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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 25. Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels abroad by country of landing and species type 2014 to 2018

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
EU: Belgium
Demersal Monkfish - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Plaice - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Other demersal - - - - 12 - - - - 17
Total demersal - - - - 13 - - - - 18
Pelagic Herring - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Mackerel - - - - 3 - - - - 8
Other pelagic - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Total pelagic - - - - 4 - - - - 9
Total shellfish - - - - 19 - - - - 139
Total landings - - - - 36 - - - - 166
EU: Denmark
Demersal Hake 52 164 112 66 27 89 297 232 139 64
Monkfish 8 9 19 26 15 26 34 55 74 60
Plaice 637 164 753 324 190 635 202 1,035 559 364
Other demersal 697 2,729 676 3,089 1,651 1,220 1,618 1,344 1,731 1,187
Total demersal 1,395 3,066 1,559 3,504 1,883 1,970 2,151 2,666 2,503 1,675
Pelagic Herring 2,646 7,661 3,126 10 1,270 784 2,951 1,989 0 452
Mackerel 12,088 7,152 9,082 3,996 9,674 8,885 4,547 9,290 3,318 10,958
Other pelagic 12,736 9,877 16,251 16,662 15,244 1,983 2,647 3,869 3,021 2,417
Total pelagic 27,470 24,690 28,458 20,668 26,188 11,652 10,145 15,148 6,339 13,826
Shellfish Total shellfish 7 6 72 15 5 13 15 220 45 16
Total landings 28,871 27,762 30,089 24,187 28,076 13,636 12,311 18,035 8,887 15,518
France
Demersal Hake - - - - 13 - - - - 22
Monkfish - - - 0 3 - - - 1 6
Plaice - - - 7 12 - - - 16 29
Other demersal - - - 86 171 - - - 252 393
Total demersal - - - 93 199 - - - 269 449
Pelagic Herring - - - - - - - - - -
Mackerel - - - 18 20 - - - 41 34
Other pelagic - - - 3 13 - - - 2 12
Total pelagic - - - 21 33 - - - 43 45
Shellfish Total shellfish - - - 56 104 - 406 630
Total landings - - - 170 335 - - - 719 1,125
Germany
Pelagic Herring 1,335 - - - - 378 - - - -
Total pelagic 1,335 - - - - 378 - - - -
Total landings 1,335 - - - - 378 - - - -
Ireland
Demersal Hake 741 1,010 977 848 251 1,823 3,033 2,484 1,683 467
Monkfish 564 210 607 577 75 1,536 464 1,148 623 129
Plaice 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other demersal 289 219 437 264 60 399 452 786 512 130
Total demersal 1,594 1,440 2,022 1,689 387 3,758 3,951 4,418 2,818 726
Pelagic Herring - - - 1,869 - - - - 736 -
Mackerel 2,868 3,770 2,267 1,518 - 2,888 2,545 1,457 1,278 -
Other pelagic 3,995 8,489 9,689 33,203 31,284 1,101 1,674 2,910 6,113 7,213
Total pelagic 6,863 12,259 11,955 36,589 31,284 3,989 4,220 4,367 8,126 7,213
Shellfish Total shellfish 370 280 372 217 261 1,152 865 1,084 730 1,185
Total landings 8,828 13,979 14,349 38,495 31,933 8,899 9,035 9,869 11,674 9,124
Netherlands
Demersal Hake 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 5 3
Monkfish 7 14 6 8 11 20 37 20 24 30
Plaice 2,462 2,950 3,322 3,452 2,492 2,566 3,238 4,465 5,224 5,939
Other demersal 337 284 285 370 466 1,143 875 1,143 1,354 1,863
Total demersal 2,810 3,251 3,616 3,836 2,972 3,733 4,152 5,631 6,608 7,835
Pelagic Mackerel 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
Other pelagic - - 0 0 1 - - 0 0 1
Total pelagic 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2
Shellfish Total shellfish 12 16 52 503 474 26 26 152 922 1,075
Total landings 2,822 3,267 3,668 4,340 3,448 3,759 4,179 5,783 7,531 8,912
Spain
Demersal Hake 688 853 550 403 347 1,687 2,353 1,414 820 663
Monkfish 1,153 1,130 604 476 802 3,026 2,161 1,056 594 796
Plaice - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Other demersal 307 232 242 224 225 652 642 697 563 474
Total demersal 2,148 2,215 1,396 1,104 1,374 5,365 5,155 3,166 1,977 1,932
Pelagic Total pelagic 136 31 - - 1 530 92 - - 0
Shellfish Total shellfish 92 120 43 56 83 342 234 119 32 32
Total landings 2,376 2,366 1,439 1,160 1,458 6,237 5,481 3,286 2,009 1,965
Non-EU: Norway
Demersal Hake - - - 21 - - - - 33 -
Monkfish - - - 0 - - - - 1 -
Plaice - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 -
Other demersal 6 16 21 1,028 9 18 7 11 168 19
Total demersal 6 16 21 1,050 9 18 7 11 202 19
Pelagic Herring 26,086 18,989 29,325 19,659 25,213 8,767 7,014 19,906 8,807 10,043
Mackerel 103,974 101,603 81,043 89,615 68,280 84,079 67,914 75,697 80,387 74,404
Other pelagic 87 32 13 316 163 0 1 3 273 129
Total pelagic 130,147 120,623 110,381 109,589 93,656 92,846 74,929 95,606 89,467 84,575
Total landings 130,153 120,639 110,401 110,639 93,665 92,864 74,936 95,617 89,669 84,594
Non-EU Other
Demersal Other demersal 231 236 172 163 188 116 124 80 56 65
Total demersal 231 236 172 163 188 116 124 80 56 65
Pelagic Other pelagic 679 603 297 346 350 1,198 1,193 525 125 74
Total pelagic 679 603 297 346 350 1,198 1,193 525 125 74
Total landings 911 839 469 509 538 1,314 1,318 605 181 139
Total abroad
Total demersal 8,185 10,223 8,786 11,439 7,024 14,960 15,542 15,972 14,432 12,720
Total pelagic 166,630 158,206 151,092 167,215 151,520 110,595 90,578 115,647 104,102 105,744
Total shellfish 480 421 539 847 945 1,532 1,140 1,575 2,137 3,079
Total landings abroad 175,296 168,851 160,417 179,500 159,489 127,087 107,260 133,194 120,671 121,543

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