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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 33a. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake: North Sea

Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
North Sea Cod IIa(EU), IV 2015 29,189 14,829 50.8 14,798 99.8 9,742 33.4 9,741 100.0
2016 33,651 16,754 49.8 16,504 98.5 10,928 32.5 10,849 99.3
2017 39,220 20,274 51.7 18,414 90.8 13,357 34.1 13,177 98.7
2018 35,819 23,417 65.4 21,100 90.1 16,857 47.1 16,277 96.6
2019 29,437 17,638 59.9 15,539 88.1 13,199 44.8 11,855 89.8
Haddock IIa(EU), IV 2015 40,711 30,977 76.1 25,824 83.4 23,622 58.0 19,704 83.4
2016 61,933 44,464 71.8 26,412 59.4 34,145 55.1 20,207 59.2
2017 33,643 27,924 83.0 25,476 91.2 21,332 63.4 19,546 91.6
2018 32,461 30,920 95.3 25,894 83.7 22,972 70.8 20,080 87.4
2019 28,950 23,753 82.0 21,880 92.1 17,212 59.5 15,978 92.8
Whiting IIa(EU), IV 2015 13,678 10,154 74.2 9,998 98.5 7,421 54.3 7,359 99.2
2016 13,678 16,754 122.5 16,504 98.5 10,928 79.9 10,849 99.3
2017 16,003 10,578 66.1 9,217 87.1 7,744 48.4 6,982 90.2
2018 20,651 14,988 72.6 10,640 71.0 11,309 54.8 8,356 73.9
2019 17,191 13,074 76.1 11,848 90.6 9,086 52.9 8,904 98.0
Saithe IIa, III(EU), IV 2015 66,006 8,970 13.6 8,923 99.5 4,898 7.4 4,860 99.2
2016 65,696 8,710 13.3 8,577 98.5 4,678 7.1 4,585 98.0
2017 100,287 11,005 11.0 8,674 78.8 6,319 6.3 5,513 87.2
2018 50,531 13,537 26.8 12,453 92.0 7,583 15.0 7,237 95.4
2019 93,614 12,806 13.7 11,803 92.2 6,643 7.1 6,393 96.2
Plaice IIa(EU), IV 2015 128,376 25,936 20.2 17,303 66.7 8,330 6.5 4,683 56.2
2016 131,714 27,552 20.9 18,731 68.0 8,133 6.2 5,250 64.6
2017 129,917 32,219 24.8 14,962 46.4 8,768 6.7 4,846 55.3
2018 104,758 27,469 26.2 9,596 34.9 7,992 7.6 3,298 41.3
2019 125,435 23,400 18.7 7,286 31.1 7,342 5.9 2,568 35.0
Sole II, IV 2015 11,900 894 7.5 813 91.0 39 0.3 38 97.8
2016 13,262 783 5.9 706 90.1 54 0.4 44 81.4
2017 16,123 940 5.8 511 54.3 101 0.6 21 21.0
2018 15,684 735 4.7 431 58.7 73 0.5 40 55.5
2019 12,555 672 5.4 333 49.5 68 0.5 40 58.8
Hake IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 3,190 3,125 98.0 2,978 95.3 1,542 48.4 1,474 95.5
2016 3,492 5,317 152.3 5,053 95.0 2,099 60.1 2,008 95.6
2017 3,928 6,797 173.0 6,129 90.2 2,932 74.6 2,683 91.5
2018 3,653 5,903 161.6 5,255 89.0 2,895 79.2 2,638 91.1
2019 4,994 5,827 116.7 5,016 86.1 3,093 61.9 2,680 86.7
Nephrops IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 17,843 10,873 60.9 6,959 64.0 5,807 32.5 4,244 73.1
2016 13,700 10,801 78.8 9,399 87.0 6,275 45.8 5,273 84.0
2017 20,034 16,153 80.6 11,950 74.0 9,605 47.9 8,316 86.6
2018 24,518 21,596 88.1 10,772 49.9 14,620 59.6 7,607 52.0
2019 22,103 20,534 92.9 18,570 90.4 13,798 62.4 13,386 97.0
Nephrops IV (Norway) 2015 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2016 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 45 4.5 .. ..
2017 1,000 53 5.3 .. .. 44 4.4 .. ..
2018 800 42 5.3 0 0.4 36 4.5 0 0.4
2019 600 32 5.3 .. .. 27 4.6 .. ..
Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
  Monkfish IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 9,390 9,087 96.8 8,886 97.8 6,650 70.8 6,818 102.5
2016 11,267 9,798 87.0 9,692 98.9 7,626 67.7 7,671 100.6
2017 13,521 11,173 82.6 10,505 94.0 9,184 67.9 8,675 94.5
2018 16,225 13,646 84.1 10,036 73.5 11,275 69.5 8,311 73.7
2019 20,237 17,788 87.9 8,546 48.0 14,060 69.5 6,299 44.8
Monkfish IV (Norway) 2015 1,500 269 17.9 138 51.3 149 10.0 68 45.6
2016 1,500 180 12.0 179 99.9 118 7.9 119 100.5
2017 1,500 125 8.3 109 87.4 90 6.0 80 89.0
2018 1,700 194 11.4 125 64.5 128 7.5 76 59.3
2019 1,700 152 8.9 108 71.4 73 4.3 60 81.5
Megrims IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 2,083 2,199 105.5 1,172 53.3 1,924 92.4 1,045 54.3
2016 2,639 2,727 103.3 1,275 46.8 2,302 87.2 1,103 47.9
2017 2,639 2,744 104.0 1,191 43.4 2,376 90.0 1,031 43.4
2018 2,526 2,639 104.5 1,524 57.7 2,231 88.3 1,402 62.9
