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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

Published
12 September 2013
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782568124

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

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Table 1.1.n Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels abroad, by main species 1,3: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
UK vessels
Landings Abroad
Bass 49 41 50 31 83 236 247 318 198 580
Black scabbardfish 0 - 0 0 7 0 - 0 0 8
Blue ling 6 5 2 1 0 8 3 2 0 0
Brill 77 90 122 121 110 411 458 658 683 1,258
Cod 9,538 10,893 11,105 10,495 13,762 13,192 11,106 16,718 18,865 9,101
Greenland halibut 327 461 233 345 23 434 795 378 559 15
Haddock 1,148 1,553 1,900 1,574 1,176 1,387 1,326 1,900 1,887 1,156
Hake 1,942 1,545 1,300 1,378 1,812 2,874 3,575 2,407 2,321 4,188
Lemon sole 331 258 309 440 374 959 652 993 1,512 1,157
Ling 262 309 355 544 611 282 445 695 830 958
Megrims 836 1,018 1,298 1,392 1,284 1,404 1,947 3,149 3,847 3,910
Monkfish 2,334 2,157 2,651 3,285 3,161 5,874 7,047 8,972 11,158 11,973
Plaice 10,108 11,830 13,483 14,204 15,334 16,412 14,062 15,871 18,829 25,271
Pollack 169 232 277 392 462 370 527 856 1,111 1,174
Red mullet 290 240 325 170 182 1,274 1,438 1,663 521 1,130
Redfish 129 120 65 144 119 77 182 86 720 44
Saithe 2,857 2,836 2,526 3,106 2,121 2,185 2,426 2,433 2,991 2,191
Sole 435 507 576 360 282 3,325 4,301 6,000 3,848 7,367
Turbot 293 349 323 328 308 2,110 2,572 3,134 2,863 4,754
Whiting 70 146 292 324 348 52 108 238 296 453
Witches 297 157 340 217 230 354 239 701 431 402
Other demersal 9,767 6,147 16,355 12,546 7,561 3,652 3,046 4,577 5,003 3,782
Total demersal 41,264 40,895 53,884 51,398 49,350 56,872 56,501 71,751 78,476 80,871
Blue whiting 22,806 6,338 3,003 38 2,753 3,727 1,130 657 18 1,501
Herring 28,887 35,502 31,300 30,311 52,225 8,843 13,286 11,957 14,080 18,697
Horse mackerel 5,463 11,668 11,648 7,837 7,863 1,856 3,706 4,387 3,472 3,247
Mackerel 37,522 72,038 60,770 87,793 101,042 34,649 68,496 56,751 98,362 90,966
Pilchards 25,481 3,863 5,960 2,009 3,372 918 533 1,435 460 882
Sardinelle aurita 6,524 8,763 15,019 3,625 971 1,794 2,410 4,130 1,813 485
Other pelagic 2,283 2,741 3,862 6,055 1,594 1,242 1,273 2,463 3,378 3,077
Total pelagic 128,967 140,914 131,562 137,667 169,819 53,030 90,834 81,779 121,583 118,855
Cuttlefish 13 25 56 36 97 19 49 137 104 255
Edible crabs 2,555 2,174 1,880 1,778 2,462 2,822 2,296 2,174 2,305 3,316
Lobsters 24 24 25 16 24 366 303 321 230 265
Nephrops 554 556 463 245 164 2,000 1,917 1,791 1,466 978
Patagonian squid 739 - 3,453 1,493 5,057 739 - 5,724 4,003 6,705
Pink shrimps - - 2,843 - 1,280 - - 5,118 - 2,561
Queen scallops 35 416 915 2,158 4,387 15 157 345 881 1,778
Scallops 27 4 17 57 60 54 6 22 108 102
Squid 207 186 203 210 302 695 691 808 1,119 1,579
Velvet crabs 5 13 1 0 1 10 13 2 1 2
Whelks 197 118 103 80 86 115 71 48 37 45
Other shellfish 744 183 212 380 815 974 273 368 620 960
Total shellfish 5,100 3,699 10,170 6,454 14,734 7,810 5,777 16,858 10,873 18,546
Total landings 175,330 185,508 195,617 195,520 233,903 117,712 153,112 170,388 210,932 218,271

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2010.

(2) The methodology used to calculate value of landings was changed by the introduction of the Register of Buyers and Sellers ( RBS) in September 2005 - see discussion in Annex 1 - Methodology for further details.

(3) Subsequent to the publication of the 2010 bulletin it was discovered that the value of Cockles landings in 2010 had been incorrectly overstated; when corrected the value failed to meet the £2m threshold and cockles are no longer separately distinguished in the tables. The figures have been included in Other shellfish.

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