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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 1.7f Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species1: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Peterhead
Blue ling 20 9 44 3 4 27 8 38 5 7
Catfish 144 192 175 135 195 235 294 290 252 350
Cod 4,036 5,008 7,627 6,744 7,270 8,617 9,070 15,063 14,897 14,465
Greenland halibut 19 0 46 16 28 43 0 93 43 58
Haddock 16,940 18,528 17,559 (r) 15,552 19,074 19,216 17,997 20,203 (r) 19,531 20,208
Hake 1,420 1,642 1,579 2,028 2,561 2,129 1,913 2,007 2,805 3,766
Halibut 140 104 77 47 37 679 577 524 419 352
Lemon sole 554 295 260 244 250 1,438 669 609 709 665
Ling 656 846 735 (r) 933 837 813 962 972 (r) 1,407 1,152
Megrims 476 437 324 (r) 384 358 1,199 1,027 874 (r) 1,236 978
Monkfish 1,998 1,747 1,189 (r) 1,333 1,044 5,424 5,534 3,993 (r) 4,470 3,288
Norway pout - - 291 60 76 - - 15 5 5
Plaice 323 262 271 303 463 294 206 209 272 427
Pollack 591 387 328 298 238 1,082 656 588 694 509
Redfishes 53 11 46 49 152 56 11 60 64 212
Roes 31 31 37 44 37 82 76 97 118 104
Saithe 7,214 7,768 7,316 (r) 7,600 8,625 4,302 5,580 6,857 (r) 8,253 9,243
Skates and rays 52 41 21 49 55 37 34 17 40 41
Turbot 19 21 25 23 22 136 152 183 203 166
Tusk 40 41 31 27 29 38 28 29 29 30
Whiting 4,336 3,557 3,724 4,300 4,982 4,610 3,837 4,413 5,665 5,571
Witches 208 153 137 138 155 308 214 193 215 211
Other demersal 149 178 147 904 145.812 163 193 159 263 123.15333
Total demersal 39,422 41,258 41,986 (r) 41,213 46,637 50,928 49,036 57,485 (r) 61,595 61,932
Argentines 2,256 3,931 346 - - 1,150 704 137 - -
Blue whiting 14,070 10,333 25,291 3,136 17,874 2,405 1,901 6,070 1,624 5,709
Capelin 1,332 - 2,331 - 2,074 314 - 527 - 1,453
Herring 32,916 27,033 24,021 22,280 38,199 8,404 8,467 7,048 11,883 21,590
Horse mackerel 242 4,446 340 1,177 94 36 1,658 100 980 45
Mackerel 55,622 57,403 69,238 57,374 44,352 43,055 47,150 56,447 66,105 40,689
Other pelagic 356 963 - 1 70 54 101 - 0 18
Total pelagic 106,794 104,109 121,566 83,969 102,664 55,418 59,981 70,329 80,592 69,504
Edible crabs 71 96 177 (r) 239 221 82 109 298 (r) 325 251
Nephrops 2,801 2,852 3,189 2,264 1,674 8,819 6,565 8,825 10,014 7,275
Red crabs 13 56 136 (r) 166 94 11 123 427 (r) 591 442
Scallops 289 659 484 176 594 564 1,092 829 340 1,346
Squid 235 124 399 (r) 230 244 702 270 1,030 (r) 927 741
Velvet crabs 18 12 23 23 28 26 18 45 46 55
Whelks 0 0 70 (r) 0 - 0 0 33 (r) 0 -
Other shellfish 162 29 30 15 11 230 552 138 119 95
Total shellfish 3,590 3,828 4,507 (r) 3,113 2,866 10,435 8,730 11,625 (r) 12,362 10,205
Total landings 149,806 149,195 168,060 (r) 128,295 152,166 116,781 117,748 139,440 (r) 154,549 141,641
Total demersal 4 3 4 14 10 5 4 7 25 11
Portree
Herring 5 10 52 30 - 1 2 26 11 -
Other pelagic - 0 0 - 7 - 0 0 - 4
Total pelagic 5 10 52 30 7 1 2 26 11 4
Edible crabs 315 355 578 607 630 366 410 674 723 758
Lobsters 12 16 30 19 24 132 182 342 211 272
Nephrops 1,385 1,233 1,150 995 1,031 7,344 6,536 6,794 6,218 6,272
Scallops 931 204 146 237 186 1,761 435 353 494 392
Velvet crabs 32 51 69 61 77 73 114 169 168 205
Other shellfish 4 7 3 4 19 60 71 39 38 32
Total shellfish 2,679 1,866 1,976 1,924 1,967 9,736 7,747 8,370 7,852 7,931
Total landings 2,687 1,879 2,032 1,968 1,984 9,742 7,753 8,404 7,887 7,946

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

Some 2010 figures have been revised downwards due to double counting arising from duplicated records in the vessel file.

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