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.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-june-2020-quarterly-national-accounts

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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