2019 2,887 2,697 93.4 1,329 49.3 2,327 80.6 1,190 51.1
Lemon sole & witches IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 6,391 3,650 57.1 1,546 42.4 2,076 32.5 1,007 48.5
2016 6,391 3,554 55.6 1,763 49.6 2,085 32.6 1,241 59.5
2017 6,391 3,780 59.1 1,861 49.2 2,021 31.6 1,424 70.4
2018 6,391 3,894 60.9 2,091 53.7 2,421 37.9 1,646 68.0
2019 7,874 4,992 63.4 1,851 37.1 3,133 39.8 1,429 45.6
Skates & rays IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 1,382 691 50.0 669 96.8 334 24.2 326 97.5
2016 1,313 721 54.9 665 92.2 336 25.6 323 96.3
2017 1,378 770 55.9 703 91.2 353 25.6 344 97.6
2018 1,654 896 54.1 825 92.1 454 27.4 428 94.4
2019 1,654 878 53.1 774 88.2 438 26.5 389 88.8
Dabs & flounder IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 18,434 1,533 8.3 354 23.1 285 1.5 69 24.4
2016 18,434 1,558 8.5 385 24.7 281 1.5 65 23.3
2017 - - - - - - - - -
2018 - - - - - - - - -
2019 - - - - - - - - -
Turbot & brill IIa(EU), IV(EU) 2015 4,642 458 9.9 455 99.3 90 1.9 86 95.9
2016 4,488 522 11.6 545 104.3 98 2.2 107 108.7
2017 4,937 752 15.2 495 65.8 154 3.1 108 69.8
2018 7,102 933 13.1 460 49.3 220 3.1 112 50.8
2019 8,122 924 11.4 465 50.3 266 3.3 134 50.3
Herring IVa,b 2015 267,197 66,893 25.0 68,055 101.7 47,329 17.7 48,204 101.8
2016 310,945 70,710 22.7 73,434 103.9 56,531 18.2 59,107 104.6
2017 288,788 68,719 23.8 67,900 98.8 49,900 17.3 49,406 99.0
2018 359,977 84,695 23.5 84,745 100.1 56,138 15.6 56,148 100.0
2019 385,008 62,320 16.2 62,358 100.1 39,894 10.4 40,884 102.5
Herring IVc, VIId 2015 48,986 5,399 11.0 5,140 95.2 3 0.1 .. ..
2016 57,007 6,395 11.2 6,304 98.6 6 0.1 .. ..
2017 52,954 4,303 8.1 4,278 99.4 -3 -0.1 .. ..
2018 66,040 6,786 10.3 6,573 96.9 -8.5 -0.1 .. ..
2019 42,351 4,691 11.1 4,657 99.3 -21.0 0.0 .. ..
Area Species Sea area Year EU total allowable catch UK quota UK uptake Scottish PO Quota Scottish PO uptake
After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota After exchanges % of TAC Tonnes % of quota
  Mackerel IIa (EU), III(EU), IV 2015 36,338 5,791 15.9 5,567 96.1 4,064 11.2 3,954 97.3
2016 31,241 8,549 27.4 8,495 99.4 6,826 21.9 6,883 100.8
2017 35,286 3,991 11.3 3,923 98.3 2,495 7.1 2,489 99.8
2018 28,693 3,180 11.1 3,116 98.0 1,693 5.9 1,674 98.9
2019 23,296 3,849 16.5 4,020 104.4 2,426 10.4 2,601 107.2
Horse mackerel1 IVbc, VIId 2015 15,200 5,314 35.0 3,580 67.4 30 0.2 24 80.0
2016 15,200 5,715 37.6 4,697 82.2 34 0.2 35 104.1
2017 14,697 5,139 35.0 4,136 80.5 102 0.7 78 77.0
2018 12,629 3,624 28.7 3,001 82.8 55 0.4 36 66.4
2019 15,179 3,490 23.0 3,164 90.6 189 1.2 86 45.8
Blue whiting I-VIII, XII, XIV 2015 197,195 34,275 17.4 31,778 92.7 32,929 16.7 30,504 92.6
2016 207,657 41,868 20.2 38,270 91.4 36,638 17.6 36,896 100.7
2017 385,254 73,711 19.1 66,386 90.1 64,660 16.8 62,943 97.3
2018 401,363 74,895 18.7 72,884 97.3 68,518 17.1 66,494 97.0
2019 319,727 62,507 19.6 60,791 97.3 54,021 16.9 53,831 99.6
Sandeel IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2015 357,219 3,081 0.9 2,000 64.9 2,976 0.8 2,000 67.2
2016 79,219 1,741 2.2 .. .. .. .. 41 ..
2017 486,115 5,087 1.0 3,324 65.3 4,012 0.8 3,324 82.8
2018 207,650 4,191 2.0 1,849 44.1 2,044 1.0 1,849 90.4
2019 112,780 2,744 2.4 1,058 38.6 2,280 2.0 1,058 46.4
Sprats2 IIa (EU), IV (EU) 2015 227,000 11,625 5.1 33 0.3 3,039 1.3 0 0.0
2016 355,500 1,508 0.4 21 1.4 112 0.0 0 0.1
2017 164,087 5,417 3.3 48 0.9 1,692 1.0 1 0.1
2018 177,545 3,474 2.0 9.4 0.3 107 0.1 .. ..
2019 112,102 1,584 1.4 1,329 83.9 1,414 1.3 1,324 93.7

(1) In 2010 the sea areas for Horse Mackerel were changed from IVa, IVb IVc to IVb,IVc,VIId.

(2) In 2017 Sprats was an 18-month TAC which ran until end June 2018.

(3) UK quota after exchanges can exceed the whole EU TAC as some quota can be 'carried over' into the next year within agreed limits.

Contact

Email: fisheriesstatistics@gov.scot

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