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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 33c. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) UK and Scottish quota uptake: Area VII

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
Area VII Cod VIIa 2015 182 51 28.1 50 97.5 0 0.2 0 75.0
2016 146 49 33.7 36 72.8 2 1.5 1 57.1
2017 156 56 35.6 41 73.7 3 1.8 1 32.1
2018 695 206 29.6 128 62.2 12 1.8 7 60.8
2019 807 254 31.4 195 77.0 10 1.3 2 17.7
Cod VII (excl a), VIII, IX, X 2015 5,072 668 13.2 583 87.3 19 0.4 16 84.4
2016 4,565 495 10.8 365 73.8 23 0.5 19 82.2
2017 4,889 511 10.5 235 46.0 27 0.6 17 63.2
2018 4,809 434 9.0 171 39.4 26 0.5 14 52.3
2019 3,325 296 8.9 99 33.4 16 0.5 4 26.6
Haddock VII, VIII, IX, X 2015 9,523 1,466 15.4 1,393 95.1 97 1.0 80 83.1
2016 8,912 1,611 18.1 1,512 93.9 140 1.6 116 82.7
2017 10,366 2,085 20.1 1,912 91.7 141 1.4 132 93.6
2018 10,117 2,459 24.3 2,163 88.0 141 1.4 118 83.8
2019 12,068 2,881 23.9 1,713 59.4 159 1.3 41 25.6
Whiting VIIa 2015 80 31 38.9 8 26.7 1 1.3 0 30.0
2016 80 33 41.4 5 15.3 1 1.3 0 13.1
2017 80 37 46.0 16 44.3 2 2.3 0 16.7
2018 80 34 42.1 19 56.0 1 1.7 0 31.0
2019 1,246 485 39.0 63 13.0 25 2.0 .. ..
Whiting VII(excl a) 2015 17,742 1,277 7.2 1,205 94.3 222 1.3 220 99.0
2016 22,778 1,502 6.6 1,140 75.9 186 0.8 152 81.5
2017 27,500 2,116 7.7 964 45.6 230 0.8 188 82.0
2018 22,213 1,853 8.3 877 47.4 227 1.0 170 74.7
2019 19,184 1,372 7.2 745 54.3 207 1.1 130 62.8
Saithe VII, VIII, IX, X 2015 3,176 431 13.6 103 23.8 93 2.9 1 1.2
2016 3,176 434 13.7 119 27.4 119 3.7 1 1.0
2017 3,176 477 15.0 63 13.1 121 3.8 1 0.7
2018 3,176 482 15.2 78 16.3 107 3.4 3 3.1
2019 3,176 477 15.0 60 12.6 132 4.2 0 0.1
Plaice VIIa 2015 1,098 306 27.9 80 26.0 22 2.0 1 2.7
2016 1,098 296 26.9 56 18.8 26 2.4 1 4.3
2017 1,098 311 28.3 62 19.8 23 2.1 0 1.3
2018 1,793 489 27.3 64 13.1 46 2.6 0 0.0
2019 3,075 1,392 45.3 57 4.1 100 3.2 0 0.3
Plaice VIId,e 2015 4,787 1,460 30.5 1,303 89.2 28 0.6 27 95.3
2016 12,446 3,103 24.9 2,223 71.6 49 0.4 44 89.6
2017 10,022 2,741 27.4 2,407 87.8 48 0.5 47 97.1
2018 10,360 2,922 28.2 2,184 74.8 33 0.3 21 64.1
2019 10,354 3,244 31.3 1,962 60.5 29 0.3 8 27.9
Plaice VIIf,g 2015 461 51 11.1 25 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 420 50 11.9 27 53.9 0 0.1 0 29.0
2017 405 44 10.9 38 86.0 1 0.3 0 9.1
2018 511 61 12.0 40 65.4 1 0.2 0 3.2
2019 1,662 363 21.8 45 12.5 2 0.1 0 0.8
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
Plaice VIIh,j,k 2015 135 18 13.3 17 96.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
2016 135 17 12.4 15 90.7 0 0.1 0 107.4
2017 128 13 9.9 9 74.0 1 0.4 0 40.0
2018 128 14 11.2 12 84.0 1 0.5 0 44.6
2019 109 17 15.4 9 51.4 1 1.0 0 6.6
Sole VIIa 2015 90 15 16.2 8 51.4 1 0.6 0 80.0
2016 40 10 25.0 6 57.7 0 0.5 0 96.3
2017 40 10 25.8 4 39.8 0 0.5 0 50.0
2018 40 8 20.5 5 66.8 0 0.5 0 38.2
