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 1.7g 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)
Scrabster
Black scabbardfish	415	430	751	371	568	624	816	739	324	672
Blue ling	211	227	538	188	373	214	268	617	191	401
Cod	867	1,215	1,267	1,610	1,457	1,687	2,361	2,531	3,094	3,000
Greenland halibut	40	65	216	172	35	78	187	531	423	109
Grey gurnards	32	34	62	54	75	14	12	28	12	27
Haddock	2,540	3,684	4,378	3,910	3,488	2,742	4,196	6,091	5,344	4,866
Hake	883	701	1,761	1,573	3,854	3,518	2,707	6,115	5,844	11,715
Halibut	4	2	8	3	24	24	17	42	14	92
Lemon sole	31	50	56	62	63	63	141	175	192	235
Ling	493	461	742	594	899	723	660	950	767	1,351
Megrims	394	399	447	398	426	1,113	943	1,108	895	1,094
Monkfish	1,737	1,348	2,201	2,495	2,375	5,827	3,922	6,591	6,078	6,505
Plaice	55	124	101	65	136	46	106	86	50	131
Pollack	57	30	39	31	30	127	58	62	52	69
Portuguese dogfish	96	139	93	53	157	141	101	216	24	58
Red gurnards	35	38	61	39	58	8	35	25	17	27
Roundnose grenadier	16	15	32	9	26	21	15	33	6	34
Saithe	1,194	1,671	1,578	1,208	1,324	1,211	1,437	1,453	973	1,311
Skates and rays	60	36	78	29	20	47	26	66	23	17
Spotted ray	6	20	24	32	33	5	18	24	27	32
Thornback ray	22	15	23	26	33	25	15	24	25	32
Tusk	45	42	37	19	23	33	29	24	12	15
Whiting	392	626	762	606	585	441	643	860	635	659
Witches	36	49	43	32	27	38	46	45	24	28
Other demersal	148	133	322	152	68	240	233	357	267	157
Total demersal	9,807	11,553	15,620	13,729	16,157	19,010	18,990	28,793	25,311	32,637
Total pelagic	8	18	7	16	5	3	6	5	10	4
Edible crabs	2,438	2,565	2,827	2,897	2,589	3,209	3,615	3,957	4,053	4,054
Lobsters	93	60	61	53	42	1,023	652	667	593	534
Nephrops	24	30	32	31	43	105	131	126	103	177
Queen scallops	-	-	-	-	49	-	-	-	-	36
Scallops	659	1,002	498	640	582	1,359	1,757	1,002	1,145	1,234
Squid	53	114	174	129	100	197	400	568	402	426
Velvet crabs	77	53	53	43	44	166	119	115	100	221
Whelks	26	36	41	47	101	17	30	34	38	91
Other shellfish	5	1	18	3	1	23	10	20	12	3
Total shellfish	3,374	3,862	3,706	3,843	3,551	6,100	6,714	6,489	6,445	6,777
Total landings	13,189	15,434	19,333	17,587	19,713	25,113	25,710	35,287	31,767	39,417

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

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

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