Scotland's marine economic statistics 2018

Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2018. Includes a time series of Gross Value Added (GVA), turnover and employment for industrial categories defined as part of the marine sector.


15. Tables

15.1 Economic Overview

Table 18: Economic Overview - Scotland's marine economic statistics by sector, 2018
GVA Turnover Employment 5
Industry sector GVA £M % of Scotland Marine Economy % of Scotland total economy 4 Turnover at 2017 prices £M % of Scotland Marine Economy Sector Employment '000s 5 % of Scotland Marine Economy % of Scotland total economy
Fishing 1 301 7% 0.21% 593 5% 4.9 7% 0.18%
Aquaculture 2 238 6% 0.17% 921 9% 2.2 3% 0.08%
Support for oil & gas 1,798 42% 1.25% 4,006 37% 16.6 22% 0.63%
Processing 338 8% 0.24% 1,728 16% 7.6 10% 0.29%
Ship building 289 7% 0.20% 1,238 11% 7.1 10% 0.27%
Construction and water transport services 557 13% 0.39% 625 6% 4.0 5% 0.15%
Passenger water transport 83 2% 0.06% 305 3% 1.5 2% 0.06%
Freight water transport 94 2% 0.07% 300 3% 0.4 1% 0.02%
Renting and leasing of water transport equipment 16 0% 0.01% 26 0% 0.2 0% 0.01%
Marine Tourism 3 579 13% 0.40% 1,038 10% 29.7 40% 1.13%
Marine Total 4,294 100% 3.00% 10,780 100% 74.2 100% 2.81%
Scotland total 4 143,328         2,638.4    

Source: Marine Scotland, Scottish Annual Business Statistics, Office for National Statistics. 

Footnotes: Turnover and GVA adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.
1 – Fishing values taken from Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Statistics, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and Seafish Statistics.
2 – Aquaculture values taken from Marine Scotland Aquaculture Surveys, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and DCF statistics.
3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.
4 - Scotland total GVA is from Quarterly National Accounts Scotland.
Scotland employment is from the Annual Population Survey.
5 - Employment figures are head counts.

Table 19: Economic Overview - GVA time series by industry, 2009 to 2018, £ million (2018 prices)
Industry sector 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Fishing 1 237 210 247 236 210 292 228 319 327 301
Aquaculture 2 134 171 182 164 229 265 115 225 431 238
Support for oil & gas 3,017 3,024 2,385 2,778 2,494 2,300 2,666 2,193 2,178 1,798
Processing 347 363 372 304 419 448 334 401 392 338
Ship building 562 565 553 510 452 552 460 213 488 289
Construction and water transport services 443 260 357 380 560 504 527 439 623 557
Passenger water transport 81 91 52 102 99 134 93 64 87 83
Freight water transport 116 174 197 158 80 89 88 70 43 94
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 10 6 8 5 7 5 11 8 11 16
Marine Tourism 3 373 429 446 494 567 593 510 576 613 579
Grand Total 5,319 5,293 4,800 5,131 5,118 5,183 5,031 4,508 5,194 4,294

Source: Marine Scotland, Scottish Annual Business Statistics, Office for National Statistics. 

Footnotes
GVA adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.
1 – Fishing GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and Seafish Statistics.
2 – Aquaculture GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and DCF statistics. 2017 aquaculture GVA updated following receipt of additional DCF survey returns see Annex B section 17.6.
3 – Marine tourism GVA includes specific tourism SIC groups within 100m of the coast.
SABS categories for oil and gas services changed between 2010 and 2011.See section 17.7.  

