Management Of The Scottish Inshore Fisheries; Assessing The Options For Change

8 THE BASELINE: SCOTTISH FISHERIES ^[36]

8.1 Overview

In 2012, Scottish based vessels landed sea fish and shellfish into UK and abroad with a value of £466 million. This was a 9% decrease in value in real terms compared to 2011. There were 2,046 active Scottish based vessels in 2012, the lowest recorded number of vessels and 49 less than in the previous year. These vessels employed a total of 4,747 fishermen, the lowest recorded number and a decline of five per cent from 2011.

In 2012, Scottish vessels landed £166 million of pelagic species, accounting for 36% of the value of all Scottish vessel landings. Demersal species represented 31% of the value of landings and shellfish 34% of landings. Mackerel is the most valuable species to the Scottish fishing industry. It accounted for 28% of the total value of Scottish landings in 2012 and 79 per cent of the value of pelagic landings.

Landings abroad (£112 m accounted for 24% per cent of all landings by Scottish vessels. Of the quantity landed abroad 86 % was pelagic; 12% were demersal and 2% were shellfish. In 2012, there were 331,000 tonnes of sea fish and shellfish landed into Scotland by Scottish and non-Scottish vessels with a value of £419 million. This is a decrease of 14% in the value of landings from 2011.

8.2 The Scottish Fleet:

Table 8.2. Scottish based vessels by gear and length (2012)

Main fishing method	10m & under	>10 -12	>12 -15	>15 -24	>24 -40	Over40	Total
Demersal single trawl	15	7	4	73	46	2	147
Demersal pair trawl	-	-	-	9	9	-	18
Seine net	-	-	-	13	11	1	25
Lines	-	-	-	-	13	2	15
Demersal gill nets	4	-	-	-	3	-	7
Demersal twin/mult trawl	-	-	-	9	7	-	16
Beam trawl	-	-	-	-	3	1	4
Other demersal	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
Demersal total	19	7	4	105	93	6	234
Purse seine	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
Pelagic trawl	-	-	-	-	-	20	20
Pelagic total	-	-	-	-	-	24	24
Creel fishing	1,266	88	14	8	-	-	1,376
Nephrops trawl	80	41	41	86	3	-	251
Mechanical dredging	17	6	16	37	12	1	89
Suction dredging	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Shell fishing by hand	65	4	1	-	-	-	70
Shellfish total	1,429	140	72	131	15	1	1,788
Total	1,448	147	76	236	108	31	2,046

The table above summarises the Scottish Fleet of 2,046 vessels as reported in the Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics. The relative importance in terms of numbers of under 10 m inshore vessels is apparent (1,448 vessels) and under 10 m using creels (1,266 vessels). In 2012, the number of > 10m vessels was 598, a loss of 27 vessels from 2011. The >10 m demersal sector consisted of 215 vessels, a decrease of 14 vessels, while the >10m shellfish sector reduced by 13 vessels to 359 vessels. The number of vessels in the > 10m pelagic sector was unchanged at 24 vessels. There were 1,448 vessels in the ten metre and under fleet, which represents a decrease of 22 vessels since 2011.

Fig 8.2. Scottish Fleet by District by Vessel Size by Species

The figure above highlights the distribution of the Scottish fleet by district by vessel size by species category. In terms of vessel numbers, Stornoway was the district with the largest number of vessels under its responsibility. Three quarters of the 215 Stornoway vessels were in the ten metre and under category. Apart from Fraserburgh, Ayr and Peterhead where there are broadly similar numbers of 10m and under vessels and over 10m vessels, most districts have far more ten metre and under vessels than over 10m.

8.3 Employment in the Catching Sector

From the table below were 4,747 people employed on Scottish based vessels. Of these 3752 were regularly employed with 941 being part-time or irregularly employed. It is noted that the Fraserburgh district office and the port itself are within the East Coast IFG, though the other seven associated ports of the Fraserburgh Office are almost entirely within the Moray Firth and North Coast IFG.

