Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Annual National Statistics report on the quantity and value of landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels and landings into Scotland.

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Table 1.1.g Quantity and value of landings by other UK vessels into the rest of the UK, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Other UK vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 781 747 1,005 645 530 5,390 5,399 7,331 5,352 4,811
Black scabbardfish - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0
Blue Ling 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Brill 291 269 266 302 360 1,538 1,534 1,544 1,595 1,941
Cod 1,555 1,072 1,088 1,357 4,242 3,029 2,303 1,952 2,312 3,709
Haddock 2,524 1,732 1,199 1,466 1,427 2,910 2,315 1,870 1,945 2,014
Hake 838 924 1,010 1,415 1,487 1,286 1,855 1,902 2,547 3,072
Lemon sole 1,879 1,745 1,631 1,129 1,191 5,219 5,538 5,688 4,837 5,211
Ling 334 350 468 255 271 396 407 438 293 319
Megrims 1,193 1,746 1,284 1,262 1,153 3,124 3,747 3,376 3,335 3,344
Monkfish 3,525 3,520 3,621 3,802 3,774 10,431 10,689 9,309 9,433 10,805
Plaice 2,361 2,287 2,089 1,771 2,432 2,849 2,598 2,441 2,299 3,088
Pollack 1,309 1,202 1,539 1,075 1,508 2,919 2,582 2,715 2,130 3,371
Red mullet 71 54 88 74 84 475 405 659 248 408
Saithe 142 179 134 159 124 146 197 147 153 123
Skates and rays 2,076 2,058 1,805 1,796 1,832 3,075 2,769 2,180 2,341 2,408
Sole 1,699 1,744 1,754 1,373 1,449 13,687 12,691 12,247 10,215 13,172
Turbot 391 380 444 458 469 3,210 3,235 3,659 3,579 4,121
Whiting 1,654 1,695 1,717 1,495 1,454 1,186 1,099 1,275 1,070 1,018
Wrasses 17 17 15 10 11 7 6 5 3 22
Other demersal 4,230 4,118 3,898 4,098 4,543 4,260 3,637 3,453 3,464 4,041
Total demersal 26,870 25,839 25,056 23,941 28,343 65,140 63,008 62,193 57,151 66,997
Blue whiting 117 - - 0 0 32 - - 0 0
Herring 5,578 8,498 7,040 6,478 7,341 2,507 2,682 1,987 2,047 3,616
Horse mackerel 7,563 1,873 2,293 2,191 856 2,083 519 703 801 318
Mackerel 4,569 3,096 4,044 4,235 4,634 4,680 3,056 4,182 3,101 3,511
Pilchards 4,257 3,701 3,418 4,174 7,983 1,085 976 807 1,586 2,592
Other pelagic 4,999 3,846 4,127 2,724 3,138 1,056 768 1,748 511 787
Total pelagic 27,084 21,015 20,921 19,802 23,952 11,443 8,001 9,428 8,047 10,824
Brown shrimps 926 860 602 325 806 2,320 2,359 1,358 806 2,960
Cockles 2,227 10,109 10,191 11,169 5,010 1,484 5,264 7,877 5,692 3,526
Cuttlefish 5,101 3,497 3,012 5,730 4,615 10,409 6,212 6,388 10,077 12,676
Edible crabs 15,078 15,512 17,483 15,302 17,415 18,778 20,077 22,954 20,062 23,999
Lobsters 2,008 1,934 2,147 2,046 2,112 19,247 19,243 20,875 21,071 25,760
Nephrops 9,239 8,885 8,633 8,414 8,745 23,290 19,828 20,814 18,981 21,741
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 6,510 7,896 3,614 3,438 2,170 2,483 3,501 1,863 2,110 1,774
Razor fish 0 1 1 14 11 2 5 3 45 44
Scallops 16,457 12,793 11,289 11,675 11,671 27,083 21,248 19,908 22,818 26,665
Squid 358 601 697 508 276 1,968 2,670 2,925 2,134 1,508
Velvet crabs 335 218 236 250 260 511 363 410 375 441
Whelks 16,040 19,152 18,723 19,420 20,493 10,894 13,113 15,352 17,372 20,870
Other shellfish 10,720 3,119 1,690 2,331 2,734 4,313 2,477 2,302 3,293 2,707
Total shellfish 85,000 84,576 78,318 80,623 76,316 122,782 116,360 123,029 124,835 144,672
Total landings 138,955 131,430 124,295 124,366 128,611 199,365 187,369 194,650 190,033 222,493

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2016.

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