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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.
Table 2.5 Number of active Scottish registered vessels by district and main fishing method ( 1) as at 31st December 2015
| District | 10m & under | Over 10m | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other 2 | Total | Pelagic | Demersal | Shellfish | Over 10 m Total | ||||||||||||
| Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other | Total | Trawl 3 | Seine | Lines | Other 4 | Total | Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other | Total | |||||||
| Aberdeen | 2 | 74 | - | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 85 |
| Anstruther | 6 | 87 | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 10 | 12 | 105 |
| Buckie | 13 | 44 | 4 | 61 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 84 |
| Eyemouth | 8 | 75 | 3 | 86 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 108 |
| Fraserburgh | 3 | 85 | 20 | 108 | 1 | 9 | - | 10 | 43 | 5 | - | - | 48 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 92 | 200 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 54 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 94 |
| Scrabster | 1 | 83 | - | 84 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 93 |
| Total - East Coast | 34 | 502 | 30 | 566 | 2 | 11 | - | 13 | 85 | 13 | 1 | - | 99 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 91 | 203 | 769 |
| Orkney | 1 | 82 | 7 | 90 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 38 | 42 | 132 |
| Shetland | 4 | 114 | 22 | 140 | - | 7 | - | 7 | 18 | 7 | - | - | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 184 |
| Stornoway | 1 | 159 | 5 | 165 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 210 |
| Total - Islands | 6 | 355 | 34 | 395 | - | 7 | - | 7 | 28 | 7 | - | - | 35 | 21 | 48 | 20 | 89 | 131 | 526 |
| Ayr | 9 | 58 | 11 | 78 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 53 | 58 | 136 |
| Campbeltown | 8 | 75 | 10 | 93 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 49 | 142 |
| Kinlochbervie | 2 | 17 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Lochinver | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 4 | 17 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 18 | 30 |
| Mallaig | 1 | 25 | 4 | 30 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 47 |
| Oban | 5 | 66 | 6 | 77 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 115 |
| Portree | 3 | 97 | 2 | 102 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | 18 | 20 | 122 |
| Ullapool | 2 | 67 | 8 | 77 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 105 |
| Total - West Coast | 30 | 417 | 41 | 488 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 74 | 45 | 64 | 183 | 232 | 720 |
| Total | 70 | 1,274 | 105 | 1,449 | 2 | 18 | - | 20 | 147 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 183 | 158 | 111 | 94 | 363 | 566 | 2,015 |
(1) The main fishing method specified on a vessel's licence application may differ from the actual fishing gear used in individual voyages.
(2) The 10m & under 'other' fishing method category includes mechanical dredging; suction dredging, and shell fishing by hand.
(3) The over 10m 'Demersal Trawl' category includes; demersal single trawl, demersal pair trawl, demersal twin/multi trawl and beam trawl.
(4) The over 10m 'Demersal Other' category includes; demersal gill nets and other demersal.
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