Publication - Statistics

Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Published: 28 September 2017
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781788512169

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

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

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£'000)
Other UK vessels
Landings into the UK and Abroad
Bass	851	777	1,042	685	550	5,885	5,552	7,592	5,690	5,016
Black scabbardfish	7	0	0	-	0	8	0	0	-	0
Blue Ling	0	3	3	11	1	0	2	4	14	1
Brill	385	357	357	410	475	2,013	2,051	2,137	2,069	2,551
Cod	15,695	18,681	19,321	16,789	21,066	22,439	24,431	27,759	26,443	25,766
Haddock	4,537	5,157	5,836	5,876	5,885	5,080	5,875	8,459	7,767	7,238
Hake	1,318	3,444	5,133	6,016	6,520	2,578	9,424	12,205	13,459	15,466
Lemon sole	2,198	2,120	2,090	1,527	1,621	6,177	6,541	7,013	6,184	6,553
Ling	527	1,057	1,309	968	1,081	701	1,503	1,511	1,218	1,433
Megrims	1,876	2,946	2,824	2,889	2,812	5,039	7,277	8,855	8,375	8,762
Monkfish	5,170	6,577	7,039	7,054	7,784	16,825	20,525	21,002	20,391	25,265
Plaice	15,853	16,395	14,776	14,213	15,116	21,448	17,379	16,462	18,012	20,769
Pollack	1,777	1,861	2,171	1,682	1,988	4,091	4,079	3,439	2,846	4,488
Red mullet	205	105	295	755	555	1,311	761	1,349	1,751	2,886
Saithe	3,041	3,831	4,395	4,754	4,400	2,937	3,781	4,626	4,537	4,521
Skates and rays	2,307	2,378	2,153	2,175	2,190	3,427	3,404	2,764	3,052	3,080
Sole	1,964	2,203	2,268	1,901	1,918	16,144	16,120	16,387	14,685	17,499
Turbot	656	638	726	680	745	5,197	5,150	5,926	5,219	6,120
Whiting	2,105	2,688	3,088	3,357	3,314	1,742	2,109	2,757	2,992	3,121
Wrasses	17	17	15	11	13	7	6	5	40	60
Other demersal	6,082	6,081	6,178	6,524	6,994	6,356	5,879	6,128	6,182	7,275
Total demersal	66,573	77,316	81,019	78,279	85,028	129,406	141,850	156,384	150,926	167,871
Blue whiting	2,866	5,332	2,216	1,269	1,374	1,533	1,206	1,325	282	186
Herring	36,099	35,861	36,318	35,019	26,688	10,458	10,547	10,308	11,642	12,783
Horse mackerel	15,248	10,686	11,069	6,852	5,463	5,528	4,449	4,574	3,079	2,060
Mackerel	34,496	29,816	48,509	48,106	28,845	27,232	20,204	32,374	29,293	19,712
Pilchards	7,629	3,977	3,893	4,307	9,391	1,985	1,052	974	1,621	3,130
Other pelagic	6,025	3,846	4,167	2,732	3,251	1,578	768	1,762	512	820
Total pelagic	102,363	89,518	106,171	98,285	75,012	48,313	38,225	51,317	46,429	38,690
Brown shrimps	927	860	602	325	806	2,321	2,360	1,358	806	2,960
Cockles	2,256	10,121	10,191	11,169	5,050	1,511	5,275	7,877	5,692	3,582
Cuttlefish	5,180	3,539	3,042	5,770	4,650	10,616	6,314	6,463	10,180	12,797
Edible crabs	18,930	19,739	22,521	19,904	22,664	23,916	26,413	30,895	26,885	32,072
Lobsters	2,038	1,969	2,189	2,090	2,138	19,587	19,628	21,295	21,466	26,040
Nephrops	11,470	10,002	10,029	9,424	10,439	28,946	22,448	24,540	21,961	26,980
Patagonian squid	5,057	1,640	2,882	1,981	2,180	6,705	1,640	2,882	1,249	8,370
Queen scallops	8,885	8,723	3,774	3,503	2,239	3,463	3,979	1,949	2,158	1,832
Razor fish	101	86	47	80	137	269	230	197	338	659
Scallops	17,228	13,610	12,049	12,399	12,906	28,554	22,705	21,305	24,270	29,502
Squid	530	695	1,137	973	665	2,814	3,060	4,575	4,157	3,429
Velvet crabs	341	223	241	264	265	527	374	424	412	455
Whelks	16,142	19,285	19,045	19,530	20,666	10,951	13,207	15,561	17,462	21,030
Other shellfish	12,708	3,869	2,565	4,507	2,931	5,159	3,666	2,960	4,564	3,108
Total shellfish	101,795	94,360	90,313	91,916	87,735	145,338	131,300	142,281	141,601	172,816
Total landings	270,731	261,194	277,503	268,480	247,775	323,057	311,375	349,982	338,956	379,377

(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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Table 1.1.j Quantity and value of all landings by other UK vessels, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

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