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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 40. Number of Scottish registered vessels by main fishing method and length group as at 31st December 2018
| Length group (metres) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main fishing method | 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total |
| Demersal single trawl | 16 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 38 | 3 | 115 | 131 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | - | 15 | 15 |
| Seine net | - | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | - | 20 | 20 |
| Lines | 49 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 9 | 58 |
| Demersal gill nets | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
| Demersal twin/multi trawl | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Beam trawl | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Other demersal | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Demersal total | 72 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 79 | 5 | 184 | 256 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Creel fishing | 1,347 | 90 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 110 | 1,457 |
| Nephrops trawl | 68 | 28 | 34 | 81 | 3 | - | 146 | 214 |
| Mechanical dredging | 16 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 80 | 96 |
| Suction dredging | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 36 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 46 |
| Shellfish total | 1,467 | 136 | 64 | 128 | 17 | 2 | 347 | 1,814 |
| Total | 1,539 | 140 | 70 | 218 | 97 | 25 | 550 | 2,089 |
(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.
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