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Publication - Statistics

Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Published
28 September 2017
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781788512169

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.h Quantity and value of landings by other UK vessels into the whole 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 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 0 1
Brill 292 269 266 302 360 1,539 1,535 1,545 1,598 1,943
Cod 2,100 2,496 3,283 4,073 7,882 4,024 5,041 6,228 7,315 11,051
Haddock 3,461 4,208 5,055 5,105 5,093 3,785 4,947 7,461 6,970 6,577
Hake 1,066 2,499 3,838 4,203 5,229 2,161 6,736 9,537 10,738 12,658
Lemon sole 1,903 1,783 1,720 1,191 1,258 5,288 5,633 5,917 5,034 5,458
Ling 414 728 1,129 670 903 527 989 1,309 845 1,193
Megrims 1,212 1,774 1,359 1,335 1,269 3,161 3,800 3,528 3,483 3,626
Monkfish 3,824 4,081 4,295 4,509 4,962 11,427 12,164 11,168 11,183 14,396
Plaice 2,460 2,430 2,283 1,997 2,677 2,947 2,723 2,597 2,466 3,326
Pollack 1,345 1,249 1,632 1,184 1,600 2,977 2,668 2,859 2,297 3,558
Red mullet 71 54 88 74 84 475 405 659 249 408
Saithe 1,057 2,417 3,072 2,009 2,275 1,046 2,236 2,970 1,738 2,479
Skates and rays 2,098 2,075 1,830 1,814 1,871 3,096 2,785 2,205 2,359 2,469
Sole 1,700 1,744 1,754 1,373 1,449 13,689 12,693 12,250 10,216 13,173
Turbot 394 385 450 467 475 3,232 3,282 3,703 3,646 4,166
Whiting 1,837 2,137 2,415 2,683 2,934 1,380 1,606 2,139 2,431 2,717
Wrasses 17 17 15 11 13 7 6 5 40 60
Other demersal 4,268 4,190 4,022 4,219 4,696 4,319 3,781 3,658 3,653 4,351
Total demersal 30,299 35,284 39,512 37,864 45,561 70,472 78,428 87,069 81,613 98,421
Blue whiting 117 0 - - 0 32 0 - - 0
Herring 6,351 8,608 7,049 6,487 7,361 2,885 2,713 1,989 2,048 3,617
Horse mackerel 7,638 1,873 2,293 2,196 856 2,131 519 703 802 318
Mackerel 5,827 4,014 5,633 7,475 7,779 5,632 3,896 5,136 5,071 6,680
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 29,190 22,044 22,520 23,057 27,117 12,821 8,872 10,383 10,018 13,207
Brown shrimps 927 860 602 325 806 2,321 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 16,479 16,904 19,254 16,766 18,750 20,651 22,101 25,519 22,133 26,325
Lobsters 2,015 1,941 2,158 2,053 2,116 19,324 19,372 21,019 21,151 25,807
Nephrops 11,451 9,963 10,012 9,328 9,949 28,884 22,346 24,466 21,616 25,021
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 6,779 8,016 3,714 3,486 2,209 2,615 3,563 1,912 2,146 1,811
Razor fish 84 57 8 44 98 236 159 40 191 490
Scallops 17,213 13,457 11,664 12,286 12,660 28,533 22,440 20,677 24,089 29,026
Squid 371 608 718 559 323 2,006 2,694 2,972 2,299 1,687
Velvet crabs 340 222 240 264 263 525 373 422 412 451
Whelks 16,057 19,155 18,735 19,463 20,538 10,906 13,115 15,364 17,410 20,911
Other shellfish 10,725 3,120 1,706 2,334 2,737 4,334 2,478 2,322 3,303 2,713
Total shellfish 89,768 87,911 82,013 83,807 80,074 132,229 122,477 130,337 131,324 153,406
Total landings 149,256 145,238 144,045 144,728 152,752 215,522 209,778 227,789 222,955 265,034

(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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