Table 20: Economic Overview -Turnover time series by industry, 2009 to 2018, £ million (2018 prices)
Industry sector 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Fishing 1 537 518 578 541 500 565 472 593 602 593
Aquaculture 2 510 645 686 620 762 795 712 830 1,109 921
Support for oil & gas 7,486 6,511 6,242 6,491 6,656 7,268 7,152 4,657 4,628 4,006
Processing 1,692 1,666 1,434 1,463 1,708 1,812 1,664 1,670 1,826 1,728
Ship building 1,514 1,632 1,602 1,682 1,332 1,511 1,738 1,124 1,562 1,238
Construction and water transport services 629 470 619 890 1,068 873 899 697 763 625
Passenger water transport 391 271 399 343 382 353 232 179 203 305
Freight water transport 383 343 398 279 383 288 252 190 119 300
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 21 12 14 12 12 13 19 14 18 26
Marine Tourism 3 780 868 910 978 1,040 1,057 951 1,071 1,058 1,038
Grand Total 13,943 12,935 12,882 13,299 13,844 14,536 14,091 11,026 11,889 10,780

Source: Marine Scotland, Scottish Annual Business Statistics, Office for National Statistics. 

Footnotes
Turnover adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.
1 – Fishing values taken from Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Statistics, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and Seafish Statistics.
2 – Aquaculture values taken from Marine Scotland Aquaculture Surveys, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and DCF statistics.
3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.
SABS categories for oil and gas services changed between 2010 and 2011.See section 17.7.  

Table 21: Economic Overview -Employment time series by industry, 2009 to 2018, '000s

Headcount '000s

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Fishing 1 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9
Aquaculture 2 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2
Support for oil & gas 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.5 17.4 20.0 21.5 19.7 17.8 16.6
Processing 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.1 8.0 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6
Ship building 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.7 7.1
Construction and water transport services 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.0
Passenger water transport 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.5
Freight water transport 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Marine Tourism 3 24.4 22.9 24.4 24.2 29.3 26.7 29.7 28.4 28.2 29.7
Grand Total 70.6 68.5 69.9 69.5 73.9 75.0 79.1 76.0 74.5 74.2

Source: Marine Scotland, Scottish Annual Business Statistics, Office for National Statistics. 

Footnotes
1 – Fishing values taken from Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Statistics, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and Seafish Statistics.
2 – Aquaculture values taken from Marine Scotland Aquaculture Surveys, GVA estimated using Marine Scotland and DCF statistics.
3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.
SABS categories for oil and gas services changed between 2010 and 2011.See section 17.7.
Employment figures are head counts (not adjusted to Full Time Equivalents).

Table 22: Economic Overview -by local authority, 2017 to 2018 (2018 prices)
  GVA £M Turnover £M Employment'000s
Local authority 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018
Aberdeen City 1,955 1,669 3,957 3,457 16.9 15.5
Aberdeenshire 963 949 2,203 2,238 9.8 10.1
Angus 76 59 89 83 1.1 1.2
Argyll & Bute 138 131 347 349 5.2 5.2
City Of Edinburgh 36 35 105 119 1.4 1.5
Clackmannanshire 1 * 2 * * *
Dumfries & Galloway 107 84 269 258 2.8 2.7
Dundee City 16 8 23 14 0.4 1
East Ayrshire * * * 1 * *
East Dunbartonshire * * * * * *
East Lothian 34 27 67 60 1.3 1.4
East Renfrewshire * * * * * *
Falkirk * * * * 0.7 0.7
Fife 146 8 543 250 4.7 4.4
Glasgow City 279 236 * * 4.4 4.1
Highland 259 218 640 614 8.9 9.2
Inverclyde 125 42 169 139 1.2 1.7
Midlothian * * * * * *
Moray 26 26 51 66 0.9 0.9
Na H-Eileanan Siar 43 49 127 123 1.4 1.4
North Ayrshire 62 66 108 101 1.5 1.6
North Lanarkshire * 8 * 22 0.2 0.2
Orkney Islands 35 33 70 97 1.3 1.4
Perth & Kinross 4 2 22 24 0.3 0.4
Renfrewshire 33 37 58 71 1.6 1.6
Scottish Borders 28 27 5 5 1.2 1.2
Shetland Islands 169 141 320 308 2.1 2.1
South Ayrshire 43 34 75 62 1.2 1.3
South Lanarkshire 12 9 * * * 0.3
Stirling 15 14 24 24 0.7 0.7
West Dunbartonshire 18 22 31 35 0.3 0.5
West Lothian 3 3 7 9 0.1 0.2
Unallocated 570 358 2,578 2,250 3.1 2.2
Scotland total 5,194 4,294 11,889 10,780 74.5 74.2

