Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 1.1.e Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels, by main species 1: 2010 to 2014

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Scottish vessels
Landings into the UK and Abroad
Bass 63 106 51 28 1 400 646 306 232 8
Black scabbardfish 104 36 34 57 112 170 90 69 105 150
Blue ling 385 76 48 218 307 496 102 70 309 327
Brill 22 22 26 29 28 115 128 120 145 145
Cod 12,081 10,324 10,771 10,799 10,928 24,032 22,866 21,352 21,380 22,127
Haddock 28,101 24,456 30,639 34,589 30,421 32,398 30,497 32,037 38,685 42,001
Hake 5,940 6,689 7,029 5,509 6,166 10,966 12,570 15,095 13,369 13,767
Lemon sole 626 743 655 868 759 1,581 2,258 1,711 2,429 2,426
Ling 3,972 4,093 4,147 3,535 3,565 5,752 6,121 5,906 4,773 4,409
Megrims 3,070 2,785 2,741 2,340 2,150 8,383 9,053 7,727 5,592 5,597
Monkfish 9,609 9,697 8,299 6,986 8,793 32,568 33,485 27,281 20,547 24,888
Plaice 3,374 3,275 2,898 4,831 4,366 3,670 3,903 3,158 4,734 4,170
Pollack 394 363 454 396 287 792 876 986 776 601
Saithe 11,690 10,996 10,032 10,856 8,356 10,729 11,469 10,557 9,110 7,527
Skates and rays 643 670 600 582 600 655 716 530 522 531
Sole 43 12 31 67 49 376 121 230 448 353
Turbot 102 114 104 111 114 859 1,009 781 853 889
Whiting 6,964 7,816 9,034 10,000 8,733 7,792 9,518 9,607 9,948 9,705
Other demersal 18,726 12,431 8,140 10,215 2,927 10,086 7,256 5,540 5,418 3,514
Total demersal 105,908 94,703 95,735 102,017 88,663 151,821 152,684 143,063 139,376 143,136
Blue whiting 5,496 1,331 6,305 8,166 25,617 1,109 597 1,733 1,818 3,823
Herring 41,712 37,717 54,321 57,979 61,366 11,660 16,974 28,972 22,769 18,471
Horse mackerel 2,490 1,008 1,501 676 1,651 891 401 804 335 972
Mackerel 3 134,880 145,955 134,345 133,994 239,470 113,181 162,493 131,096 126,138 194,797
Other pelagic 4,645 6,292 3,316 1,849 2,355 2,561 3,252 3,470 2,124 2,099
Total pelagic 189,223 192,303 199,787 202,664 330,458 129,403 183,717 166,075 153,183 220,161
Cockles 220 14 11 0 0 216 17 12 0 0
Cuttlefish 71 57 178 155 56 167 172 322 278 110
Edible crabs 9,228 9,817 9,495 9,530 10,601 10,754 11,570 11,345 11,803 13,614
Lobsters 1,141 1,246 1,129 1,026 1,211 11,724 13,221 11,750 10,547 12,428
Nephrops 26,897 22,669 21,286 18,484 20,488 76,657 84,286 82,492 64,624 74,896
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 8,373 16,462 14,798 10,156 6,954 3,209 6,380 5,926 5,034 3,214
Scallops 18,775 15,764 17,144 17,577 16,428 31,999 29,883 31,421 31,886 32,765
Squid 3,239 2,293 1,559 1,321 2,254 8,907 9,174 5,134 4,829 6,560
Velvet crabs 2,542 2,204 2,038 1,573 1,649 6,463 5,829 4,874 3,981 4,102
Whelks 382 289 381 886 1,060 213 169 238 633 839
Other shellfish 1,642 1,240 1,452 1,594 842 2,545 2,624 3,363 3,763 2,051
Total shellfish 72,509 72,056 69,471 62,301 61,544 152,853 163,323 156,879 137,378 150,579
Total landings 367,641 359,062 364,993 366,982 480,665 434,076 499,724 466,017 429,938 513,876

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2014.

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