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.

Table 1.7a Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species ¹: 2008 to 2012

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2008	2009	2010		2011	2012
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£'000)
Aberdeen
Cod	240	170	84	18	8	479	299	132		37	13
Haddock	1,477	1,251	112	4	58	1,669	1,285	137		4	51
Pollack	79	17	20	6	-	118	30	33		10	-
Saithe	263	213	168	29	0	145	152	142		28	0
Other demersal	515	225	26	3	8	843	359	42		6	14
Total demersal	2,575	1,876	410	58	74	3,254	2,126	486		85	77
Mackerel	9	11	26	56	45	6	10	19		66	58
Other pelagic	2,763	-	-	-	0	250	-	-		-	0
Total pelagic	2,773	11	26	56	46	256	10	19		66	58
Edible crabs	256	294	286	264	333	275	314	305		295	391
Lobsters	93	130	121	175	166	1,006	1,286	1,194		1,815	1,715
Nephrops	219	203	33	43	90	690	493	85		145	279
Scallops	1,589	957	847	456	851	3,510	1,762	1,419		844	1,482
Squid	15	9	148	80	20	39	22	504		408	62
Velvet crabs	149	81	81	136	124	295	161	176		332	262
Other shellfish	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	6		0	1
Total shellfish	2,323	1,676	1,520	1,155	1,585	5,816	4,040	3,688		3,839	4,193
Total landings	7,670	3,563	1,956	1,269	1,705	9,325	6,175	4,194		3,990	4,328
Anstruther
Total demersal	5	2	1	2	1	7	2	2		3	2
Total pelagic	0	9	18	17	27	0	8	17		15	34
Edible crabs	125	116	127	96	118	132	123	148		111	136
Lobsters	88	122	121	154	125	953	1,217	1,255		1,676	1,325
Nephrops	1,189	1,524	1,013	882	800	2,582	2,595	1,880		2,296	2,392
Razor fish	98	133	46	44	69	230	293	100		100	166
Scallops	21	74	69	21	60	36	116	116		69	118
Squid	16	1	86	3	9	40	2	239		12	35
Surf clams	101	94	107	39	6	142	105	147		59	11
Velvet crabs	92	91	49	56	58	169	160	107		131	135
Other shellfish	5	0	0	86	145	3	2	0		118	183
Total shellfish	1,736	2,155	1,620	1,381	1,389	4,287	4,614	3,993		4,571	4,501
Total landings	1,741	2,165	1,639	1,401	1,417	4,294	4,624	4,012		4,589	4,537
Ayr
Monkfish	1	0	67	0	0	1	0	181		1	0
Other demersal	43	9	18	3	3	56	18	30		3	6
Total demersal	43	9	84	3	3	58	18	211		5	6
Total pelagic	2	3	1	3	76	2	6	1		4	15
Cockles	5	-	341	-	-	6	-	321	(r)	-	-
Edible crabs	37	18	30	12	15	40	19	34		13	16
Lobsters	58	52	69	60	54	627	550	719		641	572
Nephrops	2,307	1,896	2,202	2,529	2,477	5,159	4,421	5,041		5,490	5,859
Queen scallops	4,552	4,388	7,427	9,344	7,434	1,685	1,821	2,876		3,758	3,048
Razor fish	65	124	33	133	351	178	270	84		359	1,007
Scallops	1,385	1,587	1,696	1,360	1,569	2,703	3,072	2,928		2,667	3,028
Whelks	94	114	121	110	150	69	63	63		63	90
Other shellfish	3	10	2	0	11	26	15	5		1	293
Total shellfish	8,508	8,188	11,922	13,547	12,060	10,493	10,232	12,072	(r)	12,992	13,915
Total landings	8,553	8,200	12,007	13,554	12,139	10,553	10,255	12,284	(r)	13,000	13,936

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2010.
Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated.

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