Fishing vessels - economic link: island communities impact assessment (ICIA)

An island communities impact assessment (ICIA) of changes to Scottish economic link licence conditions contained in Scottish fishing vessels.


Annex A

Table 1. Total landings of mackerel and herring by pelagic sectoral fleet registered in Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Shetland to Scotland and outside of Scotland between 2015-2019

Scotland

Outside of Scotland[10]

Total landings

tonnes

value [£]

tonnes

value [£]

tonnes

value [£]

Fraserburgh

232,447

173,591,640

236,215

193,498,424

468,661

367,090,064

Peterhead

206,617

159,132,657

38,809

36,467,060

245,426

195,599,717

Shetland

119,352

97,890,691

297,820

246,191,738

417,171

344,082,429

Total

558,416

430,614,988

572,844

476,157,222

1,131,258

906,772,210

In addition to Table 1 above, Table 2 below, provides greater details on landings by the pelagic fleet vessels into and outside Scotland.

Fraserburgh and Peterhead (Scotland - mainland)[11]:

Table 2. A breakdown of total value of mackerel and herring landings and number of pelagic fleet registered in Fraserburgh and Peterhead to Scotland and outside of Scotland between 2015-2019

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

No of vessels

13

15

13

13

15

Value landing into Scotland

£54,233,298

£74,688,080

£68,325,159

£65,922,102

£69,555,659

Value landed outside Scotland

£37,852,419

£54,248,178

£45,428,957

£49,493,243

£42,942,686

Total Value

£92,085,717

£128,936,258

£113,754,115

£115,415,346

£112,498,345

Shetland (Scotland – Island):

Table 3. A breakdown of total value of mackerel and herring landings and number of pelagic fleet registered in Shetland to Scotland and outside of Scotland between 2015-2019.

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

No of vessels

8

9

8

7

8

Value landing into Scotland

£11,761,067

£28,198,777

£21,177,980

£24,769,455

£11,983,412

Value landed outside Scotland

£47,118,766

£54,090,456

£49,096,512

£46,118,013

£49,767,992

Total Value

£58,879,833

£82,289,233

£70,274,492

£70,887,468

£61,751,404

Source: Marine Analytical Unit data

Contact

Email: AccesstoSeaFisheries@gov.scot

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