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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011

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

Region	Total employed in fishing	Total Scottish labour force ¹	Employment in fishing as % of Scottish labour force
Aberdeenshire	1,233	130,900	0.94
Angus	56	50,400	0.11
Argyll & Bute	535	38,700	1.38
City of Aberdeen	15	117,500	0.01
City of Edinburgh	10	251,100	0.00
Dumfries and Galloway	233	63,500	0.37
East Lothian	74	45,800	0.16
Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland	1,205	34,400	3.50
Fife	165	168,500	0.10
Highland	828	113,700	0.73
Inverclyde	13	34,900	0.04
Moray	218	43,800	0.50
North Ayrshire	32	53,400	0.06
Scottish Borders	99	52,600	0.19
South Ayrshire	280	46,700	0.60

(1) Source : 2011 Annual Population Survey

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