Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

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


Table 1.7 Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Eyemouth
Haddock 223 170 170 10 59 283 195 166 13 92
Other demersal 76 37 28 29 31 105 55 42 34 38
Total demersal 299 207 198 39 90 389 250 208 48 130
Mackerel 47 39 75 46 76 45 46 68 61 67
Other pelagic 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 - -
Total pelagic 47 39 75 46 76 45 46 68 61 67
Edible crabs 247 300 344 270 346 318 387 431 356 405
Lobsters 192 186 216 224 189 1,963 1,791 2,161 2,232 1,943
Nephrops 1,316 1,274 875 1,544 1,137 4,021 4,214 2,698 4,517 3,642
Scallops 44 31 214 43 133 81 57 327 74 249
Velvet crabs 60 61 60 53 37 97 102 91 78 54
Other shellfish 16 13 5 13 13 52 33 15 19 17
Total shellfish 1,876 1,865 1,714 2,145 1,855 6,532 6,584 5,723 7,276 6,310
Total landings 2,221 2,111 1,987 2,231 2,021 6,966 6,880 5,999 7,385 6,507
Fraserburgh
Cod 330 234 335 262 349 645 410 585 476 624
Cuckoo ray 1 1 7 21 37 1 1 3 8 15
Dogfish other 0   10 25 74 0   2 6 18
Grey gurnards 3 15 32 44 209 3 5 13 17 84
Haddock 2,486 2,416 3,361 2,548 2,291 2,304 1,872 2,691 2,661 2,679
Hake 103 50 113 95 111 93 59 147 110 110
Lemon sole 163 92 120 102 105 410 189 255 205 217
Ling 110 75 133 96 114 176 106 164 117 131
Megrims 101 48 138 87 106 284 97 244 206 251
Monkfish 792 527 711 909 1,454 2,758 1,707 2,112 2,365 3,118
Plaice 132 94 142 162 175 75 54 80 85 92
Saithe 539 245 464 286 350 599 258 353 233 300
Whiting 1,259 1,085 1,358 1,190 1,043 1,264 926 1,005 1,066 909
Witches 231 184 244 277 182 286 188 192 241 181
Other demersal 110 83 124 103 88 400 254 270 214 192
Total demersal 6,359 5,148 7,292 6,209 6,688 9,300 6,126 8,117 8,010 8,919
Herring 599 1,718 3,701 0 82 272 892 1,216 0 29
Mackerel 10,465 10,856 8,810 14,058 9,773 11,736 9,741 7,486 11,677 6,326
Other pelagic 281 997 510 3 0 127 274 115 2 0
Total pelagic 11,345 13,571 13,022 14,061 9,855 12,136 10,907 8,818 11,679 6,355
Edible crabs 481 471 564 503 439 693 626 734 714 607
Lobsters 26 24 25 33 35 260 244 248 335 364
Nephrops 6,809 4,366 2,832 4,178 2,134 25,094 17,162 10,053 15,525 8,232
Scallops 596 477 2,045 1,442 1,039 1,244 980 3,805 2,626 2,010
Squid 220 98 152 402 220 1,047 390 644 1,069 798
Velvet crabs 68 75 46 47 31 131 133 80 76 54
Other shellfish 3 2 12 5 6 4 3 7 4 5
Total shellfish 8,203 5,515 5,676 6,610 3,905 28,472 19,538 15,571 20,349 12,070
Total landings 25,907 24,234 25,990 26,880 20,449 49,907 36,571 32,506 40,039 27,344

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2015.

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