Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Annual National Statistics report on the quantity and value of landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels and landings into Scotland.


Table 1.1.f Quantity and value of landings by other UK vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Other UK vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass - - - - - - - - - -
Black scabbardfish - - - - - - - - - -
Blue Ling - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 1
Brill 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2
Cod 545 1,425 2,195 2,716 3,639 995 2,738 4,276 5,004 7,342
Haddock 937 2,476 3,856 3,639 3,665 875 2,632 5,591 5,025 4,563
Hake 228 1,575 2,828 2,788 3,742 875 4,881 7,634 8,192 9,587
Lemon sole 25 37 89 62 67 69 95 229 197 247
Ling 80 378 661 414 633 131 582 871 552 874
Megrims 18 28 75 73 116 37 53 152 148 282
Monkfish 299 562 675 707 1,189 995 1,474 1,859 1,750 3,591
Plaice 99 143 194 226 245 97 125 156 167 239
Pollack 35 47 93 109 91 58 86 144 167 187
Red mullet 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Saithe 915 2,238 2,938 1,851 2,151 900 2,038 2,822 1,585 2,356
Skates and rays 22 17 25 18 39 21 15 25 18 62
Sole 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1
Turbot 3 6 6 9 6 22 47 44 67 45
Whiting 183 442 697 1,188 1,479 194 507 864 1,361 1,699
Wrasses - - 0 2 1 - - 0 37 38
Other demersal 38 72 124 122 153 59 144 205 189 310
Total demersal 3,429 9,445 14,457 13,923 17,218 5,332 15,421 24,876 24,462 31,424
Blue whiting - - - - - - - - - -
Herring 773 110 10 10 20 379 31 1 1 1
Horse mackerel 75 - - 5 0 48 - - 0 0
Mackerel 1,258 919 1,589 3,240 3,145 952 840 954 1,969 3,169
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic - - - - - - - - - -
Total pelagic 2,105 1,028 1,599 3,254 3,165 1,379 871 955 1,971 3,170
Brown shrimps 0 - - - - 0 - - - -
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish - - - 0 0 - - - 0 0
Edible crabs 1,400 1,393 1,771 1,464 1,336 1,873 2,024 2,565 2,070 2,326
Lobsters 8 7 11 7 4 77 129 144 80 48
Nephrops 2,212 1,078 1,379 914 1,204 5,594 2,518 3,653 2,634 3,280
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 269 120 100 49 39 133 62 50 36 38
Razor fish 83 56 8 30 87 234 154 38 146 447
Scallops 756 665 375 611 990 1,451 1,192 769 1,271 2,360
Squid 14 7 22 51 47 39 24 47 165 178
Velvet crabs 5 4 4 14 3 14 10 12 37 10
Whelks 17 3 12 43 45 11 2 11 38 41
Other shellfish 5 2 15 2 2 21 1 20 10 6
Total shellfish 4,768 3,335 3,695 3,184 3,757 9,447 6,117 7,307 6,489 8,733
Total landings 10,302 13,808 19,750 20,362 24,141 16,157 22,409 33,138 32,922 43,328

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2016.

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