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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 34: Tonnage and value of landings of key commercial stocks by Scottish vessels3, 2016 to 2020
| Tonnage | Value (£'000) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Atlanto Scandian Herring | 3,900 | 4,358 | 2,582 | 1,801 | 1,979 | 2,434 | 2,314 | 1,038 | 437 | 1,068 |
| North Sea Herring1 | 59,220 | 49,515 | 60,833 | 47,446 | 46,742 | 39,681 | 20,686 | 22,963 | 25,540 | 26,078 |
| West of Scotland Herring | 2,423 | 2,550 | 1,207 | 186 | 7 | 1,444 | 776 | 376 | 72 | 0 |
| North Sea Mackerel2 | 635 | 869 | 854 | 841 | 984 | 674 | 1,264 | 1,123 | 1,166 | 1,038 |
| West of Scotland Mackerel | 185,971 | 177,776 | 151,910 | 126,789 | 169,760 | 165,859 | 159,387 | 162,330 | 156,964 | 179,855 |
| North Sea Blue Ling | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| West of Scotland Blue Ling | 275 | 643 | 737 | 718 | 715 | 310 | 631 | 672 | 695 | 650 |
| North Sea Cod | 12,321 | 14,148 | 17,659 | 13,052 | 7,020 | 25,902 | 32,673 | 41,395 | 36,531 | 20,260 |
| West of Scotland Cod (VIa) | 174 | 189 | 203 | 1,196 | 702 | 349 | 412 | 484 | 3,475 | 1,874 |
| Rockall Cod (VIb) | 33 | 36 | 49 | 51 | 25 | 73 | 83 | 115 | 152 | 70 |
| North Sea Haddock | 22,540 | 21,534 | 21,858 | 17,617 | 16,609 | 29,642 | 32,090 | 31,933 | 26,635 | 22,830 |
| West of Scotland Haddock (VIa) | 3,078 | 2,434 | 3,315 | 2,664 | 2,075 | 4,202 | 3,451 | 4,771 | 3,938 | 2,958 |
| Rockall Haddock (VIb) | 2,160 | 3,887 | 3,451 | 6,533 | 4,560 | 2,964 | 6,404 | 5,170 | 10,254 | 6,392 |
| North Sea Hake | 2,927 | 3,805 | 3,527 | 3,331 | 2,503 | 6,745 | 8,285 | 7,653 | 7,572 | 4,329 |
| West of Scotland Hake | 3,834 | 2,994 | 1,910 | 1,385 | 1,166 | 9,804 | 6,316 | 4,051 | 3,084 | 1,222 |
| North Sea Ling | 2,044 | 2,336 | 2,705 | 2,603 | 2,456 | 2,952 | 3,708 | 4,174 | 4,050 | 3,272 |
| West of Scotland Ling | 2,130 | 2,194 | 1,970 | 2,168 | 1,668 | 3,076 | 3,825 | 3,115 | 3,451 | 1,946 |
| North Sea Megrim | 1,196 | 1,106 | 1,456 | 1,246 | 1,691 | 3,672 | 3,477 | 4,739 | 4,118 | 5,864 |
| West of Scotland Megrim | 750 | 723 | 906 | 1,068 | 951 | 1,725 | 1,893 | 2,263 | 2,647 | 2,346 |
| North Sea Monkfish | 8,490 | 9,026 | 8,835 | 6,285 | 7,181 | 24,096 | 25,744 | 27,601 | 20,361 | 19,078 |
| West of Scotland Monkfish | 2,506 | 2,690 | 3,089 | 3,558 | 3,518 | 6,892 | 8,239 | 9,648 | 11,762 | 9,544 |
| North Sea Nephrops | 7,620 | 10,395 | 9,267 | 15,497 | 9,726 | 28,595 | 35,966 | 29,882 | 47,486 | 22,911 |
| West of Scotland Nephrops | 12,524 | 10,478 | 8,140 | 8,026 | 6,115 | 44,960 | 40,218 | 35,531 | 36,060 | 23,764 |
| North Sea Saithe | 4,997 | 5,781 | 7,943 | 7,003 | 5,518 | 5,307 | 5,782 | 6,467 | 7,130 | 5,760 |
| West of Scotland Saithe | 2,399 | 2,353 | 2,373 | 2,639 | 2,069 | 2,335 | 2,307 | 1,888 | 2,594 | 1,864 |
| North Sea Tusk | 36 | 33 | 44 | 41 | 63 | 30 | 25 | 39 | 36 | 39 |
| West of Scotland Tusk | 51 | 68 | 91 | 91 | 85 | 38 | 48 | 63 | 72 | 49 |
| North Sea Whiting | 7,228 | 7,389 | 8,855 | 9,470 | 9,567 | 7,931 | 9,627 | 11,440 | 12,267 | 11,993 |
| West of Scotland Whiting | 119 | 121 | 137 | 285 | 395 | 133 | 158 | 189 | 384 | 500 |
| Blue Whiting | 36,896 | 62,984 | 66,494 | 53,831 | 41,174 | 8,469 | 10,722 | 13,248 | 9,868 | 9,036 |
| Edible Crabs | 11,102 | 11,413 | 10,091 | 11,003 | 8,117 | 15,209 | 19,736 | 24,994 | 24,880 | 14,609 |
| Lobsters | 1,148 | 1,218 | 1,215 | 1,235 | 1,082 | 13,749 | 16,337 | 17,286 | 17,661 | 14,095 |
| Scallops | 15,340 | 15,746 | 15,386 | 15,069 | 14,579 | 36,981 | 40,236 | 39,315 | 35,858 | 27,168 |
| Velvet Crabs | 1,603 | 1,601 | 1,187 | 1,632 | 1,562 | 4,450 | 5,066 | 4,166 | 4,502 | 3,960 |
(1) Includes NS Herring (IVa and IVb) and NS Herring (IVc).
(2) Includes NS Mackerel (IVa) and NS Mackerel (IVb and IVc) but excludes Mackerel from the Shetland Box, allocated on West of Scotland.
(3) Figures presented in this table include Scottish vessels that do not belong to a Scottish fish Producer Organisation (PO). Scottish vessels can belong to a predominantly English PO and vice-versa.
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