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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015

Published
29 September 2016
ISBN
9781786524300

Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.

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Table 1.1.d Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels abroad, by main species 1: 2011 to 2015

  Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Scottish vessels
Landings Abroad
Bass 16 14 1 - - 91 85 9 - -
Black scabbardfish - - - - - - - - - -
Brill 12 16 18 16 12 79 81 93 100 55
Cod 119 167 262 212 216 359 428 581 526 465
Haddock 49 100 137 89 110 61 98 150 127 155
Hake 733 1,565 1,542 1,484 2,030 1,341 3,780 3,991 3,603 5,694
Lemon sole 144 79 130 133 106 523 252 413 445 354
Ling 403 501 244 254 173 633 788 298 330 264
Megrims 579 654 125 179 149 1,809 2,150 280 487 578
Monkfish 1,885 1,861 985 1,733 1,363 6,476 6,771 2,417 4,608 2,696
Plaice 2,497 1,941 3,124 3,099 3,115 3,251 2,379 3,412 3,202 3,441
Pollack 10 29 23 21 22 22 60 36 41 38
Saithe 89 138 388 285 368 101 309 391 317 416
Skates and rays 87 74 37 27 35 94 70 41 34 38
Sole 2 18 57 39 30 31 128 378 288 253
Turbot 53 47 50 49 37 505 364 390 397 291
Whiting 152 80 102 20 25 137 90 83 23 29
Other demersal 10,259 5,908 7,515 546 2,433 3,113 2,199 1,829 435 785
Total demersal 17,090 13,191 14,739 8,185 10,223 18,626 20,030 14,793 14,962 15,551
Blue whiting 7 4 1 15,930 18,359 1 1 0 2,557 4,317
Herring 15,696 22,477 29,056 30,067 26,650 5,848 13,260 11,858 9,929 9,965
Horse mackerel 834 253 88 888 39 310 124 1 527 5
Mackerel 61,103 72,372 59,780 118,930 112,524 66,182 72,919 59,935 95,853 75,006
Other pelagic 5,748 1,552 881 815 634 3,125 3,065 1,898 1,729 1,285
Total pelagic 83,389 96,658 89,806 166,630 158,206 75,467 89,369 73,693 110,595 90,578
Cockles - - - - - - - - - -
Cuttlefish 10 18 1 0 0 33 48 3 0 0
Edible crabs 7 13 10 13 14 11 10 11 11 12
Lobsters 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3
Nephrops 164 142 161 161 120 1,091 904 1,006 893 722
Queen scallops 1,989 2,280 392 77 114 810 931 167 35 72
Scallops 1 32 71 136 25 1 51 120 247 63
Squid 110 144 141 84 135 563 773 586 328 249
Velvet crabs - - - - - - - - - -
Whelks 0 - - - - 0 - - - -
Other shellfish 57 79 35 9 13 89 75 16 17 19
Total shellfish 2,339 2,708 810 480 421 2,599 2,793 1,912 1,532 1,140
Total landings 102,817 112,558 105,356 175,296 168,851 96,692 112,192 90,397 127,089 107,269

(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2015.

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