Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019

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.


Table 16. Tonnage and value of landings by foreign vessels into Scotland by main species 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Bass - - - - - - - - - -
Blue ling 1,096 1,431 1,077 1,104 1,401 1,332 1,684 1,104 1,148 2,114
Brill 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Cod 1,247 821 786 1,025 847 2,220 1,696 1,648 2,232 2,165
Gurnards 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
Haddock 951 660 733 450 415 1,236 946 873 671 492
Hake 7,079 8,491 8,023 6,466 6,374 17,399 20,580 17,322 13,330 12,890
Lemon sole 12 10 7 3 2 43 42 27 12 9
Ling 1,643 2,083 1,925 2,334 2,817 2,383 3,203 3,063 3,551 4,029
Megrims 236 290 441 397 504 683 809 1,224 1,014 1,180
Monkfish 1,063 1,742 2,219 1,751 1,843 2,766 4,507 4,091 3,425 4,195
Plaice 31 16 16 10 12 23 18 23 15 19
Pollack 18 35 49 88 76 39 79 111 229 205
Saithe 8,925 7,464 6,566 10,098 7,095 8,478 8,490 6,534 7,593 6,235
Skates and rays 105 121 122.28 99 116.36 104 156 133.68 107 106.02
Sole 0 0   0   0 0   0  
Turbot 3 5 7 9 7 23 44 52 82 66
Whiting 414 483 407 174 132 480 518 476 243 141
Wrasses - - - - - - - - - -
Other demersal 4,266 4,891 8,011 6,232 3,300 6,128 7,451 5,398 4,255 3,638
Total demersal 27,093 28,543 30,392 30,241 24,944 43,340 50,224 42,081 37,907 37,486
Blue whiting - - - 1,132 5,412 - - - 244 1,059
Herring 1,962 6,143 2,265 2,091 1,229 734 3,484 897 747 424
Horse mackerel 12 210 - - - 1 150 - - -
Mackerel 7,372 7,393 8,043 10,679 8,283 4,456 6,413 8,328 11,152 9,827
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic - 771 0 609 1 - 269 0 140 0
Total pelagic 9,346 14,517 10,308 14,511 14,924 5,191 10,317 9,225 12,283 11,310
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish - - 0 - - - - 0 - -
Edible crabs 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
Lobsters - - - - - - - - - -
Nephrops 7 - - 0 2 24 - - 0 8
Queen scallops - - - - - - - - - -
Razor fish - - - - - - - - - -
Scallops - 4 137 - - - 7 372 - -
Squid 16 15 41 40 42 52 43 78 107 43
Velvet crabs - - - - - - - - - -
Whelks - 0 - - - - 0 - - -
Other shellfish 174 117 37 6 4 497 615 417 0 0
Total shellfish 196 137 215 47 48 574 666 867 107 51
Total landings 36,635 43,197 40,915 44,799 39,916 49,105 61,207 52,173 50,297 48,847

(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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