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 B

This data provides an overview of key relevant data held for the fishing sector for three of Scotland’s island communities: Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.

Table 4: Total landings of the eight key quota species eight key quota species (mackerel, herring, Nephrops, cod, haddock, hake, monkfish and whiting) by vessels based in Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles (Stornoway) to Scotland and outside of Scotland between 2015-2019. [12]
Scotland Outside of Scotland Total landings
tonnes value [£] tonnes value [£] tonnes value [£]
Orkney 23,420 42,366,295 290 800,680 23,710 43,166,975
Shetland 180,805 219,477,330 297,950 246,453,780 478,755 465,931,110
Western Isles 8,150 31,259,670 45 127,795 8,195 31,387,465
Total 212,375 293,103,295 298,285 247,382,255 510,660 540,485,550

Source: Marine Analytical Unit data: March 2022

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