Publication - Statistics
Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017
A National Statistics publication presenting data on the Scottish and UK fishing fleet, landings and employment.
This document is part of a collection
Table 40. Number of Scottish registered vessels by main fishing method and length group as at 31st December 2017
| Length group (metres) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main fishing method | 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total |
| Demersal single trawl | 13 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 37 | 3 | 111 | 124 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | - | 18 | 18 |
| Seine net | - | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | - | 20 | 20 |
| Lines | 42 | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 10 | 52 |
| Demersal gill nets | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Beam trawl | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other demersal | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Demersal total | 62 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 79 | 5 | 184 | 246 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Creel fishing | 1,323 | 86 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | 108 | 1,431 |
| Nephrops trawl | 67 | 33 | 37 | 89 | 3 | - | 162 | 229 |
| Mechanical dredging | 17 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 77 | 94 |
| Suction dredging | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 34 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 44 |
| Shellfish total | 1,441 | 136 | 67 | 136 | 17 | 2 | 358 | 1,799 |
| Total | 1,503 | 140 | 72 | 227 | 97 | 26 | 562 | 2,065 |
Contact
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback