Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013


Table 1.1.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1: 2009 to 2013

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 656 687 719 817 772 4,356 4,866 5,467 5,602 5,607
Black scabbardfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blue ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brill 242 281 283 297 275 1,394 1,560 1,746 1,562 1,565
Cod 2,270 2,028 1,697 1,615 1,109 3,941 3,779 3,297 3,139 2,369
Haddock 2,063 2,253 2,723 3,068 1,934 2,051 2,434 2,933 3,398 2,534
Hake 675 652 663 842 930 1,318 1,141 1,102 1,286 1,862
Lemon sole 1,392 1,404 1,047 1,950 1,829 4,027 5,105 4,294 5,364 5,741
Ling 366 322 418 343 358 404 391 536 406 415
Megrims 1,359 1,216 1,043 1,198 1,779 3,972 3,632 3,424 3,091 3,789
Monkfish 3,016 3,531 3,888 3,671 3,630 8,906 10,509 11,938 10,753 10,974
Plaice 2,291 2,254 2,186 2,471 2,462 2,912 2,856 3,000 2,941 2,737
Pollack 1,311 1,181 1,434 1,307 1,205 2,686 2,511 3,267 2,915 2,586
Saithe 149 82 224 142 179 109 84 241 146 197
Skates and rays 1,878 2,135 2,087 2,076 2,068 2,585 3,275 3,277 3,073 2,745
Sole 1,852 1,650 1,837 1,702 1,730 13,763 13,938 16,192 13,736 12,638
Turbot 291 365 397 406 397 2,370 3,037 3,800 3,292 3,340
Whiting 2,127 1,805 1,745 1,937 1,981 1,289 1,390 1,541 1,415 1,312
Other demersal 4,286 4,453 5,310 4,429 4,363 4,404 4,540 5,366 4,946 4,211
Total demersal 26,223 26,299 27,701 28,272 27,001 60,486 65,049 71,421 67,066 64,622
Blue whiting 0 32 23 117 0 0 9 6 32 0
Herring 6,423 8,024 5,934 5,578 8,499 1,808 2,343 2,521 2,507 2,683
Horse mackerel 5,604 4,610 6,724 7,565 1,874 1,542 1,275 1,884 2,084 520
Mackerel 5,708 4,719 5,280 4,569 3,097 4,796 3,956 5,213 4,680 3,058
Other pelagic 5,669 7,116 7,801 9,256 7,548 2,150 1,626 1,848 2,141 1,744
Total pelagic 23,405 24,501 25,763 27,086 21,018 10,296 9,209 11,473 11,444 8,004
Brown Shrimps 1,062 919 379 925 860 2,036 1,921 671 2,316 2,359
Cockles 2,616 915 616 2,231 10,109 7,708 1,169 565 1,484 5,264
Cuttlefish 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,258 3,650 3,532 7,886 8,843 10,679 6,487
Edible crabs 10,536 11,852 12,616 14,862 15,205 12,210 14,465 16,195 18,468 19,680
Lobsters 1,659 1,575 1,938 2,001 1,934 15,087 14,762 19,297 19,157 19,237
Nephrops 10,852 9,320 9,940 10,728 10,392 17,574 15,614 24,403 28,294 24,286
Queen scallops 1,929 4,565 13,575 11,697 12,412 717 1,715 4,794 4,473 5,379
Razor fish 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
Scallops 17,754 21,426 22,202 23,584 18,505 25,323 32,209 39,464 38,851 30,798
Squid 448 443 689 371 633 1,829 1,697 3,060 2,034 2,821
Velvet crabs 400 291 377 328 222 630 522 596 1,495 357
Whelks 12,558 14,027 13,585 16,042 19,308 7,204 9,123 8,812 10,892 13,218
Other shellfish 5,170 6,913 11,716 10,718 3,123 3,367 3,487 4,131 4,306 2,473
Total shellfish 67,203 76,078 90,892 98,745 96,354 97,216 104,571 130,831 142,451 132,364
Total landings 116,830 126,878 144,356 154,103 144,373 167,999 178,829 213,725 220,960 204,990

(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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