Publication - Statistics

Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Published: 28 September 2017
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781788512169

Annual National Statistics report on the quantity and value of landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels and landings into Scotland.

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Table 1.7a Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species ¹: 2012 to 2016

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£’000)
Aberdeen
Total demersal	74	8	7	3	7	77	15	10	5	40
Total pelagic	46	109	8	80	15	58	113	10	51	13
Edible crabs	333	295	322	324	344	392	352	385	387	434
Lobsters	166	149	156	157	194	1,722	1,504	1,619	1,678	2,304
Nephrops	90	49	48	44	49	281	165	178	161	180
Scallops	854	698	463	443	398	1,485	1,156	853	925	941
Velvet crabs	124	75	66	65	84	263	158	149	158	212
Other shellfish	22	85	20	92	10	63	433	57	381	31
Total shellfish	1,589	1,352	1,075	1,125	1,079	4,205	3,769	3,241	3,690	4,102
Total landings	1,709	1,468	1,090	1,208	1,101	4,341	3,897	3,261	3,746	4,154
Anstruther
Total demersal	1	10	0	3	0	2	13	1	12	1
Mackerel	27	19	49	48	27	34	19	86	34	26
Total pelagic	27	19	49	48	27	34	19	86	34	26
Clams	82	51	12	28	25	142	85	19	62	64
Edible crabs	119	94	88	87	131	137	108	103	102	163
Lobsters	127	141	147	129	117	1,346	1,437	1,518	1,397	1,492
Nephrops	800	746	943	720	928	2,391	1,812	2,593	1,995	2,534
Razor fish	69	51	36	10	20	166	145	132	42	65
Scallops	64	21		37	32	127	38		71	90
Velvet crabs	58	40	31	33	37	135	87	65	76	95
Whelks	58	60	81	72	154	38	38	55	96	132
Other shellfish	21	24	12	2	15	50	66	22	3	99
Total shellfish	1,398	1,228	1,350	1,119	1,460	4,532	3,816	4,507	3,845	4,734
Total landings	1,426	1,257	1,400	1,170	1,487	4,568	3,848	4,593	3,891	4,760
Ayr
Total demersal	3	6	5	3	4	6	18	17	9	9
Total pelagic	76	5	2	0	1	15	4	2	0	1
Lobsters	55	54	68	68	84	578	543	675	674	948
Nephrops	2,483	2,117	2,206	1,719	2,328	5,868	5,024	5,497	4,547	5,703
Queen scallops	7,434	5,316	3,099	3,343	2,543	3,048	3,019	1,453	1,870	2,081
Razor fish	351	454	184	228	351	1,007	1,420	666	1,045	1,754
Scallops	1,609	1,333	1,515	977	1,463	3,096	2,901	2,960	2,204	3,853
Whelks	156	197	307	291	337	95	129	255	239	319
Other shellfish	19	15	26	15	20	27	21	39	19	27
Total shellfish	12,107	9,485	7,405	6,640	7,124	13,720	13,058	11,545	10,598	14,684
Total landings	12,186	9,497	7,412	6,644	7,129	13,741	13,080	11,564	10,607	14,693

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2016.

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Table 1.7a Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species ¹: 2012 to 2016