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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017
A National Statistics publication presenting data on the Scottish and UK fishing fleet, landings and employment.
Table 40. Number of Scottish registered vessels by main fishing method and length group as at 31st December 2017
| Length group (metres) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main fishing method | 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total |
| Demersal single trawl | 13 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 37 | 3 | 111 | 124 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | - | 18 | 18 |
| Seine net | - | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | - | 20 | 20 |
| Lines | 42 | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 10 | 52 |
| Demersal gill nets | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Beam trawl | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other demersal | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Demersal total | 62 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 79 | 5 | 184 | 246 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Creel fishing | 1,323 | 86 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | 108 | 1,431 |
| Nephrops trawl | 67 | 33 | 37 | 89 | 3 | - | 162 | 229 |
| Mechanical dredging | 17 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 77 | 94 |
| Suction dredging | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 34 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 44 |
| Shellfish total | 1,441 | 136 | 67 | 136 | 17 | 2 | 358 | 1,799 |
| Total | 1,503 | 140 | 72 | 227 | 97 | 26 | 562 | 2,065 |
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