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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 2.10 Number of fishermen employed on Scottish based vessels, by region: 2014

Region	Total employed in fishing	Total employed in Scotland ¹	Employment in fishing as proportion of total employed in Scotland
Aberdeenshire	1,166	138,400	0.84
Angus	53	52,300	0.10
Argyll & Bute	530	39,900	1.33
City of Aberdeen	17	123,700	0.01
City of Edinburgh	15	251,400	0.01
Dumfries and Galloway	275	68,200	0.40
East Lothian	81	47,900	0.17
Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland	1,055	38,200	2.76
Fife	157	175,100	0.09
Highland	737	119,300	0.62
Moray	183	44,900	0.41
North Ayrshire	29	61,700	0.05
Scottish Borders	123	57,200	0.22
South Ayrshire	375	50,700	0.74

(1) Source : 2014 Annual Population Survey

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