Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.1.x Value and prices in real terms 1 of the main species 2 landed by Scottish vessels: 2011 to 2015

  Value (£'000) at 2015 prices Price (£ per tonne) at 2015 prices
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Cod 24,129 22,191 21,800 22,208 22,665 2,337 2,060 2,019 2,032 1,969
Haddock 32,182 33,296 39,457 42,148 37,382 1,316 1,087 1,141 1,386 1,362
Hake 13,264 15,688 13,634 13,807 15,895 1,983 2,232 2,475 2,239 2,389
Ling 6,459 6,138 4,868 4,417 4,670 1,578 1,480 1,377 1,239 1,292
Megrims 9,554 8,031 5,703 5,619 4,709 3,430 2,930 2,437 2,613 2,477
Monkfish 35,336 28,352 20,955 24,968 26,269 3,644 3,416 3,000 2,840 2,360
Plaice 4,119 3,282 4,828 4,190 4,534 1,258 1,133 999 959 972
Saithe 12,102 10,972 9,291 7,552 7,220 1,101 1,094 856 904 872
Whiting 10,044 9,985 10,150 9,737 8,593 1,285 1,105 1,015 1,115 1,068
Total demersal 161,120 148,683 142,146 143,622 142,791          
Herring 17,912 30,110 23,221 18,532 21,307 475 554 400 302 363
Mackerel 171,471 136,246 128,643 195,449 130,513 1,175 1,014 960 816 653
Total pelagic 193,868 172,599 156,225 220,896 160,153          
Edible crabs 12,209 11,791 12,037 13,680 12,380 1,244 1,242 1,263 1,289 1,248
Lobsters 13,951 12,211 10,758 12,494 11,021 11,197 10,813 10,489 10,299 10,559
Nephrops 88,943 85,732 65,907 75,222 61,025 3,924 4,028 3,565 3,670 3,696
Queen scallops 6,733 6,159 5,134 3,226 5,079 409 416 506 464 559
Scallops 31,534 32,654 32,520 32,875 33,083 2,000 1,905 1,850 2,001 2,062
Squid 9,681 5,336 4,959 6,574 4,374 4,221 3,423 3,755 2,917 3,150
Velvet crabs 6,151 5,065 4,061 4,134 3,733 2,791 2,486 2,582 2,498 2,534
Total shellfish 172,347 162,750 140,144 151,232 134,335          
Total landings 527,336 484,032 438,515 515,751 437,279          

(1) See Table 1.1.e 'Scottish vessels - All landings' for nominal values. Values in real terms were calculated by application of the HM Treasury Gross Domestic Product deflators,
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-june-2016-quarterly-national-accounts

Year GDP deflator
2011 94.8
2012 96.2
2013 98.1
2014 99.7
2015 100.0

(2) Main species are those landed by Scottish vessels with a value of £2 million or above in 2015.

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