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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Annex 3: Further Information

Other official publications on sea fisheries statistics include:

Marine Scotland

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics (this publication) is also available online:
www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubFisheries

Marine Scotland also publishes summary provisional statistics each year.
https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/provisionalfishstats

Quota reports issued weekly to Scottish Fish Producer Organisations are available online.
https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Sea-Fisheries/management/17681/ScottishWeeklyQuotaUptake

The landings and effort data in this publication are also available by ICES rectangle (sea areas) around Scotland.
https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/RectangleData

Fisheries data is also available at the level of individual ICES rectangles in Scottish waters on National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi).
https://marinescotland.atkinsgeospatial.com/nmpi/

Marine Management Organisation (MMO),

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

UK Sea Fisheries Statistics is a comprehensive collection of statistics on the UK fishing industry, published annually.
www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics

The UK Vessel List of registered and licensed vessels of over 10 metres length, published monthly.
www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-vessel-lists

Monthly UK Sea Fisheries Statistics is a summary publication of landings into the UK, published monthly.
www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-uk-sea-fisheries-statistics

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics, published annually with data relating to two years prior.
www.fao.org/fishery/publications/yearbooks/en

Eurostat

Fishery statistics from the European Union official statistics producer. It includes data from some non-EU countries for comparison.
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Fishery_statistics

Useful websites

Marine Scotland
www.beta.gov.scot/about/how-government-is-run/directorates/marine-scotland/

Marine Scotland - Marine Analytical Unit
https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Publications/TopicSheets/MarineAnalyticalUnitTS

National Statistics in the Scottish Government
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About

Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/marine-management-organisation

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

UK Statistics Authority
https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/uk-statistical-system/

SeaFish Industry Authority
www.seafish.org/

Maritime and Coastguard Agency
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

European Commission - Fisheries
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/fisheries_en

Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Department
www.fao.org/fishery/en

International Council of the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
www.ices.dk/Pages/default.aspx

Contact

Email: Cameron.Melvin@gov.scot

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