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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 1.7 Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species 1: 2009 to 2013

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Peterhead
Catfish 192 175 135 195 181 294 290 252 350 318
Cod 5,008 7,627 6,744 7,270 7,663 9,070 15,063 14,897 14,465 15,217
Greenland halibut 0 46 16 28 153 0 93 43 58 378
Grey gurnards 3 2 10 31 37 0 1 4 10 15
Haddock 18,528 17,559 (r) 15,552 19,074 22,181 17,997 20,203 (r) 19,531 20,208 24,448
Hake 1,642 1,579 2,028 2,561 2,716 1,913 2,007 2,805 3,766 4,074
Halibut 104 77 47 37 26 577 524 419 352 259
Lemon sole 295 260 244 250 297 669 609 709 665 769
Ling 846 735 (r) 933 837 856 962 972 (r) 1,407 1,152 1,183
Megrims 437 324 (r) 384 358 453 1,027 874 (r) 1,236 978 1,098
Monkfish 1,747 1,189 (r) 1,333 1,044 1,035 5,534 3,993 (r) 4,470 3,288 3,205
Norway pout - 291 60 76 35 - 15 5 5 4
Plaice 262 271 303 463 890 206 209 272 427 751
Pollack 387 328 298 238 199 656 588 694 509 390
Red gurnards 3 10 19 38 31 2 6 8 18 22
Redfish 11 46 49 152 339 11 60 64 212 513
Saithe 7,768 7,316 (r) 7,600 8,625 10,726 5,580 6,857 (r) 8,253 9,243 9,528
Skates and rays 46 39 70 67 33 38 30 58 52 23
Thornback ray 1 0 2 10 21 1 0 2 11 17
Turbot 21 25 23 22 20 152 183 203 166 168
Tusk 41 31 27 29 36 28 29 29 30 29
Whiting 3,557 3,724 4,300 4,982 5,488 3,837 4,413 5,665 5,571 5,876
Witches 153 137 138 155 185 214 193 215 211 196
Other demersal 206 197 899 95 85 269 274 355 184 107
Total demersal 41,258 41,986 (r) 41,213 46,637 53,682 49,036 57,486 (r) 61,595 61,932 68,585
Blue whiting 10,333 25,291 3,136 17,874 8,904 1,901 6,070 1,624 5,709 2,001
Capelin - 2,331 - 2,074 352 - 527 - 1,453 110
Herring 27,033 24,021 22,280 38,199 21,423 8,467 7,048 11,883 21,590 8,266
Horse mackerel 4,446 340 1,177 94 554 1,658 100 980 45 325
Mackerel 57,403 69,238 57,374 44,352 42,886 47,150 56,447 66,105 40,689 37,996
Other pelagic 4,894 346 1 70 0 806 137 0 18 0
Total pelagic 104,109 121,566 83,969 102,664 74,120 59,981 70,329 80,592 69,504 48,698
Edible crabs 96 177 (r) 239 221 196 109 298 (r) 325 251 240
Nephrops 2,852 3,189 2,264 1,674 901 6,565 8,825 10,014 7,275 3,734
Scallops 659 484 176 594 1,383 1,092 829 340 1,346 2,404
Squid 124 399 (r) 230 244 99 270 1,030 (r) 927 741 428
Other shellfish 96 258 204 133 23 694 643 756 592 119
Total shellfish 3,828 4,507 (r) 3,113 2,866 2,602 8,730 11,625 (r) 12,362 10,205 6,926
Total landings 149,195 168,060 (r) 128,295 152,166 130,405 117,748 139,440 (r) 154,549 141,641 124,209
Portree
Total demersal 3 4 14 10 11 4 7 25 11 11
Total pelagic 10 52 30 7 - 2 26 11 4 -
Edible crabs 355 578 607 630 623 410 674 723 758 749
Nephrops 1,233 1,150 995 1,031 1,081 6,536 6,794 6,218 6,272 6,132
Scallops 204 146 237 186 290 435 353 494 392 553
Velvet crabs 51 69 61 77 54 114 169 168 205 134
Whelks - - - - 63 - - - - 43
Other shellfish 24 33 23 44 41 252 381 249 304 249
Total shellfish 1,866 1,976 1,924 1,967 2,152 7,747 8,370 7,852 7,931 7,860
Total landings 1,879 2,032 1,968 1,985 2,163 7,753 8,404 7,887 7,946 7,871

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2013.
(r) Some 2010 figures have been revised downwards due to doubled counting arising from duplicated records in the vessel file.

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