It is probably more sensible to assign the employment associated with the Fraserburgh district to MF& NC. With Fraserburgh located within the MF& NC IFG, then the South West IFG contains the administrative bases whose boats employ the most people, followed by MF& NC and the East Coast.

Table 8.3. Nos. Employed on Scottish based vessels, by district, by notional IFG: 2012

IFG	District	Regularly Employed	Irregularly Employed	Crofters	Total
South West	Ayr	507	74	-	581
	Campbeltown	279	44	-	323
	Oban	231	-	-	231
	Total	1017	118	-	1135
North West	Kinlochbervie	39	-	1	40
	Lochinver	19	2	2	23
	Mallaig	92	7	-	99
	Portree	152	34	34	220
	Ullapool	124	36	-	160
	Total	426	79	37	542
Outer Hebrides	Stornoway	298	56	17	371
.	Buckie	136	48	-	184
	Scrabster	111	-	-	111
	Fraserburgh	643	154	-	797
	Total	1017	202	-	1092
Orkney	Orkney	235	119	-	354
East Coast	Aberdeen	78	34	-	112
	Anstruther	114	51	-	165
	Eyemouth	116	50	-	166
	Peterhead	347	31	-	378
	Total	655	166	-	821
Shetland	Shetland	231	201	-	432
All Scotland	Total	3752	941	54	4747

8.4 Scottish Landings

The Table below presents the landing by Scottish vessels in Scottish ports. For the purposes of this table, Fraserburgh has been allocated to the MF& NC IFG.

The dominance of Peterhead in the East IFG is readily apparent, though the vast majority of the Peterhead catch will caught by large vessels fishing outside the 6 NM IFG area. Indeed, Peterhead is one of the smaller districts in terms vessel numbers with the Peterhead Fishery Office responsible for only 96 vessels. Neither is Peterhead the most important district in terms of employment on fishing vessels. With respect catches within the East Coast IFG, the catch of Peterhead vessels might not be particularly significant.

Table 8.4.1 Landings by Scottish Vessels by Landing District by Notional IFG Area 2012 ^[37]

IFG	District	Value (£ '000)
South West	Ayr	12,693
	Campbeltown	12,879
	Oban	8380
	Total	33,952
North West	Kinlochbervie	13,538
	Lochinver	6,307
	Mallaig	12,063
	Portree	7,901
	Ullapool	11,895
	Total	51,704
Outer Hebrides	Stornoway	10,756
MF& NC	Buckie	3,136
	Scrabster	20,298
	Fraserburgh	35,459
	Total	58,893
Orkney	Orkney	6,491
East Coast	Aberdeen	4,215
	Anstruther	4,514
	Eyemouth	6,187
	Peterhead	109,947
	Total	124,863
Shetland	Shetland	44,604
All Scotland	Total	331,263

The table below presents the landings by all Scottish and non-Scottish vessels by the main species groups by district by notional IFG.

The three largest individual districts in Scotland in terms of landings were; Peterhead (East Coast IFG), Shetland and Fraserburgh ( MF& NC IFG). These three districts accounted for 57% in value of all landings into Scotland. One hundred and fifty two thousand tonnes, worth £142 m, were landed into Peterhead of which 49% were pelagic species. Landings into Shetland were valued at £59m, pelagic species accounted for 57 per cent of this value, whilst demersal species accounted for 36% and shellfish species for 7%. The third biggest district, Fraserburgh, was dominated by shellfish landings, representing over half the value of the landings.

Landings into the South West IFG districts, the Outer Hebrides IFG and Orkney were dominated by shellfish, while demersal landing dominate landings into the North West IFG districts. Shellfish is more important in most East Coast districts with the notable exception of Peterhead. The relative importance of the major species groups is quite varied across the MF& NC districts.

