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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 1.6 Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels by ICES area and main species 1: 2013

Quantity ( tonnes) Value (£'000)
ICES area North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total
IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa area VII IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa area VII
Species
Cod 10,479 140 - - 130 9 2 34 5 10,799 20,718 321 - - 249 19 3 61 10 21,380
Haddock 26,541 3,505 - 0 3,810 596 2 132 3 34,589 30,118 3,357 - 0 4,062 969 2 172 4 38,684
Hake 2,434 48 0 1 1,720 0 1 1,225 79 5,509 4,857 56 0 1 5,050 0 1 3,186 218 13,369
Lemon sole 538 237 - - 32 8 1 52 0 868 1,556 632 - - 70 11 1 159 0 2,429
Ling 1,929 8 0 0 1,327 219 0 51 1 3,535 2,594 11 0 0 1,825 286 0 56 1 4,774
Megrims 1,657 0 - - 468 58 0 156 0 2,340 4,135 1 - - 1,039 99 0 318 0 5,592
Monkfish 4,154 72 0 0 1,038 732 4 950 35 6,986 12,520 205 0 0 3,270 2,129 10 2,359 53 20,547
Plaice 1,166 3,605 - - 40 - 0 16 5 4,831 863 3,816 - - 32 - 0 18 5 4,734
Saithe 7,036 179 18 1 3,506 114 - 2 - 10,856 6,012 172 7 1 2,817 99 - 2 - 9,110
Whiting 9,234 516 - - 114 3 2 129 0 9,999 9,517 415 - - 106 2 1 105 0 10,146
Other demersal 2,176 2,981 315 6 1,178 102 11 4,738 193 11,700 3,373 1,774 439 12 1,498 99 22 1,481 110 8,808
Total demersal 67,344 11,290 334 8 13,364 1,840 24 7,486 321 102,012 96,264 10,757 447 15 20,017 3,713 41 7,917 403 139,574
Herring 37,780 1,311 8,342 - 10,233 - - - 42 57,708 14,005 625 4,547 - 3,500 - - - 22 22,698
Mackerel 59,347 436 - - 69,106 - 1 5,102 - 133,993 59,721 440 - - 61,236 - 1 4,741 - 126,137
Other pelagic 102 172 - - 2,723 3,147 - 3,743 800 10,686 4 138 - - 717 703 - 1,116 1,596 4,273
Total pelagic 97,230 1,920 8,342 - 82,062 3,147 1 8,845 842 202,388 73,729 1,202 4,547 - 65,452 703 1 5,856 1,618 153,109
Edible crabs 3,366 910 - - 5,243 0 5 1 - 9,525 4,079 1,107 - - 6,592 2 6 1 - 11,787
Lobsters 244 516 - - 220 - 42 0 - 1,023 2,628 5,188 - - 2,267 - 429 1 - 10,513
Nephrops 3,618 3,161 - 0 11,400 - 118 181 2 18,481 13,196 9,679 - 1 40,441 - 245 1,037 7 64,606
Queen scallops 20 - - - 980 - 9,156 - - 10,156 15 - - - 435 - 4,583 - - 5,034
Razor fish 77 51 - - 633 - 94 - - 854 558 145 - - 1,958 - 309 - - 2,969
Scallops 4,776 2,256 - - 4,048 - 2,289 4,197 2 17,568 8,809 3,856 - - 8,006 - 4,330 6,797 4 31,801
Squid 535 130 - - 152 337 0 167 0 1,321 1,944 654 - - 616 894 0 721 0 4,829
Velvet crabs 789 184 - - 598 - - - - 1,570 2,194 351 - - 1,428 - - - - 3,974
Other shellfish 785 139 - - 251 - 402 197 0 1,774 627 190 - - 296 - 276 298 1 1,687
Total shellfish 14,208 7,346 - 0 23,525 338 12,106 4,743 4 62,271 34,051 21,170 - 1 62,038 896 10,177 8,855 13 137,200
Total landings 178,782 20,556 8,676 8 118,951 5,325 12,131 21,074 1,167 366,671 204,044 33,129 4,994 16 147,508 5,312 10,218 22,628 2,034 429,882

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2013.

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