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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 2.6 Number of Scottish based vessels by main fishing method ( 1) and length group as at 31st December 2014
| Length group (metres) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main fishing method | 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | |
| Demersal single trawl | 16 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 36 | 2 | 118 | 134 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | 18 | 18 |
| Seine net | - | 1 | - | 12 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Lines | 31 | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 12 | 43 |
| Demersal gill nets | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | - | 14 | 14 |
| Beam trawl | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other demersal | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Demersal total | 53 | 7 | 3 | 102 | 76 | 6 | 194 | 247 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Creel fishing | 1,266 | 88 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 110 | 1,376 |
| Nephrops trawl | 75 | 40 | 37 | 87 | 3 | - | 167 | 242 |
| Mechanical dredging | 18 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 81 | 99 |
| Suction dredging | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 35 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | 44 |
| Shellfish total | 1,394 | 143 | 67 | 138 | 18 | 2 | 368 | 1,762 |
| Total | 1,447 | 150 | 70 | 240 | 95 | 28 | 583 | 2,030 |
(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.