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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.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 721 819 773 1,005 644 5,477 5,610 5,610 7,334 5,340
Black scabbardfish 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 -
Brill 283 298 275 274 310 1,746 1,568 1,566 1,573 1,622
Cod 1,699 1,617 1,108 1,105 1,377 3,301 3,146 2,369 1,979 2,342
Haddock 2,724 3,076 1,934 1,250 1,557 2,895 3,408 2,534 1,973 2,067
Hake 663 856 930 1,012 1,422 1,098 1,310 1,862 1,905 2,557
Lemon sole 1,047 1,953 1,829 1,660 1,158 4,294 5,374 5,741 5,778 4,937
Ling 418 346 358 471 263 536 410 415 440 300
Megrims 1,043 1,245 1,778 1,302 1,287 3,424 3,251 3,789 3,415 3,374
Monkfish 3,888 3,700 3,631 3,718 3,928 11,940 10,894 10,975 9,514 9,680
Plaice 2,185 2,476 2,462 2,185 1,855 2,999 2,949 2,738 2,514 2,363
Pollack 1,434 1,313 1,205 1,540 1,076 3,267 2,927 2,588 2,716 2,132
Saithe 224 143 179 134 159 266 146 197 147 153
Skates and rays 2,086 2,081 2,070 1,807 1,797 3,273 3,069 2,782 2,179 2,340
Sole 1,838 1,709 1,752 1,761 1,379 16,193 13,772 12,752 12,294 10,257
Turbot 397 408 397 466 477 3,798 3,307 3,340 3,777 3,681
Whiting 1,745 1,939 1,982 1,813 1,601 1,543 1,416 1,312 1,349 1,159
Other demersal 4,560 4,470 4,365 4,057 4,281 5,374 5,019 4,213 4,194 3,877
Total demersal 26,955 28,448 27,028 25,560 24,571 71,423 67,577 64,782 63,082 58,180
Blue whiting 23 117 - - 0 6 32 - - 0
Herring 5,934 5,578 8,498 7,040 6,478 2,521 2,507 2,682 1,987 2,047
Horse mackerel 6,724 7,565 1,874 2,293 2,191 1,884 2,084 520 703 801
Mackerel 5,280 4,570 3,098 4,044 4,235 5,214 4,681 3,058 4,182 3,101
Other pelagic 7,784 9,256 7,548 7,544 6,899 1,848 2,141 1,744 2,556 2,097
Total pelagic 25,746 27,087 21,017 20,921 19,802 11,474 11,445 8,003 9,429 8,047
Cockles 3,149 2,234 10,109 10,191 11,169 2,698 1,486 5,264 7,877 5,692
Cuttlefish 3,254 5,261 3,650 3,068 6,016 8,833 10,684 6,487 6,498 10,618
Edible crabs 12,911 15,090 15,516 17,484 15,536 16,427 18,792 20,083 22,956 20,285
Lobsters 1,947 2,015 1,937 2,151 2,050 19,388 19,312 19,276 20,914 21,107
Nephrops 9,952 10,750 10,394 10,167 9,658 24,422 28,336 24,295 25,420 22,737
Queen scallops 13,581 11,757 12,412 7,468 9,097 4,797 4,502 5,379 3,625 5,270
Scallops 22,292 23,874 18,507 17,327 17,567 38,774 39,245 30,802 31,064 34,283
Squid 689 373 633 725 536 3,061 2,045 2,821 2,999 2,234
Velvet crabs 387 337 219 236 250 612 513 364 410 375
Whelks 13,657 16,091 19,364 18,932 19,730 8,857 10,927 13,264 15,518 17,663
Other shellfish 12,803 11,650 3,985 2,293 2,672 5,318 6,637 4,844 3,663 4,147
Total shellfish 94,622 99,430 96,726 90,043 94,282 133,186 142,481 132,878 140,944 144,411
Total landings 147,323 154,965 144,772 136,524 138,656 216,083 221,503 205,664 213,455 210,639

(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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