Scottish Sea Fisheries Employment Report

This report details the findings of a new survey of crews on Scottish fishing vessels. It provides new information across a range of indicators such as age, nationality, job tenure and skills.


Annex 1: Extra Tables

Table 13: Mean Age (with standard deviation ( SD)) by position in each fishing sector

Creel Fishing Demersal all other Demersal under 24m Nephropss Other Static Scallop Dredge Total Age
Position Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n
Skipper/Owner 50.0 12.0 63 46.3 9.0 26 42.3 10.2 14 47.3 9.4 52 56.3 9.1 4 51.4 8.0 11 48.1 10.6 170
Skipper 42.6 12.4 37 42.6 9.9 15 39.3 12.5 6 45.7 10.8 33 44.7 16.0 6 47.0 5.6 7 43.8 11.3 104
Engineer 47.0 0.0 1 43.4 9.3 28 38.9 10.7 11 37.6 11.1 19 - - - 47.0 5.0 4 41.1 10.1 63
Mate - - - 39.6 12.4 8 38.0 21.2 2 38.0 11.3 5 - - - 54.0 0.0 1 39.8 12.3 16
Cook/Deckhand 30.6 11.6 12 37.2 12.5 15 41.0 11.0 7 39.0 12.8 23 35.0 0.0 1 34.7 13.8 4 36.8 12.3 62
Deckhand 29.5 11.8 56 36.1 9.8 104 36.5 10.0 48 36.6 10.9 160 32.0 8.4 11 31.1 10.0 36 34.9 10.8 415
Other - - - 37.0 0.0 1 26.0 0.0 1 - - - 28.0 9.9 2 - - - 29.8 7.5 4
All crew 40.1 14.9 169 39.2 10.6 197 38.1 10.5 89 39.8 11.6 292 39.0 14.0 24 37.8 12.5 63 39.4 12.1 834

Table 14: Mean length of service (with standard deviation ( SD)) by position in each fishing sector

Creel Fishing Demersal all other Demersal under 24m Nephrops Other Static Scallop Dredge Total Length of Service
Position Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD n
Skipper/Owner 12.4 9.4 64 12.3 7.0 24 10.8 9.0 14 9.5 8.2 52 10.3 6.8 4 13.1 8.0 11 11.3 8.5 169
Skipper 7.3 5.9 37 11.8 11.8 15 6.4 6.1 6 8.8 9.8 31 7.5 2.5 6 8.3 3.5 7 8.5 8.1 102
Engineer 9.0 0.0 1 6.8 5.0 28 9.5 5.5 11 4.4 3.7 19 - - - 6.3 5.0 4 6.5 4.9 63
Mate - - - 8.1 5.1 8 5.5 6.4 2 4.0 6.0 4 - - - 3.0 0.0 1 6.2 5.2 15
Cook/Deckhand 3.8 1.9 12 5.0 3.0 14 5.4 6.1 7 4.3 4.6 23 1.0 0.0 1 6.3 5.6 4 4.5 4.0 61
Deckhand 4.6 5.7 55 6.2 7.5 105 3.3 4.0 44 2.6 3.2 153 5.5 2.8 11 3.2 2.5 34 4.0 5.2 402
Other - - - 10.0 0.0 1 0.5 0.0 1 - - - 1.0 0.0 2 - - - 3.1 4.6 4
Grand Total 8.1 8.0 169 7.5 7.5 195 5.8 6.3 85 4.9 6.3 282 6.2 4.2 24 6.0 5.7 61 6.4 7.0 816

Table 15: Breakdown by nationality and position

British* EU member Non- EU member
British English Scottish N. Irish Irish Latvian Lithuanian Polish Romanian Spanish Other EU Turkish Filipino Indonesian Ghanaian SriLankan Grand Total
Skipper/Owner 59 1 111 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 173
Skipper 39 2 60 1 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 104
Engineer 13 1 32 - 1 3 - 2 - - - - 9 1 - 1 63
Mate - - 14 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 16
Cook/Deckhand 22 1 17 - 1 3 2 3 - - - 1 12 - 1 - 63
Deckhand 77 6 147 1 2 12 10 8 6 1 5 - 122 2 10 6 415
Other - - 2 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 4
Grand Total 210 11 383 5 5 19 12 14 6 1 6 1 144 3 11 7 838

Table 16: Breakdown by employment type and position

British EU member Non- EU member
Contract Crew share Crew Share and Contract Contract Contract + Bonus Crew share Crew share and contract Contract Contract + Bonus Crew share Crew share and contract Grand Total
Skipper/Owner - 168 3 - - - - - - - - 171
Skipper 1 98 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 102
Engineer - 46 - 1 1 2 2 10 1 - - 63
Mate - 15 - - - 1 - - - - - 16
Cook/Deckhand - 40 - 2 - 8 - 11 2 - - 63
Deckhand 4 221 3 12 2 24 6 121 14 1 4 412
Other - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - - - 4
Grand Total 5 590 7 15 3 37 9 143 17 1 4 831

Table 17: Breakdown of all qualifications in the Scottish Fleet

Qualification British EU member Non- EU member Grand Total
Skipper <16.5m Skipper 48 1 - 49
>16.5m Skipper 23 - - 23
Class 1 Skipper 34 - - 34
Class 2 Skipper 45 - 1 46
Class 2 Skipper Inshore 3 - - 3
Skipper Certificate 26 1 1 28
Engineer Class 1 Engineer 2 1 2 5
Class 2 Engineer 20 1 - 21
Class 3 Engineer - - 1 1
Mate 2nd Class Deck Officer 2 - - 2
Class 1 Mate 8 - - 8
Class 2 Mate 4 - - 4
3rd Mate 1 1 - 2
Deckhand 2nd Deck 2 - - 2
Class 3 Deck 1 - - 1
Efficent Deck Hand ( EDH - Merchant Navy) 1 1 - 2
Other fishing Net making - - 1 1
Offshore and Merchant Navy Certifications Offshore Certificates 2 - - 2
Offshore Survival 2 - - 2
VHF - Radio 6 - - 6
Watchkeeping 2 - 4 6
RYA Powerboat Certifications Class 1 Power Boat 2 - - 2
Class 2 Power Boat 1 - - 1
Small Boat Handing 1 - - 1
Other Dive Certificate 7 - - 7
Dive Master ( PADI) - 1 - 1
Yacht Master 4 - - 4
Grand Total 247 7 10 264

Contact

Back to top