Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 1.4 Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels by main species 1 and vessel length group: 2014

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
Overall vessel length group (metres) Total Overall vessel length group (metres) Total
<=10 >10-12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 over 40 <=10 >10-12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 over 40
Cod 122 0 31 3,508 7,250 17 10,928 218 0 52 7,073 14,733 52 22,127
Haddock 4 - 39 10,309 20,061 8 30,421 4 - 47 13,308 28,636 7 42,001
Hake 0 0 2 737 5,423 5 6,166 0 0 2 996 12,764 5 13,767
Lemon sole 1 0 6 333 294 126 759 1 0 16 920 1,071 418 2,426
Ling 3 - 2 892 2,668 1 3,565 3 - 2 1,032 3,372 1 4,409
Megrims 0 - 2 1,234 914 0 2,150 0 - 4 3,271 2,323 0 5,597
Monkfish 3 1 17 3,348 5,408 15 8,793 7 3 31 9,452 15,353 41 24,888
Plaice 1 - 19 651 600 3,096 4,366 0 - 14 427 530 3,198 4,170
Saithe 9 - 1 1,789 6,545 13 8,356 7 - 1 1,582 5,936 1 7,527
Whiting 3 0 9 4,061 4,661 0 8,733 2 0 7 4,231 5,465 0 9,705
Other demersal 62 1 15 1,361 2,383 604 4,426 35 8 22 1,665 3,693 1,095 6,518
Total demersal 206 3 140 28,223 56,206 3,885 88,663 276 12 196 43,958 93,876 4,818 143,136
Blue whiting - - - - - 25,617 25,617 - - - - - 3,823 3,823
Herring - - - 96 2,142 59,128 61,366 - - - 32 556 17,882 18,471
Mackerel 429 0 0 33 4,895 234,113 239,470 487 0 0 34 3,580 190,696 194,797
Other pelagic - - - 1,541 147 2,317 4,005 - - - 370 537 2,163 3,070
Total pelagic 429 0 0 1,669 7,184 321,176 330,458 487 0 0 436 4,674 214,564 220,161
Edible crabs 4,426 1,707 732 3,722 1 13 10,601 5,373 1,991 956 5,283 1 10 13,614
Lobsters 966 197 30 18 0 0 1,211 9,904 1,983 333 206 0 3 12,428
Nephrops 2,403 1,620 2,364 13,403 694 3 20,488 13,356 7,075 6,950 44,585 2,910 20 74,896
Queen scallops 2 4 0 6,181 767 - 6,954 3 2 0 2,888 322 - 3,214
Scallops 1,013 572 1,262 6,584 5,737 1,259 16,428 2,415 1,538 2,478 12,920 11,089 2,325 32,765
Squid 169 36 147 858 1,043 2 2,254 325 63 302 2,287 3,580 4 6,560
Velvet crabs 1,326 292 22 10 - - 1,649 3,224 787 56 34 - - 4,102
Other shellfish 953 431 287 266 20 0 1,958 1,508 859 191 413 29 0 3,000
Total shellfish 11,259 4,860 4,844 31,041 8,262 1,276 61,544 36,107 14,299 11,265 68,616 17,931 2,361 150,579
Total landings 11,894 4,862 4,985 60,934 71,653 326,336 480,665 36,870 14,310 11,462 113,010 116,481 221,742 513,875
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2014.

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