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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017

A National Statistics publication presenting data on the Scottish and UK fishing fleet, landings and employment.

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Local Authority	Total employed in fishing	Total employed in Scotland ¹	Employment in fishing as proportion of total employed in Scotland ²
Aberdeen City	15	123,900	0.01
Aberdeenshire	1,183	141,400	0.84
Angus	52	54,300	0.10
Argyll & Bute	513	40,200	1.28
City of Edinburgh	19	269,300	0.01
Dumfries & Galloway	270	70,600	0.38
East Lothian	83	50,600	0.16
Fife	160	173,200	0.09
Highland	953	120,700	0.79
Moray	157	45,200	0.35
Na h-Eileanan Siar	318	13,200	2.41
North Ayrshire	24	57,100	0.04
Orkney	286	12,200	2.34
Scottish Borders	105	53,500	0.20
Shetland	468	12,400	3.77
South Ayrshire	193	50,600	0.38

(1) Employment levels (16+) rounded to the nearest hundred. Source : Annual Population Survey (APS), Jan-Dec 2017, ONS

(2) Proportions based on unrounded estimates

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