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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 1.7h 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
Shetland
Catfish 43 51 49 64 60 79 95 90 97 107
Cod 2,404 2,637 3,222 3,535 4,200 4,601 5,174 6,608 7,097 8,754
Cuckoo ray 92 110 119 105 111 73 91 84 74 102
Haddock 3,935 5,270 4,449 3,350 4,436 4,370 6,934 6,765 4,995 5,847
Hake 225 280 506 575 907 309 438 736 872 1,509
Lemon sole 102 195 196 220 213 348 680 834 958 968
Ling 809 919 901 864 964 1,069 1,201 1,059 1,028 1,385
Megrims 701 844 664 523 573 2,042 2,222 1,949 1,402 1,867
Monkfish 1,244 1,105 1,300 1,636 2,360 3,921 3,496 3,893 4,223 6,696
Plaice 273 494 440 577 680 209 347 382 413 740
Pollack 120 148 97 115 87 253 301 213 236 206
Red gurnards 28 45 30 42 29 11 16 12 14 9
Saithe 1,588 1,991 1,677 1,764 1,773 1,555 1,571 1,477 1,478 1,772
Spotted ray 44 62 56 82 66 50 69 61 90 94
Thornback ray 7 8 17 16 21 11 11 17 20 30
Whiting 2,155 2,501 2,429 2,368 2,154 2,292 2,568 2,661 2,692 2,496
Witches 91 75 61 50 55 122 84 79 80 97
Other demersal 108 197 91 77 75 261 360 210 213 236
Total demersal 13,967 16,929 16,303 15,963 18,766 21,577 25,658 27,131 25,983 32,915
Herring 15,925 11,441 6,057 13,194 9,471 7,123 4,448 1,546 4,835 5,801
Mackerel 28,404 43,879 51,601 41,243 40,229 24,169 39,911 42,086 25,899 35,224
Other pelagic 7,013 179 69 88 0 2,341 118 8 51 1
Total pelagic 51,342 55,500 57,728 54,524 49,700 33,632 44,477 43,640 30,784 41,026
Edible crabs 343 460 640 450 279 383 511 737 535 338
Lobsters 36 36 42 42 45 488 430 559 536 609
Queen scallops 12 8 5 7 1,126 8 6 2 4 879
Scallops 1,147 1,157 990 1,133 1,130 1,943 1,922 1,871 2,240 2,416
Squid 38 80 108 91 72 179 358 330 217 330
Velvet crabs 232 185 168 137 117 699 604 524 424 349
Whelks 53 36 34 120 313 32 25 26 94 262
Other shellfish 74 34 24 10 9 228 50 70 19 23
Total shellfish 1,935 1,995 2,010 1,991 3,091 3,960 3,906 4,119 4,070 5,207
Total landings 67,244 74,425 76,041 72,479 71,557 59,169 74,041 74,890 60,837 79,148
Stornoway
Haddock 47 40 22 23 44 39 38 23 25 46
Monkfish 12 17 27 38 32 37 38 58 70 61
Skates and rays 26 30 29 43 25 25 24 24 31 18
Other demersal 47 43 45 45 53 60 42 48 438 1,336
Total demersal 133 129 123 149 153 161 141 153 565 1,462
Total pelagic 0 138 11 3 0 0 131 5 2 0
Edible crabs 725 801 934 777 1,040 834 923 1,061 879 1,182
Lobsters 120 89 129 100 117 1,247 907 1,300 1,017 1,276
Nephrops 1,650 1,554 1,387 1,440 1,673 6,916 6,060 5,993 5,682 6,246
Razor fish - 0 30 59 59 - 0 143 286 308
Scallops 428 542 598 667 820 802 1,013 1,189 1,347 1,902
Velvet crabs 294 237 264 245 260 730 572 671 638 717
Other shellfish 34 31 20 17 15 122 61 106 108 30
Total shellfish 3,252 3,255 3,361 3,305 3,983 10,650 9,536 10,462 9,957 11,659
Total landings 3,385 3,522 3,495 3,457 4,136 10,812 9,808 10,620 10,523 13,121

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

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