Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.


Annex 3: Further Information

Other official publications on sea fisheries statistics include:

Marine Scotland
Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics which are published annually. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubFisheries

Marine Management Organisation ( MMO),
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
UK Sea Fisheries Statistics. A comprehensive collection of statistics on the UK fishing industry and its operations. Published annually. http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/annual.htm

The UK Vessel List. List of registered and licensed vessels of over 10 metres overall length. Published monthly. http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/vessel.htm

The Monthly Return for England and Wales. Summary publication of landings into England and Wales. Published monthly. http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/monthly.htm

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO)
FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics, published annually for second year preceding the publication year. For example, most recent was published in 2012 for 2010 statistics. http://www.fao.org/fishery/publications/yearbooks/en

Eurostat
Fishery Statistics, most recent is data for 2010-2011. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/fisheries/publications

Useful websites

Marine Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Directorates/marinescotland

Marine Scotland - Sea Fisheries Statistics
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries

Marine Management Organisation ( MMO)
http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
http://www.gov.uk/defra

National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html

SeaFish Industry Authority
http://www.seafish.org/

Maritime and Coastguard Agency
http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/

European Commission - Fisheries
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/index_en.htm

Eurostat
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/

Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Department
http://www.fao.org/fishery/en

International Council of the Exploration of the Sea ( ICES)
http://www.ices.dk

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