Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

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


Table 2.7.a Effort of regulated gears in the Cod Recovery Zone ( 1) in kwDays ('000) by Scottish registered over 10 metre vessels by area and gear type, 2003 to 2015

Whitefish Gear Nephrops Gear 2 Industrial Trawl Beam trawl mesh >=120mm Beam trawl mesh >=80 and mesh <120mm Gill Nets Trammel Nets Long lines
North Sea 2003 16,079 10,011 6 867 3,766 197 - 57
2004 12,684 9,486 5 695 4,609 197 - 4
2005 12,158 9,108 2 731 4,185 166 - 0
2006 11,661 8,678 0 603 3,109 294 - 8
2007 11,023 8,887 12 350 2,800 321 - 1
2008 12,176 9,196 - 69 1,355 417 - 277
2009 12,246 8,348 33 53 561 376 - 621
2010 10,443 8,307 28 - 144 441 - 301
2011 9,998 6,831 - - - 608 - 183
2012 9,309 5,341 21 - 68 570 - 68
2013 10,230 3,615 2 - 217 423 - 15
2014 10,280 3,344 0 137 181 398 - 60
2015 10,373 2,572 1 125 212 474 - 59
West of Scotland 2003 5,723 5,761 30 60 - 47 1 125
2004 4,502 5,334 7 151 - 67 0 148
2005 2,635 4,587 41 120 - 39 - 307
2006 2,100 4,381 0 81 - 1 - 371
2007 1,986 4,694 0 2 - 1 - 519
2008 1,990 4,809 0 - - 6 - 379
2009 2,229 4,525 0 - - - - 703
2010 2,361 3,787 0 - - - - 723
2011 2,101 3,571 0 - - 12 - 695
2012 2,102 4,387 6 - - 7 - 518
2013 2,207 3,731 22 - - 7 - 306
2014 1,949 3,641 1 - - - - 366
2015 2,423 3,515 4 - - 5 - 348
Irish Sea 2003 93 45 - - - - - 3
2004 32 94 - - - - - -
2005 4 34 - - - 1 - -
2006 3 7 - - - - - -
2007 - 17 - - 1 - - -
2008 - 22 - - 1 - - -
2009 - 31 - - - - - -
2010 2 27 - - - - - -
2011 0 44 - - - - - -
2012 18 109 - - - - - -
2013 3 92 - - - - - 3
2014 2 126 - - - - - -
2015 3 102 - - - - - -

(1) For description of cod recovery zone see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.
(2) Includes effort by vessels which are exempt from effort controls under Article 11 of Council Regulation ( EC) 1342/2008.

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