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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 27. Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels anywhere by gear type by main species 2019

Demersal Gears
Tonnage Value (£'000)
Demersal trawls Demersal seine Demersal twin/multi trawls Lines Gill nets Beam trawls Other Total Demersal trawls Demersal seine Demersal twin/multi trawls Lines Gill nets Beam trawls Other Total
Cod 11,020 1,984 1,241 130 10 7 - 14,391 31,126 5,393 3,426 333 21 14 - 40,314
Haddock 21,501 4,289 1,152 1 0 3 - 26,946 33,704 5,655 1,536 1 0 5 - 40,901
Hake 2,520 939 138 1,780 116 1 - 5,494 6,153 2,308 321 3,683 232 1 - 12,698
Lemon sole 633 76 166 0 0 12 - 886 2,463 309 601 0 0 25 - 3,398
Ling 3,148 157 478 1,028 18 0 - 4,830 5,187 246 744 1,467 12 0 - 7,656
Megrims 1,662 162 634 - 0 0 - 2,458 4,386 657 2,073 - 0 0 - 7,116
Monkfish 7,500 184 1,400 0 1,471 14 - 10,568 24,795 578 4,585 0 3,816 30 - 33,805
Plaice 1,835 273 636 1 0 560 - 3,306 3,070 413 1,038 3 0 833 - 5,357
Saithe 8,239 644 749 26 1 0 - 9,658 8,367 622 728 24 0 0 - 9,741
Whiting 6,466 2,539 694 3 - 1 - 9,702 8,145 3,573 836 3 - 1 - 12,558
Wrasses 0 - - 0 - - - 0 0 - - 21 - - - 21
Other demersal 5,316 490 591 217 16 108 - 6,739 7,303 746 959 156 36 232 - 9,431
Total demersal 69,840 11,735 7,879 3,187 1,633 704 - 94,979 134,700 20,498 16,848 5,692 4,118 1,141 - 182,996
Other speciesa 16,420 258 340 1,312 1 20 57 18,408 23,469 1,394 1,078 1,583 2 69 234 27,828

(a) Other species include pelagic and/or shellfish species

Pelagic Gears
Tonnage Value (£'000)
Purse seine Pelagic trawl Other Total Purse seine Pelagic trawl Other Total
Blue whiting - 49,054 - 49,054 - 8,766 - 8,766
Herring 1 46,762 - 46,762 0 24,390 - 24,390
Mackerel 6,769 114,055 - 120,824 9,499 139,792 - 149,291
Other pelagic - 3,212 - 3,212 - 1,104 - 1,104
Total pelagic 6,770 213,083 - 219,852 9,499 174,052 183,551
Other speciesb - 456 - 456 - 969 - 969

(b) Other species include demersal and/or shellfish species

Shellfish Gears
Tonnage Value (£'000)
Creel fishing Nephrop trawls Dredging Hand shellfishing Other Total Creel fishing Nephrop trawls Dredging Hand shellfishing Other Total
Edible crabs 10,961 1 4 0 - 10,967 24,811 3 11 0 - 24,825
Lobsters 1,229 0 0 0 - 1,229 17,575 4 0 0 - 17,580
Nephrops 1,373 22,685 10 1 - 24,068 16,068 69,893 40 7 - 86,009
Queen scallops 0 14 2,932 2 - 2,949 0 21 3,006 4 - 3,031
Razor fish 2 - - 747 - 749 16 - - 6,014 - 6,030
Scallops 87 3 14,250 604 14,943 219 7 33,093 2,132 - 35,451
Squid 1 20 0 - - 22 4 110 3 - - 117
Velvet crabs 1,625 0 0 - - 1,625 4,477 0 0 - - 4,478
Other shellfish 1,761 2 42 8 - 1,813 2,124 2 175 9 - 2,310
Total shellfish 17,039 22,726 17,239 1,362 - 58,366 65,295 70,041 36,328 8,166 - 179,830
Other speciesc 141 417 106 - - 664 5,932 666 387 - - 6,984

(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2019.

(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching Nephrops have been included as Nephrops trawls.

Contact

Email: fisheriesstatistics@gov.scot

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