Table 8.4.2 Value of all landings by main species groups by district by notional IFG area (2012) ^[38]

IFG	District	Total demersal	Total pelagic	Total shellfish	Total landings (£'000)
South West	Ayr	£6	£15	£13,915	£13,936
	Campbeltown	£17	£97	£15,961	£16,075
	Oban	£30	£1	£8,787	£8,818
	Total	£53	£113	£38,663	£38,829
North West	Kinlochbervie	£11,344	£10	£2,578	£13,932
	Lochinver	£28,859	£0	£3,082	£31,940
	Mallaig	£2,543	£372	£9,883	£12,798
	Portree	£11	£4	£7,931	£7,946
	Ullapool	£8,366	£48	£6,473	£14,887
	Total	£51,123	£434	£29,947	£81,503
Outer Hebrides	Stornoway	£161	£0	£10,605	£10,766
MF& NC	Buckie	£115	£34	£3,012	£3,161
	Scrabster	£18,730	£4	£6,546	£25,279
	Fraserburgh	£6,126	£10,907	£19,537	£36,570
	Total	£24,971	£10,945	£29,095	£65,010
Orkney	Orkney	£52	£20	£6,418	£6,491
East Coast	Aberdeen	£77	£58	£4,193	£4,328
	Anstruther	£2	£34	£4,501	£4,537
	Eyemouth	£297	£46	£6,582	£6,925
	Peterhead	£61,932	£69,504	£10,205	£141,641
	Total	£62,308	£69,642	£25,481	£157,431
Shetland	Shetland	£21,536	£33,632	£3,955	£59,124
All Scotland	Total	£160,204	£114,786	£144,164	£419,154

8.5 Scottish Inshore Fisheries

The official statistics do not present data for landings from each of the IFG areas (i.e. within 6 NM of the shore). The data that exist (see above) do not provide any meaningful insight into what is happening within 6 nm. It has therefore been necessary to estimate landings from catches in the different sea areas based on VMS and Scotmap data. The procedures used were described in Section 6.

Our baseline catch estimates for the entire Scottish Inshore Fisheries area for 2011 are presented below. These are the summation of the estimates for each of the IFG areas, the results of which are presented in later sections.

8.6 Scotland: Baseline Inshore Fishery 2011 Catch Estimates

8.6.1 Scotland Zone 0-1 nm

Table 8.6.1 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by Vessels 15m or Under in 0-1 NM zone

SCOTLAND 1nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£229,485	£0	£0	£0	£0	£229,485
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£0	£0	£4,758,325	£0	£0	£4,758,325
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£202,036	£0	£0	£0	£202,036
Dredge	Val	£0	£0	£0	£2,027,957	£0	£2,027,957
Pots	Val	£0	£0	£8,394,516	£0	£12,320,115	£20,714,631
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£2,211,087	£136,046	£2,347,134
Total	Val	£229,485	£202,036	£13,152,842	£4,239,045	£12,456,161	£30,279,568

Table 8.6.2 Scotland: Catch Value and Volume by Gear Type by Vessels Over 15m in 0-1 NM zone

SCOTLAND 1nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	KING SCALLOPS	QUEEN SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£1,760,238	£2,068	£300,954	£0	£0	£72,921	£2,136,181
	Vol	1,111	2	91	0	0	17	1,222
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£105,701	£155	£3,546,211	£112	£25,386	£8,514	£3,686,078
	Vol	76	0	1,281	0	57	3	1,416
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£2,166,659	£0	£0	£0	£0	£2,166,659
	Vol	0	1,840	0	0	0	0	1,840
Other Trawl	Val	£3,327	£63,944	£5,776	£0	£0	£310,939	£383,985
	Vol	3	127	2	0	0	55	187
Dredge	Val	£118	£258	£0	£2,275,146	£48,734	£2,105	£2,326,362
	Vol	0	0	0	1,171	122	0	1,294
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£43,404	£319	£0	£336,724	£381,692
	Vol	1	0	7	0	0	196	205
Total	Val	£1,870,629	£2,233,083	£3,896,344	£2,275,577	£74,120	£731,203	£11,080,957
	Vol	1,192	1,970	1,381	1,171	179	271	6,164

