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

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Peterhead
Black scabbardfish - 12 1 89 58 - 18 1 134 82
Blue ling 4 16 28 115 275 7 20 25 161 243
Catfish 195 181 224 278 348 350 317 375 380 598
Cod 7,270 7,676 8,206 9,274 10,452 14,465 15,244 16,452 17,660 21,853
Cuckoo ray 5 4 21 21 4 3 14 15
Greenland halibut 28 153 194 185 134 58 378 477 591 389
Grey gurnards 31 37 41 118 91 10 15 16 45 33
Gurnard and latchet 29 10 6 8 23 24 5 2 2 11
Haddock 19,074 22,187 21,920 18,547 18,107 20,208 24,459 30,747 25,319 24,340
Hake 2,561 2,716 2,968 3,805 5,514 3,766 4,073 3,940 4,972 8,604
Halibut 37 26 21 29 70 352 259 216 237 498
Lemon sole 250 297 301 275 338 665 769 833 915 1,306
Ling 837 856 1,008 1,016 1,395 1,152 1,183 1,188 1,241 2,025
Megrims 358 453 431 388 458 978 1,098 1,076 909 1,277
Monkfish 1,044 1,035 1,392 2,200 3,269 3,288 3,206 3,962 5,491 9,535
Norway pout 76 35 61 26 5 4 5 3
Plaice 463 891 658 857 1,110 427 752 512 635 1,129
Pollack 238 199 248 389 297 509 390 470 681 704
Red gurnards 38 31 46 69 56 18 22 29 33 32
Redfish 152 339 235 63 29 212 513 339 113 50
Saithe 8,625 10,732 10,423 11,383 10,480 9,243 9,538 10,749 10,335 11,784
Thornback ray 10 21 27 31 32 11 17 23 22 32
Turbot 22 20 26 27 21 166 168 196 207 166
Tusk 29 36 34 22 29 30 29 27 18 22
Whiting 4,982 5,496 5,083 5,351 5,344 5,571 5,892 6,084 5,927 5,981
Witches 155 185 229 207 286 211 196 237 233 367
Other demersal 124 79 66 61 61 202 86 56 68 53
Total demersal 46,637 53,717 53,881 54,806 58,323 61,932 68,652 78,042 76,343 91,130
Blue whiting 17,874 8,904 9,699 12,150 11,908 5,709 2,001 1,267 1,994 2,352
Capelin 2,074 352 - - 771 1,453 110 - - 269
Herring 38,199 21,423 33,306 20,721 29,051 21,590 8,266 9,385 7,188 18,896
Horse mackerel 94 554 1,026 620 210 45 325 713 434 150
Mackerel 44,352 42,886 83,213 46,656 56,818 40,689 37,996 64,948 29,488 48,493
Other pelagic 70 0 - - - 18 0 - - -
Total pelagic 102,664 74,120 127,243 80,146 98,759 69,504 48,698 76,313 39,104 70,160
Edible crabs 221 196 215 184 280 251 241 268 227 353
Nephrops 1,674 903 1,572 888 1,081 7,273 3,741 6,699 3,454 5,119
Red crabs 94 75 83 63 442 378 291 200
Scallops 594 1,383 825 1,691 2,385 1,346 2,404 1,537 3,515 5,695
Squid 244 99 227 243 300 741 429 601 750 1,214
Velvet crabs 28 12 16 17 21 55 22 29 37 47
Other shellfish 11 12 17 19 25 95 97 161 170 208
Total shellfish 2,866 2,605 2,947 3,124 4,154 10,203 6,933 9,673 8,444 12,836
Total landings 152,167 130,441 184,071 138,076 161,235 141,639 124,283 164,028 123,891 174,127
Portree
Total demersal 10 11 34 20 17 11 11 14 329 1,223
Total pelagic 7 - - 5 - 4 - 1 - -
Edible crabs 630 623 827 534 489 757 750 1,017 666 631
Nephrops 1,032 1,093 968 1,099 1,301 6,297 6,164 5,771 6,614 6,892
Scallops 191 364 263 408 435 403 685 672 913 1,024
Velvet crabs 77 54 61 35 56 204 135 167 87 162
Other shellfish 44 103 61 37 37 305 292 302 194 205
Total shellfish 1,973 2,238 2,180 2,113 2,318 7,966 8,026 7,929 8,475 8,913
Total landings 1,991 2,254 2,214 2,138 2,335 7,980 8,038 7,943 8,804 10,136

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

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