Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013


Table 1.1.j Quantity and value of all landings by other UK vessels, by main species 1: 2009 to 2013

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Other UK vessels
Landings into the UK and Abroad
Bass 674 674 645 850 777 4,460 4,788 5,021 5,878 5,550
Black scabbardfish 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0
Blue ling 8 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 2
Brill 305 383 384 384 357 1,692 2,109 2,308 2,710 2,050
Cod 12,961 13,669 12,863 15,692 18,668 14,525 21,248 23,458 12,688 13,682
Haddock 4,496 5,513 5,380 4,529 5,153 3,958 5,676 6,060 4,833 5,489
Hake 1,037 983 1,417 1,298 3,427 1,822 1,589 2,218 2,546 9,468
Lemon sole 1,519 1,612 1,307 2,195 2,120 4,310 5,704 5,160 6,183 7,368
Ling 557 500 644 521 1,055 609 632 865 693 1,501
Megrims 1,784 1,784 1,814 1,795 2,946 4,377 4,877 5,290 4,762 7,277
Monkfish 3,793 4,782 5,418 5,094 6,577 10,800 14,986 17,205 16,488 20,523
Plaice 9,790 13,042 13,889 15,848 16,394 11,630 15,547 18,554 25,830 17,377
Pollack 1,648 1,609 1,946 1,772 1,860 3,372 3,599 4,623 4,080 4,077
Saithe 4,366 4,437 4,819 3,040 3,825 3,491 4,081 4,910 2,927 3,669
Skates and rays 2,028 2,382 2,361 2,276 2,334 2,809 3,668 3,721 3,412 3,346
Sole 2,246 2,185 2,189 1,958 2,206 17,094 19,572 19,943 20,893 16,131
Turbot 534 628 659 653 638 4,125 5,650 6,078 7,607 5,150
Whiting 2,269 2,252 2,178 2,104 2,680 1,428 1,844 2,104 1,742 2,098
Other demersal 6,208 6,293 8,000 6,272 5,900 7,299 7,421 8,488 7,524 6,325
Total demersal 56,222 62,725 65,914 66,288 76,920 97,803 122,991 136,009 130,805 131,085
Blue whiting 6,176 2,475 54 2,866 5,332 1,112 540 23 1,533 272
Herring 20,872 25,179 23,855 36,099 35,862 8,299 10,592 12,421 8,322 7,079
Horse mackerel 16,542 14,935 15,772 15,248 10,685 5,113 5,268 6,139 5,254 3,985
Mackerel 20,546 25,788 36,259 34,495 29,814 18,287 25,551 42,722 23,677 14,504
Other pelagic 16,835 28,032 13,730 13,654 7,823 5,331 7,403 4,355 3,545 1,820
Total pelagic 80,971 96,409 89,670 102,362 89,517 38,142 49,353 65,662 42,331 27,661
Brown Shrimps 1,061 919 379 925 860 2,035 1,922 672 2,317 2,360
Cockles 2,628 1,037 643 2,254 10,121 7,730 1,276 661 1,509 5,275
Cuttlefish 2,224 3,815 3,237 5,177 3,538 3,541 7,856 8,775 10,611 6,312
Edible crabs 14,011 15,256 16,508 18,700 19,428 16,001 18,565 21,163 23,632 26,009
Lobsters 1,678 1,603 1,949 2,024 1,966 15,381 15,145 19,478 19,427 19,587
Nephrops 12,472 11,775 11,868 11,446 10,000 20,458 20,399 28,308 28,900 22,443
Queen scallops 1,509 4,581 8,634 8,826 8,723 545 1,754 3,072 3,433 3,979
Razor fish 17 106 63 101 86 57 293 157 269 230
Scallops 10,277 12,015 14,269 16,943 13,609 14,473 17,916 24,718 28,176 22,703
Squid 536 560 774 526 692 2,137 2,131 3,514 2,800 3,044
Velvet crabs 398 287 372 332 226 626 518 588 1,509 367
Whelks 12,672 14,105 13,615 16,095 19,228 7,275 9,153 8,818 10,916 13,161
Other shellfish 5,112 13,289 13,481 17,746 3,599 3,507 14,526 8,528 14,415 3,822
Total shellfish 64,596 79,348 85,789 101,097 92,075 93,766 111,454 128,450 147,916 129,291
Total landings 201,789 238,482 241,373 269,747 258,512 229,712 283,797 330,121 321,052 288,037

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2013.
(2) The methodology used to calculate value of landings was changed by the introduction of the Register of Buyers and Sellers ( RBS) in September 2005 - see discussion in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details.

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