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 1.8 Quantity and value of landings by species type into Scotland by foreign vessels, by nationality: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Danish
Demersal 54 246 598 140 115 121 546 272 152 132
Pelagic 6,758 9,490 17,784 11,756 18,477 5,568 6,549 13,726 10,708 11,556
Shellfish 23 7 12 3 15 87 17 30 6 57
Total 6,835 9,743 18,394 11,899 18,607 5,776 7,112 14,027 10,865 11,744
Faroese
Demersal 5,662 8,187 5,097 2,782 1,518 6,183 9,617 7,991 4,817 2,052
Pelagic 20,559 12,847 12,794 1 0 5,320 3,091 4,421 1 2
Shellfish 172 80 229 194 94 199 621 587 681 442
Total (rev) 26,392 21,113 18,120 2,977 1,613 11,701 13,329 12,999 5,499 2,496
French
Demersal 15,871 14,064 13,653 14,013 14,019 15,592 16,459 20,865 21,886 23,190
Pelagic 2 3 0 - 1 3 2 0 - 0
Shellfish 22 26 34 12 9 42 60 78 35 43
Total 15,895 14,092 13,687 14,025 14,028 15,636 16,521 20,943 21,921 23,233
Irish
Demersal - 3 86 91 3 - 0 107 79 0
Pelagic 10,124 3,819 7,876 5,559 6,052 6,455 2,591 6,485 7,034 4,397
Shellfish 603 917 289 0 - 725 1,021 376 0 -
Total (rev) 10,727 4,740 8,251 5,650 6,055 7,179 3,612 6,968 7,113 4,397
Norwegian
Demersal 84 25 74 810 135 125 1 3 149 197
Pelagic 46,073 26,601 32,071 13,517 35,900 12,426 9,974 14,466 16,522 17,713
Shellfish - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Total (rev) 46,157 26,626 32,145 14,328 36,036 12,551 9,975 14,469 16,672 17,911
Spanish
Demersal 3,160 4,797 3,725 3,953 3,859 5,905 8,857 6,748 6,897 8,198
Pelagic - 0 - - - - 0 - - -
Shellfish 5 3 0 0 - 17 9 1 1 -
Total 3,164 4,800 3,725 3,953 3,859 5,922 8,866 6,749 6,898 8,198
Swedish
Demersal - - - - - - - - - -
Pelagic 363 5,819 3,118 2,672 4,074 401 4,783 2,586 3,825 3,038
Shellfish - - - - - - - - - -
Total 363 5,819 3,118 2,672 4,074 401 4,783 2,586 3,825 3,038
Other
Demersal 388 282 220 132 197 917 859 529 379 779
Pelagic 3,202 - - - - 609 - - - -
Shellfish 104 53 51 48 0 163 104 250 250 1
Total 3,694 336 272 180 198 1,689 963 779 629 781
Total demersal 25,218 27,603 23,453 21,921 19,846 28,843 36,340 36,515 34,359 34,549
Total pelagic 87,082 58,579 73,644 33,506 64,505 30,781 26,990 41,684 38,089 36,706
Total shellfish 929 1,086 616 257 119 1,232 1,832 1,322 973 543
Total landings 113,229 87,269 97,713 55,684 84,470 60,856 65,162 79,521 73,422 71,798

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

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