2019 414 18 4.4 15 83.9 1 0.2 0 34.4
Sole VIId 2015 3,483 532 15.3 468 88.0 1 0.0 1 62.5
2016 3,258 476 14.6 391 82.1 1 0.0 0 24.1
2017 2,724 394 14.5 343 86.9 1 0.0 0 16.7
2018 3,405 474 13.9 391 82.4 1 0.0 0 39.9
2019 2,515 380 15.1 245 64.4 1 0.0 1 72.2
Sole VIIe 2015 851 508 59.7 492 96.7 1 0.2 1 85.7
2016 979 646 66.0 622 96.2 2 0.2 1 52.5
2017 1,178 805 68.3 738 91.7 3 0.2 2 75.0
2018 1,202 889 73.9 789 88.8 2 0.1 2 112.6
2019 1,242 980 78.9 924 94.3 2 0.1 1 74.7
Sole VIIf,g 2015 851 118 13.9 105 88.8 1 0.1 0 25.0
2016 779 179 23.0 176 98.1 1 0.2 1 62.2
2017 845 172 20.4 150 86.9 1 0.2 0 14.3
2018 920 194 21.1 171 88.1 1 0.1 0 23.7
2019 841 210 25.0 194 92.6 1 0.1 0 22.4
Sole VIIh,j,k 2015 382 66 17.3 53 80.7 0 0.1 0 75.0
2016 382 85 22.2 63 74.2 1 0.2 1 70.8
2017 382 51 13.2 39 76.6 1 0.2 1 55.6
2018 382 47 12.4 33 68.5 1 0.2 0 48.2
2019 382 68 17.9 46 67.2 0 0.1 0 43.9
Nephrops VII 2015 21,619 7,711 35.7 7,060 91.6 442 2.0 415 94.0
2016 23,348 9,038 38.7 7,340 81.2 882 3.8 720 81.6
2017 25,356 9,483 37.4 6,631 69.9 874 3.4 602 68.9
2018 29,091 10,588 36.4 5,912 55.8 848 2.9 546 64.4
2019 19,784 7,617 38.5 7,095 93.2 423 2.1 395 93.3
Monkfish VII 2015 33,516 7,602 22.7 6,875 90.4 644 1.9 611 94.9
2016 33,516 8,025 23.9 7,458 92.9 710 2.1 652 91.8
2017 33,516 7,643 22.8 6,473 84.7 766 2.3 596 77.8
2018 33,516 7,420 22.1 5,185 69.9 640 1.9 375 58.7
2019 32,999 6,968 21.1 5,710 81.9 584 1.8 446 76.3
Megrims VII 2015 17,385 3,536 20.3 2,923 82.7 271 1.6 171 63.0
2016 18,254 3,550 19.4 2,824 79.6 285 1.6 178 62.5
2017 13,691 3,060 22.4 2,664 87.1 227 1.7 189 83.3
2018 12,310 2,722 22.1 2,484 91.3 160 1.3 130 81.0
2019 18,132 3,699 20.4 2,208 59.7 222 1.2 141 63.5
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
Pollack (Lythe) VII 2015 13,495 2,251 16.7 1,483 65.9 50 0.4 2 3.6
2016 13,495 2,298 17.0 1,915 83.3 31 0.2 4 11.5
2017 12,146 2,067 17.0 1,393 67.4 19 0.2 3 15.1
2018 12,163 2,258 18.6 1,246 55.2 41 0.3 9 21.3
2019 12,163 2,309 19.0 973 42.2 65 0.5 1 1.5
Herring VIIa 2015 4,854 4,918 101.3 4,870 99.0 2 0.0 .. ..
2016 4,575 4,432 96.9 4,243 95.7 1 0.0 .. ..
2017 4,127 4,091 99.1 3,696 90.4 0 0.0 .. ..
2018 7,016 5,585 79.6 5,497 98.4 0 0.0 .. ..
2019 6,896 5,394 78.2 5,061 93.8 2 0.0 .. ..
Herring VIIe,f 2015 930 465 50.0 379 81.5 .. .. .. ..
2016 930 567 60.9 431 76.1 .. .. .. ..
2017 930 522 56.1 50 9.6 .. .. .. ..
2018 930 517 55.6 14 2.8 .. .. .. ..
2019 930 512 55.0 12 2.4 .. .. .. ..
Sprats VIId,e 2015 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,659 90.1 0 0.0 .. ..
2016 5,150 2,952 57.3 2,867 97.1 5 0.1 .. ..
2017 4,120 3,474 84.3 2,498 71.9 4 0.1 .. ..
2018 3,296 3,053 92.6 1,766 57.8 3 0.1 .. ..
2019 2,637 2,439 92.5 1,544 63.3 3 0.1 .. ..

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

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