Source: Scottish Annual Business Statistics and MS statistics.Marine totals are compiled from combined SABS SIC codes – see Annex A.
Notes:Turnover and GVA are adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.
Employment figures are head counts only (not adjusted to FTEs).
The methodology used to combine the SABS and other statistics is shown in Annex B: Methodology and source data, Notes about tables.
Totals may not sum due to rounding.
*=Denotes disclosive data. 

15.2 Sea Fisheries

Table 23: Fishing - GVA and fishing income by Scottish vessels, by local authority, 2015 to 2018 (2018 prices) 

GVA (2018 prices) £M Value of landings (2018 prices) £M
Local authority 2015 2016 2017 2018 2015 2016 2017 2018
Aberdeen City 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4
Aberdeenshire 100.3 136.7 149.0 137.0 205.7 248.5 265.2 267.1
Angus 0.8 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.9 3.1
Argyll & Bute 11.4 14.4 14.8 13.5 24.1 28.4 29.0 28.6
Edinburgh, City Of 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0
Dumfries & Galloway 8.2 8.2 9.5 5.6 16.8 18.4 18.2 16.2
East Lothian 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.0 3.0
Fife 1.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 4.0 4.9 5.8 5.7
Highland 26.8 30.9 26.6 27.5 56.9 62.0 55.6 56.3
Moray 4.7 7.6 8.0 6.4 12.8 16.7 16.7 16.4
Na h-Eileanan Siar 6.1 7.9 7.3 6.9 12.3 14.6 14.3 13.9
North Ayrshire 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.2
Orkney Islands 7.6 9.8 10.9 11.2 16.8 19.7 19.9 23.3
Scottish Borders 1.7 2.4 3.1 2.9 3.6 4.5 5.4 5.3
Shetland Islands 51.0 75.2 70.4 71.9 89.2 120.4 108.3 116.9
South Ayrshire 4.7 5.4 5.6 5.0 9.5 11.1 10.9 11.9
Unallocated 1.2 14.0 14.9 6.2 14.1 36.9 44.5 22.4
Scotland Total 228.0 319.0 327.5 301.3 471.8 593.5 602.1 592.7

Source: Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Statistics, Seafish Fleet Economic Survey. 

Notes:Values adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates. Seafish produced estimated GVA based on the vessel's registered port.
Where values became disclosive they were not reported to a local authority and are shown here as 'Unallocated'

15.3 Aquaculture

Table 24: Aquaculture time series: GVA, production volume, value and employment, 2009 to 2018 (2018 prices) 1

GVA £ Million Volume (Thousand Tonnes) Value £
Million
Employment Headcount

Year Fin Shell Total Fin Shell Total Fin Shell Total Fin Shell Total
GVA Values calculated using mean GVA ratio between 2013 and 2016 2009 129 4.8 134 151 6.6 158 501 8.9  510  1,416 345 1,761 
2010 165 5.1 171 159 7.5 167 636 9.6  645  1,525 399 1,924 
2011 176 5.9 182 163 7.3 170 675 11.0  686  1,467 343 1,810 
2012 159 5.2 164 168 6.5 175 610 9.7  620  1,540 358 1,898 
GVA values calculated using actual CEFAS annual DCF data 2013 224 5.1 229 169 6.9 176 752 9.7  762  1,531 333 1,864 
2014 259 5.9 265 185 8.0 193 784 11.3  795  1,796 345 2,141 
2015 109 6.5 115 180 7.5 188 701 10.7  712  1,833 344 2,177 
2016 218 6.6 225 171 8.0 179 818 12.1  830  1,964 315 2,279 
2017 422 9.0 431 197 8.7 206 1,096 12.6 1,109  1,916 328 2,244 
2018 233 5.6 238 162 7.2 170 912 9.5  921  1,940 298 2,238 

Source: Marine Scotland Aquaculture survey statistics, DCF data.

