Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013

Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013

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Table 1.5.c Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using shellfish gears by main species 1 : 2013

Shellfish Gears
Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
Creel Nephrop Dredging Hand Other Creel Nephrop Dredging Hand Other
fishing trawl 2 Shellfishing methods Total fishing trawl 2 Shellfishing methods Total
Edible crabs 9,463 0 11 1 - 9,474 11,708 0 17 1 - 11,726
Lobsters 1,009 0 0 0 - 1,010 10,400 0 5 0 - 10,405
Nephrops 1,638 16,829 6 3 - 18,476 13,214 51,341 21 14 - 64,590
Queen scallops 6 0 9,247 0 - 9,253 6 0 4,568 0 - 4,574
Razor fish 25 - 86 728 - 839 75 - 269 2,576 - 2,920
Scallops 119 1 16,966 432 - 17,518 286 2 30,228 1,167 - 31,684
Squid 16 8 0 - - 23 38 28 0 - - 66
Velvet crabs 1,565 0 0 0 - 1,566 3,965 0 0 0 - 3,965
Other shellfish 1,165 1 343 62 - 1,570 1,059 1 197 121 - 1,379
Total shellfish 15,006 16,838 26,659 1,226 - 59,729 40,751 51,373 35,306 3,880 - 131,310
Other speciesc 85 1,348 54 - - 1,486 88 1,615 148 0 - 1,851

(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2013.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.

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