Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 1.1.t Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1: 2010 to 2014

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
UK and Foreign vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 703 742 835 794 1,015 4,967 5,636 5,735 5,731 7,326
Black scabbardfish - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0
Blue ling - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 -
Brill 372 376 379 342 324 2,099 2,335 1,994 1,830 1,594
Cod 7,603 4,226 3,059 1,306 1,244 10,862 6,165 4,777 2,680 1,992
Haddock 3,126 3,529 3,364 2,090 1,380 3,117 3,594 3,685 2,689 2,024
Hake 680 713 865 941 1,019 1,198 1,307 1,324 1,875 1,899
Lemon sole 1,565 1,303 2,246 2,153 1,981 5,742 5,326 6,109 6,355 5,790
Ling 343 450 390 400 538 433 590 480 468 441
Megrims 1,434 1,289 1,704 2,210 1,426 4,079 3,975 3,882 4,141 3,432
Monkfish 3,960 4,491 4,639 4,460 4,031 11,858 13,685 13,448 12,660 9,588
Plaice 3,028 3,219 3,262 3,172 2,876 4,119 4,465 3,872 3,461 2,881
Pollack 1,203 1,456 1,341 1,229 1,592 2,566 3,321 2,988 2,632 2,717
Saithe 194 227 144 180 135 126 270 148 199 148
Skates and rays 2,888 3,140 3,203 2,927 2,377 4,928 5,015 4,638 3,884 2,224
Sole 2,400 2,763 2,666 2,531 2,534 21,460 25,566 22,619 17,957 12,644
Turbot 457 504 529 493 531 3,879 4,762 4,140 3,872 3,836
Whiting 1,972 1,968 2,125 2,242 2,051 1,528 1,739 1,599 1,477 1,365
Other demersal 5,070 5,423 5,197 5,057 4,592 5,237 6,662 5,975 4,700 4,445
Total demersal 36,997 35,819 35,950 32,527 29,645 88,196 94,413 87,413 76,610 64,345
Blue whiting 32 23 117 0 0 9 6 32 0 0
Herring 8,852 7,074 7,016 9,390 9,329 2,570 3,018 3,515 2,999 2,548
Horse mackerel 5,010 7,725 8,032 2,027 2,575 1,462 2,346 2,495 614 911
Mackerel 5,364 6,149 5,379 3,704 6,284 4,365 6,622 5,774 3,683 6,596
Other pelagic 7,139 7,784 9,256 7,548 7,545 1,627 1,848 2,141 1,744 2,556
Total pelagic 26,397 28,754 29,800 22,669 25,733 10,032 13,841 13,958 9,040 12,611
Cockles 1,012 3,149 2,234 10,109 10,171 1,210 2,698 1,486 5,264 7,868
Cuttlefish 3,857 3,310 5,375 3,720 3,092 7,592 8,987 10,928 6,553 6,501
Edible crabs 12,215 12,983 15,177 15,527 17,495 14,773 16,484 18,845 20,041 22,900
Lobsters 1,580 1,949 2,017 1,936 2,154 15,094 19,407 19,327 19,266 20,807
Nephrops 9,484 10,142 11,140 10,590 10,297 15,873 24,869 29,193 24,673 25,557
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 4,781 13,634 11,738 12,412 7,439 1,790 4,816 4,495 5,379 3,613
Scallops 22,215 22,686 24,544 19,163 18,471 33,474 39,405 40,443 31,865 32,842
Squid 476 756 423 689 743 1,813 3,374 2,285 2,975 3,011
Velvet crabs 309 387 337 218 235 553 612 513 364 408
Whelks 14,126 13,671 16,122 19,343 18,933 9,188 8,865 10,940 13,243 15,593
Other shellfish 8,257 12,847 11,715 4,070 2,300 5,613 5,354 6,681 4,907 3,656
Total shellfish 78,312 95,515 100,821 97,776 91,330 106,970 134,870 145,137 134,528 142,756
Total landings 141,706 160,088 166,571 152,972 146,707 205,199 243,124 246,507 220,178 219,712

(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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