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)
Eyemouth
Haddock	223	170	170	10	59	283	195	166	13	92
Other demersal	76	37	28	29	31	105	55	42	34	38
Total demersal	299	207	198	39	90	389	250	208	48	130
Mackerel	47	39	75	46	76	45	46	68	61	67
Other pelagic	0	-	0	-	-	0	-	0	-	-
Total pelagic	47	39	75	46	76	45	46	68	61	67
Edible crabs	247	300	344	270	346	318	387	431	356	405
Lobsters	192	186	216	224	189	1,963	1,791	2,161	2,232	1,943
Nephrops	1,316	1,274	875	1,544	1,137	4,021	4,214	2,698	4,517	3,642
Scallops	44	31	214	43	133	81	57	327	74	249
Velvet crabs	60	61	60	53	37	97	102	91	78	54
Other shellfish	16	13	5	13	13	52	33	15	19	17
Total shellfish	1,876	1,865	1,714	2,145	1,855	6,532	6,584	5,723	7,276	6,310
Total landings	2,221	2,111	1,987	2,231	2,021	6,966	6,880	5,999	7,385	6,507
Fraserburgh
Cod	330	234	335	262	349	645	410	585	476	624
Cuckoo ray	1	1	7	21	37	1	1	3	8	15
Dogfish other	0		10	25	74	0		2	6	18
Grey gurnards	3	15	32	44	209	3	5	13	17	84
Haddock	2,486	2,416	3,361	2,548	2,291	2,304	1,872	2,691	2,661	2,679
Hake	103	50	113	95	111	93	59	147	110	110
Lemon sole	163	92	120	102	105	410	189	255	205	217
Ling	110	75	133	96	114	176	106	164	117	131
Megrims	101	48	138	87	106	284	97	244	206	251
Monkfish	792	527	711	909	1,454	2,758	1,707	2,112	2,365	3,118
Plaice	132	94	142	162	175	75	54	80	85	92
Saithe	539	245	464	286	350	599	258	353	233	300
Whiting	1,259	1,085	1,358	1,190	1,043	1,264	926	1,005	1,066	909
Witches	231	184	244	277	182	286	188	192	241	181
Other demersal	110	83	124	103	88	400	254	270	214	192
Total demersal	6,359	5,148	7,292	6,209	6,688	9,300	6,126	8,117	8,010	8,919
Herring	599	1,718	3,701	0	82	272	892	1,216	0	29
Mackerel	10,465	10,856	8,810	14,058	9,773	11,736	9,741	7,486	11,677	6,326
Other pelagic	281	997	510	3	0	127	274	115	2	0
Total pelagic	11,345	13,571	13,022	14,061	9,855	12,136	10,907	8,818	11,679	6,355
Edible crabs	481	471	564	503	439	693	626	734	714	607
Lobsters	26	24	25	33	35	260	244	248	335	364
Nephrops	6,809	4,366	2,832	4,178	2,134	25,094	17,162	10,053	15,525	8,232
Scallops	596	477	2,045	1,442	1,039	1,244	980	3,805	2,626	2,010
Squid	220	98	152	402	220	1,047	390	644	1,069	798
Velvet crabs	68	75	46	47	31	131	133	80	76	54
Other shellfish	3	2	12	5	6	4	3	7	4	5
Total shellfish	8,203	5,515	5,676	6,610	3,905	28,472	19,538	15,571	20,349	12,070
Total landings	25,907	24,234	25,990	26,880	20,449	49,907	36,571	32,506	40,039	27,344

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

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