Table 8.6.3 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by all Vessels in 0-1 NM zone

SCOTLAND 1nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£1,989,723	£2,068	£300,954	£0	£72,921	£2,365,666
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£105,701	£155	£8,304,536	£25,497	£8,514	£8,444,403
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£2,166,659	£0	£0	£0	£2,166,659
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£202,036	£0	£0	£0	£202,036
Other Trawl	Val	£3,327	£63,944	£5,776	£0	£310,939	£383,985
Dredge	Val	£118	£258	£0	£4,351,837	£2,105	£4,354,319
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£8,437,920	£319	£12,656,839	£21,096,323
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£2,211,087	£136,046	£2,347,134
Total	Val	£2,100,114	£2,435,119	£17,049,186	£6,588,742	£13,187,364	£41,360,524

8.6.2 Scotland Zone 0-3 nm

Table 8.6.4 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by Vessels 15m or Under in 0-3 NM zone

SCOTLAND 3 NM		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£553,833	£0	£0	£0	£0	£553,833
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£0	£0	£10,444,086	£0	£0	£10,444,086
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£430,775	£0	£0	£0	£430,775
Dredge	Val	£0	£0	£0	£3,669,255	£0	£3,669,255
Pots	Val	£0	£0	£13,973,793	£0	£18,947,476	£32,921,269
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£2,818,896	£219,346	£3,038,242
Total	Val	£553,833	£430,775	£24,417,879	£6,488,151	£19,166,822	£51,057,460

Table 8.6.5 Scotland: Catch Value and Volume by Gear Type by Vessels Over 15m in 0-3 NM zone

SCOTLAND 3 NM		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	KING SCALLOPS	QUEEN SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£3,614,583	£3,392	£670,359	£0	£0	£210,790	£4,499,124
	Vol	2,217	3	202	0	0	47	2,470
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£166,114	£552	£7,772,306	£335	£31,028	£14,889	£7,985,223
	Vol	122	0	2,895	0	70	4	3,092
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£9,933,972	£0	£0	£0	£0	£9,933,972
	Vol	0	7,520	0	0	0	0	7,520
Other Trawl	Val	£8,343	£105,765	£14,463	£0	£0	£916,937	£1,045,508
	Vol	7	175	5	0	0	171	358
Dredge	Val	£2,407	£469	£0	£4,149,709	£141,861	£4,605	£4,299,051
	Vol	1	0	0	2,114	359	1	2,475
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£75,439	£461	£0	£561,615	£638,761
	Vol	1	0	13	0	0	357	372
Total	Val	£3,792,692	£10,044,150	£8,532,568	£4,150,505	£172,889	£1,708,836	£28,401,640
	Vol	2,350	7,699	3,116	2,114	428	580	16,287

Table 8.6.6 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by all Vessels in 0-3 NM zone

SCOTLAND 3nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£4,168,417	£3,392	£670,359	£0	£210,790	£5,052,958
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£166,114	£552	£18,216,393	£31,362	£14,889	£18,429,309
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£9,933,972	£0	£0	£0	£9,933,972
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£430,775	£0	£0	£0	£430,775
Other Trawl	Val	£8,343	£105,765	£14,463	£0	£916,937	£1,045,508
Dredge	Val	£2,407	£469	£0	£7,960,825	£4,605	£7,968,306
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£14,049,232	£461	£19,509,091	£33,560,029
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£2,818,896	£219,346	£3,038,242
Total	Val	£4,346,526	£10,474,926	£32,950,447	£10,811,544	£20,875,657	£79,459,100

8.6.3 Scotland Zone 0-6 nm

Table 8.6.7 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by Vessels 15m or under in 0-6 NM zone

