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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019

Published
24 September 2020
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Economy, Environment and climate change, Farming and rural
ISBN
9781800040793

National Statistics publication that provides data on the 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 5. Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels anywhere by main species 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Bass 3 2 3 0 1 16 14 20 5 4
Blue ling 383 289 652 741 723 467 330 640 677 700
Brill 25 37 34 38 39 106 174 178 242 132
Cod 11,510 13,058 14,791 18,480 14,549 22,608 27,382 34,157 43,412 40,797
Gurnards 681 692 580 744 1,054 290 298 282 429 725
Haddock 27,440 28,146 28,096 28,962 27,199 37,349 37,445 42,287 42,351 41,285
Hake 6,654 7,817 8,128 6,791 5,502 15,804 18,309 17,031 14,121 12,715
Lemon sole 759 867 757 832 902 2,612 3,226 3,215 3,528 3,458
Ling 3,614 4,359 4,664 4,810 4,849 4,653 6,320 7,760 7,492 7,692
Megrims 1,902 2,129 2,025 2,504 2,469 4,709 6,076 5,913 7,380 7,137
Monkfish 11,130 12,664 13,011 12,755 10,701 26,269 34,710 36,018 38,593 34,178
Plaice 4,663 6,107 5,753 4,889 3,364 4,534 7,515 8,182 10,080 5,448
Pollack 456 337 414 422 445 846 814 1,116 1,250 1,423
Saithe 8,280 7,961 8,442 10,512 9,715 7,220 8,195 8,382 8,513 9,790
Skates and rays 620 625 609 854 758 525 626 640 791 621
Sole 39 45 48 46 31 311 439 485 484 206
Turbot 110 128 148 174 164 839 1,005 1,187 1,629 1,132
Whiting 8,041 7,383 7,554 9,051 9,842 8,586 8,094 9,824 11,682 12,713
Wrasses 29 48 39 49 92 1,127 3,147 1,055 3,130 5,778
Other demersal 4,391 2,675 5,946 4,683 3,652 3,729 4,377 4,871 5,032 4,916
Total demersal 90,732 95,368 101,695 107,337 96,051 142,602 168,496 183,242 200,819 190,850
Blue whiting 30,508 36,896 62,984 66,494 53,831 6,311 8,469 10,722 13,248 9,868
Herring 58,726 65,543 56,423 64,622 49,433 21,307 43,559 23,776 24,377 26,049
Horse mackerel 733 971 323 339 713 489 669 277 344 462
Mackerel 199,887 188,487 179,956 152,765 127,628 130,513 168,602 161,890 163,454 158,128
Pilchards - - - - 1 - - - - 2
Other pelagic 1,695 2,476 1,708 351 2,852 1,534 1,028 428 75 721
Total pelagic 291,549 294,373 301,392 284,570 234,457 160,153 222,326 197,094 201,497 195,228
Cockles 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
Cuttlefish 287 412 631 70 145 542 1,365 2,201 292 286
Edible crabs 9,920 11,102 11,435 10,091 10,997 12,380 15,209 19,768 24,994 24,870
Lobsters 1,046 1,148 1,219 1,215 1,234 11,045 13,749 16,346 17,286 17,633
Nephrops 16,512 21,050 21,652 18,150 24,080 61,036 76,737 78,976 68,545 86,028
Queen scallops 9,086 8,405 4,158 1,834 2,951 5,079 6,444 4,018 2,310 3,035
Razor fish 321 373 490 553 749 1,471 1,848 2,769 4,584 6,030
Scallops 16,042 15,340 15,722 15,385 15,019 33,087 36,981 40,197 39,311 35,728
Squid 1,389 1,744 3,047 2,796 3,566 4,374 6,691 11,143 11,668 15,621
Velvet crabs 1,479 1,603 1,603 1,187 1,631 3,745 4,450 5,069 4,165 4,496
Whelks 1,402 2,126 2,018 1,826 1,659 1,200 1,956 2,099 2,160 1,947
Other shellfish 293 294 228 171 186 431 464 462 260 406
Total shellfish 57,778 63,598 62,201 53,279 62,217 134,390 165,895 183,048 175,575 196,079
Total landings 440,059 453,338 465,289 445,185 392,726 437,145 556,718 563,383 577,891 582,158

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2019

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