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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 25. Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels abroad by country of landing and species type 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
EU: Belgium
Demersal Monkfish - - - 0 0 - - - 0 0
Plaice - - - 1 2 - - - 1 3
Other demersal - - - 12 40 - - - 17 40
Total demersal - - - 13 42 - - - 18 43
Pelagic Herring - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Mackerel - - - 3 9 - - - 8 8
Other pelagic - - - 1 2 - - - 0 1
Total pelagic - - - 4 11 - - - 9 9
Total shellfish - - - 19 53 - - - 139 370
Total landings - - - 36 107 - - - 166 422
Denmark
Demersal Hake 164 112 66 27 4 297 232 139 64 11
Monkfish 9 19 26 15 9 34 55 74 60 20
Plaice 164 753 324 190 156 202 1,035 559 364 283
Other demersal 2,729 676 3,089 1,651 217 1,618 1,344 1,731 1,187 482
Total demersal 3,066 1,559 3,504 1,883 386 2,151 2,666 2,503 1,675 796
Pelagic Herring 7,661 3,126 10 1,270 3,555 2,951 1,989 0 452 1,495
Mackerel 7,152 9,082 3,996 9,674 15,017 4,547 9,290 3,318 10,958 18,440
Other pelagic 9,877 16,251 16,662 15,244 16,681 2,647 3,869 3,021 2,417 3,333
Total pelagic 24,690 28,458 20,668 26,188 35,253 10,145 15,148 6,339 13,826 23,268
Shellfish Total shellfish 6 72 15 5 515 15 220 45 16 7
Total landings 27,762 30,089 24,187 28,076 36,153 12,311 18,035 8,887 15,518 24,071
France
Demersal Hake - - - 13 0 - - - 22 0
Monkfish - - 0 3 1 - - 1 6 3
Plaice - - 7 11 13 - - 16 25 22
Other demersal - - 86 163 401 - - 252 347 542
Total demersal - - 93 189 415 - - 269 400 567
Pelagic Herring - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Mackerel - - 18 20 17 - - 41 34 19
Other pelagic - - 3 12 35 - - 2 9 20
Total pelagic - - 21 32 52 - - 43 43 39
Shellfish Total shellfish - - 56 101 207 - - 406 619 1,434
Total landings - - 170 322 674 - - 719 1,062 2,040
Germany
Shellfish Total shellfish - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Total landings - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Ireland
Demersal Hake 1,010 977 848 251 95 3,033 2,484 1,683 467 208
Monkfish 210 607 577 75 263 464 1,148 623 129 707
Plaice 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Other demersal 219 437 264 60 135 452 786 512 130 248
Total demersal 1,440 2,022 1,689 387 492 3,951 4,418 2,818 726 1,163
Pelagic Herring - - 1,869 - - - - 736 - -
Mackerel 3,770 2,267 1,518 - 1,392 2,545 1,457 1,278 - 1,543
Other pelagic 8,489 9,689 33,203 31,284 28,662 1,674 2,910 6,113 7,213 5,064
Total pelagic 12,259 11,955 36,589 31,284 30,054 4,220 4,367 8,126 7,213 6,607
Shellfish Total shellfish 280 372 217 261 1,231 865 1,084 733 1,185 1,851
Total landings 13,979 14,349 38,495 31,933 31,777 9,035 9,869 11,677 9,123 9,621
Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
EU: Netherlands
Demersal Hake 3 3 5 3 2 3 3 5 3 2
Monkfish 14 6 8 11 9 37 20 24 30 22
Plaice 2,950 3,322 3,452 2,492 1,609 3,238 4,465 5,219 5,935 2,530
Other demersal 284 285 370 466 369 875 1,143 1,354 1,863 739
Total demersal 3,251 3,616 3,835 2,972 1,990 4,152 5,631 6,603 7,831 3,293
Pelagic Mackerel 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Other pelagic - 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 1 1
Total pelagic 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 1
Shellfish Total shellfish 16 52 503 474 643 26 152 959 1,115 1,756
Total landings 3,267 3,668 4,340 3,448 2,634 4,179 5,783 7,563 8,948 5,050
Spain
Demersal Hake 853 550 403 347 267 2,353 1,414 820 663 550
Monkfish 1,130 604 476 802 696 2,161 1,056 594 796 1,648
Plaice - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Other demersal 232 242 224 225 164 642 697 563 474 368
Total demersal 2,215 1,396 1,104 1,374 1,127 5,155 3,166 1,977 1,932 2,566
Pelagic Mackerel - - - 0 4 - - - 0 4
Other pelagic 31 - - 1 - 92 - - 0 -
Total pelagic 31 - - 1 4 92 - - 0 4
Shellfish Total shellfish 120 43 56 83 95 234 119 39 33 14
Total landings 2,366 1,439 1,160 1,458 1,225 5,481 3,286 2,016 1,965 2,583
Non-EU: Norway
Demersal Hake - - 21 - - - - 33 - -
Monkfish - - 0 - - - - 1 - -
Plaice 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 - -
Other demersal 16 21 1,028 9 0 7 11 168 19 0
Total demersal 16 21 1,050 9 0 7 11 202 19 0
Pelagic Herring 18,989 29,325 19,659 25,213 19,639 7,014 19,906 8,807 10,043 11,017
Mackerel 101,603 81,043 89,615 68,045 55,014 67,914 75,697 80,387 74,159 68,505
Other pelagic 32 13 316 163 719 1 3 273 129 214
Total pelagic 120,623 110,381 109,589 93,421 75,372 74,929 95,606 89,467 84,330 79,736
Total landings 120,639 110,401 110,639 93,430 75,373 74,936 95,617 89,669 84,349 79,736
Non-EU Other Demersal Other demersal 236 172 163 188 167 124 80 56 65 58
Total demersal 236 172 163 188 167 124 80 56 65 58
Pelagic Other pelagic 603 297 346 350 228 1,193 525 125 74 41
Total pelagic 603 297 346 350 228 1,193 525 125 74 41
Total landings 839 469 509 538 395 1,318 605 181 139 99
Total abroad Total demersal 10,223 8,786 11,439 7,015 4,620 15,542 15,972 14,427 12,668 8,485
Total pelagic 158,206 151,092 167,215 151,283 140,975 90,578 115,647 104,102 105,497 109,705
Total shellfish 421 539 847 942 2,743 1,140 1,575 2,183 3,107 5,432
Total landings abroad 168,851 160,417 179,501 159,240 148,338 107,260 133,194 120,712 121,272 123,622

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