 263.1803 - - 853 - - 0 - 2,029 2,274 540 - - 2,039 - - 0 - 4,853
Other shellfish 300 164.236 - - 184 1 180 268 6 1,103 259 218 - - 309 3 387 403 3 1,581
Total shellfish 12,934 7,962 - - 28,793 717 12,555 6,312 23 69,295 37,659 25,109 - - 71,359 1,963 9,282 11,304 24 156,701
Total landings 160,904 19,806 12,349 - 128,154 2,783 12,629 25,820 2,352 364,796 189,781 37,906 7,649 - 174,249 6,582 9,368 37,637 2,367 465,537

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2012.

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