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: all Scottish ports by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Black scabbardfish 2,132 1,998 2,353 2,974 2,579 5,017 4,026 4,510 4,952 3,472
Blue ling 1,826 1,545 1,850 2,288 1,478 2,338 1,936 2,437 3,275 1,798
Bluemouth 130 121 107 124 100 288 168 166 223 173
Catfish 226 260 263 293 366 418 469 464 498 511
Cod 11,220 11,297 12,216 13,487 15,236 24,621 22,195 23,992 27,083 29,395
Common mora 21 20 37 44 43 3 12 45 45 46
Conger eels 78 64 42 40 45 66 58 29 31 33
Cuckoo ray 215 188 163 192 219 184 142 119 126 136
Dogfish other 15 18 24 68 112 14 6 8 10 28
Forkbeard 485 586 613 627 549 641 792 1,060 1,149 923
Greenland halibut 401 194 660 600 640 1,280 490 1,596 1,495 1,709
Grey gurnards 29 161 165 172 403 16 67 62 68 149
Gurnard and latchet 143 147 99 31 48 110 113 74 11 32
Haddock 25,736 31,075 37,112 35,807 31,828 32,044 32,489 41,380 49,613 43,367
Hake 12,184 11,184 10,063 14,594 14,484 21,374 24,805 25,327 35,479 35,846
Halibut 113 69 48 44 48 973 655 473 406 377
John dory 34 37 39 30 22 167 151 177 166 133
Lemon sole 564 527 695 695 699 1,614 1,383 1,917 2,152 2,399
Lesser spotted dog - - - - 57 - - - - 0
Ling 4,861 4,757 4,908 5,545 5,492 7,197 6,927 6,727 7,079 7,343
Megrim 2,445 2,275 2,439 2,229 2,038 7,969 6,138 5,875 5,740 4,923
Monkfish 9,385 7,554 7,513 8,632 11,410 32,042 24,839 22,136 24,853 27,842
Plaice 775 945 1,696 1,404 1,720 628 781 1,321 1,094 1,219
Pollack 485 460 418 405 561 1,124 981 823 782 1,013
Portuguese dogfish 122 332 139 98 53 159 368 101 219 24
Rabbit fish 278 268 237 180 133 76 57 102 105 70
Red gurnards 191 142 137 157 186 84 55 88 74 78
Redfishes 350 383 846 615 250 525 562 1,222 833 348
Roundnose grenadier 843 743 745 593 335 1,059 946 817 617 358
Saithe 17,392 16,265 19,502 17,374 18,688 18,264 17,178 16,867 16,887 16,867
Sandy ray 0 4 22 30 40 1 4 23 36 49
Skates and rays 229 194 115 147 56 209 150 84 121 61
Spotted ray 94 89 133 145 177 112 89 134 150 173
Thornback ray 90 110 183 201 208 152 120 182 201 185
Turbot 49 48 52 56 67 431 370 424 456 536
Tusk 429 305 459 356 357 379 274 365 282 281
Whiting 7,971 8,878 10,108 9,613 9,513 9,820 9,504 10,220 10,833 10,316
Witches 640 663 650 686 558 848 714 596 665 594
Wrasses - 0 0 51 31 - 0 0 20 1,145
Other demersal 1,243 335 131 260 53 952 465 173 133 100
Total demersal 103,423 104,239 116,980 120,888 120,883 173,198 160,477 172,116 197,965 194,052
Blue whiting 3,415 24,394 9,411 9,699 12,150 1,750 7,475 2,115 1,267 1,994
Herring 32,501 56,078 36,596 39,458 34,048 16,849 29,722 13,938 10,960 12,076
Horse mackerel 3,332 1,605 843 1,101 711 2,104 900 515 724 485
Mackerel 112,262 83,822 95,876 149,325 97,973 133,598 74,830 85,692 119,135 61,932
Sprats 507 1,759 968 1,540 1,060 113 405 225 370 249
Other pelagic 4 2,079 352 0 0 2 1,453 110 0 0
Total pelagic 152,021 169,737 144,047 201,122 145,943 154,417 114,786 102,595 132,457 76,737
Clams 63 85 51 12 32 102 147 87 19 80
Edible crabs 11,981 10,871 10,909 12,375 11,119 14,394 13,193 13,809 16,198 14,194
Green crabs 239 303 272 225 194 156 195 175 151 122
Lobsters 1,240 1,129 1,029 1,220 1,046 13,174 11,760 10,641 12,555 11,054
Nephrops 24,357 21,860 17,894 20,182 16,069 86,749 82,191 61,670 73,126 59,209
Periwinkles 54 39 62 51 36 110 89 121 127 81
Queen scallops 9,357 7,540 5,368 3,123 3,361 3,775 3,109 3,051 1,467 1,883
Razor fish 725 903 915 429 350 1,982 2,567 3,139 1,597 1,616
Red crabs 224 99 14 91 176 882 464 32 396 509
Scallops 7,799 10,451 12,456 10,632 10,719 15,657 20,657 23,406 22,131 22,808
Squid 2,182 1,422 1,185 2,190 1,293 8,545 4,366 4,253 6,274 4,242
Velvet crabs 2,198 2,041 1,577 1,659 1,487 5,820 4,885 3,992 4,132 3,770
Whelks 239 354 677 862 1,128 138 221 483 683 937
Other shellfish 135 122 310 129 17 269 250 376 200 121
Total shellfish 60,792 57,218 52,718 53,179 47,026 151,754 144,096 125,236 139,055 120,627
Total landings 316,237 331,194 313,745 375,189 313,852 479,369 419,359 399,948 469,477 391,416

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

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