Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014


Table 2.6 Number of Scottish based vessels by main fishing method ( 1) and length group as at 31st December 2014

Length group (metres) Total
Main fishing method 10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Over 10m
Demersal single trawl 16 6 3 71 36 2 118 134
Demersal pair trawl - - - 9 9 - 18 18
Seine net - 1 - 12 10 1 24 24
Lines 31 - - - 10 2 12 43
Demersal gill nets 5 - - - 3 - 3 8
Demersal twin/mult trawl - - - 10 4 - 14 14
Beam trawl - - - - 3 1 4 4
Other demersal 1 - - - 1 - 1 2
Demersal total 53 7 3 102 76 6 194 247
Purse seine - - - - - 2 2 2
Pelagic trawl - - - - 1 18 19 19
Pelagic total - - - - 1 20 21 21
Creel fishing 1,266 88 11 11 - - 110 1,376
Nephrops trawl 75 40 37 87 3 - 167 242
Mechanical dredging 18 7 17 40 15 2 81 99
Suction dredging - 1 - - - - 1 1
Shell fishing by hand 35 7 2 - - - 9 44
Shellfish total 1,394 143 67 138 18 2 368 1,762
Total 1,447 150 70 240 95 28 583 2,030

(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.

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