Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

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


Table 1.1.p Quantity and value of landings by foreign vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Foreign vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass - - - - - - - - - -
Black scabbardfish 2,096 1,963 2,296 2,862 2,452 4,927 3,957 4,404 4,801 3,311
Brill 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Cod 225 210 290 594 1,247 460 393 525 1,226 2,222
Haddock 198 150 386 1,670 951 269 173 428 2,245 1,236
Hake 6,120 5,510 4,527 7,086 7,079 10,009 12,637 11,076 17,689 17,464
Lemon sole 1 1 3 9 12 1 10 9 30 43
Ling 1,086 1,044 1,246 1,576 1,643 1,578 1,692 1,677 2,139 2,392
Megrims 280 221 228 200 236 896 650 551 514 683
Monkfish 1,444 992 1,060 995 1,063 4,450 3,798 2,810 2,922 2,766
Plaice 1 5 20 37 31 1 4 14 37 23
Pollack 1 3 1 46 18 3 5 2 79 39
Saithe 4,906 5,456 6,797 6,365 8,925 5,117 6,031 6,110 6,854 8,478
Skates and rays 59 56 64 114 88 59 46 54 108 85
Sole - - - 0 0 - - - 0 0
Turbot 1 5 3 6 3 7 28 19 37 23
Whiting 47 26 54 298 414 37 24 55 362 480
Other demersal 5,455 4,205 4,473 4,598 2,928 6,576 5,101 6,139 6,750 4,169
Total demersal 21,920 19,846 21,446 26,455 27,093 34,391 34,549 33,874 45,796 43,416
Blue whiting 2,091 18,093 1,245 12 - 1,154 5,743 297 1 -
Herring 7,176 23,461 7,563 8,149 1,962 4,054 13,633 2,997 2,419 734
Horse mackerel 1,117 284 256 338 12 922 172 181 280 1
Mackerel 23,120 20,593 20,746 27,197 7,372 31,958 15,703 18,651 19,237 4,456
Other pelagic 2 2,074 352 0 - 0 1,453 110 0 -
Total pelagic 33,505 64,505 30,163 35,696 9,346 38,089 36,704 22,236 21,937 5,191
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish - - - - - - - - - -
Edible crabs 27 - 0 8 0 91 - 0 11 0
Lobsters - - - - - - - - - -
Nephrops 1 15 0 0 7 6 56 1 1 24
Queen scallops - - - - - - - - - -
Scallops - - - - - - - - - -
Squid 14 9 29 27 16 36 43 104 76 52
Velvet crabs - - - - - - - - - -
Whelks - - - - - - - - - -
Other shellfish 215 94 12 75 174 840 443 31 380 497
Total shellfish 257 119 42 110 196 973 543 136 467 574
Total landings 55,682 84,469 51,651 62,261 36,635 73,452 71,796 56,245 68,200 49,180

(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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