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
Scrabster
Black scabbardfish 473 415 430 751 371 1,095 624 816 739 324
Blue ling 484 211 227 538 188 614 214 268 617 191
Cod 992 867 1,215 1,267 1,610 2,148 1,687 2,361 2,531 3,094
Greenland halibut 133 40 65 216 172 453 78 187 531 423
Grey gurnards 12 32 34 62 54 4 14 12 28 12
Gurnards and latchet 22 19 33 13 23 18 7 28 6 24
Haddock 1,886 2,540 3,684 4,378 3,910 2,366 2,742 4,196 6,092 5,344
Hake 1,404 883 701 1,761 1,573 3,708 3,518 2,707 6,115 5,844
Lemon sole 22 31 50 56 62 51 63 141 175 192
Ling 593 493 461 742 594 909 723 660 950 761
Megrims 511 394 399 447 398 1,693 1,113 943 1,105 895
Monkfish 1,930 1,737 1,348 2,201 2,495 6,737 5,827 3,922 6,591 6,078
Plaice 61 55 124 101 65 48 46 106 85 50
Pollack 34 57 30 39 31 74 127 58 62 52
Portuguese dogfish 122 96 139 93 53 159 141 101 216 24
Red gurnards 82 35 38 61 39 23 8 35 25 17
Redfish 45 61 52 170 87 81 90 55 178 79
Saithe 1,962 1,194 1,671 1,578 1,208 2,063 1,211 1,437 1,453 973
Skates and rays 74 57 30 77 29 58 45 21 64 23
Spotted ray 20 6 20 24 32 21 5 18 24 27
Thornback ray 15 22 15 23 26 44 25 15 24 25
Whiting 429 392 626 762 606 528 441 643 861 635
Witches 35 36 49 43 32 44 38 46 45 24
Other demersal 307 135 113 217 73 504 224 217 274 196
Total demersal 11,649 9,807 11,553 15,620 13,729 23,442 19,010 18,990 28,791 25,306
Total pelagic 5 8 18 7 16 3 3 6 5 10
Edible crabs 2,942 2,438 2,565 2,827 2,897 3,809 3,209 3,615 3,957 4,053
Lobsters 146 93 60 61 53 1,579 1,023 652 667 593
Nephrops 114 24 30 32 31 536 105 131 126 103
Scallops 528 659 1,002 498 640 1,064 1,359 1,757 1,002 1,145
Squid 283 53 114 174 129 1,005 197 400 568 402
Velvet crabs 113 77 53 53 43 264 166 119 115 100
Whelks 24 26 36 41 47 14 17 30 34 38
Other shellfish 88 5 1 18 3 46 23 10 20 12
Total shellfish 4,238 3,374 3,862 3,706 3,843 8,316 6,100 6,714 6,489 6,445
Total landings 15,892 13,189 15,434 19,333 17,587 31,762 25,113 25,710 35,286 31,761

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

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