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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

A detailed overview 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 based vessels, by region: 2012

Region	Total employed in fishing	Total Scottish labour force ¹	Employment in fishing as % of Scottish labour force
Aberdeenshire	1,220	132,200	0.92
Angus	53	51,700	0.10
Argyll & Bute	530	38,500	1.38
City of Aberdeen	14	121,000	0.01
City of Edinburgh	2	258,700	0.00
Dumfries and Galloway	225	63,500	0.35
East Lothian	60	46,900	0.13
Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland	1,157	34,200	3.38
Fife	165	168,300	0.10
Highland	668	109,700	0.61
Inverclyde	13	33,100	0.04
Moray	184	42,800	0.43
North Ayrshire	36	53,300	0.07
Scottish Borders	104	52,300	0.20
South Ayrshire	316	49,900	0.63

(1) Source : 2012 Annual Population Survey

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