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.p Quantity and value of landings by foreign vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Foreign vessels
Landings into Scotland
Bass - - - - - - - - - -
Black scabbardfish 1,963 2,296 2,862 2,452 2,964 3,957 4,404 4,801 3,311 4606.25874
Blue Ling 1,497 1,634 1,983 1,096 1,431 1,866 2,130 2,948 1,332 1,684
Brill 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Cod 210 290 594 1,247 821 393 525 1,226 2,222 1,700
Haddock 150 386 1,670 951 660 173 428 2,245 1,236 956
Hake 5,510 4,527 7,086 7,079 8,491 12,637 11,076 17,689 17,464 20,664
Lemon sole 1 3 9 12 10 10 9 30 43 42
Ling 1,044 1,246 1,576 1,643 2,083 1,692 1,677 2,139 2,392 3,210
Megrims 221 228 200 236 290 650 551 514 683 809
Monkfish 992 1,060 995 1,063 1,742 3,798 2,810 2,922 2,766 4,535
Plaice 5 20 37 31 16 4 14 37 23 18
Pollack 3 1 46 18 35 5 2 79 39 79
Red mullet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saithe 5,456 6,797 6,365 8,925 7,464 6,031 6,110 6,854 8,478 8,490
Skates and rays 56 69 126 105 121 46 60 118 104 156
Sole - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0
Turbot 5 3 6 3 5 28 19 37 23 44
Whiting 26 54 298 414 483 24 55 362 480 518
Wrasses - - - - - - - - - -
Other demersal 2,709 2,834 2,604 1,815 1,935 3,235 4,004 3,792 2,819 2,846
Total demersal 19,846 21,446 26,455 27,093 28,551 34,549 33,874 45,796 43,416 50,359
Blue whiting 18,093 1,245 12 - - 5,743 297 1 - -
Herring 23,461 7,563 8,149 1,962 6,622 13,633 2,997 2,419 734 3,731
Horse mackerel 284 256 338 12 210 172 181 280 1 150
Mackerel 20,593 20,746 27,197 7,372 7,393 15,703 18,651 19,237 4,456 6,413
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic 2,074 352 0 - 771 1,453 110 0 - 269
Total pelagic 64,505 30,163 35,696 9,346 14,996 36,704 22,236 21,937 5,191 10,564
Brown shrimps - - - - - - - - - -
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish - - - - - - - - - -
Edible crabs - 0 8 0 0 - 0 11 0 0
Lobsters - - - - - - - - - -
Nephrops 15 0 0 7 - 56 1 1 24 -
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops - - - - - - - - - -
Razor fish - - - - - - - - - -
Scallops - - - - 4 - - - - 7
Squid 9 29 27 16 15 43 104 76 52 43
Velvet crabs - - - - - - - - - -
Whelks - - - - - - - - - -
Other shellfish 94 12 75 174 117 443 31 380 497 615
Total shellfish 119 42 110 196 137 543 136 467 574 666
Total landings 84,469 51,651 62,261 36,635 43,684 71,796 56,245 68,200 49,180 61,589

(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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