SCOTLAND 6nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£958,378	£0	£0	£0	£0	£958,378
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£0	£0	£15,148,674	£0	£0	£15,148,674
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£555,290	£0	£0	£0	£555,290
Dredge	Val	£0	£0	£0	£4,628,240	£0	£4,628,240
Pots	Val	£0	£0	£17,215,308	£0	£23,403,156	£40,618,464
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£3,044,609	£236,253	£3,280,861
Total	Val	£958,378	£555,290	£32,363,982	£7,672,848	£23,639,408	£65,189,907

Table 8.6.8 Scotland: Catch Value and Volume by Gear Type by Vessels Over 15m in 0-6 NM zone

SCOTLAND 6nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	KING SCALLOPS	QUEEN SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£5,707,750	£4,088	£883,679	£0	£0	£258,695	£6,854,212
	Vol	5,015	8	525	0	0	93	5,641
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£281,009	£1,716	£11,734,948	£335	£33,908	£25,290	£12,077,205
	Vol	210	1	4,435	0	76	7	4,731
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£38,616	£24,682,419	£0	£0	£0	£0	£24,721,036
	Vol	0	18,540	0	0	0	0	18,540
Other Trawl	Val	£10,856	£424,281	£16,957	£0	£0	£1,194,926	£1,647,021
	Vol	10	401	6	0	0	224	641
Dredge	Val	£3,101	£727	£0	£5,241,124	£239,661	£6,411	£5,491,024
	Vol	2	1	0	2,675	609	1	3,288
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£100,734	£461	£0	£997,479	£1,099,919
	Vol	1	0	11	0	0	288	301
Total	Val	£6,042,576	£25,113,232	£12,736,319	£5,241,920	£273,569	£2,482,801	£51,890,417
	Vol	5,238	18,952	4,977	2,676	685	613	33,142

Table 8.6.9 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by all Vessels in 0-6 NM zone

SCOTLAND 6nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£6,666,128	£4,088	£883,679	£0	£258,695	£7,812,590
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£281,009	£1,716	£26,883,622	£34,242	£25,290	£27,225,879
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£38,616	£24,682,419	£0	£0	£0	£24,721,036
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£555,290	£0	£0	£0	£555,290
Other Trawl	Val	£10,856	£424,281	£16,957	£0	£1,194,926	£1,647,021
Dredge	Val	£3,101	£727	£0	£10,109,025	£6,411	£10,119,264
Pots	Val	£1,245	£0	£17,316,041	£461	£24,400,635	£41,718,383
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£3,044,609	£236,253	£3,280,861
Total	Val	£7,000,955	£25,668,522	£45,100,300	£13,188,337	£26,122,210	£117,080,324

8.6.4 Scotland Zone 0-12 nm

Table 8.6.10 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by Vessels 15m or under in 0-12 NM zone

SCOTLAND 12nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£1,021,875	£0	£0	£0	£0	£1,021,875
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£0	£0	£16,791,536	£0	£0	£16,791,536
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£597,203	£0	£0	£0	£597,203
Dredge	Val	£0	£0	£0	£4,884,217	£0	£4,884,217
Pots	Val	£0	£0	£17,607,960	£0	£24,837,207	£42,445,168
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£3,044,609	£236,253	£3,280,861
Total	Val	£1,021,875	£597,203	£34,399,496	£7,928,826	£25,073,460	£69,020,859

Table 8.6.11 Scotland: Catch Value and Volume by Gear Type by Vessels Over 15m in 0-12 NM zone

