Publication - Statistics
Scottish shellfish farm production survey 2016
Report based on returns from annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland.
Employment
The industry employed 157 full-time and 158 part-time and casual workers during 2016. The number of full-time staff decreased by nine and the number of part-time and casual employees decreased by 20 compared with 2015. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland decreased by 8% from the 2015 total of 344.
Table 7: Regional employment 2016.
| Staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Businesses | Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | Total |
| Highland | 47 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 64 |
| Orkney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shetland | 25 | 52 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 102 |
| Strathclyde | 49 | 46 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 112 |
| Western Isles | 14 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| Scotland | 138 | 144 | 13 | 78 | 25 | 51 | 4 | 315 |
Contact
Email: Lorna Munro
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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