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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 2.3 Number of active Scottish based vessels by district ¹ and length group as at 31st December 2012

District	10m & under	>10 -12	>12 -15	>15 -24	>24 -40	Over 40	Over 10m	Total
	Length group (metres)
Aberdeen	79	4	4	1	-	-	9	88
Anstruther	109	8	3	1	-	-	12	121
Buckie	50	4	2	12	8	1	27	77
Eyemouth	86	9	3	6	1	-	19	105
Fraserburgh	100	1	5	58	27	11	102	202
Peterhead	48	-	-	16	25	7	48	96
Scrabster	81	4	2	2	2	-	10	91
Total - East Coast	553	30	19	96	63	19	227	780
Orkney	102	23	9	4	4	-	40	142
Shetland	135	5	4	16	9	8	42	177
Stornoway	169	17	7	21	-	1	46	215
Total - Islands	406	45	20	41	13	9	128	534
Ayr	75	7	13	27	31	3	81	156
Campbeltown	94	16	12	21	-	-	49	143
Kinlochbervie	16	2	-	3	-	-	5	21
Lochinver	11	1	-	1	-	-	2	13
Mallaig	28	2	3	17	1	-	23	51
Oban	82	17	1	17	-	-	35	117
Portree	110	14	5	2	-	-	21	131
Ullapool	73	13	3	11	-	-	27	100
Total - West Coast	489	72	37	99	32	3	243	732
Total	1,448	147	76	236	108	31	598	2,046

(1) A district is an administrative area which encompasses a length of coastline within which there are a number of ports.

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