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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 1.5.c Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using shellfish gears by main species 1 : 2016
Shellfish Gears
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | Total | Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | Total | |
| Edible crabs | 10,988 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 10,998 | 15,083 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 15,095 |
| Lobsters | 1,122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1,124 | 13,456 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | 13,478 |
| Nephrops | 1,758 | 19,233 | 17 | 2 | - | 21,010 | 14,219 | 62,245 | 50 | 13 | 76,527 | |
| Queen scallops | 4 | - | 8,368 | 3 | - | 8,375 | 5 | - | 6,401 | 4 | - | 6,409 |
| Scallops | 126 | 0 | 14,518 | 624 | - | 15,269 | 361 | 0 | 34,404 | 1,977 | - | 36,742 |
| Squid | 0 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 13 | 1 | 38 | 10 | - | - | 49 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,572 | - | 2 | 0 | - | 1,575 | 4,364 | - | 9 | 1 | - | 4,374 |
| Other shellfish | 2,287 | 1 | 54 | 387 | - | 2,728 | 2,180 | 1 | 151 | 1,838 | - | 4,170 |
| Total shellfish | 17,857 | 19,245 | 22,968 | 1,022 | - | 61,091 | 49,669 | 62,285 | 41,051 | 3,839 | - | 156,845 |
| Other species c | 304 | 356 | 45 | 0 | - | 704 | 3,435 | 561 | 111 | 0 | - | 4,107 |
(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2016.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.
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