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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 2.6 Number of Scottish based vessels by main fishing method ( 1) and length group as at 31st December 2012
| Length group (metres) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main fishing method | 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total |
| Demersal single trawl | 15 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 46 | 2 | 132 | 147 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | 18 | 18 |
| Seine net | - | - | - | 13 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Lines | - | - | - | - | 13 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| Demersal gill nets | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 7 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | - | 16 | 16 |
| Beam trawl | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other demersal | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Demersal total | 19 | 7 | 4 | 105 | 93 | 6 | 215 | 234 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Creel fishing | 1,266 | 88 | 14 | 8 | - | - | 110 | 1,376 |
| Nephrops trawl | 80 | 41 | 41 | 86 | 3 | - | 171 | 251 |
| Mechanical dredging | 17 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 72 | 89 |
| Suction dredging | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 65 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 70 |
| Shellfish total | 1,429 | 140 | 72 | 131 | 15 | 1 | 359 | 1,788 |
| Total | 1,448 | 147 | 76 | 236 | 108 | 31 | 598 | 2,046 |
(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.
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