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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 23. Value and prices in real terms of the main species landed by Scottish vessels 2015 to 2019
| Value (£'000) at 2019 prices | Price (£ per tonne) at 2019 prices | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Cod | 24,481 | 29,031 | 35,541 | 44,226 | 40,797 | 2,127 | 2,223 | 2,403 | 2,393 | 2,804 |
| Haddock | 40,444 | 39,700 | 44,000 | 43,145 | 41,285 | 1,474 | 1,410 | 1,566 | 1,490 | 1,518 |
| Hake | 17,114 | 19,411 | 17,722 | 14,386 | 12,715 | 2,572 | 2,483 | 2,180 | 2,118 | 2,311 |
| Ling | 5,038 | 6,700 | 8,074 | 7,632 | 7,692 | 1,394 | 1,537 | 1,731 | 1,587 | 1,586 |
| Megrims | 5,100 | 6,442 | 6,152 | 7,518 | 7,137 | 2,682 | 3,026 | 3,038 | 3,003 | 2,891 |
| Monkfish | 28,446 | 36,800 | 37,477 | 39,317 | 34,178 | 2,556 | 2,906 | 2,880 | 3,083 | 3,194 |
| Plaice | 4,910 | 7,968 | 8,514 | 10,269 | 5,448 | 1,053 | 1,305 | 1,480 | 2,100 | 1,620 |
| Saithe | 7,819 | 8,689 | 8,722 | 8,672 | 9,790 | 944 | 1,091 | 1,033 | 825 | 1,008 |
| Whiting | 9,298 | 8,581 | 10,222 | 11,901 | 12,713 | 1,156 | 1,162 | 1,353 | 1,315 | 1,292 |
| Total demersal | 154,420 | 178,642 | 190,667 | 204,586 | 190,850 | |||||
| Herring | 23,073 | 46,181 | 24,740 | 24,834 | 26,049 | 393 | 705 | 438 | 384 | 527 |
| Mackerel | 141,330 | 178,754 | 168,450 | 166,521 | 158,128 | 707 | 948 | 936 | 1,090 | 1,239 |
| Total pelagic | 173,427 | 235,713 | 205,080 | 205,277 | 195,228 | |||||
| Edible crabs | 13,406 | 16,125 | 20,569 | 25,463 | 24,870 | 1,351 | 1,452 | 1,799 | 2,523 | 2,262 |
| Lobsters | 11,960 | 14,577 | 17,009 | 17,610 | 17,633 | 11,433 | 12,701 | 13,952 | 14,493 | 14,292 |
| Nephrops | 66,095 | 81,358 | 82,176 | 69,831 | 86,028 | 4,003 | 3,865 | 3,795 | 3,847 | 3,573 |
| Queen scallops | 5,500 | 6,832 | 4,180 | 2,353 | 3,035 | 605 | 813 | 1,005 | 1,283 | 1,028 |
| Scallops | 35,829 | 39,208 | 41,826 | 40,048 | 35,728 | 2,233 | 2,556 | 2,660 | 2,603 | 2,379 |
| Squid | 4,737 | 7,094 | 11,594 | 11,887 | 15,621 | 3,411 | 4,068 | 3,805 | 4,251 | 4,381 |
| Velvet crabs | 4,056 | 4,718 | 5,274 | 4,243 | 4,496 | 2,742 | 2,943 | 3,291 | 3,576 | 2,756 |
| Total shellfish | 145,528 | 175,884 | 190,465 | 178,869 | 196,079 | |||||
| Total landings | 473,374 | 590,240 | 586,212 | 588,732 | 582,158 | |||||
(1) See Table 5. 'Scottish vessels - All landings' for nominal (unadjusted) values. Values in real terms were calculated by application of the HM Treasury Gross Domestic Product deflators for 2019 as below.
| Year | GDP deflator |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 85.303 |
| 2011 | 87.044 |
| 2012 | 88.487 |
| 2013 | 90.163 |
| 2014 | 91.813 |
| 2015 | 92.347 |
| 2016 | 94.321 |
| 2017 | 96.106 |
| 2018 | 98.159 |
| 2019 | 100.00 |
(2) Main species are those landed by Scottish vessels with a value of £2 million or above in 2019.
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