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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Published:
29 Sep 2016
Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.
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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Annex 4: Landings and Vessel Tables
Annex 4: Landings and Vessel Tables
The following pages provide the landings and vessel tables
Table 1.1.a Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Scottish vessels | ||||||||||
| Landings into Scotland | ||||||||||
| Bass | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Black scabbardfish | 36 | 34 | 57 | 112 | 127 | 90 | 69 | 105 | 150 | 161 |
| Brill | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 24 |
| Cod | 10,123 | 10,542 | 10,501 | 10,698 | 11,273 | 22,345 | 20,807 | 20,729 | 21,581 | 22,170 |
| Haddock | 24,006 | 29,988 | 34,250 | 30,280 | 27,239 | 30,071 | 31,441 | 38,320 | 41,777 | 37,107 |
| Hake | 5,941 | 5,446 | 3,961 | 4,680 | 4,617 | 11,204 | 11,292 | 9,370 | 10,156 | 10,190 |
| Lemon sole | 537 | 501 | 655 | 597 | 625 | 1,548 | 1,303 | 1,813 | 1,892 | 2,159 |
| Ling | 3,678 | 3,634 | 3,283 | 3,309 | 3,434 | 5,474 | 5,104 | 4,467 | 4,069 | 4,399 |
| Megrims | 2,135 | 2,036 | 2,183 | 1,954 | 1,728 | 6,998 | 5,451 | 5,272 | 5,074 | 4,091 |
| Monkfish | 7,629 | 6,263 | 5,891 | 6,962 | 9,640 | 26,455 | 20,046 | 17,852 | 20,072 | 23,326 |
| Plaice | 705 | 841 | 1,533 | 1,173 | 1,463 | 577 | 680 | 1,182 | 902 | 1,029 |
| Pollack | 349 | 422 | 370 | 266 | 434 | 845 | 918 | 735 | 559 | 807 |
| Saithe | 10,906 | 9,894 | 10,467 | 8,071 | 7,912 | 11,367 | 10,247 | 8,719 | 7,210 | 6,804 |
| Skates and rays | 533 | 495 | 521 | 562 | 577 | 566 | 430 | 459 | 489 | 482 |
| Sole | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 15 |
| Turbot | 43 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 55 | 378 | 320 | 358 | 374 | 446 |
| Whiting | 7,431 | 8,669 | 9,613 | 8,618 | 7,911 | 9,158 | 9,287 | 9,658 | 9,607 | 8,475 |
| Other demersal | 2,077 | 2,154 | 2,753 | 2,641 | 2,825 | 3,651 | 3,172 | 3,742 | 3,341 | 4,487 |
| Total demersal | 76,136 | 80,964 | 86,089 | 79,976 | 79,867 | 130,753 | 120,596 | 122,822 | 127,292 | 126,174 |
| Blue whiting | 1,324 | 6,301 | 8,165 | 9,687 | 12,150 | 595 | 1,732 | 1,818 | 1,266 | 1,994 |
| Herring | 22,020 | 31,844 | 28,923 | 31,298 | 32,076 | 11,126 | 15,711 | 10,910 | 8,541 | 11,341 |
| Horse mackerel | 167 | 1,246 | 588 | 763 | 694 | 86 | 680 | 333 | 445 | 484 |
| Mackerel | 84,851 | 61,972 | 74,211 | 120,539 | 87,362 | 96,307 | 58,176 | 66,201 | 98,945 | 55,507 |
| Other pelagic | 510 | 1,764 | 968 | 1,540 | 1,060 | 115 | 406 | 225 | 370 | 249 |
| Total pelagic | 108,871 | 103,127 | 112,855 | 163,827 | 133,342 | 108,230 | 76,704 | 79,488 | 109,565 | 69,575 |
| Cockles | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuttlefish | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 |
| Edible crabs | 9,726 | 9,471 | 9,516 | 10,596 | 9,655 | 11,462 | 11,321 | 11,785 | 13,622 | 12,124 |
| Lobsters | 1,225 | 1,122 | 1,022 | 1,208 | 1,039 | 13,011 | 11,683 | 10,512 | 12,410 | 10,974 |
| Nephrops | 21,696 | 19,634 | 16,816 | 18,803 | 15,147 | 80,297 | 76,541 | 59,151 | 69,473 | 56,548 |
| Queen scallops | 8,941 | 7,271 | 5,248 | 3,023 | 3,312 | 3,581 | 2,976 | 2,989 | 1,418 | 1,847 |
| Scallops | 7,527 | 9,695 | 11,791 | 10,257 | 10,108 | 15,119 | 19,206 | 22,214 | 21,362 | 21,536 |
| Squid | 2,148 | 1,399 | 1,149 | 2,142 | 1,226 | 8,446 | 4,284 | 4,125 | 6,151 | 4,024 |
| Velvet crabs | 2,195 | 2,036 | 1,572 | 1,655 | 1,473 | 5,814 | 4,872 | 3,982 | 4,120 | 3,733 |
| Whelks | 237 | 337 | 674 | 850 | 1,085 | 137 | 210 | 481 | 671 | 899 |
| Other shellfish | 1,179 | 1,364 | 1,554 | 839 | 598 | 2,532 | 3,004 | 3,744 | 2,052 | 1,875 |
| Total shellfish | 54,877 | 52,332 | 49,342 | 49,374 | 43,644 | 140,409 | 134,106 | 118,984 | 131,280 | 113,562 |
| Total landings | 239,884 | 236,423 | 248,286 | 293,177 | 256,854 | 379,392 | 331,406 | 321,294 | 368,138 | 309,310 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2015.