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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 1.3 Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels abroad, by country of landing and species type: 2012 to 2016

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
EU: Denmark
Demersal Hake 7 96 52 164 112 9 290 89 297 232
Monkfish 10 7 8 9 19 46 24 26 34 55
Plaice 775 1,049 637 164 753 931 1,209 635 202 1,035
Other demersal 5,342 6,700 697 2,729 676 1,685 2,424 1,222 1,619 1,346
Total demersal 6,134 7,852 1,395 3,066 1,559 2,671 3,948 1,972 2,153 2,669
Pelagic Herring 263 535 2,646 7,661 3,126 182 230 784 2,951 1,989
Mackerel 4,868 7,210 12,088 7,152 9,082 4,130 7,660 8,885 4,547 9,290
Other pelagic 580 - 12,736 9,877 16,251 1,252 - 1,983 2,647 3,869
Total pelagic 5,712 7,746 27,470 24,690 28,458 5,564 7,890 11,652 10,145 15,148
Shellfish Total shellfish 4 3 7 6 72 17 6 13 15 220
Total landings 11,850 15,601 28,871 27,762 30,089 8,252 11,844 13,638 12,313 18,037
France
Demersal Hake 51 0 - - - 153 0 - - -
Monkfish 0 0 - - - 1 0 - - -
Plaice 1 0 - - - 1 0 - - -
Other demersal 225 228 - - - 589 230 - - -
Total demersal 277 228 - - - 745 231 - - -
Pelagic Herring 1 - - - 0 - - -
Mackerel 10 4 - - - 14 4 - - -
Other pelagic 11 0 - - - 5 0 - - -
Total pelagic 22 4 - - - 19 4 - - -
Shellfish Total shellfish 61 32 - - - 343 194 - - -
Total landings 359 264 0 0 0 1,107 429 0 0 0
Germany
Pelagic Herring - - 1,335 - - - - 378 - -
Total pelagic - - 1,335 - - - - 378 - -
Total landings - - 1,335 - - - - 378 - -
Ireland
Demersal Hake 938 803 741 1,010 977 2,305 2,142 1,823 3,039 2,487
Monkfish 794 247 564 210 607 2,690 538 1,536 464 1,148
Plaice 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Other demersal 1,033 1,251 289 219 437 2,418 496 399 452 786
Total demersal 2,766 2,301 1,594 1,440 2,022 7,414 3,177 3,758 3,957 4,421
Pelagic Mackerel - - 2,868 3,770 2,267 - - 2,888 2,545 1,457
Other pelagic - - 3,995 8,489 9,689 - - 1,101 1,674 2,910
Total pelagic - - 6,863 12,259 11,955 - - 3,989 4,220 4,367
Shellfish Total shellfish 2,460 619 370 280 372 1,887 1,265 1,152 865 1,084
Total landings 5,226 2,919 8,828 13,979 14,349 9,301 4,442 8,899 9,041 9,873
Netherlands
Demersal Hake 6 2 4 3 3 9 2 4 3 3
Monkfish 3 3 7 14 6 9 8 20 37 20
Plaice 1,164 2,074 2,462 2,950 3,322 1,446 2,203 2,566 3,238 4,465
Other demersal 235 368 337 284 285 686 1,146 1,143 875 1,143
Total demersal 1,407 2,446 2,810 3,251 3,616 2,149 3,358 3,733 4,152 5,631
Pelagic Herring
Mackerel 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
Other pelagic 0 3 - - 0 0 1 - - 0
Total pelagic 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
Shellfish Total shellfish 10 9 12 16 52 14 15 26 26 152
Total landings 1,419 2,459 2,822 3,267 3,668 2,165 3,376 3,759 4,179 5,783
Spain
Demersal Hake 564 641 688 853 550 1,304 1,557 1,687 2,355 1,417
Monkfish 1,054 729 1,153 1,130 604 4,025 1,844 3,026 2,161 1,072
Plaice 0 - - - - 0 - - - -
Other demersal 659 299 307 232 242 1,566 522 652 642 698
Total demersal 2,277 1,669 2,148 2,215 1,396 6,895 3,923 5,365 5,158 3,187
Pelagic Other pelagic 54 135 136 31 - 156 525 530 92 -
Total pelagic 54 135 136 31 - 156 525 530 92 -
Shellfish Total shellfish 173 148 92 120 43 532 431 342 234 119
Total landings 2,504 1,952 2,376 2,366 1,439 7,583 4,879 6,237 5,483 3,307
Non- EU: Norway
Demersal Hake - 0 - - - - 0 - - -
Monkfish - 1 - - - - 2 - - -
Plaice - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0 -
Other demersal 2 49 6 16 21 1 59 18 7 11
Total demersal 2 50 6 16 21 1 61 18 7 11
Pelagic Herring 22,213 28,521 26,086 18,989 29,325 13,078 11,628 8,767 7,014 19,906
Mackerel 67,493 52,565 103,974 101,603 81,043 68,774 52,270 84,079 67,914 75,697
Other pelagic 245 87 87 32 13 120 1 0 1 3
Total pelagic 89,952 81,173 130,147 120,623 110,381 81,972 63,898 92,846 74,929 95,606
Total landings 89,953 81,222 130,153 120,639 110,401 81,973 63,960 92,864 74,936 95,617:
Non- EU: Other
Demersal Other demersal 328 193 231 236 172 155 96 116 124 80
Total demersal 328 193 231 236 172 155 96 116 124 80
Pelagic Other pelagic 918 746 679 603 297 1,657 1,374 1,198 1,193 525
Total pelagic 918 746 679 603 297 1,657 1,374 1,198 1,193 525
Total landings 1,246 939 911 839 469 1,812 1,469 1,314 1,318 605
Total abroad   Total demersal 13,191 14,739 8,185 10,223 8,786 20,030 14,793 14,962 15,551 15,998
Total pelagic 96,658 89,806 166,630 158,206 151,092 89,369 73,693 110,595 90,578 115,647
Total shellfish 2,708 810 480 421 539 2,793 1,912 1,532 1,140 1,575
Total landings abroad 112,558 105,356 175,296 168,851 160,417 112,192 90,397 127,089 107,269 133,221

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