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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 1.7i 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
Shetland
Catfish 23 41 46 40 43 34 55 72 74 79
Cod 1,844 2,448 2,976 2,631 2,399 3,910 4,277 5,775 5,743 4,590
Cuckoo ray - 0 69 112 92 - 0 71 117 73
Haddock 4,145 3,105 2,516 2,728 3,923 5,035 3,589 3,136 3,425 4,356
Hake 235 184 190 254 225 285 207 224 344 310
Lemon sole 82 76 74 90 101 236 176 218 353 347
Ling 691 830 802 863 807 810 888 975 1,198 1,069
Megrims 602 703 634 633 700 1,769 1,982 1,841 2,193 2,041
Monkfish 2,660 2,548 1,659 1,846 1,242 7,222 8,024 5,515 6,210 3,920
Norway pout - - 294 - - - - 41 - -
Plaice 230 197 226 227 272 167 148 171 194 209
Pollack 253 186 136 112 120 532 379 287 275 252
Saithe 1,939 2,193 2,227 1,873 1,581 992 1,383 1,919 1,844 1,550
Skates and rays 206 199 69 20 18 200 224 69 21 14
Spotted ray - - 29 39 44 - - 40 57 50
Tusk 35 46 40 32 27 28 30 35 31 25
Whiting 2,191 2,167 1,744 1,794 2,148 2,428 2,242 1,936 2,149 2,287
Witches 89 117 72 88 91 108 145 88 127 122
Other demersal 119 150 149 97 98 347 366 357 321 244
Total demersal 15,343 15,190 13,952 13,480 13,931 24,103 24,115 22,770 24,676 21,536
Blue whiting 42,460 6,928 5,849 - 5,524 4,510 1,191 1,212 - 1,492
Herring 16,493 4,725 7,542 9,440 15,925 4,268 1,418 2,255 4,608 7,123
Horse mackerel 222 2,047 2,861 2,146 1,489 57 768 1,398 1,120 849
Mackerel 45,754 46,900 56,235 (r) 44,136 28,404 36,505 40,282 47,026 (r) 56,113 24,169
Other pelagic 55 - 9 - - 3 - 1 - -
Total pelagic 104,985 60,600 72,495 (r) 55,722 51,342 45,342 43,659 51,891 (r) 61,841 33,632
Edible crabs 435 325 276 296 340 420 315 278 299 379
Green crabs 29 23 25 26 32 16 12 16 20 22
Lobsters 20 31 32 30 36 252 370 383 365 488
Nephrops 426 399 313 253 42 1,720 1,136 830 914 206
Scallops 878 912 1,077 910 1,147 1,817 2,498 3,030 1,574 1,943
Squid 130 143 228 157 38 401 387 646 642 178
Velvet crabs 300 340 268 263 232 725 786 673 814 698
Other shellfish 5 11 25 30 65 14 10 20 19 40
Total shellfish 2,222 2,184 2,244 1,965 1,931 5,363 5,515 5,876 4,647 3,955
Total landings 122,550 77,975 88,691 (r) 71,167 67,205 74,809 73,289 80,537 (r) 91,165 59,124
Stornoway
Total demersal 119 89 107 110 133 162 119 160 119 161
Total pelagic 0 18 0 21 0 0 5 0 14 0
Edible crabs 739 658 688 775 725 808 720 719 856 827
Lobsters 162 134 134 130 120 1,688 1,374 1,349 1,408 1,239
Nephrops 2,108 1,758 1,450 1,378 1,650 7,063 6,288 5,910 5,400 6,911
Scallops 416 468 459 402 427 902 1,004 859 811 799
Velvet crabs 257 283 286 268 286 531 588 664 715 707
Other shellfish 27 44 26 25 33 140 92 131 123 121
Total shellfish 3,709 3,345 3,043 2,977 3,241 11,132 10,066 9,631 9,312 10,605
Total landings 3,828 3,452 3,150 3,108 3,374 11,295 10,190 9,792 9,445 10,766

(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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