Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2024

5. Scottish Marine Regions

The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces integrated management of Scotland's seas. The creation of a National Marine Plan, as required by the Act, sets the wider context for planning within Scotland including what should be considered when creating regional marine plans. Eleven Scottish Marine Regions have been created under the Act (see Figure 4) which cover sea areas extending out to 12 nautical miles.

To support the development of Regional Marine Plans by Regional Marine Planning Partnerships, tonnages and financial values of annual finfish production have been calculated for the regions defined under the Act. These regional data are presented in Appendix 3. In order to maintain commercial confidentiality salmon production figures for Argyll & Clyde and the North Coast & West Highlands have been merged. Other finfish species including brown/sea trout, rainbow trout, cod, halibut and cleaner fish were produced, however these figures cannot be attributed to Scottish Marine Regions due to commercial confidentiality.

Chart 33: Total Atlantic salmon production (in tonnes) in each Scottish Marine Region during 2015-2024.

Note: Some SMRs have been combined to maintain confidentiality, the regions used were as follows: North Coast & West Highlands, Shetland Isles, Argyle & Clyde, Outer Hebrides and the Orkney Islands.

Chart 34: Total Atlantic salmon production value (in GBP) in each Scottish Marine Region during 2015-2024.

Note: Some SMRs have been combined to maintain confidentiality, the regions used were as follows: North Coast & West Highlands, Shetland Isles, Argyle & Clyde, Outer Hebrides and the Orkney Islands. Average price (real) have been adjusted for inflation based on 2024 price estimates.

Data Source: Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2024, Supplementary Tables, Table 45.