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

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Bass 660 542 429 434 414 5,435 4,899 4,247 4,347 4,245
Blue ling 1,479 1,717 1,729 1,845 2,123 1,798 2,012 1,743 1,825 2,814
Brill 374 437 395 366 381 1,941 2,299 2,281 2,344 2,624
Cod 16,739 21,655 22,465 25,660 22,919 31,852 43,474 49,665 58,426 50,386
Gurnards 1,856 1,884 1,625 1,934 2,130 1,127 1,233 1,274 1,511 1,865
Haddock 33,489 33,872 34,348 35,702 33,887 45,521 44,941 51,534 51,637 50,789
Hake 15,915 19,907 20,685 17,825 16,459 38,209 47,377 44,747 38,658 38,130
Lemon sole 2,087 2,216 1,737 1,599 1,785 8,199 8,959 7,809 7,059 7,385
Ling 5,778 7,033 7,248 7,928 8,537 7,648 10,268 11,786 12,216 13,075
Megrims 3,506 3,746 3,640 4,061 4,099 8,654 10,218 10,014 10,982 10,041
Monkfish 15,819 18,726 19,200 17,278 16,579 38,788 52,811 52,555 51,104 47,632
Plaice 4,445 5,185 5,082 5,119 4,304 4,462 5,885 6,847 9,205 8,122
Pollack 1,657 1,983 1,588 1,523 1,379 3,186 4,474 4,080 4,272 4,183
Saithe 18,847 17,427 16,515 23,457 20,012 17,021 18,835 16,363 18,328 19,043
Skates and rays 3,224 3,132 3,033 3,565 4,077 4,001 4,085 3,828 3,825 4,250
Sole 2,073 2,072 1,980 2,064 2,688 15,586 18,413 18,710 20,701 30,743
Turbot 614 622 657 540 569 4,729 5,291 5,746 5,481 5,813
Whiting 11,282 10,994 10,380 11,701 12,738 11,581 11,422 12,832 14,728 16,336
Wrasses 43 62 54 73 105 1,168 3,208 1,164 3,576 5,946
Other demersal 10,164 11,195 13,839 13,618 11,097 12,789 15,632 13,400 13,370 12,584
Total demersal 150,050 164,409 166,629 176,293 166,284 263,695 315,735 320,627 333,598 336,007
Blue whiting 12,150 11,908 13,117 21,279 14,964 1,994 2,352 1,588 3,867 2,852
Herring 42,043 47,444 47,861 51,296 37,745 14,571 29,205 19,287 18,649 18,839
Horse mackerel 3,241 1,656 508 1,671 2,906 1,495 828 81 826 1,872
Mackerel 103,938 114,475 105,143 94,059 71,367 66,500 97,513 95,220 98,085 88,189
Pilchards 4,181 7,984 7,133 8,128 6,976 1,587 2,593 2,367 2,880 2,368
Other pelagic 3,789 6,091 3,982 2,991 3,388 761 1,571 1,039 1,109 1,086
Total pelagic 169,341 189,559 177,744 179,424 137,346 86,908 134,063 119,583 125,415 115,206
Cockles 11,169 5,010 6,003 8,065 9,648 5,692 3,526 4,284 6,261 9,965
Cuttlefish 6,184 5,165 7,234 4,186 5,144 10,879 14,427 26,057 15,687 13,285
Edible crabs 26,739 29,875 28,566 27,523 27,121 34,539 41,534 48,014 64,871 64,751
Lobsters 3,100 3,270 3,448 3,164 3,333 32,203 39,629 44,678 44,590 46,572
Nephrops 25,884 30,871 30,185 25,215 34,161 82,275 100,816 100,151 86,091 112,874
Queen scallops 12,465 10,472 5,743 2,839 2,699 7,158 8,148 5,549 3,769 3,170
Razor fish 364 473 804 648 897 1,662 2,345 4,593 5,474 7,173
Scallops 29,044 28,948 27,616 27,169 26,402 58,514 67,886 71,322 70,233 60,174
Squid 1,904 2,045 3,514 2,944 3,586 6,561 8,343 13,231 13,055 15,866
Velvet crabs 1,743 1,877 1,880 1,438 2,003 4,157 4,924 5,562 4,723 5,319
Whelks 20,874 22,673 21,483 19,619 20,217 18,615 22,872 23,475 23,949 26,328
Other shellfish 3,133 3,962 2,685 2,996 2,270 5,024 6,750 6,586 6,427 5,544
Total shellfish 142,603 144,640 139,158 125,806 137,482 267,279 321,200 353,501 345,131 371,022
Total landings 461,994 498,607 483,531 481,523 441,112 617,882 770,998 793,711 804,144 822,235

(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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