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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2020
National Statistics publication that provides data on the 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 27a: Tonnage and value of landings by Scottish vessels anywhere by Demersal gear2 type by main species1, 2020
| Tonnage | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Demersal trawls | Demersal seine | Demersal twin/multi trawls | Lines | Gill nets | Beam trawls | Other | Total | Demersal trawls | Demersal seine | Demersal twin/multi trawls | Lines | Gill nets | Beam trawls | Other | Total |
| Cod | 6,401 | 1,070 | 680 | 103 | 3 | 24 | 8,281 | 18,484 | 2,919 | 2,014 | 248 | 8 | 53 | 23,726 | ||
| Haddock | 17,578 | 3,456 | 1,511 | 2 | 24 | 22,571 | 24,457 | 4,433 | 2,280 | 2 | 29 | 31,200 | ||||
| Hake | 2,125 | 654 | 103 | 1,423 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 4,323 | 4,415 | 1,416 | 190 | 696 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6,722 |
| Lemon sole | 649 | 46 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 779 | 1,850 | 171 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2,248 | ||
| Ling | 2,724 | 105 | 572 | 744 | 26 | 6 | 4,177 | 3,758 | 134 | 759 | 570 | 27 | 6 | 5,254 | ||
| Megrim | 1,798 | 132 | 840 | 2 | 3 | 2,775 | 5,011 | 564 | 2,974 | 5 | 8 | 8,561 | ||||
| Monkfish | 8,102 | 117 | 1,382 | 1 | 1,696 | 17 | 11,315 | 22,212 | 296 | 3,827 | 3 | 3,299 | 37 | 29,674 | ||
| Plaice | 2,110 | 190 | 291 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 2,963 | 2,572 | 268 | 334 | 2 | 0 | 358 | 3,533 | ||
| Saithe | 6,664 | 514 | 535 | 29 | 13 | 7,755 | 6,734 | 437 | 491 | 22 | 7 | 7,690 | ||||
| Whiting | 6,717 | 2,356 | 704 | 1 | 15 | 9,792 | 8,190 | 3,290 | 809 | 1 | 23 | 12,314 | ||||
| Wrasses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other demersal | 7,873 | 637 | 484 | 98 | 68 | 134 | 0 | 9,294 | 7,043 | 687 | 641 | 52 | 53 | 135 | 0 | 8,611 |
| Total demersal | 62,739 | 9,278 | 7,174 | 2,402 | 1,796 | 620 | 15 | 84,025 | 104,726 | 14,615 | 14,521 | 1,598 | 3,393 | 683 | 0 | 139,537 |
| Other speciesa | 14,778 | 341 | 164 | 1,463 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 16,815 | 17,968 | 516 | 528 | 1,662 | 1 | 73 | 101 | 20,849 |
(a) Other species include pelagic and/or shellfish species.
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2020.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls.
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