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 1.10c 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
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
West of Scotland Cod Vib, XII, XIV 2012 78 48 61.5 11 22.5 .. .. 11 ..
2013 74 45 60.8 9 20.0 .. .. 9 ..
2014 74 45 60.8 10 21.8 .. .. 10 ..
2015 74 45 60.8 18 40.1 .. .. 17 ..
2016 74 45 60.8 37 82.6 .. .. 26 ..
Cod Vb, Via 1 2012 .. .. .. 137 .. .. .. 128 ..
2013 .. .. .. 131 .. .. .. 123 ..
2014 .. .. .. 152 .. .. .. 138 ..
2015 .. .. .. 169 .. .. .. 152 ..
2016 .. .. .. 183 .. .. .. 167 ..
Haddock Vib, XII, XIV 2012 3,302 3,008 91.1 577 19.2 2,471 74.8 550 22.3
2013 990 1,098 110.9 596 54.3 1,011 102.1 587 58.0
2014 1,210 1,177 97.3 1,156 98.2 1,034 85.5 1,021 98.7
2015 2,580 2,104 81.5 2,052 97.6 1,870 72.5 1,833 98.0
2016 3,225 2,561 79.4 2,160 84.4 1,990 61.7 1,651 83.0
Haddock Vb, Via 2012 6,013 4,935 82.1 4,122 83.5 4,265 70.9 3,686 86.4
2013 4,211 3,927 93.2 3,917 99.8 3,487 82.8 3,508 100.6
2014 3,988 3,237 81.2 3,266 100.9 3,021 75.7 3,071 101.7
2015 4,536 3,385 74.6 3,052 90.2 2,966 65.4 2,837 95.6
2016 6,462 5,077 78.6 3,101 61.1 4,271 66.1 2,797 65.5
Whiting Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 307 202 65.8 205 101.6 .. .. 188 ..
2013 292 164 56.2 119 72.3 .. .. 109 ..
2014 292 183 62.8 105 57.4 .. .. 99 ..
2015 263 168 64.0 168 99.9 .. .. 153 ..
2016 213 122 57.4 121 98.5 .. .. 113 ..
Saithe Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 7,830 5,468 69.8 4,549 83.2 5,118 65.4 4,445 86.8
2013 8,964 4,486 50.0 3,648 81.3 4,222 47.1 3,521 83.4
2014 8,045 3,894 48.4 3,326 85.4 3,186 39.6 2,754 86.4
2015 6,848 3,392 49.5 3,286 96.9 2,810 41.0 2,724 97.0
2016 6,448 2,839 44.0 2,770 97.6 2,342 36.3 2,306 98.5
Plaice Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 693 408 58.9 40 9.9 311 44.9 36 11.5
2013 658 388 59.0 41 10.5 308 46.7 35 11.2
2014 658 388 59.0 50 12.8 305 46.4 46 15.1
2015 658 388 59.0 56 14.3 307 46.7 51 16.5
2016 658 388 59.0 70 18.1 307 46.7 66 21.4
Sole Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 60 12 20.0 4 35.0 4 6.5 3 84.6
2013 57 11 19.3 2 17.9 3 6.0 1 27.7
2014 57 11 19.3 3 30.9 3 5.9 3 77.0
2015 57 11 19.3 4 36.8 5 9.2 2 47.5
2016 57 11 19.3 2 22.4 4 7.2 2 44.9
Monkfish Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 5,183 2,352 45.4 2,085 88.7 1,831 35.3 1,745 95.3
2013 4,924 2,340 47.5 1,996 85.3 1,741 35.4 1,552 89.1
2014 4,432 1,757 39.6 1,720 97.9 1,267 28.6 1,260 99.5
2015 5,313 2,117 39.8 2,085 98.5 1,644 30.9 1,634 99.4
2016 6,375 2,805 44.0 2,760 98.4 2,247 35.2 2,224 99.0
Nephrops Vb( EU), VI 2012 14,091 15,271 108.4 14,247 93.3 9,636 68.4 9,279 96.3
2013 16,690 17,699 106.0 12,811 72.4 10,947 65.6 8,828 80.6
2014 15,287 16,683 109.1 12,705 76.2 10,523 68.8 8,506 80.8
2015 14,190 15,522 109.4 11,744 75.7 9,575 67.5 8,130 84.9
2016 16,524 17,636 106.7 14,615 82.9 11278 68.3 10,036 89.0
Megrims Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 3,387 1,173 34.6 679 57.9 890 26.3 641 72.0
2013 3,387 1,179 34.8 528 44.7 957 28.3 501 52.3
2014 4,074 1,396 34.3 560 40.1 1,020 25.0 522 51.2
2015 4,129 1,375 33.3 643 46.8 1,023 24.8 593 57.9
2016 5,214 1,772 34.0 803 45.3 1,266 24.3 749 59.2
Pollack Vb( EU), VI, XII(int’l), XIVb(int’l) 2012 397 145 36.5 33 22.8 64 16.2 32 50.0
2013 397 145 36.5 22 15.0 73 18.5 15 20.1
2014 397 145 36.5 18 12.2 77 19.3 17 22.4
2015 397 145 36.5 25 17.3 75 18.9 22 29.9
2016 397 145 36.5 29 20.3 70 17.5 25 35.4
Hake Vb( EU), VI,VII, XII(intl), XIVb(intl) 2012 30,900 5,185 16.8 4,933 95.1 1,718 5.6 1,617 94.1
2013 38,939 6,528 16.8 5,295 81.1 2,193 5.6 1,852 84.5
2014 45,896 7,131 15.5 6,915 97.0 2,365 5.2 2,244 94.9
2015 50,944 8,022 15.7 7,723 96.3 2,380 4.7 2,349 98.7
2016 61,902 8,023 13.0 7,268 90.6 2,368 3.8 2,284 96.5

(1) Total Allowable Catch for this quota not allocated since 2011, managed as a by-catch.

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