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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.o Quantity and value of all landings by all UK vessels, 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 and Abroad
Bass 698 737 751 901 806 4,609 5,188 5,666 6,184 5,782
Black scabbardfish 81 104 36 41 57 123 170 90 77 105
Blue ling 365 385 76 48 221 400 497 103 71 311
Brill 333 405 406 410 386 1,856 2,224 2,436 2,831 2,195
Cod 22,513 25,750 23,186 26,464 29,467 31,768 45,280 46,323 34,041 35,063
Haddock 36,297 33,614 29,832 35,168 39,742 35,510 38,070 36,937 36,867 44,173
Hake 7,922 6,923 8,106 8,328 8,936 15,398 12,556 14,603 17,345 22,838
Lemon sole 2,256 2,238 2,051 2,849 2,988 5,960 7,286 7,418 7,894 9,797
Ling 4,254 4,472 4,736 4,668 4,590 5,053 6,385 6,986 6,604 6,275
Megrims 4,959 4,853 4,599 4,537 5,286 12,671 13,259 14,344 12,492 12,869
Monkfish 15,072 14,391 15,115 13,393 13,563 47,155 47,555 50,684 43,785 41,070
Plaice 14,793 16,416 17,164 18,746 21,225 17,459 19,218 22,456 28,989 22,111
Pollack 2,179 2,003 2,309 2,226 2,256 4,361 4,391 5,499 5,065 4,854
Saithe 17,249 16,127 15,815 13,073 14,680 12,498 14,811 16,378 13,485 12,779
Skates and rays 2,682 3,025 3,031 2,877 2,916 3,452 4,323 4,439 3,942 3,868
Sole 2,362 2,228 2,201 1,989 2,273 18,075 19,948 20,064 21,122 16,578
Turbot 682 730 773 757 749 5,251 6,509 7,087 8,388 6,003
Whiting 10,238 9,216 9,992 11,137 12,679 9,365 9,636 11,619 11,349 12,244
Other demersal 14,754 24,987 20,419 14,403 16,112 15,639 17,492 15,726 13,062 11,744
Total demersal 159,688 168,602 160,598 162,015 178,932 246,604 274,798 288,859 273,590 270,659
Blue whiting 6,349 7,972 1,385 9,171 13,499 1,131 1,648 620 3,265 2,091
Herring 67,113 66,891 61,571 90,420 93,570 22,815 22,252 29,396 37,293 29,777
Horse mackerel 18,110 17,425 16,776 16,748 11,361 5,474 6,159 6,539 6,059 4,320
Mackerel 172,303 160,669 182,214 168,841 163,808 153,028 138,732 205,834 154,773 140,642
Other pelagic 22,076 32,596 20,000 16,957 9,667 6,481 9,801 7,613 6,991 3,940
Total pelagic 285,951 285,552 281,947 302,136 291,905 188,930 178,593 250,002 208,381 180,770
Brown shrimps 1,064 921 379 926 860 2,050 1,934 678 2,332 2,362
Cockles 2,637 1,257 643 2,266 10,121 7,750 1,491 661 1,522 5,275
Cuttlefish 2,242 3,886 3,294 5,355 3,694 3,581 8,023 8,947 10,933 6,590
Edible crabs 22,221 24,436 26,294 28,194 28,953 25,020 29,277 32,658 34,969 37,796
Lobsters 2,780 2,735 3,193 3,156 2,988 26,759 26,781 32,677 31,192 30,100
Nephrops 42,900 38,678 34,523 32,718 28,480 97,759 97,050 112,616 111,350 87,049
Queen scallops 6,843 12,953 25,090 23,623 18,878 2,747 4,963 9,446 9,359 9,013
Razor fish 723 695 742 919 940 1,808 1,883 2,006 2,594 3,199
Scallops 27,605 30,777 30,052 34,035 31,177 44,409 49,839 55,653 59,508 54,504
Squid 2,702 3,798 3,036 2,085 2,012 6,801 11,041 12,678 7,935 7,873
Velvet crabs 3,176 2,810 2,571 2,362 1,796 6,778 6,926 6,398 6,362 4,341
Whelks 13,039 14,480 13,904 16,475 20,112 7,468 9,362 8,987 11,154 13,792
Other shellfish 6,107 14,303 13,957 18,279 4,333 4,212 15,426 9,264 15,408 4,597
Total shellfish 134,039 151,729 157,678 170,391 154,346 237,141 263,997 292,670 304,618 266,491
Total landings 579,679 605,882 600,223 634,543 625,183 672,675 717,387 831,531 786,590 717,920

(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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