Notes: GVA and Value adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.
Values are rounded and so totals may not match exactly.
1 – 2017 GVA totals updated following receipt of additional DCF survey returns for 2017 alongside the 2018 returns, for more information see Annex B section 17.6.

Table 25: Aquaculture time series: Atlantic salmon production value by SMR group, 2013 to 2018 (2018 prices)
Scottish Marine Region group Production value (£million)
  2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Argyll & Clyde 157 149 140 152 252 211
Orkney Islands 52 56 43 72 95 118
Outer Hebrides 166 144 106 160 191 173
Shetland Isles 165 198 167 184 220 202
North Coast & West Highlands 195 217 214 230 315 174
All Scotland 735  765  670  798  1,072  878 

Source: Marine Scotland Aquaculture production surveys. 

Figures for West Highlands and the North Coast have been merged due to commercial confidentiality.
Prices have been adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.

Table 26: Aquaculture time series:Mussel production value by SMR group, 2013 to 2018 (2018 prices)
Scottish Marine Region group Production value (£million)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Argyll & Clyde 1.00 0.96 0.63 0.83 0.79 0.50
Outer Hebrides 0.69 0.53 0.92 0.99 0.50 0.63
Shetland Isles 5.65 7.56 7.12 7.71 8.32 5.87
West Highlands, Moray Firth & North Coast 1.46 0.76 0.63 0.95 0.70 0.82
All Scotland 8.80 9.82 9.31 10.48 10.30 7.82

Source: Marine Scotland Aquaculture production surveys and DCF data.

Figures for West Highlands, Moray Firth and the North Coast have been merged due to commercial confidentiality.
Prices have been adjusted for inflation based on 2018 price estimates.

15.4 Marine Transport

Table 27: Passenger water transport - Total passengers and vehicles carried, 2009 to 2018

Thousands
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Passengers 10,219 9,990 9,631 9,698 9,662 9,679 9,554 10,073 10,255 10,279
Vehicles 3,135 3,072 3,071 3,076 2,972 3,074 3,146 3,372 3,467 3,456

Source: Scottish Transport Statistics[13] 

Table 28: Freight water transport - All freight traffic through Scottish ports by Local Authority, 2009 to 2018
Thousand tonnes
Local authority 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Aberdeen City 4,570 4,164 4,165 4,493 4,263 4,231 4,376 3,770 4,058 4,138
Aberdeenshire 889 1,187 1,137 1,105 1,061 1,453 1,530 1,214 1,349 1,181
Angus 423 512 488 518 588 601 493 504 444 534
Argyll And Bute 63 111 124 59 100 109 107 57 45 12
Clyde* 12,552 12,283 13,431 15,421 14,783 16,201 12,484 8,742 8,865 9,087
Dumfries And Galloway 3,749 3,652 3,918 4,425 4,501 4,407 4,712 5,097 5,235 5,403
Dundee City 810 962 929 842 815 517 515 534 566 608
Fife 36,788 34,506 28,034 25,504 26,492 24,775 27,268 27,651 27,722 26,763
Highland 9,408 10,560 11,052 9,107 10,126 9,026 6,857 7,195 7,668 7,639
Moray 105 108 113 90 110 74 83 91 79 84
Na H-Eileanan Siar 236 258 298 284 213 242 232 217 201 189
Orkney Islands 3,241 3,244 2,344 1,729 1,054 1,151 3,945 4,615 4,852 3,470
Perth And Kinross 125 103 74 62 60 61 63 33 31 12
Shetland Islands 11,808 11,862 10,760 12,082 7,250 8,055 6,915 6,837 5,809 5,867
South Ayrshire 812 1,307 546 418 575 478 388 416 351 374
Grand Total 85,580 84,818 77,413 76,138 71,992 71,381 69,968 66,972 67,275 65,358

Source: DfT Maritime and shipping statisticsTable PORT0101.

