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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.

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£’000)
Ullapool
Cod	15	4	28	36	60	27	7	65	83	123
Forkbeard	57	68	25	53	108	106	105	50	130	199
Haddock	270	200	427	1,272	1,565	300	224	552	1,750	2,164
Hake	1,344	1,306	2,223	2,908	2,315	3,452	3,867	6,044	9,373	5,603
Ling	431	573	642	775	804	665	809	817	1,159	1,024
Megrims	72	28	24	43	92	160	60	49	89	198
Monkfish	987	1,211	654	1,043	1,265	3,411	3,008	1,770	2,794	3,745
Saithe	129	88	136	113	153	137	71	122	104	151
Sandy ray	3	22	19	23	20	3	23	25	32	47
Tusk	6	1	2	14	43	7	1	2	11	34
Other demersal	77	65	75	128	82	97	108	110	163	227
Total demersal	3,392	3,565	4,254	6,409	6,507	8,366	8,284	9,605	15,687	13,516
Total pelagic	129	19	267	10	13	48	9	200	5	14
Edible crabs	1,207	1,175	1,376	1,055	1,188	1,511	1,576	2,030	1,375	1,856
Lobsters	35	27	33	29	31	348	278	345	307	372
Nephrops	939	1,039	1,204	993	1,359	4,341	4,083	5,090	4,298	5,120
Red crabs	-	6	2	92	55		1	9	208	416
Scallops	69	193	178	80	56	159	361	388	225	153
Squid	191	118	408	96	38	471	284	1,577	254	190
Velvet crabs	35	19	20	13	31	66	42	42	29	73
Whelks	0	176	148	137	230	0	144	122	120	224
Other shellfish	101	283	110	3	4	64	127	50	3	3
Total shellfish	2,576	3,035	3,478	2,498	2,991	6,961	6,897	9,653	6,818	8,407
Total landings	6,097	6,618	7,999	8,917	9,510	15,374	15,190	19,458	22,511	21,937

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

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