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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.u Quantity and value of landings by all vessels into the whole 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 UK | ||||||||||
| Bass | 835 | 796 | 1,017 | 660 | 539 | 5,734 | 5,745 | 7,402 | 5,434 | 4,876 |
| Black scabbardfish | 1,998 | 2,353 | 2,974 | 2,579 | 3,060 | 4,026 | 4,510 | 4,952 | 3,472 | 4,734 |
| Blue Ling | 1,545 | 1,850 | 2,288 | 1,479 | 1,717 | 1,936 | 2,437 | 3,275 | 1,798 | 2,013 |
| Brill | 382 | 346 | 328 | 374 | 437 | 2,005 | 1,852 | 1,796 | 1,941 | 2,299 |
| Cod | 14,356 | 13,522 | 14,734 | 16,739 | 21,655 | 26,971 | 26,672 | 29,252 | 31,929 | 39,910 |
| Haddock | 34,440 | 39,202 | 37,188 | 33,489 | 33,872 | 36,174 | 44,069 | 51,715 | 45,557 | 44,957 |
| Hake | 12,049 | 11,003 | 15,617 | 15,915 | 19,907 | 26,129 | 27,202 | 37,395 | 38,413 | 47,590 |
| Lemon sole | 2,774 | 2,848 | 2,690 | 2,087 | 2,216 | 7,491 | 8,271 | 8,614 | 8,199 | 8,959 |
| Ling | 5,148 | 5,308 | 6,085 | 5,778 | 7,033 | 7,407 | 7,195 | 7,586 | 7,688 | 10,286 |
| Megrims | 3,979 | 4,648 | 3,655 | 3,506 | 3,746 | 10,020 | 10,014 | 9,384 | 8,654 | 10,217 |
| Monkfish | 12,192 | 11,972 | 12,666 | 15,819 | 18,726 | 38,287 | 34,789 | 35,121 | 38,829 | 52,860 |
| Plaice | 4,206 | 4,868 | 4,311 | 4,445 | 5,185 | 4,652 | 4,782 | 4,142 | 4,462 | 5,884 |
| Pollack | 1,801 | 1,647 | 1,998 | 1,657 | 1,983 | 3,970 | 3,456 | 3,579 | 3,186 | 4,474 |
| Red mullet | 130 | 83 | 136 | 225 | 122 | 839 | 488 | 925 | 445 | 497 |
| Saithe | 16,408 | 19,683 | 17,509 | 18,847 | 17,427 | 17,326 | 17,066 | 17,036 | 17,021 | 18,815 |
| Skates and rays | 3,787 | 3,546 | 3,101 | 3,224 | 3,132 | 5,144 | 4,428 | 3,491 | 4,019 | 4,106 |
| Sole | 2,670 | 2,546 | 2,543 | 2,073 | 2,071 | 22,635 | 18,036 | 16,406 | 15,586 | 18,411 |
| Turbot | 578 | 544 | 588 | 614 | 622 | 4,510 | 4,296 | 4,625 | 4,729 | 5,290 |
| Whiting | 11,003 | 12,351 | 11,674 | 11,282 | 10,994 | 11,103 | 11,696 | 12,307 | 11,582 | 11,422 |
| Wrasses | 18 | 18 | 69 | 43 | 62 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 1,168 | 3,208 |
| Other demersal | 9,890 | 10,390 | 9,473 | 9,215 | 9,905 | 11,515 | 11,780 | 10,794 | 10,025 | 11,637 |
| Total demersal | 140,189 | 149,523 | 150,647 | 150,049 | 164,413 | 247,884 | 248,790 | 269,821 | 264,137 | 312,446 |
| Blue whiting | 24,511 | 9,411 | 9,699 | 12,150 | 11,908 | 7,507 | 2,115 | 1,267 | 1,994 | 2,352 |
| Herring | 63,094 | 45,987 | 48,787 | 42,043 | 47,924 | 33,237 | 16,937 | 13,508 | 14,571 | 29,452 |
| Horse mackerel | 9,637 | 2,870 | 3,676 | 3,241 | 1,656 | 3,396 | 1,128 | 1,636 | 1,495 | 828 |
| Mackerel | 89,201 | 99,580 | 155,610 | 103,938 | 114,475 | 80,605 | 89,375 | 125,733 | 66,501 | 97,513 |
| Pilchards | 4,257 | 3,701 | 3,418 | 4,175 | 7,983 | 1,085 | 976 | 807 | 1,586 | 2,592 |
| Other pelagic | 8,837 | 5,167 | 5,667 | 3,789 | 6,091 | 2,914 | 1,103 | 2,118 | 761 | 1,571 |
| Total pelagic | 199,537 | 166,716 | 226,856 | 169,335 | 190,036 | 128,744 | 111,635 | 145,069 | 86,908 | 134,309 |
| Brown shrimps | 927 | 860 | 602 | 325 | 806 | 2,336 | 2,361 | 1,359 | 810 | 2,965 |
| Cockles | 2,239 | 10,109 | 10,191 | 11,169 | 5,010 | 1,496 | 5,264 | 7,877 | 5,692 | 3,526 |
| Cuttlefish | 5,375 | 3,720 | 3,093 | 6,184 | 5,165 | 10,928 | 6,553 | 6,526 | 10,879 | 14,427 |
| Edible crabs | 26,048 | 26,492 | 29,920 | 26,734 | 29,867 | 32,040 | 33,921 | 39,178 | 34,533 | 41,525 |
| Lobsters | 3,146 | 2,967 | 3,372 | 3,099 | 3,263 | 31,090 | 29,929 | 33,480 | 32,196 | 39,543 |
| Nephrops | 33,000 | 28,487 | 30,494 | 25,884 | 30,870 | 111,384 | 86,352 | 98,848 | 82,275 | 100,813 |
| Patagonian squid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Queen scallops | 19,298 | 17,780 | 10,591 | 12,465 | 10,466 | 7,612 | 8,430 | 5,093 | 7,158 | 8,142 |
| Razor fish | 903 | 916 | 430 | 364 | 472 | 2,569 | 3,144 | 1,599 | 1,662 | 2,340 |
| Scallops | 35,010 | 31,622 | 29,121 | 29,045 | 28,946 | 61,006 | 55,278 | 55,159 | 58,518 | 67,884 |
| Squid | 1,845 | 1,874 | 2,935 | 1,895 | 2,042 | 6,651 | 7,228 | 9,300 | 6,552 | 8,339 |
| Velvet crabs | 2,378 | 1,795 | 1,898 | 1,743 | 1,866 | 5,399 | 4,356 | 4,552 | 4,157 | 4,887 |
| Whelks | 16,476 | 20,055 | 19,802 | 20,874 | 22,673 | 11,162 | 13,752 | 16,206 | 18,615 | 22,872 |
| Other shellfish | 11,429 | 3,918 | 2,210 | 2,816 | 3,156 | 5,476 | 3,332 | 3,198 | 4,222 | 3,781 |
| Total shellfish | 158,075 | 150,595 | 144,660 | 142,597 | 144,602 | 289,149 | 259,901 | 282,374 | 267,269 | 321,045 |
| Total landings | 497,800 | 466,834 | 522,163 | 461,982 | 499,051 | 665,777 | 620,327 | 697,265 | 618,314 | 767,799 |
(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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