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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 33b. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake: West of Scotland

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
West of Scotland Cod VIb, XII, XIV 2015 74 45 60.8 18 40.1 .. .. 17 ..
2016 74 45 60.8 37 82.6 .. .. 26 ..
2017 74 50 66.9 36 72.3 .. .. 33 ..
2018 74 50 67.5 49 97.5 .. .. 42 ..
2019 74 56 75.8 51 90.2 .. .. 42 ..
Cod Vb, VIa 1 2015 .. .. .. 169 .. .. .. 152 ..
2016 .. .. .. 183 .. .. .. 167 ..
2017 .. .. .. 199 .. .. .. 186 ..
2018 .. .. .. 222 .. .. .. 203 ..
2019 1,735 1,300 74.9 1,221 93.9 .. .. 1,069 ..
Haddock VIb, XII, XIV 2015 2,580 2,104 81.5 2,052 97.6 1,870 72.5 1,833 98.0
2016 3,225 2,561 79.4 2,160 84.4 1,990 61.7 1,651 83.0
2017 4,690 3,995 85.2 3,889 97.3 3,307 70.5 3,214 97.2
2018 5,163 4,234 82.0 3,463 81.8 3,487 67.5 2,850 81.7
2019 10,469 8,862 84.7 6,533 73.7 7,509 71.7 5,721 76.2
Haddock Vb, VIa 2015 4,536 3,385 74.6 3,052 90.2 2,966 65.4 2,837 95.6
2016 6,462 5,077 78.6 3,101 61.1 4,271 66.1 2,797 65.5
2017 3,697 3,349 90.6 2,464 73.6 2,918 78.9 2,228 76.3
2018 4,654 3,922 84.3 3,343 85.2 3,272 70.3 2,929 89.5
2019 3,226 2,909 90.2 2,760 94.9 2,494 77.3 2,407 96.5
Whiting Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 263 168 64.0 168 99.9 .. .. 153 ..
2016 213 122 57.4 121 98.5 .. .. 113 ..
2017 213 125 58.5 125 100.0 .. .. 116 ..
2018 213 124 58.2 143 115.5 .. .. 131 ..
2019 1,112 680 61.2 304 44.7 .. .. 260 ..
Saithe Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 6,848 3,392 49.5 3,286 96.9 2,810 41.0 2,724 97.0
2016 6,448 2,839 44.0 2,770 97.6 2,342 36.3 2,306 98.5
2017 9,994 3,259 32.6 2,649 81.3 2,836 28.4 2,377 83.8
2018 9,575 3,606 37.7 2,758 76.5 2,782 29.1 2,260 81.2
2019 9,713 3,984 41.0 2,817 70.7 2,961 30.5 2,338 79.0
Plaice Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 658 388 59.0 56 14.3 307 46.7 51 16.5
2016 658 388 59.0 70 18.1 307 46.7 66 21.4
2017 658 427 64.9 111 26.1 337 51.3 109 32.4
2018 658 431 65.5 294 68.2 297 45.1 226 76.2
2019 658 431 65.5 211 49.0 323 49.1 170 52.8
Sole Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 57 11 19.3 4 36.8 5 9.2 2 47.5
2016 57 11 19.3 2 22.4 4 7.2 2 44.9
2017 57 12 21.2 2 16.5 6 10.7 2 24.6
2018 57 12 21.4 3 26.3 7 12.5 3 37.5
2019 57 12 21.4 2 19.3 5 8.7 2 38.4
Monkfish Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 5,313 2,117 39.8 2,085 98.5 1,644 30.9 1,634 99.4
2016 6,375 2,805 44.0 2,760 98.4 2,247 35.2 2,224 99.0
2017 7,650 3,057 40.0 2,758 90.2 2,471 32.3 2,308 93.4
2018 9,180 3,442 37.5 3,167 92.0 2,483 27.0 2,287 92.1
2019 11,453 3,693 32.2 3,185 86.2 2,907 25.4 2,417 83.1
Nephrops Vb(EU), VI 2015 14,190 15,522 109.4 11,744 75.7 9,575 67.5 8,130 84.9
