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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 11. Tonnage and value of landings by all UK vessels into Scotland by main species 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Bass 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 1
Blue ling 383 287 652 741 723 466 328 639 676 700
Brill 6 5 6 8 7 27 24 29 42 44
Cod 13,990 16,480 18,094 21,673 18,456 27,099 34,217 41,725 50,582 47,163
Gurnards 636 608 417 652 939 256 250 184 281 550
Haddock 30,878 31,595 31,530 32,691 31,312 42,095 41,696 47,349 47,398 47,073
Hake 7,405 9,900 10,840 9,290 7,922 18,243 23,688 23,103 20,076 18,766
Lemon sole 687 801 702 765 869 2,356 3,011 3,040 3,342 3,564
Ling 3,848 4,643 5,124 5,447 5,616 4,925 6,697 8,447 8,445 8,894
Megrims 1,801 2,057 1,909 2,425 2,387 4,240 5,650 5,578 7,079 6,852
Monkfish 10,347 12,512 12,922 12,726 10,850 25,076 35,760 36,606 40,078 34,628
Plaice 1,688 2,193 2,111 2,395 1,744 1,195 2,182 2,583 4,090 2,896
Pollack 543 407 476 506 568 974 960 1,276 1,493 1,758
Saithe 9,763 9,838 9,906 13,289 12,687 8,389 10,202 9,770 10,660 12,744
Skates and rays 595 603 587 811 766 500 621 603 767 618
Sole 3 2 3 4 4 17 13 21 30 35
Turbot 63 52 58 83 78 513 437 490 815 749
Whiting 9,097 8,751 8,680 10,378 11,535 9,829 9,709 11,336 13,535 15,152
Wrasses 31 49 40 50 93 1,164 3,185 1,075 3,165 5,822
Other demersal 2,025 2,319 2,287 3,083 3,507 2,998 4,091 4,096 4,634 4,724
Total demersal 93,789 103,103 106,344 117,017 110,062 150,365 182,723 197,950 217,191 212,733
Blue whiting 12,150 11,908 13,117 19,986 9,283 1,994 2,352 1,588 3,623 1,740
Herring 32,086 33,112 37,371 42,945 29,823 11,343 21,665 15,242 15,728 15,392
Horse mackerel 699 6 5 207 488 484 3 2 232 291
Mackerel 90,602 99,239 88,466 77,807 58,928 57,476 85,324 79,966 81,440 73,031
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic 1,060 2,179 1,362 3 1,267 249 503 303 1 338
Total pelagic 136,597 146,444 140,320 140,947 99,789 71,546 109,847 97,101 101,023 90,793
Cockles 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 1 - 1
Cuttlefish 1 1 20 1 0 1 1 60 1 0
Edible crabs 11,120 12,142 11,821 10,372 10,149 14,195 17,163 20,501 26,076 24,386
Lobsters 1,049 1,143 1,220 1,216 1,239 11,078 13,698 16,368 17,310 17,713
Nephrops 16,062 19,970 20,706 17,699 23,290 59,193 72,569 75,380 66,054 82,533
Queen scallops 3,361 3,789 1,771 1,241 1,442 1,883 3,071 1,979 1,634 1,612
Razor fish 350 462 803 647 881 1,616 2,301 4,589 5,472 7,093
Scallops 10,721 12,365 9,077 7,578 6,615 22,812 30,124 24,324 21,454 17,005
Squid 1,277 1,682 2,904 2,574 3,208 4,190 6,458 10,661 11,032 13,900
Velvet crabs 1,493 1,607 1,608 1,188 1,634 3,782 4,462 5,087 4,170 4,502
Whelks 1,128 1,909 1,829 1,541 1,420 940 1,723 1,875 1,747 1,690
Other shellfish 280 273 201 153 172 416 433 436 239 387
Total shellfish 46,841 55,343 51,962 44,210 50,052 120,105 152,002 161,261 155,190 170,822
Total landings 277,227 304,890 298,625 302,174 259,903 342,017 444,572 456,312 473,404 474,347

(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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