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Publication - Statistics

Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2018

Published
26 September 2019
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781839601712

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.

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Table 7. Tonnage and value of landings by rest of the UK vessels into the rest of the UK by main species 2014 to 2018

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Bass 1,005 645 533 422 429 7,332 5,353 4,833 4,189 4,302
Black scabbardfish 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 - -
Brill 266 302 360 331 312 1,544 1,595 1,940 1,968 2,089
Cod 1,088 1,357 4,242 3,488 2,891 1,952 2,312 7,352 6,111 5,477
Haddock 1,199 1,467 1,427 1,801 2,337 1,870 1,946 2,065 2,959 3,327
Hake 1,010 1,415 1,487 1,687 2,004 1,902 2,547 3,072 4,088 5,114
Lemon sole 1,631 1,129 1,191 841 666 5,688 4,837 5,211 4,152 3,394
Ling 468 255 271 182 136 438 293 319 252 210
Megrims 1,284 1,262 1,153 1,014 991 3,376 3,335 3,344 2,752 2,575
Monkfish 3,621 3,802 3,774 3,188 2,238 9,302 9,393 10,788 9,782 7,066
Plaice 2,089 1,771 2,432 2,600 2,416 2,441 2,299 3,088 3,799 4,635
Pollack 1,539 1,075 1,508 1,047 899 2,715 2,130 3,371 2,658 2,492
Saithe 134 159 124 43 64 147 153 142 58 70
Skates and rays 1,805 1,796 1,832 1,805 2,121 2,160 2,323 2,387 2,347 2,706
Sole 1,754 1,373 1,449 1,467 1,515 12,247 10,215 13,174 13,891 15,790
Turbot 444 458 469 514 388 3,659 3,579 4,121 4,621 4,164
Whiting 1,717 1,495 1,454 1,070 949 1,275 1,070 1,018 860 845
Witches 88 96 104 70 101 80 133 159 81 122
Wrasses 15 10 11 13 18 5 3 22 89 119
Other demersal 3,898 4,076 4,523 4,067 4,847 4,013 3,562 4,289 4,285 4,910
Total demersal 25,056 23,941 28,346 25,648 25,321 62,147 57,076 70,694 68,944 69,409
Blue whiting - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Herring 7,040 6,478 7,341 7,557 5,742 1,987 2,047 3,616 2,924 2,000
Horse mackerel 2,293 2,191 856 144 975 703 801 318 60 585
Mackerel 4,044 4,235 4,634 5,202 3,115 4,182 3,101 3,511 4,896 3,265
Pilchards 3,418 4,181 7,984 7,133 8,126 807 1,587 2,593 2,367 2,878
Other pelagic 4,127 2,724 3,138 2,621 2,378 1,748 511 787 736 968
Total pelagic 20,921 19,809 23,953 22,656 20,337 9,428 8,048 10,824 10,983 9,697
Brown shrimps 602 325 806 568 1,124 1,358 806 2,960 2,506 2,681
Cockles 10,191 11,169 5,010 5,972 8,065 7,877 5,692 3,526 4,274 6,261
Cuttlefish 3,012 5,730 4,615 6,399 3,885 6,388 10,077 12,676 23,267 14,612
Edible crabs 17,483 15,308 17,422 16,030 16,056 22,954 20,068 24,008 26,427 36,325
Lobsters 2,147 2,047 2,118 2,133 1,830 20,874 21,078 25,831 27,188 25,652
Nephrops 8,633 8,414 8,745 7,542 6,252 20,814 18,981 21,741 19,076 16,029
Pink shrimps 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 1 0 2
Queen scallops 3,614 3,438 2,176 1,526 995 1,863 2,110 1,780 1,460 1,439
Razor fish 1 14 11 1 1 3 45 44 5 2
Scallops 11,289 11,674 11,673 10,302 10,306 19,908 22,814 26,667 27,062 27,124
Squid 699 516 278 466 278 2,929 2,142 1,511 2,115 1,659
Velvet crabs 236 250 270 257 218 410 375 462 450 478
Whelks 18,723 19,420 20,492 18,619 16,065 15,352 17,372 20,870 20,420 19,704
Other shellfish 1,687 2,323 2,735 1,820 2,145 2,295 3,280 2,711 3,183 3,267
Total shellfish 78,318 80,628 76,350 71,636 67,219 123,029 124,845 144,789 157,434 155,234
Total landings 124,295 124,378 128,649 119,941 112,877 194,604 189,969 226,307 237,361 234,340

(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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