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 2.2 Number, tonnage and engine power of active Scottish based vessels by length group and age group as at 31st December 2012

Length group (metres)
10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Total
Number of vessels Age Group (years) Under 10 173 6 7 29 3 15 233
10<15 117 1 4 22 18 4 166
15<20 94 6 6 17 13 5 141
20<25 228 41 10 27 19 1 326
25<30 139 19 9 25 19 2 213
30<35 150 21 8 26 7 - 212
35 yrs & over 198 37 27 80 22 2 366
Not known 349 16 5 10 7 2 389
Totals 1,448 147 76 236 108 31 2,046
Average age 1 24 30 29 27 26 14 25
Total tonnage 2 ( GT) Age Group (years) Under 10 589 83 179 4,815 1,176 32,455 39,297
10<15 501 11 73 3,901 6,613 6,410 17,509
15<20 347 74 115 2,493 4,287 6,782 14,099
20<25 828 577 241 3,671 4,769 814 10,901
25<30 529 260 189 3,207 4,407 1,042 9,634
30<35 597 274 192 2,690 1,297 - 5,050
35 yrs & over 784 413 532 4,233 4,624 821 11,407
Not known 1,020 184 139 942 2,115 1,728 6,127
Totals 5,196 1,875 1,660 25,952 29,288 50,052 114,023
Average tonnage 1 4 13 21 111 269 1,666 65
Engine power 3 (kW) Age Group (years) Under 10 11,727 1,410 2,347 12,281 2,402 82,630 112,796
10<15 8,875 116 652 10,534 15,634 16,237 52,048
15<20 7,236 1,194 1,098 6,826 9,039 15,096 40,490
20<25 12,905 6,513 1,854 10,468 10,726 2,398 44,865
25<30 6,521 1,967 1,463 8,339 10,448 3,290 32,028
30<35 7,037 2,086 1,444 8,767 3,704 - 23,038
35 yrs & over 7,763 3,052 3,543 16,654 12,176 1,420 44,607
Not known 15,617 2,647 919 3,081 4,392 3,345 30,001
Totals 77,682 18,985 13,319 76,950 68,521 124,416 379,873
Average power 1 56 125 175 327 635 4,175 211

(1) Excludes vessels of unknown age.

(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.

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