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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 2.1 Number, tonnage and engine power of active 1 Scottish based vessels by length group as at 31st December: 2003 to 2012

Length group (metres) Over 10m
Year 10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Total
Number Average length
Number of vessels 2003(r) 1,588 177 93 320 120 39 2,337 749 20.2
2004(r) 1,595 171 98 305 118 38 2,325 730 19.9
2005(r) 1,567 174 96 295 116 38 2,286 719 19.9
2006 1,518 171 102 282 117 34 2,224 706 19.9
2007 1,494 175 98 276 114 34 2,191 697 19.7
2008 1,492 171 95 281 131 35 2,205 713 19.7
2009 1,483 167 90 279 123 32 2,174 691 20.2
2010 1,485 163 87 265 122 28 2,150 665 20.1
2011 1,470 157 86 238 116 28 2,095 625 20.0
2012 1,448 147 76 236 108 31 2,046 598 20.2
Total tonnage Average tonnage
Total tonnage 2 ( GT) 2003(r) 5,894 2,266 1,998 31,607 33,550 48,678 123,992 118,098 157.7
2004(r) 5,914 2,231 2,168 30,824 33,104 49,237 123,477 117,563 161.0
2005(r) 5,839 2,274 2,142 30,376 31,961 49,136 121,728 115,889 161.2
2006 5,649 2,253 2,284 29,603 32,364 44,831 116,984 111,335 157.7
2007 5,476 2,309 2,189 29,678 31,575 45,360 116,587 111,111 159.4
2008 5,414 2,267 2,104 30,657 35,747 49,936 126,124 120,709 169.3
2009 5,353 2,200 2,013 30,285 33,311 51,651 124,812 119,459 172.9
2010 5,330 2,126 1,895 29,270 33,154 48,564 120,339 115,008 172.9
2011 5,283 2,004 1,850 26,392 31,842 48,564 115,935 110,652 177.0
2012 5,196 1,875 1,660 25,952 29,288 50,052 114,023 108,827 182.0
Total power Average power
Engine power 3 (kW) 2003(r) 80,652 20,556 15,419 98,993 83,245 122,163 421,028 340,376 454.4
2004(r) 81,562 20,120 16,690 94,888 82,345 128,644 424,250 342,688 469.4
2005(r) 82,073 20,816 16,597 93,018 79,825 128,388 420,718 338,645 471.0
2006 80,131 20,398 17,803 89,554 81,046 115,532 404,465 324,334 459.4
2007 78,753 21,258 17,440 89,354 78,735 115,862 401,403 322,650 462.9
2008 78,692 21,254 17,168 92,275 84,865 126,495 420,749 342,057 479.7
2009 78,035 21,291 16,021 91,278 78,299 129,917 414,841 336,806 487.4
2010 78,337 20,812 15,268 87,711 77,610 121,175 400,913 322,576 485.1
2011 78,121 20,102 15,432 78,340 73,509 121,175 386,679 308,558 493.7
2012 77,682 18,985 13,319 76,950 68,521 124,416 379,873 302,191 505.3

(1) An active vessel is a fishing vessel that is registered (Register of Shipping and Seamen) and licenced to fish. During 2006, it was discovered that the UK Core Vessel file, the official source of information on UK vessels, had been notified of Scottish vessels becoming inactive (registerd but not licenced to fish). On FIN, the Scottish database for fishing activity these vessels were still recorded as active. An exercise was conducted to take this information on board into FIN, leading to an appreciable drop in the number of active vessels recorded. As this issue affected the figures for earlier years, these figures have been revised (r).

(2) Year on year tonnage comparisons should be made with caution, since these figures take no account of the phased replacement of GRT with GT during the period 1996-2003. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

(3) Engine power in years before 2005 have been underestimated. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

(4) The length group has been changed to reflect better the legislative requirements affecting fishing vessels - see commentary on page.

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