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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Published
25 September 2014
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781784127589

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013

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Table 1.1.u Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into the whole 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 and Foreign vessels
Landings into the UK
Bass 675 699 741 834 796 4,486 4,960 5,626 5,727 5,742
Black scabbardfish 3,182 2,795 2,132 1,998 2,353 3,696 5,772 5,017 4,026 4,510
Blue ling 3,266 3,410 1,826 1,545 1,850 2,181 4,266 2,338 1,936 2,437
Brill 323 373 377 381 346 1,857 2,120 2,341 1,997 1,851
Cod 18,171 20,592 14,118 14,353 13,509 32,467 35,840 30,169 28,193 26,654
Haddock 36,212 32,873 28,974 34,431 39,198 35,829 37,194 35,953 36,198 44,058
Hake 11,493 10,989 12,897 12,035 10,987 22,098 19,389 22,472 25,809 27,210
Lemon sole 2,120 2,092 1,868 2,770 2,848 5,647 6,972 6,939 7,481 8,272
Ling 5,182 5,174 5,310 5,145 5,306 6,034 7,087 7,788 7,409 7,193
Megrims 4,515 4,141 3,734 3,932 4,648 12,123 11,490 11,943 9,863 10,016
Monkfish 15,412 13,714 13,875 12,163 11,973 47,970 45,208 45,716 38,157 34,795
Plaice 3,433 3,713 3,991 4,199 4,867 3,946 4,621 5,092 4,643 4,781
Pollack 1,964 1,748 1,941 1,796 1,646 3,872 3,590 4,445 3,958 3,454
Saithe 19,844 16,553 17,618 16,408 19,676 13,857 15,058 18,508 17,327 17,055
Skates and rays 3,281 3,485 3,766 3,766 3,542 4,428 5,523 5,672 5,118 4,389
Sole 2,479 2,396 2,764 2,661 2,524 19,057 21,441 25,577 22,578 17,922
Turbot 406 504 553 576 544 3,272 4,277 5,194 4,493 4,296
Whiting 10,212 9,090 9,936 11,001 12,342 9,357 9,544 11,557 11,102 11,879
Other demersal 15,080 14,443 11,923 10,010 10,489 17,840 18,060 14,702 12,319 12,274
Total demersal 157,251 148,785 138,345 140,001 149,445 250,018 262,410 267,049 248,333 248,787
Blue whiting 17,261 31,171 3,438 24,511 9,411 3,092 7,291 1,756 7,507 2,115
Herring 41,936 40,427 39,575 63,094 45,717 12,776 11,873 19,867 33,237 16,868
Horse mackerel 13,582 8,215 11,057 9,596 2,870 4,242 2,960 4,450 3,368 1,128
Mackerel 122,177 139,200 118,410 89,201 99,579 102,585 114,741 140,838 80,603 89,379
Other pelagic 10,634 10,383 8,313 13,094 8,868 2,970 2,418 1,964 4,000 2,080
Total pelagic 205,589 229,396 180,793 199,495 166,445 125,666 139,283 168,876 128,715 111,570
Brown shrimps 1,063 920 379 926 860 2,049 1,933 678 2,332 2,361
Cockles 2,625 1,257 616 2,237 10,109 7,728 1,491 565 1,494 5,264
Cuttlefish 2,230 3,855 3,310 5,372 3,720 3,552 8,012 8,986 10,923 6,553
Edible crabs 21,188 22,930 24,615 25,820 26,176 24,064 27,641 30,502 31,708 33,502
Lobsters 2,762 2,713 3,178 3,134 2,961 26,504 26,491 32,462 30,943 29,853
Nephrops 42,475 38,374 34,469 32,959 28,479 96,055 95,553 111,602 111,285 86,329
Queen scallops 6,431 12,040 22,985 19,238 17,780 2,591 4,619 8,584 7,582 8,430
Razor fish 718 666 720 901 911 1,785 1,801 1,967 2,561 3,128
Scallops 28,620 31,406 30,371 34,642 31,612 45,847 50,762 56,166 60,472 55,190
Squid 2,574 3,663 2,907 1,842 1,874 6,263 10,435 11,909 6,639 7,194
Velvet crabs 3,163 2,809 2,570 2,360 1,796 6,764 6,924 6,397 6,359 4,340
Whelks 12,957 14,469 13,837 16,421 19,996 7,412 9,363 8,956 11,122 13,705
Other shellfish 6,048 8,047 12,391 11,332 3,916 4,631 4,993 5,654 5,728 3,324
Total shellfish 132,854 143,150 152,349 157,182 150,190 235,244 250,020 284,427 289,149 259,174
Total landings 495,693 521,331 471,487 496,678 466,080 610,928 651,713 720,352 666,197 619,531

(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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