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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 2.5 Number of active Scottish registered vessels by district and main fishing method ( 1) as at 31st December 2015
| District | 10m & under | Over 10m | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other 2 | Total | Pelagic | Demersal | Shellfish | Over 10 m Total | ||||||||||||
| Purse seine | Pelagic trawl | Other | Total | Trawl 3 | Seine | Lines | Other 4 | Total | Nephrop trawls | Creel fishing | Other | Total | |||||||
| Aberdeen | 2 | 74 | - | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 85 |
| Anstruther | 6 | 87 | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 10 | 12 | 105 |
| Buckie | 13 | 44 | 4 | 61 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 84 |
| Eyemouth | 8 | 75 | 3 | 86 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 108 |
| Fraserburgh | 3 | 85 | 20 | 108 | 1 | 9 | - | 10 | 43 | 5 | - | - | 48 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 92 | 200 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 54 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 94 |
| Scrabster | 1 | 83 | - | 84 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 93 |
| Total - East Coast | 34 | 502 | 30 | 566 | 2 | 11 | - | 13 | 85 | 13 | 1 | - | 99 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 91 | 203 | 769 |
| Orkney | 1 | 82 | 7 | 90 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 38 | 42 | 132 |
| Shetland | 4 | 114 | 22 | 140 | - | 7 | - | 7 | 18 | 7 | - | - | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 184 |
| Stornoway | 1 | 159 | 5 | 165 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 210 |
| Total - Islands | 6 | 355 | 34 | 395 | - | 7 | - | 7 | 28 | 7 | - | - | 35 | 21 | 48 | 20 | 89 | 131 | 526 |
| Ayr | 9 | 58 | 11 | 78 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 53 | 58 | 136 |
| Campbeltown | 8 | 75 | 10 | 93 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 49 | 142 |
| Kinlochbervie | 2 | 17 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Lochinver | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 4 | 17 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 18 | 30 |
| Mallaig | 1 | 25 | 4 | 30 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 47 |
| Oban | 5 | 66 | 6 | 77 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 115 |
| Portree | 3 | 97 | 2 | 102 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | 18 | 20 | 122 |
| Ullapool | 2 | 67 | 8 | 77 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 105 |
| Total - West Coast | 30 | 417 | 41 | 488 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 74 | 45 | 64 | 183 | 232 | 720 |
| Total | 70 | 1,274 | 105 | 1,449 | 2 | 18 | - | 20 | 147 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 183 | 158 | 111 | 94 | 363 | 566 | 2,015 |
(1) The main fishing method specified on a vessel's licence application may differ from the actual fishing gear used in individual voyages.
(2) The 10m & under 'other' fishing method category includes mechanical dredging; suction dredging, and shell fishing by hand.
(3) The over 10m 'Demersal Trawl' category includes; demersal single trawl, demersal pair trawl, demersal twin/multi trawl and beam trawl.
(4) The over 10m 'Demersal Other' category includes; demersal gill nets and other demersal.
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