Note: Transport Scotland report freight tonnage through major and minor ports. These ports were assigned to local authorities. However, several ports in the Clyde region are only reported for statistical purposes as 'Clyde' and so the tonnage can't be allocated to the correct local authority. They are shown here under the Clyde heading, although this is not a valid local authority. Equally, Forth ports carry the highest tonnage of freight traffic, and the recording rules mean that the ports are assigned to Fife. Hence, no freight is recorded as carried through Edinburgh City local authority.  

Table 29: Freight water transport - All freight traffic through Scottish ports by Scottish Marine Region, 2009 to 2018
  Thousand tonnes
Scottish Marine Region 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Argyll 5,654 5,957 6,184 5,600 5,846 6,456 5,704 5,543 6,183 5,954
Clyde 13,364 13,591 13,977 15,839 15,358 16,679 12,872 9,158 9,216 9,460
Forth & Tay 38,146 36,083 29,525 26,926 27,956 25,955 28,340 28,722 28,763 27,916
Moray Firth 3,642 4,458 4,768 3,274 4,082 2,214 943 1,175 892 1,048
North Coast 252 262 277 240 264 285 252 247 280 257
North East 5,367 5,271 5,218 5,517 5,235 5,608 5,844 4,918 5,347 5,269
Orkney Islands 3,241 3,244 2,344 1,729 1,054 1,151 3,945 4,615 4,852 3,470
Outer Hebrides 236 258 298 284 213 242 232 217 201 189
Shetland Isles 11,808 11,862 10,760 12,082 7,250 8,055 6,915 6,837 5,809 5,867
Solway 3,749 3,652 3,918 4,425 4,501 4,407 4,712 5,097 5,235 5,403
West Highlands 121 182 143 222 234 330 209 443 497 525
Grand Total 85,580 84,818 77,413 76,138 71,992 71,381 69,968 66,972 67,275 65,358

Source: DfT Maritime and shipping statisticsTable PORT0101.

Note: Transport Scotland report freight tonnage through major and minor ports. These ports were assigned to SMRs.  

15.5 Marine Tourism

Table 30: Marine tourism - GVA, turnover, employment, by SMR, 2015 to 2018 (2018 prices)
Scottish Marine Region GVA £M Turnover £M Employment Headcount '000s
2015 2016 2017 2018 2015 2016 2017 2018 2015 2016 2017 2018
Argyll 26.7 27.5 27.2 34.7 49.9 48.2 46.8 63.8 2 1.7 1.7 1.8
Clyde 132.9 131.9 142.1 159.7 244.8 258.3 260.8 299.2 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.8
Forth and Tay 124.6 139.0 156.8 153.3 214.1 231.3 258.8 267.9 6.4 6.4 6.5 7
Moray Firth 50.6 62.9 77.2 73.2 97.5 123.9 129.8 130.0 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6
North Coast 4.6 6.9 6.7 3.8 9.4 10.8 10.9 6.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
North East 51.9 40.4 47.6 39.0 98.3 75.8 85.4 69.1 2.2 2 2 2
Orkney Islands 5.4 16.9 14.0 11.0 10.7 28.3 22.6 20.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Outer Hebrides 23.1 14.0 13.1 9.1 43.7 28.9 25.2 17.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Shetland Isles 11.5 35.5 38.1 4.8 31.1 74.9 68.3 9.6 1.1 1 0.9 1
Solway 32.8 44.1 29.4 18.0 67.2 96.8 51.6 31.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2
West Highlands 45.6 57.2 60.9 72.4 84.9 93.5 98.1 123.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4
Grand Total 509.6 576.2 613.0 579.1 951.3 1070.8 1058.3 1038.4 29.7 28.4 28.2 29.7

Source: SABS extract - SABS SIC codes were identified as being related to tourism and recreation. Then, all tourism businesses located in postcodes within 100 metres of the coastline were included as 'marine tourism'.

Notes:  
Employment figures are head counts (not adjusted to Full Time Equivalents).
GVA and turnover values are adjusted to 2018 prices.
Totals may not sum due to rounding and disclosure control.

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