Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013


Table 2.4 Number of active Scottish based vessels by main fishing method (1) as at 31st December: 2004 to 2013

10m & under Over 10m
Pelagic Demersal Shellfish Over
Nephrop Creel Other 2 Total Purse Pelagic Other Total Trawl 3 Seine Lines Other 4 Total Nephrop Creel Other Total 10 m Total
Year trawls fishing seine trawl trawls fishing Total
2004(r) 103 1,371 121 1,595 6 20 - 26 265 33 9 10 317 181 112 94 387 730 2,325
2005(r) 100 1,347 120 1,567 6 19 - 25 255 34 9 10 308 177 115 94 386 719 2,286
2006 98 1,299 121 1,518 5 16 - 21 247 33 10 10 300 171 121 93 385 706 2,224
2007 95 1,292 107 1,494 5 17 - 22 241 35 9 9 294 172 120 89 381 697 2,191
2008 86 1,296 110 1,492 4 20 - 24 234 35 14 12 295 188 122 84 394 713 2,205
2009 81 1,288 114 1,483 4 21 - 25 214 37 15 8 274 194 117 81 392 691 2,174
2010 79 1,292 114 1,485 4 20 - 24 199 33 14 10 256 190 117 78 385 665 2,150
2011 80 1,285 105 1,470 4 20 - 24 179 28 15 7 229 177 118 77 372 625 2,095
2012 80 1,266 102 1,448 4 20 - 24 166 25 15 9 215 171 110 78 359 598 2,046
2013 70 1,254 102 1,426 3 20 - 23 163 23 13 5 204 171 110 86 367 594 2,020

(1) The main fishing method specified on a vessel's licence application may differ from the actual fishing gear used in individual voyages.
(2) The 10m & under 'other' fishing method category includes mechanical dredging; suction dredging, and shell fishing by hand.
(3) The over 10m 'Demersal Trawl' category includes; demersal single trawl, demersal pair trawl, demersal twin/multi trawl and beam trawl.
(4) The over 10m 'Demersal Other' category includes; demersal gill nets and other demersal.

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