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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Published
25 September 2014
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781784127589

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013

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Table 1.1.m Quantity and value of landings by all UK vessels into the whole of the UK, by main species 1: 2009 to 2013

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000) 2
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
UK vessels
Landings into the UK
Bass 657 687 720 818 774 4,361 4,870 5,468 5,604 5,618
Black scabbardfish 81 104 36 34 57 123 170 90 69 105
Blue ling 360 384 76 48 217 397 494 102 70 307
Brill 243 283 285 300 279 1,398 1,566 1,753 1,573 1,586
Cod 11,620 14,645 12,691 12,702 13,021 20,662 28,562 27,458 24,939 25,818
Haddock 34,744 31,714 28,259 33,992 38,656 34,184 36,170 35,050 35,711 43,475
Hake 6,376 5,624 6,727 6,516 6,449 11,823 10,150 12,282 13,157 16,158
Lemon sole 1,998 1,929 1,611 2,475 2,521 5,308 6,293 5,906 6,737 7,649
Ling 3,944 4,117 4,192 4,057 4,018 4,608 5,690 6,157 5,646 5,463
Megrims 3,941 3,555 3,208 3,253 3,989 10,724 10,110 10,496 8,582 9,113
Monkfish 12,915 11,740 11,829 10,232 10,083 40,107 38,583 39,526 31,812 30,300
Plaice 2,963 2,932 2,959 3,412 4,137 3,397 3,347 3,627 3,718 4,044
Pollack 1,947 1,726 1,917 1,765 1,621 3,834 3,535 4,388 3,892 3,407
Saithe 14,413 13,601 12,709 10,951 12,878 10,072 12,378 13,387 11,294 10,943
Skates and rays 2,452 2,685 2,656 2,605 2,616 3,160 3,816 3,878 3,532 3,227
Sole 1,855 1,652 1,841 1,706 1,732 13,774 13,948 16,216 13,755 12,649
Turbot 333 407 445 449 446 2,679 3,374 4,223 3,634 3,745
Whiting 10,092 8,924 9,668 10,789 12,027 9,257 9,397 11,323 10,896 11,658
Other demersal 7,858 8,008 7,372 6,560 6,961 10,232 10,594 9,054 8,099 7,782
Total demersal 118,792 114,718 109,199 112,665 122,483 190,103 203,046 210,383 192,720 203,049
Blue whiting 11 4,968 1,347 6,418 8,165 0 991 602 1,764 1,818
Herring 31,611 35,590 31,260 38,195 37,261 9,529 10,295 15,316 18,596 13,554
Horse mackerel 6,443 5,777 8,939 8,886 2,461 1,768 1,773 3,067 2,812 853
Mackerel 100,265 99,899 94,422 67,799 78,227 84,533 81,981 107,472 63,807 70,098
Other pelagic 6,708 7,755 8,311 11,020 8,516 2,266 1,773 1,963 2,547 1,970
Total pelagic 145,038 153,990 144,279 132,318 134,631 98,096 96,814 128,420 89,527 88,293
Brown Shrimps 1,063 920 379 926 860 2,049 1,933 678 2,332 2,361
Cockles 2,625 1,257 616 2,237 10,109 7,728 1,491 565 1,494 5,264
Cuttlefish 2,217 3,830 3,258 5,258 3,651 3,532 7,886 8,843 10,679 6,488
Edible crabs 20,047 22,556 24,516 25,732 26,109 22,724 27,103 30,354 31,653 33,473
Lobsters 2,757 2,710 3,177 3,132 2,960 26,456 26,460 32,444 30,927 29,843
Nephrops 42,343 38,215 34,278 32,554 28,281 95,842 95,259 111,150 110,371 85,941
Queen scallops 6,427 12,039 22,932 19,237 17,780 2,590 4,619 8,565 7,582 8,430
Razor fish 718 666 720 901 911 1,785 1,801 1,967 2,561 3,128
Scallops 27,601 30,760 29,996 33,976 30,953 44,403 49,817 55,545 59,406 54,120
Squid 2,516 3,595 2,826 1,783 1,788 6,110 10,233 11,560 6,356 6,936
Velvet crabs 3,163 2,809 2,570 2,360 1,796 6,764 6,924 6,397 6,359 4,340
Whelks 12,921 14,377 13,824 16,389 19,982 7,397 9,314 8,950 11,109 13,699
Other shellfish 5,941 7,823 12,133 11,173 3,818 3,986 4,300 4,779 5,244 3,230
Total shellfish 130,340 141,558 151,224 155,657 148,999 231,364 247,139 281,796 286,072 257,254
Total landings 394,171 410,266 404,703 400,640 406,113 519,563 546,999 620,600 568,318 548,595

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2013.
(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.

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