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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Published
29 September 2016
ISBN
9781786524300

Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.1.e Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Scottish vessels
Landings into the UK and Abroad
Bass 106 51 28 1 3 646 306 232 8 16
Black scabbardfish 36 34 57 112 127 90 69 105 150 161
Brill 22 26 29 28 25 128 120 145 145 106
Cod 10,324 10,771 10,799 10,928 11,510 22,866 21,352 21,376 22,134 22,665
Haddock 24,456 30,639 34,589 30,421 27,440 30,497 32,037 38,689 42,008 37,382
Hake 6,689 7,029 5,509 6,166 6,654 12,570 15,095 13,369 13,761 15,895
Lemon sole 743 655 868 759 759 2,258 1,711 2,429 2,426 2,612
Ling 4,093 4,147 3,535 3,565 3,614 6,121 5,906 4,773 4,402 4,670
Megrims 2,785 2,741 2,340 2,150 1,902 9,053 7,727 5,592 5,600 4,709
Monkfish 9,697 8,299 6,986 8,793 11,130 33,485 27,280 20,547 24,885 26,269
Plaice 3,275 2,898 4,831 4,368 4,663 3,903 3,158 4,734 4,176 4,534
Pollack 363 454 396 287 456 876 986 776 600 846
Saithe 10,996 10,032 10,856 8,356 8,280 11,469 10,557 9,110 7,527 7,220
Skates and rays 645 588 572 597 620 693 521 514 528 525
Sole 12 31 67 49 39 121 230 448 353 311
Turbot 114 104 111 114 110 1,009 781 853 889 839
Whiting 7,816 9,034 10,000 8,733 8,043 9,518 9,607 9,953 9,705 8,593
Other demersal 12,532 8,200 10,444 3,237 5,358 7,381 5,620 5,735 3,845 5,437
Total demersal 94,703 95,735 102,017 88,666 90,733 152,684 143,063 139,379 143,144 142,791
Blue whiting 1,331 6,305 8,166 25,617 30,508 597 1,733 1,818 3,823 6,311
Herring 37,717 54,321 57,979 61,366 58,726 16,974 28,972 22,769 18,470 21,307
Horse mackerel 1,008 1,501 676 1,651 733 401 804 335 972 489
Mackerel 145,955 134,345 133,994 239,470 199,887 162,493 131,096 126,138 194,798 130,513
Other pelagic 6,292 3,316 1,849 2,355 1,695 3,252 3,470 2,124 2,099 1,534
Total pelagic 192,303 199,787 202,664 330,458 291,549 183,717 166,075 153,183 220,161 160,153
Cockles 14 11 0 0 0 17 12 0 0 0
Cuttlefish 57 178 155 56 287 172 322 278 110 542
Edible crabs 9,817 9,495 9,530 10,611 9,920 11,570 11,345 11,803 13,634 12,380
Lobsters 1,246 1,129 1,026 1,213 1,044 13,221 11,749 10,548 12,453 11,021
Nephrops 22,669 21,286 18,486 20,498 16,511 84,286 82,491 64,624 74,971 61,025
Queen scallops 16,462 14,798 10,156 6,954 9,086 6,380 5,926 5,034 3,215 5,079
Scallops 15,764 17,144 17,577 16,431 16,040 29,883 31,420 31,887 32,765 33,083
Squid 2,293 1,559 1,321 2,254 1,389 9,174 5,134 4,863 6,553 4,374
Velvet crabs 2,204 2,038 1,573 1,655 1,473 5,829 4,874 3,982 4,120 3,733
Whelks 289 387 886 1,060 1,402 169 243 633 839 1,198
Other shellfish 1,240 1,446 1,594 848 614 2,624 3,081 3,763 2,069 1,901
Total shellfish 72,056 69,471 62,303 61,580 57,765 163,323 156,598 137,415 150,729 134,335
Total landings 359,062 364,993 366,984 480,704 440,047 499,724 465,736 429,978 514,033 437,279

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2015.

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