2016 16,524 17,636 106.7 14,615 82.9 11,278 68.3 10,036 89.0
2017 16,407 17,475 106.5 11,580 66.3 11,495 70.1 8,192 71.3
2018 12,129 13,539 111.6 8,855 65.4 8,716 71.9 6,172 70.8
2019 15,092 15,849 105.0 8,879 56.0 10,496 69.5 6,328 60.3
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
  Megrims Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 4,129 1,375 33.3 643 46.8 1,023 24.8 593 57.9
2016 5,214 1,772 34.0 803 45.3 1,266 24.3 749 59.2
2017 5,682 1,959 34.5 755 38.5 1,398 24.6 725 51.8
2018 5,432 1,900 35.0 933 49.1 1,296 23.9 879 67.8
2019 5,782 1,973 34.1 1,072 54.3 1,363 23.6 1,000 73.4
Pollack Vb(EU), VI, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 397 145 36.5 25 17.3 75 18.9 22 29.9
2016 397 145 36.5 29 20.3 70 17.5 25 35.4
2017 397 145 36.5 14 9.6 76 19.2 10 12.5
2018 397 160 40.2 29 17.9 82 20.6 23 27.8
2019 397 161 40.5 27 16.6 93 23.4 20 21.6
Hake Vb(EU), VI, VII, XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 50,944 8,022 15.7 7,723 96.3 2,380 4.7 2,349 98.7
2016 61,902 8,023 13.0 7,268 90.6 2,368 3.8 2,284 96.5
2017 67,658 8,649 12.8 6,417 74.2 2,106 3.1 1,705 81.0
2018 62,536 8,263 13.2 5,260 63.7 2,513 4.0 1,329 52.9
2019 79,762 11,694 14.7 4,813 41.2 2,525 3.2 931 36.8
Herring Vb(EU), VIa (N), Vib 2015 22,690 16,910 74.5 15,260 90.2 10,298 45.4 10,394 100.9
2016 4,170 4,058 97.3 3,254 80.2 2,508 60.1 2,404 95.9
2017 4,170 3,607 86.5 3,356 93.1 2,554 61.2 2,550 99.9
2018 4,170 3,157 75.7 2,910 92.2 1,219 29.2 1,204 98.8
2019 4,170 4,025 96.5 928 23.1 170 4.1 184 108.3
Mackerel II(excl EU,Ice), Vb(EU), VI, VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 420,692 237,094 56.4 242,411 102.2 167,584 39.8 171,423 102.3
2016 357,587 195,937 54.8 209,143 106.7 147,089 41.1 158,515 107.8
2017 407,517 222,117 54.5 224,289 101.0 151,681 37.2 153,876 101.4
2018 326,014 186,253 57.1 189,657 101.8 127,709 39.2 130,085 101.9
2019 260,813 145,769 55.9 153,972 105.6 99,979 38.3 106,850 106.9
Herring VIa (Clyde) 2015 583 583 100.0 .. .. 174 29.8 .. ..
2016 583 641 110.0 .. .. 174 29.8 .. ..
2017 583 647 111.0 .. .. .. .. .. ..
2018 583 648 111.1 .. .. 193 33.1 .. ..
2019 583 648 111.1 .. .. 193 33.1 .. ..
Horse mackerel IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII (excl d), VIII (excl c), XII (Int'l), XIVb (Int'l) 2015 85,732 5,508 6.4 3,973 72.1 737 0.9 700 95.0
2016 106,721 8,077 7.6 1,822 22.6 1,890 1.8 975 51.6
2017 83,329 3,792 4.6 1,321 34.9 892 1.1 316 35.4
2018 99,470 7,674 7.7 4,439 57.8 1,882 1.9 328 17.4
2019 119,118 10,581 8.9 7,182 67.9 1,641 1.4 677 41.2

(1) Total Allowable Catch for this quota not allocated since 2011, managed as a by-catch.

(2) 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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