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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 1.11 Quantity and value of landings of key commercial stocks by Scottish vessels: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
Stock 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Atlanto Scandian Herring 19,737 25,477 24,151 14,045 12,310 2,838 7,658 6,022 5,354 7,573
Clyde Herring 54 266 48 90 121 14 67 21 47 58
North Sea Herring ( 1) 15,690 14,004 11,160 (r) 16,029 33,641 4,550 4,677 3,680 (r) 7,766 17,212
West of Scotland Herring 10,141 6,750 6,400 7,552 8,248 2,852 2,177 1,958 3,807 4,129
North Sea Mackerel ( 2) 427 1,179 1,298 (r) 1,569 1,605 322 944 1,102 (r) 2,021 1,510
West of Scotland Mackerel 105,186 150,303 133,397 (r) 144,386 132,740 82,433 133,604 111,957 (r) 161,091 129,585
West of Scotland Blue Ling 115 182 136 74 47 153 183 171 101 69
North Sea Cod 6,909 9,051 11,567 10,141 10,564 14,729 16,288 22,976 22,459 20,934
West of Scotland Cod (Via) 229 (r) 104 (r) 114 (r) 107 135 457 (r) 188 (r) 225 (r) 232 264
Rockall Cod (Vib) 40 48 23 37 11 96 90 51 97 24
North Sea Haddock 25,346 26,240 22,622 21,106 25,528 27,913 24,881 25,419 26,126 26,590
West of Scotland Haddock (Via) 1,694 (r) 2,365 (r) 2,408 (r) 1,359 4,084 1,970 (r) 2,727 (r) 2,917 (r) 1,800 4,028
Rockall Haddock (Vib) 1,763 2,951 2,931 1,732 577 2,270 3,639 3,839 2,736 946
North Sea Hake 1,877 3,077 1,807 1,803 1,595 3,602 6,037 3,625 3,385 3,227
West of Scotland Hake 2,209 2,809 2,909 3,591 3,805 3,521 6,347 5,721 7,234 9,130
North Sea Ling 1,705 2,065 1,865 1,958 1,909 2,087 2,322 2,618 2,879 2,583
West of Scotland Ling 874 1,423 1,918 2,078 2,164 1,064 1,874 2,866 3,162 3,214
North Sea Megrims 1,471 1,426 1,410 1,355 1,370 4,111 3,783 3,888 4,512 3,893
West of Scotland Megrims 1,000 1,100 907 780 675 2,623 2,849 2,541 2,493 1,594
North Sea Monkfish 8,601 7,567 5,727 6,041 4,622 23,429 23,554 19,667 20,641 15,133
West of Scotland Monkfish 1,707 2,005 2,217 2,016 2,073 4,803 7,059 7,445 7,176 6,783
North Sea Nephrops 17,034 18,575 16,411 12,018 9,123 46,912 38,817 39,758 44,516 34,708
West of Scotland Nephrops 13,201 11,462 10,250 10,416 11,806 43,278 36,961 35,674 38,477 46,213
North Sea Saithe 8,612 8,820 7,856 6,546 5,487 4,956 6,137 7,209 6,967 5,978
West of Scotland Saithe 2,939 3,377 3,126 4,445 4,541 1,610 2,324 2,860 4,496 4,574
North Sea Tusk 79 86 70 71 60 69 56 64 70 58
West of Scotland Tusk 59 104 60 40 52 50 62 56 42 52
North Sea Whiting 8,721 7,456 6,533 7,511 8,716 8,788 7,392 7,345 9,212 9,258
West of Scotland Whiting 367 366 261 85 203 377 415 289 101 223
Blue Whiting 24,004 174 5,496 1,331 6,305 2,559 19 1,109 597 1,733
Edible Crabs 7,734 8,210 9,180 9,786 9,494 8,698 9,018 10,712 11,496 11,337
Lobsters 1,020 1,102 1,133 1,244 1,132 10,852 11,377 11,636 13,199 11,765
Scallops 14,548 17,328 18,762 15,783 17,092 28,485 29,936 31,923 30,935 31,332
Velvet Crabs 2,714 2,778 2,523 2,199 2,029 5,832 6,152 6,408 5,810 4,853

(1) Includes NS Herring (IVa & IVb) and NS Herring (IVc).

(2) Includes NS Mackerel (IVa) and NS Mackerel (IVb & IVc) but excludes Mackerel from the Shetland Box, allocated on West of Scotland.
The 2008 to 2010 West of Scotland Cod and Haddock figures have been revised due to double counting; the 2010 West of Scotland herring figure did not include landings in IVb; the 2010 North Sea Mackerel and West of Scotland Mackerel figures have been revised because the former was overstated and the latter understated.

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