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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017

Published
27 September 2018
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781787812390

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

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Table 21. Tonnage and value of landings by all vessels into all of the UK by main species 2013 to 2017

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Bass 796 1,017 660 541 427 5,746 7,403 5,435 4,898 4,233
Black scabbardfish 2,353 2,974 2,579 3,060 1,889 4,510 4,952 3,472 4,734 2,595
Brill 346 328 374 437 394 1,852 1,796 1,941 2,299 2,279
Cod 13,522 14,726 16,739 21,655 22,352 26,672 29,238 31,929 43,553 49,552
Haddock 39,202 37,186 33,489 33,872 34,355 44,069 51,711 45,557 45,008 51,661
Hake 11,003 15,617 15,915 19,907 21,268 27,202 37,395 38,413 47,590 46,224
Lemon sole 2,848 2,690 2,087 2,216 1,734 8,271 8,613 8,199 8,959 7,807
Ling 5,308 6,084 5,778 7,033 7,571 7,195 7,584 7,688 10,286 12,357
Megrims 4,648 3,655 3,506 3,746 3,623 10,014 9,383 8,654 10,218 9,975
Monkfish 11,972 12,663 15,819 18,726 19,417 34,789 35,111 38,829 52,857 52,314
Plaice 4,868 4,311 4,445 5,185 5,113 4,782 4,142 4,462 5,884 6,852
Pollack 1,647 1,998 1,657 1,983 1,573 3,456 3,579 3,186 4,474 4,039
Saithe 19,683 17,503 18,847 17,427 15,696 17,066 17,029 17,021 18,835 15,555
Skates and rays 3,397 2,984 3,104 3,043 2,957 4,210 3,337 3,857 3,990 3,773
Sole 2,546 2,543 2,073 2,071 1,980 18,036 16,406 15,586 18,411 18,725
Turbot 544 588 614 622 655 4,296 4,625 4,729 5,291 5,737
Whiting 12,351 11,673 11,282 10,994 10,306 11,696 12,306 11,582 11,422 12,796
Other demersal 12,489 12,083 11,081 11,887 14,812 14,929 15,172 13,592 17,485 14,055
Total demersal 149,523 150,624 150,049 164,408 166,123 248,791 269,782 264,132 316,193 320,528
Blue whiting 9,411 9,699 12,150 11,908 13,117 2,115 1,267 1,994 2,352 1,588
Herring 45,987 48,787 42,043 47,444 47,605 16,937 13,508 14,571 29,205 19,201
Horse mackerel 2,870 3,676 3,241 1,656 294 1,128 1,636 1,495 828 81
Mackerel 99,480 155,610 103,938 114,475 106,588 89,267 125,733 66,501 97,513 96,781
Pilchards 3,701 3,418 4,175 7,983 7,133 976 807 1,586 2,592 2,367
Other pelagic 5,167 5,667 3,789 6,091 3,982 1,103 2,118 761 1,571 1,039
Total pelagic 166,615 226,856 169,335 189,557 178,718 111,527 145,069 86,908 134,062 121,057
Brown shrimps 860 602 325 806 570 2,361 1,359 810 2,965 2,554
Cockles 10,109 10,191 11,169 5,010 5,997 5,264 7,877 5,692 3,526 4,312
Cuttlefish 3,720 3,093 6,184 5,165 7,225 6,553 6,526 10,879 14,427 26,029
Edible crabs 26,492 29,920 26,739 29,875 28,273 33,921 39,178 34,539 41,534 47,429
Lobsters 2,967 3,372 3,100 3,270 3,353 29,929 33,481 32,203 39,624 44,361
Nephrops 28,487 30,494 25,884 30,870 29,947 86,352 98,848 82,275 100,813 95,722
Queen scallops 17,780 10,591 12,465 10,472 5,851 8,430 5,093 7,158 8,148 5,584
Razor fish 916 430 364 472 610 3,144 1,599 1,662 2,338 3,584
Scallops 31,622 29,121 29,044 28,948 27,629 55,278 55,159 58,514 67,886 70,619
Squid 1,904 2,938 1,904 2,045 3,482 7,291 9,303 6,561 8,343 13,225
Velvet crabs 1,795 1,898 1,743 1,876 1,855 4,356 4,552 4,157 4,921 5,495
Whelks 20,055 19,802 20,874 22,673 20,761 13,752 16,206 18,615 22,872 22,714
Other shellfish 3,888 2,208 2,807 3,156 2,115 3,268 3,195 4,214 3,785 4,032
Total shellfish 150,595 144,660 142,602 144,637 137,669 259,901 282,375 267,278 321,184 345,659
Total landings 466,733 522,140 461,986 498,602 482,511 620,219 697,226 618,318 771,440 787,244

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