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

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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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