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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 20. Tonnage and value of landings by all vessels into the rest of the UK by main species 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Bass 660 541 429 434 414 5,432 4,897 4,246 4,345 4,244
Blue ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brill 368 432 388 358 374 1,914 2,273 2,252 2,301 2,580
Cod 1,503 4,354 3,584 2,962 3,615 2,532 7,560 6,291 5,611 1,058
Gurnards 1,218 1,275 1,204 1,282 1,189 869 982 1,089 1,231 1,314
Haddock 1,661 1,617 2,085 2,561 2,160 2,190 2,299 3,312 3,569 3,224
Hake 1,430 1,516 1,821 2,069 2,163 2,567 3,110 4,322 5,251 6,474
Lemon sole 1,388 1,405 1,028 831 915 5,800 5,906 4,742 3,706 3,813
Ling 287 308 199 146 105 340 369 276 220 151
Megrims 1,468 1,399 1,289 1,240 1,209 3,731 3,759 3,212 2,890 2,009
Monkfish 4,409 4,472 4,059 2,800 3,885 10,946 12,545 11,859 7,602 8,808
Plaice 2,726 2,976 2,955 2,714 2,548 3,243 3,685 4,241 5,100 5,207
Pollack 1,096 1,540 1,063 929 735 2,173 3,435 2,694 2,550 2,220
Saithe 159 125 43 70 230 154 143 59 75 64
Skates and rays 2,524 2,407 2,324 2,655 3,195 3,397 3,308 3,092 2,951 3,526
Sole 2,070 2,069 1,978 2,060 2,684 15,570 18,400 18,689 20,670 30,708
Turbot 547 565 593 448 484 4,193 4,810 5,205 4,584 4,998
Whiting 1,770 1,761 1,292 1,149 1,071 1,272 1,194 1,020 950 1,043
Wrasses 12 13 14 24 13 4 23 89 411 124
Other demersal 3,873 3,985 3,542 4,303 4,290 3,663 4,090 3,906 4,481 4,223
Total demersal 29,168 32,763 29,894 29,034 31,278 69,990 82,788 80,596 78,499 85,788
Blue whiting 0 0 0 161 269 0 0 0 0 53
Herring 7,994 8,189 8,225 6,260 6,693 2,495 4,056 3,149 2,174 3,023
Horse mackerel 2,530 1,440 503 1,464 2,418 1,010 676 79 594 1,580
Mackerel 5,965 7,843 8,635 5,574 4,156 4,568 5,776 6,926 5,493 5,331
Pilchards 4,181 7,984 7,133 8,128 6,976 1,587 2,593 2,367 2,880 2,368
Other pelagic 2,729 3,140 2,621 2,379 2,120 512 799 736 969 748
Total pelagic 23,399 28,597 27,117 23,965 22,633 10,171 13,899 13,258 12,109 13,103
Cockles 11,169 5,010 6,000 8,065 9,646 5,692 3,526 4,283 6,261 9,964
Cuttlefish 6,183 5,164 7,214 4,185 5,144 10,878 14,426 25,997 15,686 13,285
Edible crabs 15,620 17,732 16,745 17,151 16,973 20,344 24,371 27,513 38,795 40,365
Lobsters 2,051 2,127 2,228 1,948 2,093 21,125 25,930 28,310 27,280 28,860
Nephrops 9,815 10,901 9,478 7,516 10,869 23,057 28,247 24,771 20,037 30,333
Queen scallops 9,104 6,683 3,973 1,597 1,257 5,275 5,078 3,570 2,136 1,558
Razor fish 14 11 1 1 16 46 44 5 2 80
Scallops 18,323 16,579 18,402 19,591 19,787 35,702 37,756 46,625 48,779 43,169
Squid 611 348 569 330 336 2,319 1,842 2,492 1,916 1,923
Velvet crabs 250 270 272 251 370 375 462 474 553 818
Whelks 19,747 20,763 19,654 18,079 18,797 17,675 21,149 21,600 22,202 24,638
Other shellfish 2,679 3,572 2,446 2,836 2,093 4,112 5,702 5,733 6,187 5,157
Total shellfish 95,565 89,160 86,981 81,550 87,382 146,600 168,532 191,373 189,834 200,149
Total landings 148,132 150,520 143,991 134,549 141,293 226,761 265,219 285,227 280,442 299,041

(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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