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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024

Published
28 May 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781836916314

Statistics on the employment, production and value of shellfish from the Scottish shellfish farming sector.

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Employment

The shellfish farming sector employed 114 full-time and 127 part-time and casual workers during 2024. Two casual staff did not disclose their gender, these two staff were included in the total staff numbers but not in the gender breakdown statistics. The number of full-time female and part-time male staff increased in 2024, while the number of full-time male, part time female and casual staff decreased. The regional breakdown of employment is given in charts 13 and 14. The total number of people employed by the shellfish farming sector in Scotland decreased by 2% from the 2023 total of 246 to 241.

Chart 12: Number of staff employed in shellfish production in all Scotland. Number of staff.
Chart 12 histogram showing number of staff employed in shellfish production in all Scotland. Number of staff shown on y-axis (0-120). Staff types are shown on x-axis and consist of casual female, casual male, full-time female, full-time male, part-time female and part-time male. Values for this chart are available in the supplementary data - Table 6.

Data Source: Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024, Supplementary Tables, Table 6.

Chart 13: Number of male staff employed in each Scottish region. Number of staff.
Chart 13 histogram showing number of male staff employed in shellfish production in each Scottish region. Number of staff shown on y-axis (0-60). Regions and staff types are shown on x-axis and consist of casual male (red), full-time male (purple), and part-time male (blue). Regions shown: Highland, Orkney, Shetland, Strathclyde and Western Isles. Values for this chart are available in the supplementary data - Table 7.

Data Source: Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024, Supplementary Tables, Table 7.

Chart 14: Number of female staff employed in each Scottish region. Number of staff.
Chart 13 histogram showing number of female staff employed in shellfish production in each Scottish region. Number of staff shown on y-axis (0-10). Regions and staff types are shown on x-axis and consist of casual female (dark blue), full-time female (green), and part-time female (orange). Regions shown: Highland, Orkney, Shetland, Strathclyde and Western Isles. Values for this chart are available in the supplementary data - Table 7.

Data Source: Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024, Supplementary Tables, Table 7.

Contact

Email: MD.Productionsurvey@gov.scot

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