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 2.7.a Effort of regulated gears in the Cod Recovery Zone ( 1) in kwDays ('000) by Scottish based over 10 metre vessels by area and gear type, 2000 to 2012

Whitefish Gear Nephrops Gear 2 Industrial Trawl Beam trawl mesh >=120mm Beam trawl mesh >=80 and mesh <120mm Gill Nets Trammel Nets Long lines
North Sea 2000 33,747 4,866 - - 5,345 32 - 78
2001 30,655 5,352 4 - 6,049 63 - 89
2002 24,341 8,538 - 972 4,584 47 - 104
2003 16,079 10,011 6 867 3,766 197 - 57
2004 12,684 9,486 5 695 4,609 197 - 4
2005 12,158 9,108 2 731 4,185 166 - -
2006 11,661 8,678 0 603 3,109 294 - 8
2007 11,023 8,887 12 350 2,800 321 - 1
2008 12,176 9,196 - 69 1,355 417 - 277
2009 12,246 8,348 33 53 561 376 - 621
2010 10,443 8,307 28 - 144 441 - 301
2011 9,995 6,826 - - - 608 - 183
2012 9,309 5,339 21 - 68 570 - 68
West of Scotland 2000 7,453 5,065 14 5 98 13 2 74
2001 8,523 4,903 4 - 85 14 1 88
2002 7,566 4,797 2 - 104 7 - 182
2003 5,723 5,761 30 60 - 47 1 125
2004 4,502 5,334 7 151 - 67 0 148
2005 2,635 4,587 41 120 - 39 - 307
2006 2,100 4,381 - 81 - 1 - 371
2007 1,986 4,694 0 2 - 1 - 519
2008 1,990 4,809 - - - 6 - 379
2009 2,229 4,525 - - - - - 703
2010 2,361 3,787 - - - - - 723
2011 2,101 3,570 - - - 12 - 695
2012 2,102 4,384 6 - - 7 - 518.3060665
Irish Sea 2000 111 64 - - - - - -
2001 119 34 - - - - - 13
2002 84 18 - - - - - -
2003 93 45 - - - - - 3
2004 32 94 - - - - - -
2005 4 34 - - - 1 - -
2006 3 7 - - - - - -
2007 - 17 - - 1 - - -
2008 - 22 - - 1 - - -
2009 - 31 - - - - - -
2010 2 27 - - - - - -
2011 0 44 - - - - - -
2012 17 109 - - - - - -

(1) For description of cod recovery zone see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.

(2) Includes effort by vessels which are exempt from effort controls under Article 11 of Council Regulation ( EC) 1342/2008.

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