Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2006

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2006


Table 1. Active (1) Scottish based vessels and power, by overall length group, 31st December 1996 to 2006

10 metres & under

>10 <15 metres

15<20 metres

20<25 metres

25<30 metres

30<35 metres

35 metres & over

Total

Over 10 metres

Number

Average

Number

1996 (r)

1,705

361

311

268

134

23

68

2,870

1,165

19.71

1997 (r)

1,643

348

298

244

134

18

67

2,752

1,109

19.69

1998 (r)

1,605

315

274

226

130

17

64

2,631

1,026

19.83

1999 (r)

1,584

297

263

208

128

19

64

2,563

979

19.95

2000 (r)

1,593

286

253

199

125

22

64

2,542

949

20.06

2001 (r)

1,604

280

259

202

118

23

62

2,548

944

20.02

2002 (r)

1,615

274

235

148

91

18

62

2,443

828

19.66

2003 (r)

1,588

270

223

117

66

16

57

2,337

749

19.20

2004 (r)

1,595

269

212

113

64

17

55

2,325

730

19.16

2005 (r)

1,567

270

204

112

61

15

57

2,286

719

19.15

2006

1,518

273

193

110

61

16

53

2,224

706

19.05

Power

Average

Total power (kW)

1996 (r)

72,202

42,866

71,824

103,662

70,715

14,289

102,639

478,196

405,994

348.49

1997 (r)

70,686

41,600

68,699

95,886

70,953

11,047

97,583

456,454

385,768

347.85

1998 (r)

70,085

37,815

63,640

90,502

69,356

12,781

100,966

445,146

375,061

365.56

1999 (r)

71,120

35,734

61,524

83,593

69,632

15,002

102,209

438,814

367,694

375.58

2000 (r)

76,082

34,878

60,289

82,024

69,701

17,601

106,798

447,373

371,291

391.24

2001 (r)

79,189

35,055

64,844

85,258

66,966

19,362

120,971

471,644

392,455

415.74

2002 (r)

80,489

35,146

60,512

65,161

53,578

14,093

128,010

436,989

356,499

430.55

2003 (r)

80,652

35,976

58,113

52,524

38,883

13,215

141,665

421,028

340,376

454.44

2004 (r)

81,562

36,811

55,675

50,857

37,618

13,886

147,841

424,250

342,688

469.44

2005 (r)

82,073

37,413

54,694

50,324

35,466

11,854

148,895

420,718

338,645

470.99

2006

80,131

38,201

51,802

49,751

35,440

13,174

135,966

404,464

324,334

459.40

Scottish based vessels are those licensed at a Scottish port;Scottish registered vessels are those registered at a Scottish port on the Register of Shipping and Seamen. From the beginning of 1993 there was a requirement that all 10 metres and under vessels should be licensed.
(1) During 2006, it was discovered that the UK Core Vessel file, the official source of information on UK vesssels, had been notified of Scottish vessels becoming inactive while they were still recorded on FIN as active. An exercise was conducted to take this information ion board into FIN, leading to an appreciable drop in the number of active vessels recorded. Because this issue affected the figures for earlier years, figures have been revised.

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