Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 1.5.c Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using shellfish gears by main species 1 : 2014

Shellfish Gears

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
Creel fishing Nephrop trawl 2 Dredging Hand Shellfishing Other methods Total Creel fishing Nephrop trawl 2 Dredging Hand Shellfishing Other methods Total
Edible crabs 10,514 2 1 1 - 10,517 13,517 2 1 1 - 13,520
Lobsters 1,174 0 0 0 - 1,175 12,094 0 3 2 - 12,099
Nephrops 1,458 19,009 2 0 - 20,470 12,573 62,206 12 0 - 74,791
Queen scallops 1 0 6,779 0 - 6,780 1 0 3,106 0 - 3,107
Scallops 70 0 15,747 561 - 16,377 185 0 30,817 1,615 - 32,616
Squid 2 13 1 0 - 15 5 32 3 0 - 41
Velvet crabs 1,628 0 1 0 - 1,629 4,055 0 3 0 - 4,058
Other shellfish 1,290 0 150 403 - 1,843 1,149 0 134 1,426 - 2,710
Total shellfish 16,137 19,024 22,681 965 - 58,807 43,580 62,240 34,078 3,044 - 142,942
Other species c 195 740 46 0 - 981 200 1,007 151 0 - 1,358

(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2014.

(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.

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