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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.n Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels abroad, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
UK vessels
Landings Abroad
Bass 31 83 31 37 40 198 580 162 261 338
Black scabbardfish 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Brill 121 110 107 107 119 683 554 609 692 526
Cod 10,495 13,762 16,446 16,251 12,775 18,865 18,843 19,971 22,057 19,370
Haddock 1,574 1,176 1,086 869 866 1,887 1,393 1,078 1,126 931
Hake 1,300 1,817 2,487 2,779 3,843 2,228 4,196 6,679 6,271 8,414
Lemon sole 440 374 467 503 442 1,512 1,141 1,321 1,540 1,503
Ling 545 614 572 434 471 831 962 811 533 637
Megrims 1,394 1,318 1,297 1,644 1,702 3,850 4,027 3,756 5,814 5,471
Monkfish 3,297 3,208 3,480 4,477 3,908 11,168 12,169 10,771 14,442 11,904
Plaice 14,204 15,334 17,088 15,591 15,332 18,829 20,880 18,068 17,067 18,988
Pollack 392 462 635 560 520 1,111 1,174 1,447 621 586
Saithe 3,106 2,122 1,802 1,608 3,100 2,991 2,200 1,937 1,974 3,196
Skates and rays 376 283 340 350 394 562 401 660 593 732
Sole 360 282 516 553 558 3,848 2,583 3,805 4,426 4,722
Turbot 328 309 302 325 250 2,863 2,328 2,258 2,619 1,864
Whiting 324 348 653 693 699 296 452 586 642 590
Other demersal 13,145 7,856 9,460 2,912 5,418 6,800 5,071 4,285 3,599 4,811
Total demersal 51,433 49,465 56,770 49,692 50,437 78,522 78,965 78,205 84,277 84,584
Blue whiting 38 2,753 5,333 18,146 19,628 18 1,501 1,206 3,882 4,599
Herring 30,311 52,225 56,309 59,336 55,181 14,080 20,833 19,692 18,249 19,558
Horse mackerel 7,872 7,863 8,900 9,663 4,696 3,481 3,520 3,931 4,398 2,283
Mackerel 87,793 101,042 85,582 161,806 153,156 98,362 94,519 76,243 123,091 99,228
Other pelagic 11,712 5,950 1,156 1,331 775 5,645 4,487 1,974 1,909 1,320
Total pelagic 137,726 169,832 157,280 250,282 233,435 121,587 124,860 103,046 151,529 126,988
Cockles 27 29 12 0 0 39 28 11 0 0
Cuttlefish 36 97 44 30 40 104 255 105 75 103
Edible crabs 1,936 2,464 2,844 3,281 3,152 2,463 3,276 4,324 5,387 4,765
Lobsters 23 23 28 31 37 304 263 258 279 318
Nephrops 241 162 199 178 215 1,449 967 1,108 966 1,068
Queen scallops 2,158 4,387 1,099 137 130 881 1,778 583 71 85
Scallops 55 48 223 520 138 106 72 384 875 244
Squid 210 302 227 503 548 1,119 1,580 953 1,931 2,108
Velvet crabs 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
Whelks 80 85 130 310 67 37 45 93 197 52
Other shellfish 1,860 7,137 2,453 3,789 4,203 4,540 7,637 2,916 3,694 2,676
Total shellfish 6,627 14,735 7,260 8,780 8,530 11,042 15,902 10,735 13,476 11,418
Total landings 195,786 234,032 221,311 308,753 292,402 211,150 219,726 191,985 249,282 222,990

(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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