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.j Quantity and value of all landings by other UK vessels, 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 and Abroad
Bass 851 777 1,042 685 550 5,885 5,552 7,592 5,690 5,016
Black scabbardfish 7 0 0 - 0 8 0 0 - 0
Blue Ling 0 3 3 11 1 0 2 4 14 1
Brill 385 357 357 410 475 2,013 2,051 2,137 2,069 2,551
Cod 15,695 18,681 19,321 16,789 21,066 22,439 24,431 27,759 26,443 25,766
Haddock 4,537 5,157 5,836 5,876 5,885 5,080 5,875 8,459 7,767 7,238
Hake 1,318 3,444 5,133 6,016 6,520 2,578 9,424 12,205 13,459 15,466
Lemon sole 2,198 2,120 2,090 1,527 1,621 6,177 6,541 7,013 6,184 6,553
Ling 527 1,057 1,309 968 1,081 701 1,503 1,511 1,218 1,433
Megrims 1,876 2,946 2,824 2,889 2,812 5,039 7,277 8,855 8,375 8,762
Monkfish 5,170 6,577 7,039 7,054 7,784 16,825 20,525 21,002 20,391 25,265
Plaice 15,853 16,395 14,776 14,213 15,116 21,448 17,379 16,462 18,012 20,769
Pollack 1,777 1,861 2,171 1,682 1,988 4,091 4,079 3,439 2,846 4,488
Red mullet 205 105 295 755 555 1,311 761 1,349 1,751 2,886
Saithe 3,041 3,831 4,395 4,754 4,400 2,937 3,781 4,626 4,537 4,521
Skates and rays 2,307 2,378 2,153 2,175 2,190 3,427 3,404 2,764 3,052 3,080
Sole 1,964 2,203 2,268 1,901 1,918 16,144 16,120 16,387 14,685 17,499
Turbot 656 638 726 680 745 5,197 5,150 5,926 5,219 6,120
Whiting 2,105 2,688 3,088 3,357 3,314 1,742 2,109 2,757 2,992 3,121
Wrasses 17 17 15 11 13 7 6 5 40 60
Other demersal 6,082 6,081 6,178 6,524 6,994 6,356 5,879 6,128 6,182 7,275
Total demersal 66,573 77,316 81,019 78,279 85,028 129,406 141,850 156,384 150,926 167,871
Blue whiting 2,866 5,332 2,216 1,269 1,374 1,533 1,206 1,325 282 186
Herring 36,099 35,861 36,318 35,019 26,688 10,458 10,547 10,308 11,642 12,783
Horse mackerel 15,248 10,686 11,069 6,852 5,463 5,528 4,449 4,574 3,079 2,060
Mackerel 34,496 29,816 48,509 48,106 28,845 27,232 20,204 32,374 29,293 19,712
Pilchards 7,629 3,977 3,893 4,307 9,391 1,985 1,052 974 1,621 3,130
Other pelagic 6,025 3,846 4,167 2,732 3,251 1,578 768 1,762 512 820
Total pelagic 102,363 89,518 106,171 98,285 75,012 48,313 38,225 51,317 46,429 38,690
Brown shrimps 927 860 602 325 806 2,321 2,360 1,358 806 2,960
Cockles 2,256 10,121 10,191 11,169 5,050 1,511 5,275 7,877 5,692 3,582
Cuttlefish 5,180 3,539 3,042 5,770 4,650 10,616 6,314 6,463 10,180 12,797
Edible crabs 18,930 19,739 22,521 19,904 22,664 23,916 26,413 30,895 26,885 32,072
Lobsters 2,038 1,969 2,189 2,090 2,138 19,587 19,628 21,295 21,466 26,040
Nephrops 11,470 10,002 10,029 9,424 10,439 28,946 22,448 24,540 21,961 26,980
Patagonian squid 5,057 1,640 2,882 1,981 2,180 6,705 1,640 2,882 1,249 8,370
Queen scallops 8,885 8,723 3,774 3,503 2,239 3,463 3,979 1,949 2,158 1,832
Razor fish 101 86 47 80 137 269 230 197 338 659
Scallops 17,228 13,610 12,049 12,399 12,906 28,554 22,705 21,305 24,270 29,502
Squid 530 695 1,137 973 665 2,814 3,060 4,575 4,157 3,429
Velvet crabs 341 223 241 264 265 527 374 424 412 455
Whelks 16,142 19,285 19,045 19,530 20,666 10,951 13,207 15,561 17,462 21,030
Other shellfish 12,708 3,869 2,565 4,507 2,931 5,159 3,666 2,960 4,564 3,108
Total shellfish 101,795 94,360 90,313 91,916 87,735 145,338 131,300 142,281 141,601 172,816
Total landings 270,731 261,194 277,503 268,480 247,775 323,057 311,375 349,982 338,956 379,377

(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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