Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2018

Tonnage and value of all landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels, all landings into Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad, and the size and structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.

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Table 22b. Percentage of tonnage and value of landings by all vessels into Scotland by species type 2014 to 2018

Tonnage Value
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Landings into Scotland as a per cent of all landings into the UK
Demersal 80.2% 80.6% 80.1% 82.2% 83.8% 73.4% 73.5% 73.8% 75.0% 76.8%
Pelagic 88.7% 86.2% 84.9% 84.1% 86.7% 91.3% 88.3% 89.6% 88.0% 90.5%
Shellfish 36.8% 33.0% 38.4% 37.8% 35.8% 49.3% 45.2% 47.5% 45.4% 44.9%
Total 71.9% 67.9% 69.8% 70.3% 72.6% 67.3% 63.3% 65.6% 64.1% 65.6%
Landings into Scotland by Scottish vessels as a per cent of all landings into Scotland
Demersal 66.2% 66.1% 65.2% 64.9% 67.3% 64.3% 65.0% 65.0% 69.1% 72.9%
Pelagic 81.5% 91.4% 89.0% 88.0% 85.2% 82.7% 90.7% 88.8% 86.1% 83.9%
Shellfish 92.8% 92.8% 93.0% 93.8% 94.6% 94.4% 94.1% 93.8% 94.8% 95.6%
Total 78.1% 81.8% 80.7% 79.6% 78.8% 78.4% 79.1% 79.3% 80.7% 81.8%
Landings into Scotland by other UK vessels as a per cent of all landings into Scotland
Demersal 12.0% 11.5% 13.1% 12.2% 11.6% 12.6% 12.6% 13.5% 12.6% 11.7%
Pelagic 0.8% 2.2% 2.0% 4.0% 4.9% 0.7% 2.6% 2.6% 3.8% 4.4%
Shellfish 6.9% 6.8% 6.8% 5.8% 5.3% 5.3% 5.4% 5.7% 4.6% 4.3%
Total 5.3% 6.5% 6.9% 7.6% 7.8% 7.1% 8.4% 8.5% 8.3% 8.0%
Landings into Scotland by all UK vessels as a per cent of all landings into Scotland
Demersal 78.1% 77.6% 78.3% 77.1% 78.9% 76.9% 77.6% 78.4% 81.7% 84.6%
Pelagic 82.3% 93.6% 91.0% 92.1% 90.1% 83.4% 93.2% 91.4% 89.9% 88.3%
Shellfish 99.8% 99.6% 99.8% 99.6% 99.9% 99.7% 99.5% 99.6% 99.4% 99.9%
Total 83.4% 88.3% 87.6% 87.2% 86.6% 85.5% 87.4% 87.9% 88.9% 89.8%
Landings into Scotland by foreign vessels as a per cent of all landings into Scotland
Demersal 21.9% 22.4% 21.7% 22.9% 21.1% 23.1% 22.4% 21.6% 18.3% 15.4%
Pelagic 17.7% 6.4% 9.0% 7.9% 9.9% 16.6% 6.8% 8.6% 10.1% 11.7%
Shellfish 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
Total 16.6% 11.7% 12.4% 12.8% 13.4% 14.5% 12.6% 12.1% 11.1% 10.2%

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