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

Length group (metres)
District 10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Over 10m Total
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.

Contact

Back to top