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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 1.11 Quantity and value of landings of key commercial stocks by Scottish vessels: 2011 to 2015

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
Stock 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Atlanto Scandian Herring 14,045 12,310 8,342 4,233 - 5,354 7,573 4,547 2,280 -
Clyde Herring 90 121 21 - - 47 58 6 - -
North Sea Herring ( 1) 16,029 33,641 39,363 44,977 48,322 7,766 17,212 14,700 12,926 17,657
West of Scotland Herring 7,552 8,248 10,211 12,155 10,404 3,807 4,129 3,493 3,265 3,650
North Sea Mackerel ( 2,3) 1,570 1,605 2,749 6,408 4,781 2,024 1,510 2,729 4,518 3,309
West of Scotland Mackerel ( 3) 144,385 132,740 131,242 231,416 192,068 160,470 129,585 123,407 189,165 125,216
West of Scotland Blue Ling 75 47 206 284 379 101 69 294 302 464
North Sea Cod 10,141 10,564 10,619 10,517 10,940 22,460 20,934 21,033 21,289 21,533
West of Scotland Cod (VIa) 107 135 130 142 161 232 264 249 288 322
Rockall Cod (VIb) 37 11 9 10 18 97 24 19 17 35
North Sea Haddock 21,109 25,528 30,046 25,572 21,826 25,767 26,593 33,479 35,340 29,765
West of Scotland Haddock (VIa) 1,359 4,084 3,811 3,232 3,034 1,780 4,028 4,062 4,452 4,269
Rockall Haddock (VIb) 1,732 577 596 1,152 2,052 2,736 946 971 1,547 2,677
North Sea Hake 1,803 1,595 1,199 1,639 1,761 3,554 3,524 2,765 2,876 3,132
West of Scotland Hake 3,591 3,805 2,948 3,635 3,934 7,250 9,136 8,238 9,451 11,221
North Sea Ling 1,958 1,909 1,886 1,787 1,801 2,879 2,578 2,532 2,075 2,180
West of Scotland Ling 2,079 2,164 1,598 1,701 1,707 3,162 3,223 2,169 2,227 2,351
North Sea Megrims 1,355 1,370 1,655 1,421 1,116 4,512 3,891 4,129 3,835 2,813
West of Scotland Megrims 780 675 526 533 610 2,493 1,594 1,136 1,239 1,275
North Sea Monkfish 6,041 4,622 4,174 5,518 7,458 20,647 15,116 12,555 15,790 18,048
West of Scotland Monkfish 2,016 2,073 1,770 1,953 2,461 7,177 6,783 5,399 5,515 5,967
North Sea Nephrops 12,028 9,130 6,784 9,418 5,748 44,442 34,714 22,886 33,200 20,147
West of Scotland Nephrops 10,419 11,813 11,401 10,635 10,267 38,528 46,248 40,449 40,276 39,035
North Sea Saithe 6,546 5,487 7,224 5,170 5,167 6,967 5,977 6,191 4,653 4,636
West of Scotland Saithe 4,445 4,541 3,621 2,868 2,858 4,496 4,574 2,917 2,599 2,350
North Sea Tusk 71 60 70 51 41 70 58 51 36 31
West of Scotland Tusk 40 52 78 66 70 42 52 64 44 51
North Sea Whiting 7,512 8,717 9,752 8,614 7,850 9,214 9,259 9,739 9,569 8,377
West of Scotland Whiting 85 203 117 103 167 101 223 108 116 187
Blue Whiting 1,331 6,305 8,166 25,617 30,508 597 1,733 1,818 3,823 6,311
Edible Crabs 9,818 9,495 9,530 10,611 9,920 11,570 11,345 11,803 13,634 12,380
Lobsters 1,246 1,129 1,026 1,213 1,044 13,220 11,749 10,548 12,453 11,021
Scallops 15,764 17,144 17,577 16,431 16,040 29,883 31,420 31,887 32,765 33,083
Velvet Crabs 2,204 2,038 1,573 1,655 1,473 5,829 4,874 3,982 4,120 3,733

(1) Includes NS Herring (IVa & IVb) and NS Herring (IVc).
(2) Includes NS Mackerel (IVa) and NS Mackerel (IVb & IVc) but excludes Mackerel from the Shetland Box, allocated on West of Scotland.
(3) Figures for North Sea mackerel and West of Scotland mackerel have been extracted from FIN, whereas figures for all other stocks have been extracted from IFISH. See explanation in Annex 1.

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