Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011

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

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Table 2.3 Number of active Scottish based vessels by district 1 and length group as at 31st December 2011

District Length group (metres)
10m & under >10 -12 >12 -15 >15 -24 >24 -40 Over 40 Over 10m Total
Aberdeen 80 5 4 1 - - 10 90
Buckie 47 4 2 15 10 - 31 78
Eyemouth 84 11 4 7 1 - 23 107
Fraserburgh 100 1 7 58 27 11 104 204
Peterhead 44 - - 16 28 6 50 94
Pittenweem 104 8 5 3 - - 16 120
Scrabster 115 9 3 4 2 - 18 133
Total - East Coast 574 38 25 104 68 17 252 826
Orkney 109 25 9 4 5 - 43 152
Shetland 132 6 4 16 9 8 43 175
Stornoway 175 19 9 23 - 1 52 227
Total - Islands 416 50 22 43 14 9 138 554
Ayr 78 4 16 27 21 2 70 148
Campbeltown 92 18 9 19 - - 46 138
Kinlochbervie 18 2 1 2 - - 5 23
Lochinver 12 1 - 1 - - 2 14
Mallaig 35 2 2 16 1 - 21 56
Oban 84 18 4 16 - - 38 122
Portree 117 14 5 3 - - 22 139
Ullapool 44 10 2 7 12 - 31 75
Total - West Coast 480 69 39 91 34 2 235 715
Total 1,470 157 86 238 116 28 625 2,095

(1) A district is an administrative area which encompasses a length of coastline within which there are a number of ports.

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