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Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016
Annual National Statistics report on the quantity and value of landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels and landings into Scotland.
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Annex 4: Landings and Vessel Tables
The following pages provide the landings and vessel tables
Table 1.1.a Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels into Scotland, by main species 1: 2012 to 2016
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Scottish vessels | ||||||||||
| Landings into Scotland | ||||||||||
| Bass | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Black scabbardfish | 34 | 57 | 112 | 127 | 96 | 69 | 105 | 150 | 161 | 128 |
| Blue Ling | 48 | 217 | 305 | 383 | 287 | 70 | 307 | 327 | 466 | 328 |
| Brill | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 22 |
| Cod | 10,542 | 10,501 | 10,698 | 11,273 | 12,841 | 20,807 | 20,729 | 21,581 | 22,170 | 26,951 |
| Haddock | 29,988 | 34,250 | 30,280 | 27,239 | 27,929 | 31,441 | 38,320 | 41,781 | 37,107 | 37,191 |
| Hake | 5,446 | 3,961 | 4,680 | 4,617 | 6,158 | 11,292 | 9,370 | 10,156 | 10,191 | 14,229 |
| Lemon sole | 501 | 655 | 597 | 625 | 734 | 1,303 | 1,813 | 1,892 | 2,159 | 2,764 |
| Ling | 3,634 | 3,283 | 3,309 | 3,434 | 4,010 | 5,104 | 4,467 | 4,069 | 4,404 | 5,833 |
| Megrims | 2,036 | 2,183 | 1,954 | 1,728 | 1,941 | 5,451 | 5,272 | 5,076 | 4,091 | 5,366 |
| Monkfish | 6,263 | 5,891 | 6,962 | 9,640 | 11,323 | 20,046 | 17,852 | 20,072 | 23,326 | 32,172 |
| Plaice | 841 | 1,533 | 1,173 | 1,463 | 1,948 | 680 | 1,182 | 902 | 1,029 | 1,944 |
| Pollack | 422 | 370 | 266 | 434 | 316 | 918 | 735 | 559 | 807 | 774 |
| Red mullet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Saithe | 9,894 | 10,468 | 8,071 | 7,912 | 7,687 | 10,247 | 8,719 | 7,210 | 6,804 | 7,846 |
| Skates and rays | 507 | 532 | 565 | 577 | 564 | 439 | 467 | 492 | 482 | 560 |
| Sole | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 12 |
| Turbot | 40 | 43 | 44 | 55 | 46 | 320 | 358 | 374 | 446 | 392 |
| Whiting | 8,669 | 9,613 | 8,618 | 7,909 | 7,272 | 9,287 | 9,658 | 9,607 | 8,470 | 8,010 |
| Wrasses | 0 | 0 | 51 | 29 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1,127 | 3,147 |
| Other demersal | 2,093 | 2,526 | 2,282 | 2,412 | 2,674 | 3,089 | 3,424 | 2,991 | 2,911 | 3,898 |
| Total demersal | 80,964 | 86,090 | 79,976 | 79,866 | 85,885 | 120,596 | 122,822 | 127,299 | 126,194 | 151,573 |
| Blue whiting | 6,301 | 8,165 | 9,687 | 12,150 | 11,908 | 1,732 | 1,818 | 1,266 | 1,994 | 2,352 |
| Herring | 31,844 | 28,923 | 31,298 | 32,076 | 33,092 | 15,711 | 10,910 | 8,541 | 11,341 | 21,664 |
| Horse mackerel | 1,246 | 588 | 763 | 694 | 6 | 680 | 333 | 445 | 484 | 3 |
| Mackerel | 61,972 | 74,211 | 120,539 | 87,362 | 96,093 | 58,176 | 66,201 | 98,945 | 55,507 | 82,155 |
| Pilchards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other pelagic | 1,764 | 968 | 1,540 | 1,060 | 2,179 | 406 | 225 | 370 | 249 | 503 |
| Total pelagic | 103,127 | 112,855 | 163,827 | 133,343 | 143,279 | 76,704 | 79,488 | 109,565 | 69,575 | 106,677 |
| Brown shrimps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Cockles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuttlefish | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Edible crabs | 9,471 | 9,516 | 10,596 | 9,656 | 10,806 | 11,321 | 11,785 | 13,622 | 12,125 | 14,837 |
| Lobsters | 1,122 | 1,022 | 1,209 | 1,041 | 1,139 | 11,683 | 10,512 | 12,419 | 10,998 | 13,642 |
| Nephrops | 19,634 | 16,816 | 18,803 | 15,148 | 18,757 | 76,541 | 59,151 | 69,473 | 56,559 | 69,264 |
| Patagonian squid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Queen scallops | 7,271 | 5,248 | 3,023 | 3,312 | 3,750 | 2,976 | 2,989 | 1,418 | 1,847 | 3,033 |
| Razor fish | 820 | 859 | 422 | 320 | 373 | 2,333 | 2,985 | 1,559 | 1,470 | 1,850 |
| Scallops | 9,701 | 11,791 | 10,269 | 10,110 | 11,375 | 19,223 | 22,214 | 21,389 | 21,540 | 27,764 |
| Squid | 1,399 | 1,149 | 2,142 | 1,226 | 1,635 | 4,284 | 4,125 | 6,151 | 4,024 | 6,280 |
| Velvet crabs | 2,036 | 1,572 | 1,658 | 1,479 | 1,603 | 4,872 | 3,982 | 4,130 | 3,745 | 4,436 |
| Whelks | 337 | 674 | 850 | 1,085 | 1,864 | 210 | 481 | 671 | 902 | 1,683 |
| Other shellfish | 543 | 695 | 417 | 278 | 270 | 655 | 756 | 492 | 401 | 422 |
| Total shellfish | 52,339 | 49,342 | 49,390 | 43,657 | 51,575 | 134,123 | 118,984 | 131,325 | 113,617 | 143,215 |
| Total landings | 236,430 | 248,287 | 293,193 | 256,865 | 280,738 | 331,423 | 321,294 | 368,189 | 309,386 | 401,465 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed into the UK or by UK vessels abroad was £2m or more in 2016.
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