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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 1.4 Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels by main species 1 and vessel length group: 2016
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall vessel length group (metres) | Overall vessel length group (metres) | |||||||||||||
| <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total | <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total | |
| Cod | 169 | 0 | 56 | 3,317 | 9,415 | 102 | 13,058 | 326 | 0 | 102 | 6,800 | 19,996 | 214 | 27,438 |
| Haddock | 7 | 0 | 100 | 7,364 | 20,563 | 112 | 28,146 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 8,763 | 28,493 | 153 | 37,495 |
| Hake | 0 | - | 8 | 537 | 7,262 | 11 | 7,817 | 0 | - | 7 | 860 | 17,510 | 15 | 18,392 |
| Lemon sole | 5 | - | 6 | 355 | 403 | 98 | 867 | 22 | - | 16 | 1,169 | 1,654 | 365 | 3,226 |
| Ling | 11 | - | 3 | 851 | 3,466 | 29 | 4,359 | 19 | - | 4 | 1,171 | 5,100 | 31 | 6,325 |
| Megrims | 0 | - | 4 | 1,164 | 955 | 6 | 2,129 | 0 | - | 10 | 3,143 | 2,901 | 20 | 6,074 |
| Monkfish | 6 | 1 | 38 | 5,598 | 6,943 | 79 | 12,664 | 15 | 2 | 93 | 15,745 | 18,670 | 206 | 34,730 |
| Plaice | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1,024 | 1,128 | 3,930 | 6,107 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 916 | 1,213 | 5,366 | 7,515 |
| Saithe | 23 | - | 5 | 1,380 | 6,494 | 59 | 7,961 | 20 | - | 5 | 1,396 | 6,725 | 50 | 8,195 |
| Whiting | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2,933 | 4,328 | 96 | 7,383 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2,956 | 5,017 | 102 | 8,094 |
| Wrasses | 47 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 48 | 3,133 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 3,147 |
| Other demersal | 41 | 1 | 55 | 1,652 | 2,607 | 475 | 4,829 | 68 | 3 | 52 | 2,155 | 4,615 | 1,185 | 8,079 |
| Total demersal | 316 | 3 | 314 | 26,174 | 63,565 | 4,996 | 95,368 | 3,619 | 20 | 397 | 45,073 | 111,895 | 7,709 | 168,711 |
| Blue whiting | 0 | - | - | - | - | 36,896 | 36,896 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,469 | 8,469 |
| Herring | 0 | - | 0 | 7 | 2,505 | 63,031 | 65,543 | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1,482 | 42,074 | 43,559 |
| Mackerel | 811 | - | 0 | 42 | 3,802 | 183,831 | 188,487 | 858 | - | 1 | 45 | 3,020 | 164,678 | 168,602 |
| Other pelagic | 0 | - | - | 2,180 | 5 | 1,261 | 3,447 | 1 | - | - | 503 | 2 | 1,191 | 1,697 |
| Total pelagic | 811 | - | 1 | 2,230 | 6,311 | 285,020 | 294,373 | 859 | 0 | 1 | 552 | 4,504 | 216,412 | 222,327 |
| Edible crabs | 4,473 | 1,984 | 674 | 3,949 | 1 | 20 | 11,102 | 5,697 | 2,536 | 971 | 5,990 | 1 | 13 | 15,209 |
| Lobsters | 908 | 190 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1,147 | 10,822 | 2,275 | 412 | 222 | 2 | 3 | 13,736 |
| Nephrops | 2,533 | 1,475 | 2,331 | 14,172 | 532 | 3 | 21,046 | 13,797 | 7,098 | 6,704 | 46,777 | 2,308 | 23 | 76,707 |
| Queen scallops | 41 | 5 | 12 | 4,825 | 3,522 | - | 8,405 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 3,884 | 2,499 | - | 6,444 |
| Scallops | 1,103 | 602 | 2,006 | 6,341 | 4,291 | 997 | 15,340 | 2,846 | 1,750 | 4,703 | 15,219 | 10,013 | 2,451 | 36,980 |
| Squid | 208 | 15 | 197 | 889 | 430 | 4 | 1,744 | 512 | 31 | 569 | 3,810 | 1,748 | 20 | 6,690 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,367 | 221 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 1,603 | 3,701 | 692 | 26 | 17 | - | - | 4,436 |
| Other shellfish | 1,520 | 801 | 184 | 687 | 14 | 0 | 3,206 | 2,979 | 838 | 169 | 1,622 | 29 | 0 | 5,637 |
| Total shellfish | 12,154 | 5,293 | 5,443 | 30,887 | 8,790 | 1,025 | 63,593 | 40,399 | 15,223 | 13,567 | 77,541 | 16,599 | 2,509 | 165,838 |
| Total landings | 13,281 | 5,296 | 5,757 | 59,291 | 78,667 | 291,041 | 453,334 | 44,876 | 15,243 | 13,965 | 123,165 | 132,997 | 226,630 | 556,877 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2016.
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Email: Valerie West
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
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