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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014
Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2014
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Table 2.5 Number of active Scottish based vessels by district and main fishing method ( 1) as at 31st December 2014
| District | 10m & under | Over 10m | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelagic | Demersal | Shellfish | Over 10m Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other 2 | Total | Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other | Total | Trawl 3 | Seine | Lines | Other 4 | Total | Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other | Total | |||
| Aberdeen | 2 | 77 | 1 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 89 |
| Anstruther | 7 | 83 | 90 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 2 | - | 12 | 14 | 104 | |
| Buckie | 12 | 38 | 4 | 54 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 81 |
| Eyemouth | 11 | 75 | 5 | 91 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 3 | - | 16 | 22 | 113 |
| Fraserburgh | 1 | 87 | 19 | 107 | 1 | 9 | - | 10 | 45 | 6 | - | - | 51 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 97 | 204 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 53 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 94 |
| Scrabster | 1 | 80 | 81 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 90 | |
| Total - East Coast | 35 | 493 | 31 | 559 | 2 | 11 | - | 13 | 91 | 15 | 1 | - | 107 | 67 | 18 | 11 | 96 | 216 | 775 |
| Orkney | 2 | 80 | 7 | 89 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 130 | |
| Shetland | 3 | 114 | 19 | 136 | - | 8 | - | 8 | 18 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 179 |
| Stornoway | 1 | 163 | 6 | 170 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 36 | 44 | 214 | |
| Total - Islands | 6 | 357 | 32 | 395 | - | 8 | - | 8 | 31 | 6 | - | - | 37 | 20 | 46 | 17 | 83 | 128 | 523 |
| Ayr | 9 | 51 | 11 | 71 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 11 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 55 | 77 | 148 |
| Campbeltown | 7 | 77 | 13 | 97 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 48 | 145 |
| Kinlochbervie | 2 | 16 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| Lochinver | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Mallaig | 2 | 22 | 3 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 44 |
| Oban | 5 | 68 | 5 | 78 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 39 | 117 |
| Portree | 4 | 103 | 2 | 109 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 130 | |
| Ullapool | 5 | 66 | 9 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 111 |
| Total - West Coast | 34 | 416 | 43 | 493 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 80 | 46 | 63 | 189 | 239 | 732 |
| Total | 75 | 1,266 | 106 | 1,447 | 2 | 19 | - | 21 | 154 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 194 | 167 | 110 | 91 | 368 | 583 | 2,030 |
(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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