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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2020
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 26: Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels by main species1 and vessel length group, 2020
| Tonnage | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall vessel length group (metres) | Overall vessel length group (metres) | |||||||||||||
| Species | <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total | <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total |
| Cod | 131 | 0 | 13 | 2,104 | 6,163 | 3 | 8,415 | 312 | 1 | 28 | 5,784 | 17,960 | 3 | 24,087 |
| Haddock | 10 | 1 | 58 | 6,938 | 16,436 | 1 | 23,443 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 8,176 | 24,306 | 1 | 32,550 |
| Hake | 0 | 3 | 437 | 3,910 | 27 | 4,377 | 0 | 4 | 646 | 6,126 | 3 | 6,778 | ||
| Lemon sole | 3 | 2 | 344 | 417 | 28 | 793 | 5 | 5 | 868 | 1,395 | 28 | 2,301 | ||
| Ling | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1,040 | 3,199 | 0 | 4,247 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1,354 | 3,986 | 0 | 5,349 |
| Megrim | 0 | 3 | 1,581 | 1,204 | 2,788 | 0 | 5 | 5,129 | 3,458 | 8,592 | ||||
| Monkfish | 11 | 40 | 5,045 | 6,396 | 14 | 11,507 | 21 | 91 | 13,648 | 16,364 | 32 | 30,156 | ||
| Plaice | 11 | 3 | 4 | 745 | 1,463 | 780 | 3,006 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 841 | 1,882 | 852 | 3,596 |
| Saithe | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1,452 | 6,449 | 3 | 7,937 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1,361 | 6,461 | 0 | 7,847 |
| Whiting | 2 | 15 | 3,889 | 6,120 | 49 | 10,076 | 2 | 14 | 4,472 | 8,107 | 18 | 12,612 | ||
| Wrasses | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5,277 | 472 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5,762 | ||
| Other demersal | 27 | 2 | 12 | 1,772 | 3,482 | 4,123 | 9,418 | 272 | 4 | 15 | 2,374 | 5,156 | 1,288 | 9,108 |
| Total demersal | 293 | 12 | 157 | 25,349 | 55,238 | 5,028 | 86,077 | 5,942 | 479 | 239 | 44,653 | 95,201 | 2,226 | 148,739 |
| Blue whiting | 0 | 41,173 | 41,174 | 0 | 9,036 | 9,036 | ||||||||
| Herring | 0 | 24 | 1,300 | 47,436 | 48,759 | 0 | 11 | 703 | 26,443 | 27,157 | ||||
| Mackerel | 1,318 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 3,666 | 165,703 | 170,744 | 1,496 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 3,723 | 175,624 | 180,893 |
| Other pelagic | 1 | 0 | 725 | 166 | 2,832 | 3,724 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 46 | 1,025 | 1,299 | ||
| Total pelagic | 1,319 | 4 | 2 | 801 | 5,132 | 257,144 | 264,401 | 1,496 | 4 | 2 | 283 | 4,472 | 212,128 | 218,384 |
| Edible crabs | 3,184 | 1,076 | 316 | 3,435 | 95 | 12 | 8,117 | 6,058 | 2,017 | 597 | 5,797 | 137 | 3 | 14,609 |
| Lobsters | 859 | 165 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1,082 | 11,206 | 2,100 | 397 | 386 | 6 | 0 | 14,095 |
| Nephrops | 1,540 | 899 | 1,479 | 11,030 | 995 | 2 | 15,946 | 10,205 | 5,155 | 3,629 | 25,460 | 2,358 | 2 | 46,810 |
| Razor fish | 309 | 102 | 411 | 2,405 | 769 | 3,174 | ||||||||
| Scallops | 857 | 301 | 1,161 | 5,841 | 5,431 | 986 | 14,579 | 2,181 | 787 | 2,298 | 11,301 | 8,880 | 1,722 | 27,168 |
| Squid | 201 | 7 | 114 | 763 | 1,348 | 48 | 2,480 | 512 | 15 | 431 | 2,741 | 3,711 | 80 | 7,490 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,354 | 196 | 8 | 4 | 1,562 | 3,401 | 538 | 20 | 1 | 3,960 | ||||
| Other shellfish | 919 | 470 | 4 | 2,496 | 64 | 1 | 3,954 | 1,119 | 498 | 4 | 1,591 | 66 | 1 | 3,279 |
| Total shellfish | 9,223 | 3,215 | 3,111 | 23,598 | 7,933 | 1,050 | 48,131 | 37,086 | 11,880 | 7,376 | 47,277 | 15,158 | 1,808 | 120,585 |
| Total landings | 10,835 | 3,230 | 3,269 | 49,748 | 68,303 | 263,222 | 398,608 | 44,523 | 12,363 | 7,617 | 92,213 | 114,830 | 216,162 | 487,708 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2020.
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