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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

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

Table 2.10 Number of fishermen employed on Scottish registered vessels, by region: 2015

Region	Total employed in fishing	Total employed in Scotland ¹	Employment in fishing as proportion of total employed in Scotland ²
Aberdeenshire	1,170	139,200	0.84
Angus	52	54,600	0.10
Argyll & Bute	562	40,800	1.38
City of Aberdeen	14	125,000	0.01
City of Edinburgh	16	249,900	0.01
Dumfries and Galloway	269	71,400	0.38
East Lothian	91	48,500	0.19
Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland	1,062	38,300	2.77
Fife	159	172,000	0.09
Highland	940	121,300	0.77
Moray	173	44,400	0.39
North Ayrshire	25	55,100	0.05
Scottish Borders	117	54,800	0.21
South Ayrshire	173	51,400	0.34

(1) Source : 2015 Annual Population Survey ( APS), ONS
(2) Proportions based on unrounded estimates

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