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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

Published
12 September 2013
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782568124

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.1.l Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1,3: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 765 656 687 719 817 4,372 4,356 4,866 5,467 5,602
Black scabbardfish - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 -
Blue ling 0 - - - 0 0 - - - 0
Brill 282 242 281 283 297 1,605 1,394 1,560 1,746 1,562
Cod 2,154 2,270 2,028 1,697 1,615 4,238 3,941 3,779 3,297 3,139
Greenland halibut - - - 0 0 - - - 0 0
Haddock 2,420 2,063 2,253 2,723 3,068 2,275 2,051 2,434 2,933 3,398
Hake 631 675 652 663 842 1,551 1,318 1,141 1,102 1,286
Lemon sole 811 1,392 1,404 1,047 1,950 2,986 4,027 5,105 4,294 5,364
Ling 435 366 322 418 343 461 404 391 536 406
Megrims 988 1,359 1,216 1,043 1,198 3,195 3,972 3,632 3,424 3,091
Monkfish 3,005 3,016 3,531 3,888 3,671 8,454 8,906 10,509 11,938 10,753
Plaice 2,015 2,291 2,254 2,186 2,471 2,792 2,912 2,856 3,000 2,941
Pollack 1,319 1,311 1,181 1,434 1,307 2,721 2,686 2,511 3,267 2,915
Red mullet 1 13 5 38 80 1 64 16 276 524
Redfish 164 126 106 113 0 649 701 606 614 0
Saithe 100 149 82 224 142 69 109 84 241 146
Sole 1,928 1,852 1,650 1,837 1,702 14,076 13,763 13,938 16,192 13,736
Turbot 312 291 365 397 406 2,503 2,370 3,037 3,800 3,292
Whiting 2,189 2,127 1,805 1,745 1,937 1,469 1,289 1,390 1,541 1,415
Witches 162 171 181 188 223 227 332 369 294 608
Other demersal 5,963 5,854 6,295 7,058 6,202 6,140 5,892 6,824 7,459 6,886
Total demersal 25,645 26,223 26,299 27,701 28,272 59,785 60,486 65,049 71,421 67,066
Blue whiting 0 - 32 23 117 0 - 9 6 32
Herring 5,861 6,423 8,024 5,934 5,578 1,421 1,808 2,343 2,521 2,507
Horse mackerel 4,425 5,604 4,610 6,724 7,565 1,228 1,542 1,275 1,884 2,084
Mackerel 4,103 5,708 4,719 5,280 4,569 3,190 4,796 3,956 5,213 4,680
Pilchards 2,694 2,459 2,263 3,481 4,257 1,000 748 624 878 1,085
Sardinelle aurita 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Other pelagic 3,634 3,210 4,853 4,321 4,999 1,158 1,402 1,002 969 1,056
Total pelagic 20,716 23,405 24,501 25,763 27,086 7,996 10,296 9,209 11,473 11,444
Cuttlefish 3,559 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,258 5,245 3,532 7,886 8,843 10,679
Edible crabs 11,245 10,536 11,852 12,616 14,862 14,383 12,210 14,465 16,195 18,468
Lobsters 1,726 1,659 1,575 1,938 2,001 20,680 15,087 14,762 19,297 19,157
Nephrops 10,182 10,852 9,320 9,940 10,728 19,983 17,574 15,614 24,403 28,294
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Pink shrimps 13 25 22 47 31 15 38 80 49 35
Queen scallops 63 1,929 4,565 13,575 11,697 24 717 1,715 4,794 4,473
Scallops 12,915 17,754 21,426 22,202 23,584 21,237 25,323 32,209 39,464 38,851
Squid 375 448 443 689 371 1,724 1,829 1,697 3,060 2,034
Velvet crabs 566 400 291 377 328 816 630 522 596 1,495
Whelks 13,263 12,558 14,027 13,585 16,042 9,029 7,204 9,123 8,812 10,892
Other shellfish 24,829 8,824 8,725 12,663 13,844 14,318 13,073 6,498 5,319 8,073
Total shellfish 78,735 67,203 76,078 90,892 98,745 107,456 97,216 104,571 130,831 142,451
Total landings 125,096 116,830 126,878 144,356 154,103 175,237 167,999 178,829 213,725 220,960

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2010.

(2) The methodology used to calculate value of landings was changed by the introduction of the Register of Buyers and Sellers ( RBS) in September 2005 - see discussion in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details.

(3) Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated; when corrected the value failed to meet the £2m threshold and cockles are no longer separately distinguished in the tables. The figures have been included in Other shellfish.

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