Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017

A National Statistics publication presenting data on the Scottish and UK fishing fleet, landings and employment.


Table 16. Tonnage and value of landings by foreign vessels into Scotland
by main species 2013 to 2017

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Bass - - - - - - - - - -
Black scabbardfish 2,296 2,862 2,452 2,964 1,788 4,404 4,801 3,311 4,606 2,443
Brill 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Cod 290 586 1,247 821 669 525 1,212 2,222 1,700 1,385
Haddock 386 1,667 951 660 720 428 2,241 1,236 956 860
Hake 4,527 7,086 7,079 8,491 8,605 11,076 17,689 17,464 20,664 18,695
Lemon sole 3 9 12 10 7 9 30 43 42 26
Ling 1,246 1,575 1,643 2,083 2,262 1,677 2,138 2,392 3,210 3,644
Megrims 228 199 236 290 425 551 513 683 809 1,184
Monkfish 1,060 992 1,063 1,742 2,417 2,810 2,912 2,766 4,535 3,649
Plaice 20 37 31 16 16 14 37 23 18 23
Pollack 1 46 18 35 49 2 79 39 79 108
Saithe 6,797 6,358 8,925 7,464 5,738 6,110 6,848 8,478 8,490 5,714
Skates and rays 69 126 105 121 109 60 118 104 156 122
Sole 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Turbot 3 6 3 5 6 19 37 23 44 52
Whiting 54 297 414 483 407 55 362 480 518 454
Other demersal 4,467 4,586 2,911 3,357 6,691 6,134 6,739 4,151 4,529 3,379
Total demersal 21,446 26,432 27,093 28,543 29,912 33,874 45,756 43,416 50,358 41,737
Blue whiting 1,245 12 - - - 297 1 - - -
Herring 7,563 8,149 1,962 6,143 2,282 2,997 2,419 734 3,484 903
Horse mackerel 256 338 12 210 181 280 1 150
Mackerel 20,646 27,197 7,372 7,393 9,703 18,543 19,237 4,456 6,413 9,922
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic 352 0 - 771 0 110 0 - 269 0
Total pelagic 30,063 35,696 9,346 14,517 11,985 22,128 21,937 5,191 10,317 10,825
Brown shrimps - - - - - - - - - -
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Edible crabs 0 8 0 0 - 0 11 0 0 -
Lobsters - - - - - - - - - -
Nephrops 0 0 7 - - 1 1 24 - -
Queen scallops - - - - - - - - - -
Razor fish - - - - - - - - - -
Scallops - - - 4 121 - - - 7 328
Squid 29 27 16 15 39 104 76 52 43 79
Velvet crabs - - - - - - - - - -
Whelks - - - - - - - - - -
Other shellfish 12 75 174 117 38 31 380 497 615 418
Total shellfish 42 110 196 137 198 136 467 574 666 824
Total landings 51,550 62,238 36,635 43,197 42,095 56,137 68,160 49,180 61,341 53,387

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