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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 1.10e 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
Area VII Sole VIIa 2012 300 37 12.3 21 57.0 1 0.4 1 50.0
2013 140 19 13.4 12 62.0 1 0.5 0 9.3
2014 95 10 10.7 10 94.7 0 0.3 0 49.2
2015 90 15 16.2 8 51.4 1 0.6 0 80.0
2016 40 10 25.0 6 57.7 0 0.5 0 96.3
Sole VIId 2012 5,580 1,132 20.3 627 55.4 6 0.1 .. ..
2013 5,900 1,233 20.9 605 49.0 6 0.1 .. ..
2014 4,838 722 14.9 649 89.9 1 0.0 1 64.0
2015 3,483 532 15.3 468 88.0 1 0.0 1 62.5
2016 3,258 476 14.6 391 82.1 1 0.0 0 24.1
Sole VIIe 2012 777 495 63.7 494 99.7 1 0.2 1 100.0
2013 894 581 65.0 536 92.2 3 0.3 1 53.2
2014 832 522 62.8 510 97.6 1 0.1 1 98.3
2015 851 508 59.7 492 96.7 1 0.2 1 85.7
2016 979 646 66.0 622 96.2 2 0.2 1 52.5
Sole VIIf,g 2012 1,060 222 21.0 172 77.6 1 0.1 0 57.1
2013 1,100 195 17.8 206 105.2 0 0.0 0 27.9
2014 1,001 255 25.5 252 98.9 0 0.0 0 687.1
2015 851 118 13.9 105 88.8 1 0.1 0 25.0
2016 779 179 23.0 176 98.1 1 0.2 1 62.2
Sole VIIh,j,k 2012 423 78 18.4 46 59.1 1 0.3 1 92.9
2013 402 75 18.6 47 62.3 1 0.3 1 64.8
2014 382 89 23.3 54 60.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
2015 382 66 17.3 53 80.7 0 0.1 0 75.0
2016 382 85 22.2 63 74.2 1 0.2 1 70.8
Nephrops VII 2012 21,759 7,824 36.0 7,151 91.4 239 1.1 207 86.5
2013 23,065 7,740 33.6 6,982 90.2 369 1.6 244 66.2
2014 20,989 7,795 37.1 6,536 83.9 355 1.7 298 84.1
2015 21,619 7,711 35.7 7,060 91.6 442 2.0 415 94.0
2016 23,348 9,038 38.7 7,340 81.2 882 3.8 720 81.6
Monkfish VII 2012 30,677 6,601 21.5 5,970 90.4 597 1.9 546 91.4
2013 29,144 6,796 23.3 6,520 95.9 688 2.4 673 97.9
2014 33,516 7,555 22.5 7,329 97.0 696 2.1 667 95.8
2015 33,516 7,602 22.7 6,875 90.4 644 1.9 611 94.9
2016 33,516 8,025 23.9 7,458 92.9 710 2.1 652 91.8
Megrims VII 2012 17,385 2,888 16.6 2,356 81.6 179 1.0 145 81.0
2013 17,385 3,212 18.5 3,059 95.2 158 0.9 154 97.5
2014 17,385 3,135 18.0 2,813 89.7 226 1.3 193 85.6
2015 17,385 3,536 20.3 2,923 82.7 271 1.6 171 63.0
2016 18,254 3,550 19.4 2,824 79.6 285 1.6 178 62.5
Pollack (Lythe) VII 2012 13,495 2,349 17.4 1,842 78.4 83 0.6 9 11.3
2013 13,495 2,398 17.8 1,829 76.3 53 0.4 7 12.9
2014 13,495 2,392 17.7 2,112 88.3 16 0.1 1 7.3
2015 13,495 2,251 16.7 1,483 65.9 50 0.4 2 3.6
2016 13,495 2,298 17.0 1,915 83.3 31 0.2 4 11.5
Herring VIIa 2012 4,752 5,696 119.9 5,677 99.7 1 0.0 .. ..
2013 4,993 5,013 100.4 5,000 99.8 1 0.0 .. ..
2014 5,251 5,147 98.0 5,084 98.8 1 0.0 .. ..
2015 4,854 4,918 101.3 4,870 99.0 2 0.0 .. ..
2016 4,575 4,432 96.9 4,243 95.7 1.1 0.0 .. ..
Herring VIIe,f 2012 980 490 50.0 275 56.2 .. .. .. ..
2013 931 464 49.8 410 88.4 .. .. .. ..
2014 930 465 50.0 455 97.9 .. .. .. ..
2015 930 465 50.0 379 81.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 930 566.5 60.9 431 76.1 .. .. .. ..
Sprats VIId,e 2012 5,150 3,702 71.9 4,433 119.7 5 0.1 .. ..
2013 5,150 4,081 79.2 3,793 92.9 7 0.1 .. ..
2014 5,150 4,102 79.7 3,358 81.9 0 0.0 .. ..
2015 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,659 90.1 0 0.0 .. ..
2016 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,867 97.1 5 0.1 .. ..

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