Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2018

Tonnage and value of all landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels, all landings into Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad, and the size and structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.


Table 6. Tonnage and value of landings by rest of the UK vessels into Scotland 2014 to 2018

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Bass - - - 0 0 - - - 0 1
Black scabbardfish - - - - - - - - - -
Brill 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 4
Cod 2,195 2,716 3,639 3,608 3,407 4,269 4,986 7,322 8,227 7,767
Haddock 3,856 3,639 3,665 3,802 3,904 5,591 5,022 4,555 5,547 5,303
Hake 2,828 2,788 3,742 4,089 3,187 7,589 8,135 9,534 8,812 7,281
Lemon sole 89 62 67 70 76 229 197 247 301 344
Ling 661 414 633 675 683 869 543 869 1,029 1,022
Megrims 75 73 116 95 84 152 148 282 242 129
Monkfish 675 707 1,189 1,116 948 1,859 1,750 3,591 2,201 2,702
Plaice 194 226 245 212 224 156 167 239 263 370
Pollack 93 109 91 84 97 144 167 187 216 280
Saithe 2,938 1,851 2,151 1,686 2,940 2,822 1,585 2,356 1,636 2,356
Skates and rays 25 18 39 32 34 25 18 62 20 36
Sole 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 6 7
Turbot 6 9 6 6 5 44 67 45 43 45
Whiting 697 1,188 1,479 1,232 1,427 864 1,361 1,699 1,612 1,935
Witches 43 41 55 65 57 42 44 71 81 69
Wrasses 0 2 1 0 - 0 37 38 0 -
Other demersal 82 81 98 110 193 161 139 240 286 383
Total demersal 14,457 13,923 17,218 16,886 17,269 24,819 24,372 31,339 30,527 30,034
Blue whiting - - - - 21 - - - - 4
Herring 10 10 20 2,485 4,807 1 1 1 1,008 1,846
Horse mackerel - 5 0 0 46 - 0 0 0 28
Mackerel 1,589 3,240 3,145 3,659 2,785 954 1,969 3,169 3,102 3,146
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Total pelagic 1,599 3,254 3,165 6,144 7,661 955 1,971 3,170 4,110 5,024
Brown shrimps - - - - - - - - - -
Cockles - - - 2 - - - - 1 -
Cuttlefish - 0 0 3 - - 0 0 0 -
Edible crabs 1,771 1,464 1,336 1,231 1,198 2,565 2,070 2,326 2,234 3,188
Lobsters 11 7 4 4 2 144 80 48 48 40
Nephrops 1,379 914 1,204 726 618 3,653 2,634 3,280 2,058 1,717
Pink shrimps - - - 4 0 - - - 0 0
Queen scallops 100 49 39 87 18 50 36 38 102 29
Razor fish 8 30 87 120 6 38 146 446 677 37
Scallops 375 611 990 628 402 769 1,271 2,360 1,730 1,269
Squid 22 51 47 81 62 47 165 178 231 81
Velvet crabs 4 14 3 1 0 12 37 10 4 1
Whelks 12 43 45 115 37 11 38 41 118 40
Other shellfish 15 2 2 0 0 20 10 6 2 0
Total shellfish 3,695 3,184 3,757 3,002 2,343 7,307 6,489 8,733 7,205 6,403
Total landings 19,750 20,362 24,141 26,033 27,274 33,082 32,831 43,242 41,843 41,461

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2018

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