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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012
A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.
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Table 2.5 Number of active Scottish based vessels by main fishing method ( 1) as at 31st December 2012
| District | 10m & under | Over 10m | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other 2 | Total | Pelagic | Demersal | Shellfish | Over 10 m Total | ||||||||||||
| Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other | Total | Trawl 3 | Seine | Lines | Other 4 | Total | Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other | Total | |||||||
| Aberdeen | 2 | 76 | 1 | 79 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 88 |
| Anstruther | 11 | 97 | 1 | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | 12 | 12 | 121 |
| Buckie | 10 | 35 | 5 | 50 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | 1 | - | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 77 |
| Eyemouth | 12 | 72 | 2 | 86 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | 13 | 19 | 105 |
| Fraserburgh | 1 | 77 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 9 | - | 11 | 52 | 5 | - | 1 | 58 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 102 | 202 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 44 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 32 | 5 | - | 1 | 38 | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | 48 | 96 |
| Scrabster | 1 | 80 | - | 81 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 91 |
| Total - East Coast | 38 | 481 | 34 | 553 | 4 | 11 | - | 15 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 63 | 15 | 10 | 88 | 227 | 780 |
| Orkney | 3 | 93 | 6 | 102 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 40 | 142 |
| Shetland | 3 | 114 | 18 | 135 | - | 8 | - | 8 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 177 |
| Stornoway | - | 165 | 4 | 169 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 | 46 | 215 |
| Total - Islands | 6 | 372 | 28 | 406 | - | 9 | - | 9 | 30 | 5 | - | - | 35 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 84 | 128 | 534 |
| Ayr | 12 | 52 | 11 | 75 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 14 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 31 | 52 | 81 | 156 |
| Campbeltown | 6 | 80 | 8 | 94 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 49 | 143 |
| Kinlochbervie | 2 | 13 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Lochinver | - | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Mallaig | 1 | 24 | 3 | 28 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 51 |
| Oban | 4 | 70 | 8 | 82 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 117 |
| Portree | 6 | 102 | 2 | 110 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 9 | - | 19 | 21 | 131 |
| Ullapool | 5 | 61 | 7 | 73 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 100 |
| Total - West Coast | 36 | 413 | 40 | 489 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 56 | 87 | 46 | 54 | 187 | 243 | 732 |
| Total | 80 | 1,266 | 102 | 1,448 | 4 | 20 | - | 24 | 166 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 215 | 171 | 110 | 78 | 359 | 598 | 2,046 |
(1) The main fishing method specified on a vessel's licence application may differ from the actual fishing gear used in individual voyages.
(2) The 10m & under 'other' fishing method category includes mechanical dredging; suction dredging, and shell fishing by hand.
(3) The over 10m 'Demersal Trawl' category includes; demersal single trawl, demersal pair trawl, demersal twin/multi trawl and beam trawl.
(4) The over 10m 'Demersal Other' category includes; demersal gill nets and other demersal.
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