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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.

Sea fisheries statistics

Table 1.7 Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species ¹: 2011 to 2015

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Quantity (tonnes)					Value (£'000)
Mallaig
Dogfish other	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	9
Haddock	516	707	644	267	401	875	818	911	381	491
Ling	69	96	98	80	52	95	134	129	78	46
Megrim	31	94	49	53	49	63	148	85	77	74
Monks	272	359	467	376	468	900	1,065	1,369	963	958
Thornback ray	3	16	38	27	43	3	16	38	28	32
Witches	45	115	48	29	39	40	75	36	20	33
Other demersal	172	245	116	72	78	237	286	145	92	195
Total demersal	1,108	1,632	1,460	903	1,163	2,214	2,543	2,713	1,639	1,837
Herring	40	105	0	66	29	13	53	0	23	12
Sprats	504	1,290	916	1,540	1,060	113	318	217	370	249
Other pelagic	2	1	7	7	6	2	0	4	5	4
Total pelagic	546	1,395	923	1,612	1,095	127	372	221	398	265
Edible crabs	634	44	34	52	75	712	47	54	79	110
Green crabs	0	11	24	20	24	0	7	14	15	15
Nephrops	1,771	2,020	1,855	1,393	1,657	6,105	8,437	6,131	5,473	6,094
Scallops	184	341	283	422	327	396	672	525	893	735
Velvet crabs	35	29	20	23	26	85	63	45	48	54
Other shellfish	143	194	113	61	26	497	657	365	206	74
Total shellfish	2,767	2,639	2,330	1,971	2,135	7,795	9,884	7,134	6,713	7,081
Total landings	4,421	5,667	4,713	4,486	4,393	10,135	12,799	10,068	8,750	9,183
Oban
Total demersal	16	30	10	21	12	24	30	10	21	247
Total pelagic	3	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	1	6
Edible crabs	1,039	823	531	689	362	1,110	858	594	771	418
Lobsters	60	65	49	68	53	655	682	513	695	552
Nephrops	839	785	815	750	747	3,363	3,719	3,500	3,373	3,347
Scallops	863	1,395	1,080	1,280	1,158	1,737	2,693	2,123	2,611	2,496
Velvet crabs	199	237	134	166	153	570	590	354	447	398
Other shellfish	151	98	116	51	11	409	242	288	90	9
Total shellfish	3,151	3,404	2,725	3,005	2,484	7,843	8,783	7,373	7,986	7,220
Total landings	3,171	3,434	2,735	3,026	2,506	7,868	8,814	7,383	8,008	7,472
Orkney
Total demersal	59	40	33	19	24	82	52	38	61	38
Mackerel	10	13	7	41	37	10	20	4	25	17
Total pelagic	10	13	7	41	37	10	20	4	25	17
Edible crabs	2,561	2,289	2,614	2,810	2,879	3,027	2,782	3,237	3,754	3,611
Green crabs	162	143	133	117	108	104	92	87	78	70
Lobsters	143	121	98	146	95	1,513	1,250	1,109	1,468	999
Periwinkles	54	39	61	51	36	109	89	119	127	81
Scallops	286	316	300	254	367	801	841	767	686	1,036
Velvet crabs	640	463	478	490	440	1,856	1,155	1,338	1,276	1,231
Whelks	0	0	31	133	401	0	0	23	106	301
Other shellfish	30	61	93	53	13	83	149	589	199	43
Total shellfish	3,877	3,432	3,808	4,053	4,339	7,493	6,359	7,269	7,695	7,371
Total landings	3,945	3,485	3,849	4,113	4,400	7,585	6,431	7,312	7,781	7,426

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2015.

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