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.

Table 2.1 Number, tonnage and engine power of active( ¹)Scottish registered vessels by length group as at 31st December: 2006 to 2015

		10m & under	>10 -12	>12 -15	>15 -24	>24 -40	Over 40	Total	Over 10m
	Year	Length group (metres)
		10m & under	>10 -12	>12 -15	>15 -24	>24 -40	Over 40	Total	Number	Average length
Number of vessels	2006	1,518	171	102	282	117	34	2,224	706	19.9
	2007	1,494	175	98	276	114	34	2,191	697	19.7
	2008	1,492	171	95	281	131	35	2,205	713	19.7
	2009	1,483	167	90	279	123	32	2,174	691	20.2
	2010	1,485	163	87	265	122	28	2,150	665	20.1
	2011	1,470	157	86	238	116	28	2,095	625	20.0
	2012	1,448	147	76	236	108	31	2,046	598	20.2
	2013	1,426	150	73	239	101	31	2,020	594	20.1
	2014	1,447	150	70	240	95	28	2,030	583	19.8
	2015	1,449	145	69	232	94	26	2,015	566	19.8
									Total tonnage	Average tonnage
Total tonnage ² ( GT)	2006	5,649	2,253	2,284	29,603	32,364	44,831	116,984	111,335	157.7
	2007	5,476	2,309	2,189	29,678	31,575	45,360	116,587	111,111	159.4
	2008	5,414	2,267	2,104	30,657	35,747	49,936	126,124	120,709	169.3
	2009	5,353	2,200	2,013	30,285	33,311	51,651	124,812	119,459	172.9
	2010	5,330	2,126	1,895	29,270	33,154	48,564	120,339	115,008	172.9
	2011	5,283	2,004	1,850	26,392	31,842	48,564	115,935	110,652	177.0
	2012	5,196	1,875	1,660	25,952	29,288	50,052	114,023	108,827	182.0
	2013	5,107	1,906	1,612	26,637	27,483	49,608	112,353	107,246	180.5
	2014	5,200	1,895	1,549	26,675	25,864	44,761	105,944	100,744	172.8
	2015	5,155	1,838	1,529	25,706	25,664	42,922	102,813	97,659	172.5
									Total power	Average power
Engine power (kW)	2006	80,131	20,398	17,803	89,554	81,046	115,532	404,465	324,334	459.4
	2007	78,753	21,258	17,440	89,354	78,735	115,862	401,403	322,650	462.9
	2008	78,692	21,254	17,168	92,275	84,865	126,495	420,749	342,057	479.7
	2009	78,035	21,291	16,021	91,278	78,299	129,917	414,841	336,806	487.4
	2010	78,337	20,812	15,268	87,711	77,610	121,175	400,913	322,576	485.1
	2011	78,121	20,102	15,432	78,340	73,509	121,175	386,679	308,558	493.7
	2012	77,682	18,985	13,319	76,950	68,521	124,416	379,873	302,191	505.3
	2013	76,671	19,692	12,922	78,285	64,444	122,799	374,813	298,142	501.9
	2014	78,690	20,071	12,712	78,148	60,622	111,257	361,502	282,812	485.1
	2015	79,011	19,648	12,629	75,575	60,077	107,117	354,056	275,046	485.9

(1) An active vessel is a fishing vessel that is registered (Register of Shipping and Seamen) and licenced to fish.
(2) Year on year tonnage comparisons should be made with caution, since these figures take no account of the phased replacement of GRT with GT during the period 1996-2003. See explanation in Annex 1 for further details.
(3) The length group has been changed to reflect better the legislative requirements affecting fishing vessels - see commentary in section 2.2.1.

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