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 1.7b 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
Buckie
Haddock 9 11 22 54 34 8 10 23 56 28
Other demersal 55 58 45 47 45 147 124 95 127 86
Total demersal 65 69 67 102 78 155 133 118 183 115
Total pelagic 5 12 16 48 29 3 11 12 55 34
Edible crabs 37 39 42 45 58 39 39 44 51 65
Nephrops 310 253 285 274 245 835 547 731 948 875
Scallops 396 537 320 214 385 842 874 537 444 1,030
Squid 187 976 487 296 334 445 1,857 1,667 1,401 859
Velvet crabs 42 29 27 22 27 62 49 45 43 47
Other shellfish 36 18 13 15 14 150 96 132 148 136
Total shellfish 1,008 1,853 1,174 864 1,062 2,374 3,463 3,156 3,035 3,012
Total landings 1,077 1,933 1,257 1,014 1,169 2,533 3,607 3,287 3,273 3,161
Campbeltown
Total demersal 86 21 25 21 11 80 20 33 30 17
Herring 54 266 48 90 122 10 67 21 47 58
Other pelagic 0 0 0 0 248 0 0 0 0 39
Total pelagic 54 266 48 90 371 10 67 21 47 97
Edible crabs 467 423 451 330 374 512 422 430 320 344
Green crab 20 22 20 10 50 11 12 10 6 31
Lobsters 51 48 53 45 37 574 513 562 467 369
Nephrops 3,351 2,747 3,349 3,561 3,525 8,693 6,607 7,927 10,017 10,323
Queen scallops 1 98 35 2 55 1 38 14 4 22
Razor fish 281 247 430 306 322 851 664 1,197 891 929
Scallops 1,310 1,327 1,345 1,374 1,791 2,396 2,241 2,330 2,778 3,469
Velvet crabs 377 338 286 238 208 826 750 615 529 434
Whelks 12 35 42 57 51 6 16 24 33 32
Other shellfish 9 10 7 11 3 31 22 17 16 8
Total shellfish 5,879 5,294 6,019 5,934 6,416 13,900 11,286 13,126 15,061 15,961
Total landings 6,019 5,581 6,093 6,044 6,798 13,991 11,373 13,180 15,139 16,075

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2010.

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