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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 30. Tonnage and value of all landings into Scotland by main species

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Black scabbardfish 2,353 2,974 2,579 3,060 1,889 4,510 4,952 3,472 4,734 2,595
Blue ling 1,850 2,288 1,478 1,717 1,460 2,437 3,275 1,798 2,013 1,462
Bluemouth 107 124 100 93 110 166 223 173 193 233
Catfish 263 293 366 432 475 464 497 511 747 854
Cod 12,216 13,479 15,236 17,301 18,778 23,992 27,069 29,396 35,993 43,271
Common mora 37 44 43 39 22 45 45 46 56 33
Conger eels 43 40 46 37 36 30 31 34 26 23
Cuckoo ray 163 192 219 219 201 119 126 136 164 156
Dogfish 165 180 224 325 229 110 233 54 102 66
Forkbeard 613 627 549 587 484 1,060 1,149 923 1,005 739
Greenland halibut 660 600 640 666 241 1,596 1,495 1,709 1,653 641
Grey gurnards 165 172 403 364 279 62 68 149 138 107
Gurnard and latchet 99 31 48 54 60 74 11 32 26 42
Haddock 37,112 35,804 31,828 32,254 32,260 41,380 49,612 43,367 42,709 48,331
Hake 10,063 14,594 14,484 18,391 19,457 25,327 35,479 35,846 44,480 41,919
Halibut 48 44 48 130 177 473 405 377 833 1,262
Lemon sole 695 695 699 811 710 1,917 2,152 2,399 3,053 3,069
Ling 4,908 5,544 5,492 6,725 7,373 6,727 7,078 7,348 9,917 12,082
Megrims 2,439 2,228 2,038 2,347 2,334 5,875 5,742 4,923 6,459 6,764
Monkfish 7,513 8,629 11,410 14,254 15,362 22,136 24,843 27,842 40,295 40,450
Plaice 1,696 1,404 1,720 2,209 2,127 1,321 1,094 1,219 2,200 2,608
Pollack 418 405 561 443 527 823 782 1,013 1,039 1,388
Rabbit fish 237 180 133 115 109 102 105 70 65 74
Red gurnards 137 157 186 190 81 88 74 78 86 36
Redfish 846 615 250 160 122 1,222 833 348 261 183
Roundnose grenadier 745 593 335 426 97 817 617 358 576 111
Saithe 19,502 17,367 18,688 17,302 15,652 16,867 16,880 16,867 18,692 15,496
Sandeels - - - - 4,713 - - - - 895
Sandy ray 22 30 40 37 27 23 36 49 66 20
Skates and rays 115 147 56 54 48 84 121 61 60 42
Spotted ray 133 145 177 167 156 134 150 173 232 221
Thornback ray 183 201 208 248 263 182 201 185 255 286
Turbot 52 56 67 57 64 424 456 536 481 542
Tusk 459 356 357 346 258 365 282 281 278 201
Whiting 10,108 9,612 9,511 9,234 9,092 10,220 10,832 10,310 10,228 11,826
Witches 650 685 558 696 941 596 664 594 824 1,054
Wrasses 0 51 31 49 39 0 20 1,164 3,185 754
Other demersal 166 276 72 107 64 348 295 230 229 175
Total demersal 116,980 120,865 120,882 131,646 136,319 172,116 197,931 194,072 233,354 240,012
Blue whiting 9,411 9,699 12,150 11,908 13,117 2,115 1,267 1,994 2,352 1,588
Herring 36,596 39,458 34,048 39,255 39,652 13,938 10,960 12,076 25,150 16,145
Mackerel 95,776 149,325 97,973 106,632 98,169 85,583 119,135 61,933 91,737 89,888
Sprats 968 1,540 1,060 2,179 1,356 225 370 249 502 302
Other pelagic 1,196 1,101 711 987 11 625 724 485 423 3
Total pelagic 143,946 201,122 145,943 160,962 152,305 102,487 132,457 76,737 120,164 107,926
Clams 68 23 33 44 32 114 39 81 114 87
Cuttlefish 0 0 1 1 20 0 0 1 1 60
Edible crabs 10,909 12,375 11,120 12,142 11,811 13,809 16,198 14,195 17,163 20,286
Green crabs 272 225 194 164 124 175 151 123 124 110
Lobsters 1,029 1,220 1,049 1,143 1,214 10,641 12,564 11,078 13,698 17,124
Nephrops 17,894 20,182 16,069 19,969 20,740 61,670 73,126 59,218 72,567 71,371
Octopus 3 5 8 20 20 4 5 6 10 14
Queen scallops 5,368 3,123 3,361 3,789 1,887 3,051 1,467 1,883 3,071 2,114
Razor fish 915 429 350 461 610 3,139 1,597 1,616 2,294 3,580
Red crabs 14 91 176 119 39 32 396 509 618 431
Scallops 12,456 10,644 10,721 12,368 9,233 23,406 22,158 22,812 30,131 24,017
Squid 1,185 2,190 1,293 1,697 2,921 4,253 6,273 4,242 6,501 10,761
Velvet crabs 1,577 1,662 1,493 1,606 1,599 3,992 4,142 3,782 4,460 5,045
Whelks 677 862 1,128 1,909 1,824 483 683 940 1,723 1,932
Other shellfish 352 165 44 44 25 466 301 194 182 210
Total shellfish 52,718 53,194 47,037 55,476 52,100 125,236 139,100 120,679 152,657 157,142
Total landings 313,645 375,181 313,862 348,084 340,724 399,839 469,489 391,488 506,174 505,080

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