Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2023

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland. Statistics on employment, production and value of shellfish from Scottish shellfish farms are presented.


Supplementary Tables

The following supplementary tables are available for download alongside this publication in Excel format.

  • Table 1: Scottish shellfish production by region in tonnes or numbers of shells for 2023
  • Table 2: Total Shellfish production for the table and for on-growing between 1986 and 2023
  • Table 3: Number active businesses between 1985 and 2023
  • Table 4: Number of active sites and producing sites in 2023
  • Table 5: Mussel spat settlement between 2014 and 2023
  • Table 6: Employment between 2009 and 2023
  • Table 7: Regional employment in 2023
  • Table 8: Other shellfish production by Scottish Marine Region between 2014 and 2023
  • Table 9: Common Mussel production by Scottish Marine Region between 2014 and 2023
  • Table 10: Pacific oyster production by Scottish Marine Region between 2014 and 2023

Contact

Email: MD.Productionsurvey@gov.scot

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