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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)
Scrabster
Black scabbardfish	473	415	430	751	371	1,095	624	816	739	324
Blue ling	484	211	227	538	188	614	214	268	617	191
Cod	992	867	1,215	1,267	1,610	2,148	1,687	2,361	2,531	3,094
Greenland halibut	133	40	65	216	172	453	78	187	531	423
Grey gurnards	12	32	34	62	54	4	14	12	28	12
Gurnards and latchet	22	19	33	13	23	18	7	28	6	24
Haddock	1,886	2,540	3,684	4,378	3,910	2,366	2,742	4,196	6,092	5,344
Hake	1,404	883	701	1,761	1,573	3,708	3,518	2,707	6,115	5,844
Lemon sole	22	31	50	56	62	51	63	141	175	192
Ling	593	493	461	742	594	909	723	660	950	761
Megrims	511	394	399	447	398	1,693	1,113	943	1,105	895
Monkfish	1,930	1,737	1,348	2,201	2,495	6,737	5,827	3,922	6,591	6,078
Plaice	61	55	124	101	65	48	46	106	85	50
Pollack	34	57	30	39	31	74	127	58	62	52
Portuguese dogfish	122	96	139	93	53	159	141	101	216	24
Red gurnards	82	35	38	61	39	23	8	35	25	17
Redfish	45	61	52	170	87	81	90	55	178	79
Saithe	1,962	1,194	1,671	1,578	1,208	2,063	1,211	1,437	1,453	973
Skates and rays	74	57	30	77	29	58	45	21	64	23
Spotted ray	20	6	20	24	32	21	5	18	24	27
Thornback ray	15	22	15	23	26	44	25	15	24	25
Whiting	429	392	626	762	606	528	441	643	861	635
Witches	35	36	49	43	32	44	38	46	45	24
Other demersal	307	135	113	217	73	504	224	217	274	196
Total demersal	11,649	9,807	11,553	15,620	13,729	23,442	19,010	18,990	28,791	25,306
Total pelagic	5	8	18	7	16	3	3	6	5	10
Edible crabs	2,942	2,438	2,565	2,827	2,897	3,809	3,209	3,615	3,957	4,053
Lobsters	146	93	60	61	53	1,579	1,023	652	667	593
Nephrops	114	24	30	32	31	536	105	131	126	103
Scallops	528	659	1,002	498	640	1,064	1,359	1,757	1,002	1,145
Squid	283	53	114	174	129	1,005	197	400	568	402
Velvet crabs	113	77	53	53	43	264	166	119	115	100
Whelks	24	26	36	41	47	14	17	30	34	38
Other shellfish	88	5	1	18	3	46	23	10	20	12
Total shellfish	4,238	3,374	3,862	3,706	3,843	8,316	6,100	6,714	6,489	6,445
Total landings	15,892	13,189	15,434	19,333	17,587	31,762	25,113	25,710	35,286	31,761

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

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