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.q Quantity and value of landings by foreign vessels into the rest of the UK, 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 the Rest of the UK
Bass 16 22 12 13 7 123 124 63 66 51
Black scabbardfish - - - - - - - - - -
Blue Ling - - - - - - - - - -
Brill 81 67 50 58 61 426 265 206 292 300
Cod 1,442 198 142 126 85 1,630 311 190 190 162
Haddock 289 156 131 103 78 276 155 125 123 82
Hake 9 11 10 8 11 15 12 11 10 15
Lemon sole 293 324 335 230 191 734 614 684 863 625
Ling 44 42 69 24 31 71 53 66 39 44
Megrims 459 431 125 181 215 631 352 226 357 365
Monkfish 939 830 316 481 594 2,554 1,685 754 1,306 1,493
Plaice 785 710 722 870 460 922 723 534 880 525
Pollack 29 24 54 20 29 62 45 81 41 59
Red mullet 49 26 48 141 24 311 71 264 186 67
Saithe 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0
Skates and rays 1,107 857 573 719 569 1,541 1,102 670 1,070 917
Sole 957 792 778 691 616 8,844 5,273 4,091 5,312 5,188
Turbot 122 95 67 70 71 833 532 392 512 540
Whiting 186 261 248 169 217 182 165 124 113 121
Wrasses 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1
Other demersal 692 667 515 678 458 672 417 284 486 396
Total demersal 7,500 5,516 4,198 4,584 3,719 19,830 11,902 8,768 11,848 10,953
Blue whiting - - - - - - - - - -
Herring 1,437 892 2,289 1,517 848 1,008 317 560 447 439
Horse mackerel 467 153 282 340 584 412 94 208 208 357
Mackerel 809 606 2,241 1,729 3,208 1,093 625 2,415 1,466 2,263
Pilchards - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0
Other pelagic 0 - 0 4 2 0 - 0 1 12
Total pelagic 2,714 1,651 4,812 3,590 4,641 2,513 1,036 3,183 2,123 3,072
Brown shrimps - - - - - - - - - -
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish 114 69 26 167 139 245 66 27 260 385
Edible crabs 88 67 61 61 58 55 29 24 32 31
Lobsters 2 1 0 0 0 17 10 2 3 5
Nephrops 390 198 145 156 135 857 387 302 320 280
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 1 - - 7 - 0 - - 5 -
Razor fish - - - - - - - - - -
Scallops 679 659 1,149 742 962 1,086 1,070 1,937 1,405 1,918
Squid 49 56 20 66 15 240 154 27 77 68
Velvet crabs 0 - - - - 0 - - - -
Whelks 32 14 7 9 9 13 5 3 5 5
Other shellfish 64 86 13 28 20 42 63 5 14 19
Total shellfish 1,419 1,149 1,421 1,237 1,337 2,555 1,785 2,329 2,122 2,710
Total landings 11,633 8,316 10,432 9,412 9,698 24,898 14,723 14,280 16,093 16,735

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

(2) The reduction in value for some demersal species in 2014 is due to a lack of sales notes from foreign vessel landings in to the UK and does not reflect a genuine decrease in the value.

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Contact

Email: Valerie West

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
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Edinburgh
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