Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

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


Table 2.2 Number, tonnage and engine power of active Scottish registered vessels by length group and age group

Length group (metres)
10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Total
Number of vessels Age Group (years) Under 10 150 5 4 22 4 5 190
10<15 103 4 8 19 4 11 149
15<20 110 3 5 16 15 3 152
20<25 120 7 3 13 9 1 153
25<30 177 36 12 34 23 1 283
30<35 133 18 12 25 7 2 197
35 yrs & over 266 49 18 87 21 1 442
Not known 390 23 7 16 11 2 449
Totals 1,449 145 69 232 94 26 2,015
Average age 1 26 32 29 30 28 16 27
Total tonnage 2 ( GT) Age Group (years) Under 10 468 53 77 3,902 1,482 11,918 17,901
10<15 360 54 261 3,116 1,879 21,912 27,581
15<20 542 46 91 2,561 5,357 3,908 12,504
20<25 414 108 59 1,742 2,609 748 5,680
25<30 647 487 269 4,488 5,729 565 12,186
30<35 542 242 275 3,044 1,443 813 6,359
35 yrs & over 1,035 575 320 4,817 4,179 468 11,394
Not known 1,147 273 178 2,035 2,986 2,590 9,209
Totals 5,155 1,838 1,529 25,706 25,664 42,922 102,813
Average tonnage 1 4 13 22 110 273 1,681 60
Engine power (kW) Age Group (years) Under 10 9,832 1,111 1,341 9,675 2,980 29,771 54,710
10<15 7,325 727 2,149 8,162 5,647 56,715 80,725
15<20 9,443 390 812 6,772 11,645 7,881 36,943
20<25 6,686 1,073 522 4,904 5,211 1,850 20,246
25<30 9,390 5,791 2,257 12,630 13,370 1,500 44,938
30<35 6,415 1,813 2,083 8,969 3,757 2,525 25,561
35 yrs & over 11,001 4,283 2,403 18,831 11,044 720 48,281
Not known 18,919 4,460 1,063 5,633 6,423 6,155 42,653
Totals 79,011 19,648 12,629 75,575 60,077 107,117 354,056
Average power 1 57 124 187 324 646 4,207 199

(1) Excludes vessels of unknown age.
(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.

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