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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 1.6 Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels by ICES area and main species 1: 2015

  Quantity ( tonnes) Value (£'000)
ICES area North Sea Area IIa Faroes Vb West Scotland Irish Sea VIIa Rest of area VII Other Total North Sea Area IIa Faroes Vb West Scotland Irish Sea VIIa Rest of area VII Other Total
IVa IVb VIa VIb IVa IVb VIa VIb
Species
Cod 10,827 113 0 379 161 18 1 11 0 11,510 21,319 214 0 751 322 35 1 23 0 22,665
Haddock 20,558 1,268 0 448 3,034 2,052 1 79 - 27,440 28,248 1,516 0 557 4,269 2,677 1 114 - 37,382
Hake 2,512 34 - 5 2,233 0 0 1,701 168 6,654 4,193 47 - 11 6,213 0 0 5,008 422 15,895
Lemon sole 528 148 - 1 55 3 0 24 - 759 1,912 431 - 5 164 5 0 95 - 2,612
Ling 1,840 5 3 60 1,398 211 0 98 - 3,614 2,230 7 2 80 2,002 207 0 143 - 4,670
Megrims 1,119 0 0 1 494 115 0 172 - 1,902 2,819 0 1 2 1,070 205 0 611 - 4,709
Monkfish 7,333 115 105 125 1,598 864 2 989 - 11,130 17,796 251 283 371 3,844 2,123 5 1,595 - 26,269
Plaice 1,304 3,291 - 0 54 - 1 9 5 4,663 921 3,557 - 0 36 - 0 13 5 4,534
Saithe 5,119 46 2 254 2,717 141 - 1 - 8,280 4,592 43 1 233 2,242 108 - 1 - 7,220
Whiting 7,528 323 - 3 121 46 0 23 0 8,043 8,084 293 - 3 136 51 0 26 0 8,593
Other demersal 2,307 2,355 166 31 1,395 71 8 171 236 6,739 3,204 1,260 278 69 2,736 101 13 454 127 8,241
Total demersal 60,973 7,698 276 1,307 13,259 3,523 13 3,276 409 90,733 95,318 7,617 565 2,083 23,034 5,514 21 8,084 555 142,791
Blue whiting - - - - 15,396 283 - 14,829 - 30,508 - - - - 2,769 30 - 3,512 - 6,311
Herring 48,291 32 - - 10,404 - - - - 58,726 17,643 13 - - 3,650 - - - - 21,307
Mackerel 110,801 412 3,037 - 68,352 - - 17,284 - 199,887 69,787 321 1,988 - 45,678 - - 12,740 - 130,513
Other pelagic 32 0 - - 1,756 - - 6 634 2,428 6 0 - - 732 - - - 1,285 2,023
Total pelagic 159,124 444 3,037 - 95,908 283 - 32,119 634 291,549 87,436 334 1,988 - 52,829 30 - 16,251 1,285 160,153
Edible crabs 3,367 1,146 - - 5,396 - 4 1 6 9,920 4,120 1,301 - - 6,946 - 4 1 7 12,380
Lobsters 250 487 - - 257 - 50 0 - 1,044 2,761 5,133 - - 2,625 - 502 0 - 11,021
Nephrops 2,588 3,160 - - 10,267 - 231 265 - 16,511 10,022 10,125 - - 39,035 - 460 1,383 - 61,025
Queen scallops 17 0 - - 20 - 9,043 6 - 9,086 12 0 - - 12 - 5,053 2 - 5,079
Scallops 3,359 3,784 - - 3,841 - 1,764 3,289 3 16,040 6,857 7,622 - - 8,434 - 4,055 6,108 7 33,083
Squid 691 181 - 20 118 233 0 146 - 1,389 2,364 713 - 53 338 600 0 306 - 4,374
Velvet crabs 683 142 - - 648 - - - - 1,473 1,866 301 - - 1,567 - - 0 - 3,733
Other shellfish 866 289 - - 308 1 387 302 151 2,303 725 364 - - 996 2 848 561 145 3,641
Total shellfish 11,821 9,189 - 20 20,855 234 11,478 4,008 160 57,765 28,726 25,558 - 53 59,953 602 10,923 8,360 159 134,335
Total landings 231,918 17,331 3,313 1,327 130,022 4,040 11,491 39,403 1,203 440,047 211,480 33,509 2,553 2,136 135,816 6,146 10,944 32,696 1,999 437,279

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2015.

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