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 1.7j 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
Ullapool
Blue ling 583 14 20 0 3 570 14 21 0 4
Bream rays 19 186 208 8 0 20 403 350 19 0
Cod 57 74 56 50 15 124 122 102 121 27
Forkbeard 34 28 53 56 57 29 25 56 96 106
Haddock 760 1,492 1,709 787 270 1,023 1,773 2,187 1,168 300
Hake 747 1,377 1,156 1,395 1,344 1,634 3,240 2,889 2,920 3,452
Ling 291 421 618 386 431 412 563 1,054 626 665
Megrims 42 91 74 41 72 89 233 172 107 160
Monkfish 840 1,768 1,364 1,283 987 2,244 5,569 4,298 4,266 3,411
Saithe 442 192 275 308 129 280 120 244 309 137
Whiting 28 20 23 13 10 33 28 24 17 8
Witches 81 104 71 41 15 104 183 132 62 12
Other demersal 878 104 123 135 59 725 142 190 168 83
Total demersal 4,802 5,871 5,750 4,504 3,392 7,285 12,416 11,719 9,879 8,366
Mackerel 0 56 284 99 46 0 32 215 63 26
Other pelagic - 0 1 - 83 - 0 0 - 21
Total pelagic 0 56 285 99 129 0 32 216 63 48
Edible crabs 1,194 1,263 797 1,025 1,192 1,372 1,393 990 1,291 1,494
Nephrops 783 811 593 637 910 3,186 3,300 2,744 3,215 4,201
Red crabs 23 7 55 50 - 14 20 264 263 -
Scallops 204 118 52 126 64 351 196 100 265 143
Squid 315 156 312 291 190 1,047 248 627 926 471
Other shellfish 13 14 13 5 16 132 149 146 58 165
Total shellfish 2,533 2,369 1,822 2,135 2,372 6,101 5,305 4,871 6,017 6,473
Total landings 7,335 8,296 7,857 6,738 5,893 13,387 17,753 16,806 15,959 14,887

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

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