Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2003

Table 23. Liveweight and value of landings into Scotland by UK vessels, by landing district and main (1) species, 2003

	Eyemouth
	Tonnes	'000
Catfish	26	30
Cod	85	101
Dogfish - Spur	143	122
Gurnards - Red	190	174
Gurnards Other	20	12
Haddock	977	794
Lemon Sole	83	167
Ling	47	50
Mullet - Red	48	183
Plaice	71	61
Whiting	87	64
Other demersal	105	160
Total demersal	1,882	1,917
Nephrops	682	1,674
Scallops	39	65
Squid	256	688
Other shellfish	25	108
Total shellfish	1,002	2,535
Total landings	2,884	4,452
	Pittenweem
	Tonnes	'000
Other demersal	24	19
Total demersal	24	19
Lobsters	37	407
Nephrops	646	1,292
Surf Clams	151	95
Velvet Crabs	43	75
Other shellfish	16	18
Total shellfish	892	1,887
Total landings	916	1,905
	Aberdeen
	Tonnes	'000
Catfish	77	105
Cod	1,303	1,892
Dogfish - Spur	56	63
Haddock	8,008	5,667
Hake	53	79
Halibut	41	152
Lemon Sole	140	345
Ling	209	199
Megrims	53	76
Monks	375	697
Plaice	171	165
Pollack (Lythe)	141	139
Saithe (Coalfish)	812	295
Skates & Rays	64	37
Whiting	825	573
Witches	69	74
Other demersal	66	111
Total demersal	12,463	10,670
Total pelagic	4	1
Brown crabs	158	138
Lobsters	23	265
Nephrops	502	1,229
Scallops	654	924
Squid	76	157
Surf Clams	103	91
Velvet crabs	38	58
Other shellfish	3	2
Total shellfish	1,557	2,863
Total landings	14,023	13,535
	Peterhead
	Tonnes	'000
Blue Ling	26	29
Catfish	174	263
Cod	3,693	6,220
Dogfish - Spur	49	42
Greenland Halibut	26	36
Haddock	12,961	8,951
Hake	114	185
Halibut	88	302
Lemon Sole	268	641
Ling	980	972
Megrims	265	565
Monks	1,680	3,439
Other flatfish	40	68
Plaice	284	276
Pollack (Lythe)	389	403
Redfish	82	76
Roes	39	60
Saithe (Coalfish)	2,277	951
Skates & Rays	131	84
Turbot	28	159
Tusk	62	46
Whiting	2,402	1,815
Witches	277	378
Other demersal	71	70
Total demersal	26,406	26,031
Herring	22,466	2,923
Horse Mackerel	453	47
Mackerel	38,623	17,036
Other pelagic	18	13
Total pelagic	61,559	20,020
Nephrops	1,602	4,394
Scallops	221	424
Squid	153	303
Other shellfish	20	18
Total shellfish	1,996	5,138
Total landings	89,961	51,189
	Fraserburgh
	Tonnes	'000
Blue Ling	23	30
Catfish	58	81
Cod	993	1,310
Dogfish - Spur	133	133
Greenland Halibut	38	63
Haddock	5,217	2,146
Hake	33	41
Halibut	53	181
Lemon Sole	143	244
Ling	344	348
Megrims	138	189
Monks	1,517	2,951
Other flatfish	30	74
Plaice	210	142
Pollack (Lythe)	34	38
Redfish	142	119
Saithe (Coalfish)	874	315
Skates & Rays	72	38
Tusk	26	19
Whiting	1,202	434
Witches	340	286
Other demersal	173	197
Total demersal	11,794	9,379
Blue Whiting	30	1
Herring	9,826	1,120
Horse Mackerel	30	3
Mackerel	14,987	5,612
Other pelagic	8	2
Total pelagic	24,881	6,738
Brown Crabs	149	168
Nephrops	5,780	12,146
Scallops	732	1,271
