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.t Quantity and value of landings by all 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
UK and Foreign vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 835 794 1,017 660 539 5,733 5,734 7,397 5,432 4,875
Black scabbardfish - - 0 - - - - 0 - -
Blue Ling 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Brill 379 342 324 368 432 1,994 1,831 1,779 1,914 2,274
Cod 3,059 1,306 1,247 1,503 4,354 4,777 2,680 2,169 2,532 3,917
Haddock 3,364 2,090 1,382 1,660 1,617 3,685 2,689 2,098 2,189 2,248
Hake 865 941 1,022 1,430 1,516 1,324 1,874 1,916 2,567 3,110
Lemon sole 2,246 2,153 1,995 1,388 1,405 6,109 6,355 6,462 5,800 5,906
Ling 390 400 539 287 308 480 468 506 340 369
Megrims 1,704 2,209 1,426 1,468 1,399 3,882 4,139 3,642 3,731 3,759
Monkfish 4,639 4,459 4,034 4,409 4,472 13,448 12,653 10,268 10,986 12,562
Plaice 3,261 3,172 2,907 2,726 2,976 3,871 3,461 3,048 3,243 3,684
Pollack 1,341 1,229 1,593 1,096 1,540 2,988 2,633 2,796 2,173 3,435
Red mullet 129 82 136 224 117 835 486 925 444 491
Saithe 144 180 135 159 125 148 199 149 154 124
Skates and rays 3,203 2,929 2,386 2,524 2,407 4,638 3,885 2,856 3,415 3,329
Sole 2,666 2,544 2,539 2,070 2,069 22,616 18,025 16,385 15,570 18,398
Turbot 530 493 533 547 565 4,140 3,872 4,169 4,193 4,810
Whiting 2,125 2,243 2,061 1,770 1,761 1,599 1,476 1,474 1,272 1,194
Wrasses 18 17 18 12 13 9 7 6 4 23
Other demersal 5,051 4,958 4,463 4,866 5,144 5,132 4,207 3,805 4,106 4,583
Total demersal 35,950 32,543 29,759 29,168 32,759 87,407 76,674 71,851 70,065 79,089
Blue whiting 117 - - - 0 32 - - - 0
Herring 7,016 9,390 9,329 7,994 8,189 3,515 2,999 2,548 2,495 4,056
Horse mackerel 8,032 2,027 2,575 2,530 1,440 2,495 614 911 1,010 676
Mackerel 5,379 3,704 6,285 5,965 7,843 5,774 3,684 6,597 4,568 5,776
Pilchards 4,257 3,701 3,418 4,175 7,983 1,085 976 807 1,586 2,592
Other pelagic 4,999 3,846 4,127 2,729 3,140 1,056 768 1,748 512 799
Total pelagic 29,800 22,669 25,734 23,392 28,596 13,958 9,040 12,612 10,170 13,898
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 5,375 3,720 3,093 6,183 5,164 10,928 6,553 6,526 10,878 14,426
Edible crabs 15,178 15,583 17,545 15,614 17,725 18,847 20,112 22,980 20,338 24,361
Lobsters 2,017 1,938 2,152 2,051 2,121 19,330 19,287 20,916 21,118 25,853
Nephrops 11,140 10,592 10,312 9,815 10,909 29,193 24,682 25,722 23,057 28,269
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 11,758 12,412 7,468 9,104 6,677 4,503 5,379 3,625 5,275 5,071
Razor fish 0 1 1 14 11 2 5 3 46 44
Scallops 24,552 19,166 18,477 18,324 16,577 40,332 31,872 33,001 35,706 37,753
Squid 423 689 745 602 345 2,285 2,975 3,026 2,311 1,838
Velvet crabs 337 219 236 250 260 513 364 410 375 441
Whelks 16,123 19,378 18,941 19,747 20,764 10,940 13,269 15,523 17,675 21,149
Other shellfish 10,787 3,210 1,703 2,362 2,766 4,356 2,543 2,307 3,314 2,738
Total shellfish 100,850 97,877 91,466 95,560 89,133 145,036 134,665 143,274 146,590 168,431
Total landings 166,600 153,088 146,958 148,120 150,488 246,401 220,379 227,737 226,826 261,418

(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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