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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.o Quantity and value of all landings by all UK vessels , 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 UK and Abroad
Bass 815 698 737 751 901 4,613 4,609 5,188 5,666 6,184
Black scabbardfish 26 81 104 36 41 29 123 170 90 77
Blue ling 228 365 385 76 48 297 400 497 103 71
Brill 360 333 405 406 410 2,022 1,856 2,224 2,436 2,831
Cod 19,336 22,513 25,750 23,186 26,464 33,483 31,768 45,280 46,323 34,041
Greenland halibut 471 778 652 407 89 667 1,369 1,362 761 189
Haddock 33,056 36,297 33,614 29,832 35,168 36,342 35,510 38,070 36,937 36,867
Hake 6,061 7,922 6,923 8,106 8,328 10,639 15,398 12,556 14,603 17,345
Lemon sole 2,075 2,256 2,238 2,051 2,849 6,266 5,960 7,286 7,418 7,894
Ling 3,267 4,254 4,472 4,736 4,668 3,903 5,053 6,385 6,986 6,604
Megrims 4,353 4,959 4,853 4,599 4,537 11,454 12,671 13,259 14,344 12,492
Monkfish 15,426 15,072 14,391 15,115 13,393 42,350 47,155 47,555 50,684 43,785
Plaice 12,955 14,793 16,416 17,164 18,746 19,863 17,459 19,218 22,456 28,989
Pollack 2,461 2,179 2,003 2,309 2,226 4,913 4,361 4,391 5,499 5,065
Red mullet 312 265 336 210 263 1,302 1,538 1,700 808 1,658
Redfish 467 421 599 376 240 903 1,092 1,192 1,532 221
Saithe 15,740 17,249 16,127 15,815 13,073 9,589 12,498 14,811 16,378 13,485
Sole 2,366 2,362 2,228 2,201 1,989 17,417 18,075 19,948 20,064 21,122
Turbot 651 682 730 773 757 4,954 5,251 6,509 7,087 8,388
Whiting 11,485 10,238 9,216 9,992 11,137 10,798 9,365 9,636 11,619 11,349
Witches 1,330 1,122 1,172 1,019 1,086 1,644 1,606 1,906 1,534 1,688
Other demersal 17,803 14,850 25,252 21,437 15,601 13,220 13,486 15,655 15,529 13,248
Total demersal 151,043 159,688 168,602 160,598 162,015 236,668 246,604 274,798 288,859 273,590
Blue whiting 38,150 6,349 7,972 1,385 9,171 5,176 1,131 1,648 620 3,265
Herring 67,114 67,113 66,891 61,571 90,420 18,537 22,815 22,252 29,396 37,293
Horse mackerel 10,521 18,110 17,425 16,776 16,748 3,232 5,474 6,159 6,539 6,059
Mackerel 128,244 172,303 160,669 182,214 168,841 102,474 153,028 138,732 205,834 154,773
Pilchards 28,339 6,323 8,223 5,490 7,629 1,932 1,282 2,059 1,338 1,967
Sardinelle aurita 6,524 8,763 15,019 3,625 971 1,794 2,410 4,130 1,813 485
Other pelagic 6,165 6,990 9,354 10,885 8,357 2,443 2,790 3,612 4,463 4,538
Total pelagic 285,059 285,951 285,552 281,947 302,136 135,588 188,930 178,593 250,002 208,381
Cuttlefish 3,573 2,242 3,886 3,294 5,355 5,265 3,581 8,023 8,947 10,933
Edible crabs 22,630 22,221 24,436 26,294 28,194 27,332 25,020 29,277 32,658 34,969
Lobsters 2,775 2,780 2,735 3,193 3,156 31,995 26,759 26,781 32,674 31,192
Nephrops 43,500 42,900 38,678 34,523 32,718 117,459 97,759 97,050 112,616 111,350
Patagonian squid 739 0 3,453 1,493 5,057 739 0 5,724 4,003 6,705
Pink shrimps 13 25 2,866 47 1,311 15 38 5,199 49 2,596
Queen scallops 4,659 6,843 12,953 25,090 23,623 1,738 2,747 4,963 9,446 9,359
Scallops 23,028 27,605 30,777 30,052 34,035 46,385 44,409 49,839 55,653 59,508
Squid 2,097 2,702 3,798 3,036 2,085 6,803 6,801 11,041 12,678 7,935
Velvet crabs 3,281 3,176 2,810 2,571 2,362 6,658 6,778 6,926 6,398 6,362
Whelks 13,715 13,039 14,480 13,904 16,475 9,306 7,468 9,362 8,987 11,154
Other shellfish 27,424 10,506 10,856 14,181 16,021 17,718 15,783 9,813 8,560 12,555
Total shellfish 147,436 134,039 151,729 157,678 170,391 271,413 237,141 263,997 292,670 304,618
Total landings 583,537 579,679 605,882 600,223 634,543 643,669 672,675 717,387 831,531 786,590

(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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