SCOTLAND 12nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	KING SCALLOPS	QUEEN SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£13,816,407	£5,927	£1,317,273	£0	£0	£403,931	£15,543,537
	Vol	8,184	6	390	0	0	98	8,677
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£727,204	£2,076	£17,177,054	£335	£134,278	£59,333	£18,100,280
	Vol	548	2	6,200	0	298	18	7,065
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£52,218,478	£0	£0	£0	£0	£52,218,478
	Vol	0	39,618	0	0	0	0	39,618
Other Trawl	Val	£17,602	£1,228,480	£17,580	£0	£0	£1,434,097	£2,697,759
	Vol	16	1,174	6	0	0	271	1,466
Dredge	Val	£8,159	£727	£0	£6,508,959	£1,260,367	£6,443	£7,784,655
	Vol	5	1	0	3,295	3,159	1	6,460
Pots	Val	£7,197	£517,581	£102,443	£461	£0	£2,336,662	£2,964,344
	Vol	7	976	18	0	0	1,751	2,753
Total	Val	£14,576,569	£53,973,269	£18,614,350	£6,509,755	£1,394,645	£4,240,466	£99,309,053
	Vol	8,758	41,776	6,614	3,295	3,457	2,139	66,039

Table 8.6.12 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type by all Vessels in 0-12 NM zone

SCOTLAND 12nm		DEMERSAL	PELAGIC	NEPHROPS	SCALLOPS	OTHER SHELLFISH	TOTAL
Demersal Trawl	Val	£14,838,282	£5,927	£1,317,273	£0	£403,931	£16,565,412
Nephrops Trawl	Val	£727,204	£2,076	£33,968,590	£134,613	£59,333	£34,891,816
Pelagic Trawl	Val	£0	£52,218,478	£0	£0	£0	£52,218,478
Pelagic Lines	Val	£0	£597,203	£0	£0	£0	£597,203
Other Trawl	Val	£17,602	£1,228,480	£17,580	£0	£1,434,097	£2,697,759
Dredge	Val	£8,159	£727	£0	£12,653,543	£6,443	£12,668,872
Pots	Val	£7,197	£517,581	£17,710,403	£461	£27,173,869	£45,409,511
Hand Dive	Val	£0	£0	£0	£3,044,609	£236,253	£3,280,861
Total	Val	£15,598,443	£54,570,471	£53,013,846	£15,833,226	£29,313,926	£168,329,912

8.6.5 Scotland Summary Tables

Table 8.6.13 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear From Shore to Zones Outer Limits

Scotland	1nm	%	3nm	%	6nm	%	12nm	%
Demersal Trawl	£2,365,666	5.7%	£5,052,958	6.4%	£7,812,590	6.7%	£16,565,412	9.8%
Nephrops Trawl	£8,444,403	20.4%	£18,429,309	23.2%	£27,225,879	23.3%	£34,891,816	20.7%
Pelagic Trawl	£2,166,659	5.2%	£9,933,972	12.5%	£24,721,036	21.1%	£52,218,478	31.0%
Pelagic Lines	£202,036	0.5%	£430,775	0.5%	£555,290	0.5%	£597,203	0.4%
Other Trawl	£383,985	0.9%	£1,045,508	1.3%	£1,647,021	1.4%	£2,697,759	1.6%
Dredge	£4,354,319	10.5%	£7,968,306	10.0%	£10,119,264	8.6%	£12,668,872	7.5%
Pots	£21,096,323	51.0%	£33,560,029	42.2%	£41,718,383	35.6%	£45,409,511	27.0%
Hand Dive	£2,347,134	5.7%	£3,038,242	3.8%	£3,280,861	2.8%	£3,280,861	1.9%
Total	£41,360,524	100.0%	£79,459,100	100.0%	£117,080,324	100.0%	£168,329,912	100.0%
%	24.6%		47.2%		69.6%		100.0%

Table 8.6.14 C Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type For Each Zone

