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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011

Published
13 September 2012
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782560678

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.6 Quantity and value of all landings by Scottish vessels by ICES area and main species 1: 2011

ICES area Quantity ( tonnes) Value (£'000)
North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total North Sea Area Faroes West Scotland Irish Sea Rest of Other Total
IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa area VII IVa IVb IIa Vb VIa VIb VIIa area VII
Species
Cod 9,784 356 1 - 107 37 1 38 - 10,323 21,609 847 4 - 232 97 2 75 - 22,865
Haddock 15,387 5,718 1 - 1,359 1,732 0 255 - 24,453 19,428 6,697 1 - 1,800 2,736 0 214 - 30,877
Hake 2,875 84 0 - 3,342 1 0 248 139 6,689 4,862 108 1 - 6,713 2 0 518 180 12,385
Lemon sole 422 227 0 - 16 18 0 60 0 743 1,259 732 0 - 32 28 0 205 0 2,258
Ling 2,001 13 0 - 1,683 268 0 125 2 4,092 2,942 18 0 - 2,601 367 0 191 3 6,122
Megrims 1,360 0 0 1 713 66 - 645 - 2,785 4,529 0 1 3 2,352 138 - 2,030 - 9,053
Monks 5,974 149 2 - 1,011 1,005 0 1,555 - 9,696 20,437 488 8 - 3,823 3,353 0 5,369 - 33,479
Plaice 593 2,634 0 - 29 0 2 18 - 3,275 493 3,358 0 - 23 0 1 27 - 3,903
Saithe 6,488 55 6 19 4,099 327 - 2 - 10,996 6,900 63 7 32 4,144 320 - 2 - 11,468
Whiting 6,916 593 - - 79 6 0 219 2 7,814 8,572 640 - - 94 7 0 202 1 9,516
Other demersal 1,787 6,462 49 13 961 235 5 3,864 438 13,816 3,747 1,612 70 43 1,386 255 9 3,340 463 10,926
Total demersal 53,587 16,291 61 32 13,399 3,695 9 7,028 581 94,684 94,778 14,563 93 77 23,202 7,304 13 12,174 647 152,851
Herring 15,436 594 14,045 - 7,641 - - 0 0 37,717 7,479 287 5,354 - 3,854 - - 0 0 16,974
Mackerel 54,535 359 - - 85,568 2 1 5,491 0 145,955 78,488 455 - - 78,597 1 1 5,570 0 163,112
Other pelagic 101 1,946 0 - 2,351 - - 381 3,826 8,606 49 518 0 - 900 - - 273 2,514 4,255
Total pelagic 70,071 2,899 14,046 - 95,561 2 1 5,872 3,827 192,277 86,015 1,260 5,354 - 83,351 1 1 5,844 2,515 184,341
Edible crabs 2,765 836 - - 6,127 1 7 51 - 9,786 3,252 980 - - 7,195 1 8 60 - 11,496
Lobsters 347 550 - - 294 - 52 2 - 1,244 3,717 5,735 - - 3,172 - 550 25 - 13,199
Nephrops 8,542 3,480 - - 10,416 - 40 177 - 22,655 32,648 11,883 - - 38,477 - 120 1,181 - 84,309
Queen scallops 11 0 - - 3,581 - 12,865 0 - 16,457 9 - - - 1,472 - 4,893 - - 6,374
Scallops 2,124 1,400 - - 3,264 - 2,227 6,768 - 15,783 4,706 2,745 - - 6,604 - 4,295 12,585 - 30,935
Squid 790 176 - - 268 901 0 128 0 2,262 3,665 846 - - 918 3,071 0 662 1 9,164
Velvet crabs 1,105 284 - - 810 - - 0 - 2,199 3,104 619 - - 2,087 - - 0 - 5,810
Other shellfish 321 176 - - 743 2 92 168 - 1,502 327 281 - - 1,962 25 56 281 - 2,932
Total shellfish 16,003 6,901 - - 25,503 904 15,283 7,294 0 71,889 51,429 23,090 - - 61,887 3,098 9,921 14,794 1 164,220
Total landings 139,662 26,091 14,107 32 134,462 4,601 15,293 20,194 4,408 358,850 232,222 38,913 5,447 77 168,440 10,402 9,935 32,812 3,162 501,411

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2010.

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