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 37. Number of active Scottish registered vessels by district and length group as at 31st December 2018

Length group (metres)
District 10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Over 10m Total
Aberdeen 74 6 4 - - - 10 84
Anstruther 88 5 6 4 - - 15 103
Buckie 74 2 2 9 3 1 17 91
Eyemouth 88 9 4 5 1 - 19 107
Fraserburgh 120 1 8 53 27 7 96 216
Peterhead 71 1 1 14 20 6 42 113
Scrabster 90 6 1 6 2 - 15 105
Total - East Coast 605 30 26 91 53 14 214 819
Orkney 92 22 6 5 3 - 36 128
Shetland 171 6 6 10 14 8 44 215
Stornoway 173 18 4 19 - - 41 214
Total - Islands 436 46 16 34 17 8 121 557
Ayr 89 6 12 26 14 1 59 148
Campbeltown 102 12 6 23 - - 41 143
Kinlochbervie 16 2 - 3 - - 5 21
Lochinver 9 1 - 1 13 1 16 25
Mallaig 30 1 2 12 - - 15 45
Oban 81 20 2 16 - - 38 119
Portree 85 11 4 1 - - 16 101
Ullapool 86 11 2 11 - 1 25 111
Total - West Coast 498 64 28 93 27 3 215 713
Total 1,539 140 70 218 97 25 550 2,089

(1) A district is an administrative area which encompasses a length of coastline within which there are a number of ports.

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