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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 27c: Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels anywhere by Shellfish gear type2 by main species1, 2020
| Tonnage | Value (£'000) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Creel fishing | Nephrop trawls | Dredging | Hand shell fishing | Total | Creel fishing | Nephrop trawls | Dredging | Hand shell fishing | Total |
| Edible crabs | 8,079 | 0 | 0 | 8,080 | 14,577 | 1 | 0 | 14,579 | ||
| Lobsters | 1,077 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,077 | 14,026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14,036 |
| Nephrops | 1,271 | 14,643 | 6 | 0 | 15,919 | 12,781 | 33,932 | 18 | 1 | 46,731 |
| Razor fish | 1 | 410 | 411 | 8 | 3,166 | 3,174 | ||||
| Scallops | 34 | 3 | 14,103 | 351 | 14,491 | 85 | 6 | 25,619 | 1,233 | 26,943 |
| Squid | 0 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 96 | ||
| Velvet crabs | 1,548 | 1 | 0 | 1,548 | 3,925 | 2 | 0 | 3,927 | ||
| Other shellfish | 1,783 | 2 | 2,056 | 3,841 | 2,023 | 2 | 1,120 | 3,145 | ||
| Total shellfish | 13,792 | 14,682 | 16,167 | 762 | 45,402 | 47,418 | 34,046 | 26,767 | 4,400 | 112,630 |
| Other speciesc | 140 | 364 | 81 | 0 | 585 | 6,076 | 479 | 267 | 0 | 6,822 |
(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species.
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2020.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching Nephrops have been included as Nephrops.
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