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.

Supporting documents

Table 1.1.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species ¹: 2012 to 2016

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£'000)
UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass	819	773	1,005	647	532	5,610	5,610	7,334	5,365	4,824
Black scabbardfish	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	0	-	-
Blue Ling	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	0
Brill	298	275	274	310	370	1,568	1,566	1,573	1,622	1,973
Cod	1,617	1,109	1,105	1,378	4,269	3,146	2,369	1,979	2,343	3,756
Haddock	3,076	1,934	1,251	1,557	1,539	3,408	2,534	1,973	2,067	2,165
Hake	856	930	1,012	1,422	1,505	1,310	1,862	1,905	2,557	3,095
Lemon sole	1,953	1,829	1,660	1,158	1,214	5,374	5,741	5,778	4,937	5,281
Ling	346	358	471	263	277	410	415	440	300	325
Megrims	1,245	1,778	1,302	1,287	1,185	3,251	3,787	3,415	3,374	3,394
Monkfish	3,700	3,629	3,718	3,928	3,878	10,894	10,967	9,514	9,680	11,068
Plaice	2,476	2,462	2,185	1,856	2,516	2,949	2,738	2,514	2,363	3,159
Pollack	1,313	1,205	1,540	1,076	1,511	2,927	2,588	2,716	2,132	3,376
Red mullet	80	56	88	83	93	524	415	660	258	424
Saithe	143	179	134	159	124	146	197	147	153	123
Skates and rays	2,096	2,072	1,814	1,804	1,838	3,097	2,783	2,186	2,345	2,413
Sole	1,709	1,752	1,761	1,379	1,453	13,772	12,752	12,294	10,258	13,209
Turbot	408	397	466	477	494	3,307	3,340	3,777	3,681	4,270
Whiting	1,939	1,981	1,813	1,602	1,543	1,416	1,311	1,349	1,159	1,073
Wrasses	17	17	15	10	11	7	6	5	3	22
Other demersal	4,359	4,291	3,948	4,189	4,686	4,460	3,790	3,522	3,620	4,187
Total demersal	28,450	27,027	25,561	24,583	29,040	67,577	64,772	63,083	58,217	68,137
Blue whiting	117	0	-	-	0	32	0	-	-	0
Herring	5,579	8,498	7,040	6,478	7,341	2,507	2,682	1,987	2,047	3,616
Horse mackerel	7,565	1,874	2,293	2,191	856	2,084	520	703	801	318
Mackerel	4,570	3,098	4,044	4,235	4,635	4,681	3,058	4,182	3,102	3,513
Pilchards	4,257	3,701	3,418	4,174	7,983	1,085	976	807	1,586	2,592
Other pelagic	4,999	3,846	4,127	2,724	3,138	1,056	768	1,748	511	787
Total pelagic	27,087	21,018	20,921	19,803	23,954	11,445	8,004	9,429	8,048	10,826
Brown shrimps	926	860	602	325	806	2,320	2,359	1,358	806	2,960
Cockles	2,234	10,109	10,191	11,169	5,010	1,486	5,264	7,877	5,692	3,526
Cuttlefish	5,261	3,650	3,068	6,016	5,026	10,684	6,487	6,498	10,618	14,041
Edible crabs	15,090	15,516	17,485	15,552	17,667	18,792	20,083	22,956	20,305	24,331
Lobsters	2,015	1,937	2,151	2,050	2,120	19,312	19,278	20,914	21,115	25,849
Nephrops	10,750	10,394	10,167	9,658	10,774	28,336	24,295	25,420	22,737	27,988
Patagonian squid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Queen scallops	11,757	12,412	7,468	9,097	6,677	4,502	5,379	3,625	5,270	5,071
Razor fish	0	1	1	14	11	2	5	3	46	44
Scallops	23,874	18,507	17,327	17,582	15,615	39,245	30,802	31,064	34,301	35,835
Squid	373	633	725	536	330	2,045	2,821	2,999	2,234	1,770
Velvet crabs	337	219	236	250	260	513	364	410	375	441
Whelks	16,091	19,364	18,933	19,737	20,755	10,927	13,264	15,520	17,670	21,144
Other shellfish	10,723	3,124	1,690	2,334	2,746	4,315	2,480	2,302	3,300	2,719
Total shellfish	99,431	96,727	90,044	94,322	87,796	142,481	132,880	140,946	144,468	165,720
Total landings	154,967	144,772	136,526	138,708	140,790	221,503	205,656	213,457	210,733	244,684

(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.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

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Table 1.1.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species ¹: 2012 to 2016