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 1.7c 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)
Eyemouth
Other demersal	207	198	39	90	14	250	208	48	130	26
Total demersal	207	198	39	90	14	250	208	48	130	26
Mackerel	39	75	46	76	84	46	68	61	67	81
Other pelagic	-	0	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
Total pelagic	39	75	46	76	84	46	68	61	67	81
Edible crabs	300	344	270	346	465	387	431	356	405	592
Lobsters	186	216	224	189	210	1,791	2,161	2,232	1,943	2,379
Nephrops	1,274	875	1,544	1,137	1,104	4,214	2,698	4,517	3,641	3,549
Scallops	31	214	43	133	142	57	327	74	249	343
Velvet crabs	61	60	53	37	36	102	91	78	54	67
Whelks	7	2	8	8	184	4	1	6	6	170
Other shellfish	7	3	5	4	10	29	14	13	11	38
Total shellfish	1,865	1,714	2,145	1,855	2,151	6,584	5,723	7,276	6,308	7,139
Total landings	2,111	1,987	2,231	2,021	2,249	6,880	5,999	7,385	6,505	7,246
Fraserburgh
Cod	234	335	262	349	481	410	585	476	624	946
Cuckoo ray	1	7	21	37	32	1	3	8	15	13
Grey gurnards	15	32	44	209	170	5	13	17	84	67
Haddock	2,416	3,361	2,548	2,291	2,212	1,872	2,691	2,661	2,679	2,093
Hake	50	113	95	111	100	59	147	110	110	133
Halibut	13	6	5	5	21	125	67	48	40	132
Lemon sole	92	120	102	105	141	189	255	205	217	367
Lesser spotted dog	-	-	-	-	99	-	-	-	-	26
Ling	75	133	96	114	162	106	164	117	131	236
Megrims	48	138	87	106	109	97	244	206	251	283
Monkfish	527	711	909	1,454	1,599	1,707	2,112	2,365	3,118	4,520
Plaice	94	142	162	175	208	54	80	85	92	127
Saithe	245	464	286	350	315	258	353	233	300	307
Whiting	1,085	1,358	1,190	1,043	998	926	1,005	1,066	909	920
Witches	184	244	277	182	259	188	192	241	181	275
Other demersal	70	128	123	157	69	129	206	172	171	107
Total demersal	5,148	7,292	6,209	6,688	6,975	6,126	8,117	8,010	8,919	10,552
Herring	1,718	3,701	0	82	1,205	892	1,216	0	29	697
Mackerel	10,856	8,810	14,058	9,773	9,331	9,741	7,486	11,677	6,326	7,780
Other pelagic	997	510	3	0	2	274	115	2	0	1
Total pelagic	13,571	13,022	14,061	9,855	10,538	10,907	8,818	11,679	6,355	8,478
Edible crabs	471	564	503	439	570	626	734	714	607	847
Lobsters	24	25	33	35	38	244	248	335	364	484
Nephrops	4,366	2,832	4,178	2,134	2,943	17,162	10,053	15,525	8,232	12,449
Scallops	477	2,045	1,442	1,039	1,440	980	3,805	2,626	2,010	3,373
Squid	98	152	402	220	392	390	644	1,069	798	1,505
Velvet crabs	75	46	47	31	48	133	80	76	54	79
Other shellfish	2	12	5	6	25	3	7	4	5	19
Total shellfish	5,515	5,676	6,610	3,905	5,456	19,538	15,571	20,349	12,070	18,757
Total landings	24,234	25,990	26,880	20,449	22,968	36,571	32,506	40,039	27,344	37,787

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

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

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