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.b Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels into Rest of UK, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Scottish vessels
Landings into the Rest of the UK
Bass 37 25 0 2 2 219 211 3 13 13
Black scabbardfish - - - - - - - - - -
Blue Ling - - - - - - - - - -
Brill 7 7 8 8 10 30 32 30 27 32
Cod 62 37 17 21 27 117 66 27 31 47
Haddock 552 201 52 91 112 498 219 103 121 151
Hake 18 6 2 6 18 23 7 3 10 23
Lemon sole 75 83 29 29 23 155 203 90 100 70
Ling 12 8 3 7 6 13 8 2 7 6
Megrims 52 32 18 25 32 126 40 40 40 51
Monkfish 175 110 97 126 105 463 278 205 247 264
Plaice 116 175 95 85 84 99 140 72 64 71
Pollack 3 3 1 1 3 8 5 1 1 5
Red mullet 9 2 0 9 9 49 10 1 9 16
Saithe 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Skates and rays 20 14 8 8 6 22 14 6 4 5
Sole 10 9 7 6 4 85 60 47 43 37
Turbot 17 18 22 19 25 97 105 118 102 149
Whiting 285 286 96 107 89 231 212 75 90 55
Wrasses 0 - - - - 0 - - - -
Other demersal 129 174 50 91 142 200 153 68 156 145
Total demersal 1,579 1,188 505 642 697 2,436 1,764 890 1,066 1,140
Blue whiting - - - - - - - - - -
Herring 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Horse mackerel 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mackerel 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2
Pilchards - - - - - - - - - -
Other pelagic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total pelagic 2 2 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 3
Brown shrimps - 0 - - - - 0 - - -
Cockles 6 - - - - 3 - - - -
Cuttlefish 160 154 56 286 411 274 275 110 541 1,364
Edible crabs 11 5 1 250 252 14 6 2 243 332
Lobsters 8 3 5 4 8 66 34 40 44 89
Nephrops 1,510 1,509 1,534 1,244 2,029 5,046 4,467 4,606 3,755 6,247
Patagonian squid - - - - - - - - - -
Queen scallops 5,248 4,516 3,854 5,659 4,507 2,020 1,878 1,763 3,160 3,297
Razor fish - - - 0 - - - - 1 -
Scallops 7,417 5,715 6,038 5,907 3,945 12,163 9,553 11,156 11,483 9,170
Squid 16 31 28 28 54 78 151 73 100 262
Velvet crabs 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Whelks 50 213 210 317 262 33 152 167 299 274
Other shellfish 3 6 0 2 12 2 3 0 7 12
Total shellfish 14,431 12,151 11,726 13,700 11,480 19,699 16,520 17,916 19,633 21,048
Total landings 16,012 13,342 12,232 14,342 12,179 22,138 18,286 18,807 20,700 22,191

(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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