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Publication - Impact assessment

Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - fisheries management measures: island communities impact assessment (ICIA)

Published
2 September 2025
From
Director of Marine
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781806430369

This assessment had been undertaken to consider the impacts of the measures under consideration on island communities in Scotland. It has been updated following public consultation.

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Annex A Landings data for Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles

Table A1 This data provides an overview of key relevant data held for the fishing sector for three of Scotland’s islands communities: Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
Region Demersal - Tonnes Demersal - Value (£) Pelagic - Tonnes Pelagic - Value (£) Shellfish - Tonnes Shellfish - Value (£) Total - Tonnes Total - Value (£)
Orkney - Scotland 26,293 46,337,055 189 187,477 22,354 50,040,061 48,836 96,564,593
Orkney - Outside Scotland 460 984,733 0 0 1345 3,275,834 1805 4,260,567
Orkney - Total 26,753 47,321,788 189 187,477 23,699 53,315,895 50,641 100,825,160
Shetland - Scotland 80,392 153,970,462 121,128 99,802,082 10,445 27,206,893 211,966 280,979,437
Shetland - Outside Scotland 274 489,900 351,638 256,613,462 1005 3,162,051 352,917 260,265,413
Shetland - Total 80,667 154,460,362 472,766 356,415,544 11,451 30,368,943 564,883 541,244,850
Western Isles – Scotland 883 6,256,139 8 7,973 18,806 62,531,023 19,696 68,795,135
Western Isles - Outside Scotland 1 1,728 0 5 228 441,393 229 443,126
Western Isles - Total 884 6,257,868 8 7,978 19,034 62,972,415 19,926 69,238,261
Other Scottish Islands - Scotland 336,752 604,664,386 513,118 348,967,932 180,133 576,763,389 1,030,003 1,530,395,707
Other Scottish Islands - Outside Scotland 44,440 71,367,767 410,517 260,646,509 63,909 129,008,218 518,866 461,022,494
Other Scottish Islands - Total 381,192 676,032,153 923,635 609,614,441 244,042 705,771,607 1,548,869 1,991,418,200
Sum Total 489,495 884,072,171 1,396,598 966,225,440 298,226 852,428,861 2,184,318 270,272,6472

Total landings of demersal, pelagic and shellfish species by vessels based in Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles (Stornoway) to Scotland and outside of Scotland between 2015-2019. Other Scottish vessels have been included which represents vessels registers to island ports outside of the three island council areas (Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles).

Table A 2 Distribution of total landings affected across all sites, by region and home district of vessels (adapted from Table 17 of the SEIA)
District location Home Port District Management Option 1 Management Option 2
Scottish Districts Aberdeen N.D. – <0.1% <0.1%
Scottish Districts Ayr N.D. – 4.2% 7.5%
Scottish Districts Buckie N.D. – 1% 2.5%
Scottish Districts Campbeltown N.D. – 0.3% 0.2%
Scottish Districts Eyemouth N.D. – 0.2% 0.1%
Scottish Districts Fraserburgh >10% - 27.2% 29.2%
Scottish Districts Kinlochbervie N.D. N.D.
Scottish Districts Lochinver N.D. – 1.6% 4.2%
Scottish Districts Mallaig N.D. N.D.
Scottish Districts Oban N.D. – 1.0% 0.6%
Scottish Districts Orkney >10% - 19.2% 8.2%
Scottish Districts Peterhead N.D. – 7.6% 9.5%
Scottish Districts Pittenweem N.D. – 0.2% 0.1%
Scottish Districts Portree N.D. N.D.
Scottish Districts Shetland N.D. – 13.2% 6.0%
Scottish Districts Stornoway N.D. N.D.
Scottish Districts Ullapool N.D. 2.2%
Scottish Districts Wick N.D. N.D.
Unknown Districts Unknown 3.2% - 11.3% 11.5%

N.D. = Value cannot be disclosed, as it relates to the operations of fewer than five vessels.

Table A 3 Landings affected as a percentage of total landings at each port of landing (adapted from Table 22 of the SEIA)
Port of Landing District Port of Landing Option 1 Option 2
Aberdeen Aberdeen 0% - 3.6% 13.8%
Aberdeen Arbroath 0% - <0.1% 0.2%
Aberdeen Gourdon 0% <0.1%
Aberdeen Montrose 0% - 1.0% 4.8%
Buckie Buckie 0% - 0.2% 0.5%
Campbeltown Campbeltown 0% 0.2%
Eyemouth Eyemouth 0% - 0.6% 0.8%
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh <0.1% - 0.5% 2.4%
Fraserburgh Macduff <0.1% - 0.3% 1.0%
Kinlochbervie Kinlochbervie 0.3% - 2.4% 6.6%
Lochinver Lochinver 0% - <0.1% 0.1%
Mallaig Mallaig 0% - 0.3% 0.3%
Oban Oban 0% - <0.1% <0.1%
Orkney Orkney 0% - <0.1% <0.1%
Orkney Stromness 0% <0.1%
Peterhead Peterhead 0.1% - 0.4% 1.7%
Pittenweem Pittenweem 0% - 0.2% 0.2%
Portree Uig 0% <0.1%
Shetland Cullivoe <0.1% - 2.8% 3.7%
Shetland Lerwick 0.1% - 0.5% 0.9%
Shetland Scalloway and Isles <0.1% - 0.2% 0.5%
Shetland West Burrafirth 0% - <0.1% <0.1%
Stornoway Barra 0% - <0.1% 0.1%
Stornoway Northbay 0% <0.1%
Stornoway Stornoway 0% - <0.1% <0.1%
Ullapool Ullapool <0.1% - 1.5% 2.8%
Wick Scrabster 1% - 1.4% 3.3%

N/A: Unable to calculate affected landings as a percentage of total landings for vessels where home district registration is unknown.

No impact is shown as 0%

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