Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013


Table 1.1.s Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2009 to 2013

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
UK and Foreign vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass 1 1 0 0 2 6 4 1 2 11
Black scabbardfish 3,182 2,795 2,132 1,998 2,353 3,695 5,772 5,017 4,026 4,510
Blue Ling 3,266 3,410 (r) 1,826 1,545 1,850 2,181 4,266 (r) 2,338 1,936 2,437
Brill 1 2 2 3 4 5 7 7 11 21
Cod 9,953 13,013 (r) 11,219 11,297 12,203 17,862 25,452 (r) 24,621 22,194 23,973
Haddock 33,264 29,754 (r) 25,733 31,075 37,108 32,817 34,094 (r) 32,386 32,486 41,369
Hake 10,801 10,310 (r) 12,184 11,184 10,046 20,727 18,198 (r) 21,161 24,508 25,335
Lemon sole 614 530 564 527 695 1,301 1,199 1,614 1,383 1,916
Ling 4,736 4,831 (r) 4,860 4,757 4,906 5,549 6,655 (r) 7,198 6,932 6,725
Megrims 2,834 2,707 (r) 2,445 2,275 2,438 7,396 7,411 (r) 7,968 6,140 5,875
Monkfish 12,012 9,755 (r) 9,385 7,554 7,513 37,731 33,285 (r) 32,033 24,856 22,136
Plaice 676 689 775 945 1,695 488 500 628 782 1,320
Pollack 636 547 485 460 418 1,150 1,026 1,124 981 823
Saithe 19,380 16,359 (r) 17,391 16,265 19,496 13,487 14,926 (r) 18,263 17,179 16,856
Skates and rays 655 605 628 584 617 636 593 660 505 542
Sole 2 2 3 4 2 11 10 24 20 11
Turbot 42 47 49 48 52 312 370 431 370 424
Whiting 8,002 7,131 (r) 7,970 8,878 10,099 8,003 8,021 (r) 9,819 9,505 10,402
Other demersal 10,116 9,382 (r) 5,767 4,840 5,432 12,598 12,723 (r) 8,031 6,389 7,575
Total demersal 120,173 111,872 (r) 103,419 104,239 116,929 165,957 174,513 (r) 173,322 160,205 172,263
Blue whiting 17,261 31,139 3,415 24,394 9,411 3,092 7,282 1,750 7,475 2,115
Herring 35,327 31,682 32,501 56,078 36,325 10,931 9,355 16,849 29,722 13,868
Horse mackerel 6,495 3,204 3,332 1,605 843 2,426 1,499 2,104 901 515
Mackerel 116,165 133,839 (r) 112,262 83,822 95,876 97,520 110,361 (r) 134,217 74,830 85,696
Other pelagic 4,965 3,266 512 3,838 1,321 820 792 116 1,859 335
Total pelagic 180,213 203,132 (r) 152,022 169,737 143,776 114,790 129,288 (r) 155,036 114,787 102,529
Brown shrimps 1 1 0 1 0 13 12 6 16 2
Cockles 9 342 0 5 0 20 322 0 10 0
Cuttlefish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edible crabs 10,424 11,015 (r) 11,927 10,870 10,904 11,497 13,133 (r) 14,250 13,185 13,793
Lobsters 1,101 1,136 1,238 1,131 1,026 11,407 11,703 13,147 11,770 10,606
Nephrops 31,499 28,906 24,340 21,840 17,889 78,286 79,676 86,753 82,134 61,656
Queen scallops 4,498 7,473 9,357 7,540 5,368 1,872 2,904 3,771 3,109 3,051
Razor fish 718 666 719 900 910 1,785 1,799 1,965 2,559 3,123
Scallops 9,899 9,335 7,794 10,392 12,448 19,182 17,608 16,081 20,555 23,322
Squid 2,093 3,188 (r) 2,151 1,422 1,185 4,340 8,615 (r) 8,536 4,365 4,219
Velvet crabs 2,762 2,518 2,193 2,032 1,574 6,135 6,403 5,801 4,864 3,984
Whelks 363 419 (r) 239 347 675 193 224 (r) 138 216 481
Other shellfish 855 1,098 (r) 632 550 708 1,251 1,491 (r) 1,489 1,381 788
Total shellfish 64,224 66,096 (r) 60,590 57,030 52,687 135,980 143,890 (r) 151,938 144,164 125,025
Total landings 364,610 381,100 (r) 316,031 331,006 313,391 416,726 447,690 (r) 480,296 419,155 399,818

(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.
(r) Some 2010 figures have been revised downwards due to double counting arising from duplicated records in the vessel file.

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