Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019

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.


Table 37. Number of active Scottish registered vessels by district and length group as at 31st December 2019

District Length group (metres) Total
10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Over 10m
Aberdeen 80 5 3 - - - 8 88
Anstruther 90 7 7 5 - - 19 109
Buckie 83 2 2 8 3 1 16 99
Eyemouth 82 9 4 4 1 - 18 100
Fraserburgh 124 1 9 54 27 8 99 223
Peterhead 70 1 1 16 19 3 40 110
Scrabster 88 6 2 6 1 - 15 103
Total - East Coast 617 31 28 93 51 12 215 832
Orkney 93 20 6 5 3 - 34 127
Shetland 179 6 4 10 14 8 42 221
Stornoway 180 15 5 19 - - 39 219
Total - Islands 452 41 15 34 17 8 115 567
Ayr 74 6 8 27 13 1 55 129
Campbeltown 106 13 8 19 - - 40 146
Kinlochbervie 15 2 - 3 - - 5 20
Lochinver 8 1 - 1 11 1 14 22
Mallaig 30 1 2 12 - - 15 45
Oban 86 22 3 14 - - 39 125
Portree 86 11 4 - - - 15 101
Ullapool 85 11 2 12 - 1 26 111
Total - West Coast 490 67 27 88 24 3 209 699
Total 1,559 139 70 215 92 23 539 2,098

(1) A district is an administrative area which encompasses a length of coastline within which there are a number of ports.

Contact

Email: fisheriesstatistics@gov.scot

Back to top