Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 1.1.u Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into the whole 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 UK
Bass 704 743 836 796 1,016 4,971 5,638 5,736 5,743 7,331
Black scabbardfish 2,795 2,132 1,998 2,353 2,974 5,772 5,017 4,026 4,510 4,952
Blue ling 3,410 1,826 1,545 1,850 2,288 4,266 2,338 1,936 2,437 3,275
Brill 374 378 382 346 328 2,106 2,343 2,005 1,851 1,611
Cod 20,616 15,446 14,356 13,522 14,730 36,315 30,786 26,971 26,676 29,068
Haddock 32,880 29,265 34,440 39,202 37,185 37,215 35,637 36,174 44,065 51,630
Hake 10,990 12,897 12,049 11,003 15,613 19,395 22,681 26,129 27,203 37,263
Lemon sole 2,095 1,868 2,774 2,848 2,676 6,940 6,940 7,491 8,271 7,941
Ling 5,174 5,310 5,148 5,308 6,083 7,087 7,787 7,407 7,195 7,528
Megrims 4,141 3,734 3,979 4,648 3,654 11,491 11,944 10,020 10,016 9,169
Monkfish 13,715 13,876 12,192 11,973 12,663 45,143 45,727 38,287 34,796 34,443
Plaice 3,717 3,994 4,207 4,868 4,279 4,618 5,093 4,653 4,782 3,975
Pollack 1,750 1,941 1,801 1,647 1,997 3,593 4,445 3,970 3,455 3,500
Saithe 16,553 17,619 16,408 19,683 17,509 15,051 18,534 17,326 17,066 17,034
Skates and rays 3,493 3,768 3,787 3,544 3,091 5,521 5,672 5,144 4,426 2,858
Sole 2,401 2,766 2,670 2,532 2,538 21,469 25,590 22,639 17,968 12,665
Turbot 505 553 578 544 587 4,249 5,193 4,510 4,296 4,292
Whiting 9,103 9,938 11,003 12,350 11,664 9,549 11,560 11,103 11,692 12,198
Other demersal 14,451 11,188 10,038 10,489 9,653 17,959 14,686 12,362 12,275 11,454
Total demersal 148,869 139,242 140,189 149,507 150,529 262,708 267,611 247,890 248,724 262,186
Blue whiting 31,171 3,438 24,511 9,411 9,699 7,291 1,756 7,507 2,115 1,267
Herring 40,534 39,575 63,094 45,987 48,787 11,925 19,867 33,237 16,937 13,510
Horse mackerel 8,215 11,057 9,637 2,870 3,676 2,960 4,450 3,396 1,128 1,636
Mackerel 139,203 118,410 89,201 99,580 155,609 114,726 140,220 80,604 89,375 125,731
Other pelagic 10,406 8,295 13,094 8,868 9,084 2,419 1,963 4,000 2,079 2,926
Total pelagic 229,529 180,775 199,537 166,716 226,855 139,321 168,257 128,744 111,635 145,069
Cockles 1,354 3,153 2,239 10,109 10,171 1,531 2,707 1,496 5,264 7,869
Cuttlefish 3,857 3,310 5,375 3,720 3,092 7,592 8,987 10,928 6,553 6,501
Edible crabs 23,278 24,963 26,048 26,436 29,861 27,948 30,878 32,038 33,850 39,077
Lobsters 2,723 3,189 3,146 2,965 3,371 26,873 32,581 31,089 29,906 33,337
Nephrops 38,394 34,499 33,000 28,484 30,468 95,581 111,618 111,386 86,348 98,605
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 12,254 22,991 19,277 17,779 10,562 4,693 8,590 7,604 8,430 5,080
Scallops 31,560 30,485 34,995 31,619 29,100 51,111 55,063 61,101 55,270 54,973
Squid 3,664 2,938 1,845 1,873 2,933 10,426 11,919 6,651 7,194 9,304
Velvet crabs 2,845 2,585 2,377 1,795 1,888 7,009 6,431 5,399 4,354 4,522
Whelks 14,546 13,910 16,469 20,020 19,794 9,412 9,003 11,157 13,726 16,276
Other shellfish 10,060 14,283 13,268 5,694 3,231 8,958 8,847 10,667 8,837 6,127
Total shellfish 144,537 156,307 158,039 150,494 144,472 251,133 286,625 289,514 259,732 281,670
Total landings 522,934 476,324 497,765 466,717 521,856 653,162 722,493 666,148 620,091 688,926

(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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