Scotland	0-1nm	%	1-3nm	%	3-6nm	%	6-12nm	%
Demersal Trawl	£2,365,666	5.7%	£2,687,292	7.1%	£2,759,633	7.3%	£8,752,822	17.1%
Nephrops Trawl	£8,444,403	20.4%	£9,984,906	26.2%	£8,796,570	23.4%	£7,665,937	15.0%
Pelagic Trawl	£2,166,659	5.2%	£7,767,313	20.4%	£14,787,064	39.3%	£27,497,442	53.7%
Pelagic Lines	£202,036	0.5%	£228,740	0.6%	£124,515	0.3%	£41,913	0.1%
Other Trawl	£383,985	0.9%	£661,523	1.7%	£601,512	1.6%	£1,050,738	2.1%
Dredge	£4,354,319	10.5%	£3,613,987	9.5%	£2,150,957	5.7%	£2,549,608	5.0%
Pots	£21,096,323	51.0%	£12,463,706	32.7%	£8,158,354	21.7%	£3,691,128	7.2%
Hand Dive	£2,347,134	5.7%	£691,108	1.8%	£242,619	0.6%	£0	0.0%
Total	£41,360,524	100.0%	£38,098,575	100.0%	£37,621,224	100.0%	£51,249,588	100.0%

Table 8.6.15 Scotland: Catch Value by Gear Type From Shore to Zones Outer Limits

Scotland	1nm	%	3nm	%	6nm	%	12nm	%
Fixed	£21,096,323	51.0%	£33,560,029	42.2%	£41,718,383	35.6%	£45,409,511	27.0%
Mobile	£17,715,032	42.8%	£42,430,054	53.4%	£71,525,790	61.1%	£119,042,337	70.7%
Other	£2,549,169	6.2%	£3,469,017	4.4%	£3,836,151	3.3%	£3,878,064	2.3%
Total	£41,360,524	100.0%	£79,459,100	100.0%	£117,080,324	100.0%	£168,329,912	100.0%

Table 8.6.16 Scotland: Catch Value by Vessel Size From Shore to Zones Outer Limits

Scotland	1nm	%	3nm	%	6nm	%	12nm	%
Small	£30,279,568	73.2%	£51,057,460	64.3%	£65,189,907	55.7%	£69,020,859	41.0%
Large	£11,080,957	26.8%	£28,401,640	35.7%	£51,890,417	44.3%	£99,309,053	59.0%
Total	£41,360,524	100.0%	£79,459,100	100.0%	£117,080,324	100.0%	£168,329,912	100.0%

Table 8.6.17 Scotland: Catch Value by Fin Fish and Shellfish From Shore to Zones Outer Limits

Scotland	1nm	%	3nm	%	6nm	%	12nm	%
Finfish	£4,535,233	11.0%	£14,821,451	18.7%	£32,669,476	27.9%	£70,168,915	41.7%
Shellfish	£36,825,292	89.0%	£64,637,649	81.3%	£84,410,847	72.1%	£98,160,997	58.3%
Total	£41,360,524	100.0%	£79,459,100	100.0%	£117,080,324	100.0%	£168,329,912	100.0%

The following sections provide the detailed catch estimates for each of the IFG areas.

Collectively, these results provide a comprehensive and very detailed picture of Scottish inshore fish catches by each gear type within 0-1, 0-3, 0-6 and 0-12 nm from the shore.

The primary focus of this study is the 0-1 and 0-3 NM zones. The summary results for these two zones have been brought forward and are presented in the Table below.

Table 8.6.18 Catch Value by IFG within 1 and 3 NM (£'000s)

