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 30: Tonnage and value of all landings into Scottish local authorities, 2016 to 2020

  Tonnage Value (£'000)
Local authority 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Aberdeen City 346 336 161 398 163 833 817 553 1,026 464
Aberdeenshire 184,114 190,333 197,427 165,415 169,060 213,017 227,381 227,860 230,133 188,489
Angus 358 448 430 503 360 1,864 2,285 2,579 2,701 1,805
Argyll & Bute 7,827 6,856 5,971 6,947 5,355 22,777 21,970 23,458 23,661 17,022
Dumfries and Galloway 4,584 3,094 2,445 2,496 1,923 8,104 7,070 5,391 4,605 3,046
East Lothian 669 865 819 638 496 2,690 3,186 3,252 2,753 2,008
Edinburgh City 223 145 126 110 37 392 362 366 440 265
Fife 1,488 1,796 1,765 1,947 1,269 4,761 6,184 7,013 7,302 3,862
Highland 62,204 58,589 55,981 55,857 45,102 133,903 120,110 121,518 121,424 82,276
Inverclyde 66 159 68 70 64 314 440 388 409 286
Moray 1,736 1,956 1,652 1,660 1,418 5,244 6,124 5,627 5,807 3,793
Na h-Eileanan Siar 4,137 3,945 3,175 3,289 2,540 13,140 13,233 12,898 16,385 10,064
North Ayrshire 2,113 549 698 736 394 5,173 1,863 3,560 3,450 1,353
Orkney 4,936 4,222 3,377 3,056 2,561 9,137 9,265 9,016 8,739 7,169
Scottish Borders 1,360 1,930 2,066 1,853 1,074 4,180 6,138 7,065 6,362 3,420
Shetland 71,557 62,369 68,993 51,708 53,870 79,130 76,832 88,377 82,179 72,442
South Ayrshire 369 1,762 1,739 1,763 1,358 1,121 4,367 4,474 4,866 4,311
Total 348,086 339,354 346,893 298,445 287,042 505,779 507,629 523,396 522,240 402,075

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