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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Published
3 September 2015
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781785445958

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014

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Table 1.6 Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels by ICES area and main species 1: 2014

ICES area Quantity ( tonnes) Value (£'000)
North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of area VII Other Total North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of area VII Other Total
IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa
Species
Cod 10,365 151 - 268 121 10 2 10 - 10,928 20,985 297 - 561 243 17 4 20 - 22,127
Haddock 23,667 1,905 0 423 3,215 1,152 1 58 - 30,421 32,885 2,446 0 580 4,427 1,547 1 114 - 42,001
Hake 2,340 27 - 2 2,505 0 1 1,130 163 6,166 3,839 40 - 2 6,640 0 1 2,811 434 13,767
Lemon sole 479 212 0 1 31 12 0 24 - 759 1,635 583 0 4 88 20 0 96 - 2,426
Ling 1,822 6 0 36 1,392 257 1 52 0 3,565 2,120 9 0 52 1,865 297 0 66 0 4,409
Megrims 1,422 1 - 0 438 95 - 193 - 2,150 3,835 3 - 1 1,083 156 - 519 - 5,597
Monkfish 5,482 91 1 46 929 1,024 7 1,159 52 8,793 15,756 209 3 133 2,784 2,734 18 3,110 140 24,888
Plaice 1,058 3,253 - 1 47 0 1 8 - 4,366 834 3,291 - 1 34 0 0 9 - 4,170
Saithe 5,055 114 1 317 2,682 184 0 3 - 8,356 4,540 111 1 275 2,455 142 0 3 - 7,527
Whiting 8,265 349 - 1 80 22 0 15 - 8,733 9,256 313 - 1 90 26 0 19 - 9,705
Other demersal 2,000 438 371 12 1,160 67 6 141 232 4,426 2,850 1,142 654 24 1,330 86 12 303 117 6,518
Total demersal 61,954 6,548 374 1,107 12,599 2,823 18 2,794 447 88,663 98,535 8,445 659 1,635 21,040 5,024 37 7,069 691 143,136
Blue whiting 2 - 22 - 5,611 6,501 - 13,482 - 25,617 0 - - - 839 1,025 - 1,959 - 3,823
Herring 41,826 3,151 4,233 - 12,155 - - - - 61,366 12,007 919 2,280 - 3,266 - - - - 18,471
Mackerel 124,330 230 3,858 - 92,837 0 1 18,214 - 239,470 80,889 252 2,611 - 91,460 0 1 19,584 - 194,797
Other pelagic 11 262 - - 2,817 - - 184 732 4,005 1 213 - - 1,112 - - 341 1,403 3,070
Total pelagic 166,168 3,643 8,114 - 113,420 6,501 1 31,881 732 330,458 92,897 1,384 4,891 - 96,677 1,025 1 21,883 1,403 220,161
Edible crabs 3,608 869 0 - 6,119 - 4 1 - 10,601 4,521 1,073 0 - 8,014 - 4 1 - 13,614
Lobsters 308 540 0 - 325 - 38 0 - 1,211 3,264 5,506 0 - 3,280 - 377 2 - 12,428
Nephrops 5,362 4,052 - - 10,628 1 279 165 0 20,488 20,405 12,776 - - 40,209 7 589 909 0 74,896
Queen scallops 8 - - - 398 - 6,549 - - 6,954 5 - - - 187 - 3,022 - - 3,214
Scallops 3,227 2,759 - - 4,608 - 1,809 4,025 - 16,428 7,018 5,073 - - 9,733 - 3,649 7,292 - 32,765
Squid 1,289 75 - 26 109 663 0 92 - 2,254 3,160 194 - 96 379 2,370 1 360 - 6,560
Velvet crabs 791 160 0 - 698 - - - - 1,649 2,045 312 0 - 1,746 - - - - 4,102
Other shellfish 694 188 - - 537 1 316 74 148 1,958 727 289 - - 1,241 1 486 134 120 3,000
Total shellfish 15,287 8,643 0 26 23,422 664 8,994 4,358 148 61,544 41,145 25,223 0 96 64,790 2,379 8,127 8,699 121 150,579
Total landings 243,409 18,834 8,488 1,133 149,441 9,988 9,013 39,032 1,327 480,665 232,577 35,051 5,550 1,730 182,507 8,428 8,165 37,651 2,215 513,876

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

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