Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Published: 29 September 2016
ISBN: 9781786524300

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

Sea fisheries statistics

Table 1.7 Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species ¹: 2011 to 2015

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£'000)
Aberdeen
Total demersal	58	74	8	7	3	85	77	15	10	5
Mackerel	56	45	108	8	69	66	58	113	10	46
Other pelagic	-	0	0	-	11	-	0	0	-	5
Total pelagic	56	46	109	8	80	66	58	113	10	51
Edible crabs	264	333	295	322	324	295	392	352	385	387
Lobsters	175	166	149	156	157	1,815	1,722	1,504	1,619	1,677
Nephrops	43	90	49	48	44	145	281	165	178	161
Scallops	456	854	698	463	443	844	1,485	1,156	853	925
Squid	80	20	82	18	91	408	62	431	55	380
Velvet crabs	136	124	75	66	65	332	263	158	149	158
Other shellfish	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	1
Total shellfish	1,155	1,589	1,352	1,075	1,125	3,839	4,205	3,769	3,241	3,689
Total landings	1,269	1,709	1,468	1,090	1,208	3,990	4,341	3,897	3,261	3,745
Anstruther
Total demersal	2	1	10	0	3	3	2	13	1	12
Mackerel	17	27	19	49	48	15	34	19	86	33
Total pelagic	17	27	19	49	48	15	34	19	86	33
Clams	63	82	51	12	28	102	142	85	19	62
Edible crabs	96	119	94	88	87	111	137	108	103	101
Lobsters	154	127	141	147	128	1,676	1,346	1,437	1,518	1,382
Nephrops	884	800	746	943	720	2,304	2,391	1,812	2,593	1,996
Scallops	21	64	21	-	37	69	127	38	-	71
Velvet crabs	56	58	40	31	33	131	135	87	65	75
Whelks	23	58	60	81	72	15	38	38	55	96
Other shellfish	86	90	75	48	12	171	216	211	154	46
Total shellfish	1,384	1,398	1,228	1,350	1,117	4,579	4,532	3,816	4,507	3,829
Total landings	1,403	1,426	1,257	1,400	1,168	4,598	4,568	3,848	4,593	3,874
Ayr
Total demersal	3	3	6	5	3	6	6	18	17	9
Total pelagic	3	76	5	2	0	4	15	4	2	0
Lobsters	61	55	54	68	68	644	578	543	677	673
Nephrops	2,529	2,483	2,117	2,206	1,720	5,491	5,868	5,024	5,497	4,549
Queen scallops	9,344	7,434	5,316	3,099	3,343	3,761	3,048	3,019	1,453	1,870
Razor fish	133	351	454	184	228	359	1,007	1,420	666	1,045
Scallops	1,362	1,603	1,333	1,504	975	2,673	3,079	2,901	2,934	2,199
Whelks	110	156	197	307	291	63	95	129	255	237
Other shellfish	12	19	15	26	15	15	27	21	39	19
Total shellfish	13,551	12,101	9,485	7,394	6,639	13,006	13,702	13,058	11,521	10,591
Total landings	13,558	12,180	9,497	7,401	6,642	13,016	13,724	13,080	11,540	10,600

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2015.

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