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.

Supporting documents

Table 1.10b Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2012 to 2016

Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	UK quota		UK uptake		Scottish PO Quota		Scottish PO uptake
Area	Species	Sea area	Year	EU total allowable catch	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota	After exchanges	% of TAC	Tonnes	% of quota
North Sea	Lemon sole & witches	Iia( EU), IV( EU)	2012	6,391	3,849	60.2	1,458	37.9	2,133	33.4	843	39.5
			2013	6,391	3,920	61.3	1,772	45.2	2,124	33.2	1,068	50.3
			2014	6,391	3,590	56.2	1,827	50.9	1,864	29.2	1,060	56.9
			2015	6,391	3,650	57.1	1,546	42.4	2,076	32.5	1,007	48.5
			2016	6,391	3,554	55.6	1,763	49.6	2,085	32.6	1,241	59.5
	Skates & rays	Iia( EU), IV( EU)	2012	1,395	774	55.5	662	85.5	294	21.0	266	90.5
			2013	1,256	808	64.3	800	99.0	289	23.0	289	99.9
			2014	1,256	775	61.7	780	100.6	330	26.2	333	101.2
			2015	1,382	691	50.0	669	96.8	334	24.2	326	97.5
			2016	1,313	721	54.9	665	92.2	336	25.6	323	96.3
	Dabs & flounder	Iia( EU), IV( EU)	2012	18,434	1,652	9.0	706	42.8	190	1.0	58	30.3
			2013	18,434	1,643	8.9	663	40.4	152	0.8	13	8.8
			2014	18,434	1,543	8.4	535	34.7	163	0.9	18	11.3
			2015	18,434	1,533	8.3	354	23.1	285	1.5	69	24.4
			2016	18,434	1,558	8.5	385	24.7	281	1.5	65	23.3
	Turbot & brill	Iia( EU), IV( EU)	2012	4,642	515	11.1	477	92.7	54	1.2	39	71.9
			2013	4,642	544	11.7	476	87.5	54	1.2	41	75.6
			2014	4,642	686	14.8	491	71.6	99	2.1	50	50.5
			2015	4,642	458	9.9	455	99.3	90	1.9	86	95.9
			2016	4,488	522	11.6	545	104.3	98	2.2	107	108.7
	Herring	Iva,b	2012	243,000	55,881	23.0	55,707	99.7	33,709	13.9	33,555	99.5
			2013	286,800	58,841	20.5	58,952	100.2	38,835	13.5	39,038	100.5
			2014	282,022	66,289	23.5	65,747	99.2	44,962	15.9	44,977	100.0
			2015	267,197	66,893	25.0	68,055	101.7	47,329	17.7	48,204	101.8
			2016	310,945	70,710	22.7	73,434	103.9	56,531	18.2	59,107	104.6
	Herring	Ivc, VIId	2012	44,550	4,164	9.3	3,996	96.0	2	..	0	8.7
			2013	52,580	5,235	10.0	5,100	97.4	88	1.7	42	47.8
			2014	51,704	5,169	10.0	5,136	99.4	2	0.0	0	0.0
			2015	48,986	5,399	11.0	5,140	95.2	3	0.1	..	..
			2016	57,007	6,395	11.2	6,304	98.6	6	0.1	..	..
	Mackerel	Iia ( EU), III ( EU), IV	2012	19,855	1,794	9.0	1,784	99.4	982	4.9	972	99.0
			2013	24,221	1,365	5.6	1,338	98.1	720	3.0	705	98.0
			2014	42,304	8,603	20.3	8,357	97.1	4,335	10.2	4,301	99.2
			2015	36,338	5,791	15.9	5,567	96.1	4,064	11.2	3,954	97.3
			2016	31,241	8,549	27.4	8,495	99.4	6,826	21.9	6,883	100.8
	Horse mackerel ¹	Ivb, Ivc, VIId	2012	40,630	3,133	7.7	1,021	32.6	223	..	..	..
			2013	34,400	6,282	18.3	4,573	72.8	259	0.8	172	66.4
			2014	31,720	5,236	16.5	4,460	85.2	645	2.0	265	41.0
			2015	15,200	5,314	35.0	3,580	67.4	30	0.2	24	80.0
			2016	15,200	5,715	37.6	4,697	82.2	34	0.2	35	104.1
	Blue whiting	I-VIII, XII, XIV	2012	63,421	9,367	14.8	9,171	97.9	6,355	10.0	6,301	99.2
			2013	116,032	14,940	12.9	13,499	90.4	8,077	7.0	8,166	101.1
			2014	185,525	28,430	15.3	27,809	97.8	25,996	14.0	25,594	98.5
			2015	197,195	34,275	17.4	31,778	92.7	32,929	16.7	30,504	92.6
			2016	207,657	41,868	20.2	38,270	91.4	36,638	17.6	36,896	100.7
	Sandeel	Iia ( EU), IV ( EU)	2012	180,000	280	0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
			2013	263,974	2,682	1.0	2,436	90.8	2,551	1.0	2,436	95.5
			2014	207,219	3,509	1.7	30	0.9	1,858	0.9	30	1.6
			2015	357,219	3,081	0.9	2,000	64.9	2,976	0.8	2,000	67.2
			2016	79,219	1,741	2.2	..	..	..	..	41	..
	Sprats	Iia ( EU), IV ( EU)	2012	151,500	4,498	3.0	1,134	25.2	2,466	1.6	649	26.3
			2013	151,500	2,806	1.9	38	1.3	2,641	1.7	..	..
			2014	144,000	403	0.3	38	9.3	22	0.0	..	..
			2015	227,000	11,625	5.1	33	0.3	3,039	1.3	0	0.0
			2016	355,500	1,508	0.4	21	1.4	112	0.0	0	0.1

(1) In 2010 the sea areas for this stock were changed from IVa, IVb IVc to IVb,IVc,VIId.

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Table 1.10b Total allowable catches, UK quota and uptake: 2012 to 2016

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