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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.
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Table 1.5.c Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using shellfish gears by main species 1 : 2015
| Shellfish Gears | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||
| Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | Total | Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | ||
| Total | ||||||||||||
| Edible crabs | 9,753 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 9,759 | 12,194 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 12,199 |
| Lobsters | 1,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1,015 | 10,743 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 10,750 |
| Nephrops | 1,377 | 15,089 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16,473 | 12,582 | 48,257 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 60,866 |
| Queen scallops | 1 | - | 9,075 | - | - | 9,076 | 0 | - | 5,069 | - | - | 5,069 |
| Scallops | 102 | - | 15,275 | 608 | - | 15,985 | 259 | - | 30,803 | 1,853 | - | 32,915 |
| Squid | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 23 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,450 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 1,452 | 3,689 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3,692 |
| Other shellfish | 1,599 | 0 | 38 | 333 | - | 1,970 | 1,427 | 0 | 114 | 1,446 | - | 2,987 |
| Total shellfish | 15,298 | 15,100 | 24,397 | 943 | 1 | 55,738 | 40,898 | 48,277 | 36,019 | 3,305 | 1 | 128,500 |
| Other species c | 263 | 482 | 54 | 0 | - | 799 | 1,329 | 704 | 139 | 0 | - | 2,173 |
(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2015.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.
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