		Demersal Trawl	N'ps Trawl	Pelagic Trawl	Pelagic Lines	Other Trawl	Dredge	Pots	Hand Dive	Total
South West	1nm	£16	£3,827	£77	£5	£2	£1,795	£5,782	£963	£12,465
	3nm	£34	£7,983	£83	£9	£5	£3,264	£8,783	£1,212	£21,372
North West	1nm	£500	£1,716	£30	£12	£2	£390	£5,497	£292	£8,440
	3nm	£843	£4,080	£39	£17	£6	£676	£9,039	£360	£15,059
Outer Hebrides	1nm	£36	£589	£1	£1	£1	£296	£2,826	£236	£3,986
	3nm	£66	£1,180	£265	£2	£2	£490	£5,381	£358	£7,745
MF& NC	1nm	£262	£1,030	£0	£94	£257	£115	£1,692	£64	£3,513
	3nm	£871	£2,111	£14	£162	£612	£518	£2,272	£102	£6,662
Orkney	1nm	£14	£121	£0	£0	£1	£73	£2,576	£734	£3,519
	3nm	£42	£182	£0	£0	£0	£213	£2,712	£879	£4,029
East Coast	1nm	£634	£1,160	£0	£85	£110	£56	£1,771	£59	£3,875
	3nm	£845	£2,875	£0	£211	£370	£187	£3,937	£127	£8,553
Shetland	1nm	£903	£3	£2,059	£4	£11	£1,631	£952	£0	£5,563
	3nm	£2,352	£19	£9,534	£30	£49	£2,620	£1,436	£0	£16,040
Scotland	1nm	£2,365	£8,446	£2,167	£201	£384	£4,356	£21,096	£2,348	£41,361
		5.7%	20.4%	5.2%	0.5%	0.9%	10.5%	51.0%	5.7%	100.0%
	3nm	£5,053	£18,430	£9,935	£431	£1,044	£7,968	£33,560	£3,038	£79,460
		6.4%	23.2%	12.5%	0.5%	1.3%	10.0%	42.2%	3.8%	100.0%

It is estimated that landings worth £41.2 m are taken within 0-1 NM of the shore by Scottish vessels. Within 0-3 NM of the shore, £79.5m is caught by Scottish vessels of which £33.6m is taken by pots.

The total recorded landing by all Scottish vessels into Scottish ports in 2011 was £331.3m ^[39] . The baseline estimates of this study suggest that £41.2m (12.4%) of this value was caught 0-1 NM from the shore and, £79.5m (24%) within 0-3 NM of the shore. The comparable percentages for 0-6 NM and 0-12 NM are 35.3% and 50.8%, respectively.

It would appear that within 1 NM of the shore, pots are responsible for over 50% of the catch by value, with Nephrop trawls and dredges taking 20% and 10% respectively. Beyond 1 NM a smaller percentage is taken by pots. In the 0-3 NM zone the share of the catch taken by pots falls to 42%. The share of the catch taken by Nephrop trawls rises to 23% and pelagic trawls become more significant (12.5%) but only because of the amount of pelagic activity around Shetland.

We were aware of only one other estimate of inshore catches. Homarus (2010) in a study for the Scottish Government estimated the value of inshore landings for 0-6 NM in 2009. These estimates are presented in the table below.

Table 8.6.19 Homarus Estimates of Inshore Catches (£'000)2009

Species Group	Catch Value 0-6nm	Landings Value All Scotland
Total Demersal	1,011	150,171
Total Pelagic	346	151,582
Total Shellfish	76,289	135,985
Total	77,646	437,711

Homarus were not explicit about how these estimates generated. Though they do comment that MS Compliance at the time thought the total might be closer to £60m. The Homarus estimate has been widely used as a descriptor of all Scotland's inshore fisheries.

It is clear that there is a substantial difference between Homarus and our estimated total of £117.1m caught within 0-6nm. Indeed, notwithstanding the different years our estimate is almost double what MS Compliance believed.

It is possible that Marine Scotland have been under appreciating the importance of the 0-6 NM zone, which prior to Scotmap and VMS was perfectly understandable, or this study has overestimated inshore catches. It is interesting to note that £52 m of our estimate is from VMS data for the over 15m fleet which confers a level of credibility. The remaining £65.2m is derived from Scotmap.

Another possibility is that the Homarus estimates excluded Shetland, whose catch within 0-6 NM we estimate to be £32.8m (See Section 15). The addition of our Shetland estimate would raise the Homarus estimate to £110.4m which is within the margins of error.

On the basis of this study, we estimate that £117.1m worth of fish and shellfish is caught by Scottish vessels within 0-6mn of the Scottish shore, or £84.3m if you exclude Shetland.