Squid	632	1,432
Other shellfish	27	41
Total shellfish	7,320	15,059
Total landings	43,994	31,176
	Buckie
	Tonnes	'000
Cod	108	163
Dogfish - Spur	229	239
Haddock	344	174
Lemon Sole	37	87
Ling	129	160
Megrims	80	187
Monks	132	273
Plaice	26	18
Saithe (Coalfish)	123	46
Skates & Rays	65	66
Tusk	28	24
Whiting	95	50
Witches	23	23
Other demersal	63	85
Total demersal	1,483	1,595
Total pelagic	8	3
Nephrops	408	801
Scallops	613	1,031
Squid	534	1,150
Velvet Crabs	61	78
Other shellfish	47	34
Total shellfish	1,663	3,094
Total landings	3,154	4,692
	Wick
	Tonnes	'000
Blue Ling	154	145
Cod	951	1,527
Catfish	32	45
Dogfish - Portugese	27	28
Dogfish - Spur	852	1,029
Forkbeard	27	20
Greenland Halibut	731	1,125
Gurnards - Red	67	11
Haddock	3,041	2,246
Hake	26	42
Halibut	21	78
Lemon Sole	40	92
Ling	522	562
Megrims	374	768
Monks	1,092	2,389
Plaice	180	153
Pollack (Lythe)	82	94
Redfish	662	682
Roundnose Grenadier	39	31
Saithe (Coalfish)	1,798	776
Skates & Rays	510	454
Tusk	46	32
Whiting	421	294
Witches	47	43
Other demersal	74	117
Total demersal	11,818	12,783
Total pelagic	6	1
Brown Crabs	2,706	3,287
Cockles	33	27
Lobsters	46	537
Mussels	838	238
Nephrops	330	689
Scallops	521	665
Squid	125	272
Velvet Crabs	79	135
Whelks	135	72
Other shellfish	22	9
Total shellfish	4,835	5,930
Total landings	16,659	18,715
	Orkney
	Tonnes	'000
Other demersal	30	14
Total demersal	30	14
Brown Crabs	1,076	1,056
Cockles	20	17
Green Crabs	170	84
Lobsters	64	763
Periwinkles	51	56
Scallops	113	269
Velvet Crabs	495	750
Whelks	329	157
Other shellfish	28	88
Total shellfish	2,347	3,239
Total landings	2,377	3,254
	Shetland
	Tonnes	'000
Catfish	31	40
Cod	1,101	1,647
Dogfish - Spur	83	99
Haddock	2,991	1,899
Hake	24	30
Lemon Sole	30	58
Ling	329	309
Megrims	123	197
Monks	849	1,635
Plaice	136	99
Pollack (Lythe)	83	80
Saithe (Coalfish)	627	196
Sandeels	186	10
Skates & Rays	103	52
Tusk	21	12
Whiting	797	553
Witches	44	42
Other demersal	53	88
Total demersal	7,612	7,047
Blue Whiting	9,698	668
Herring	19,377	2,335
Horse Mackerel	25	1
Mackerel	44,875	18,821
Other pelagic	12	2
Total pelagic	73,986	21,828
Brown Crabs	78	66
Nephrops	114	310
Scallops	761	1,014
Squid	52	103
Whelks	59	24
Other shellfish	5	6
Total shellfish	1,069	1,523
Total landings	82,667	30,398
	Stornoway
	Tonnes	'000
Cod	21	21
Dogfish - Spur	100	81
Haddock	65	33
Monks	35	54
Sandeels	115	6
Skates & Rays	54	32
Whiting	27	10
Witches	24	14
Other demersal	87	86
Total demersal	530	337
Brown Crabs	616	583
Cockles	22	22
Lobsters	60	611
Nephrops	1,759	5,074
Scallops	947	1,544
Velvet Crabs	248	412
Other shellfish	18	85
Total shellfish	3,670	8,331
Total landings	4,199	8,668
	Lochinver
	Tonnes	'000
Blue Ling	58	69
Bluemouth	20	20
Cod	92	151
Dogfish - Spur	316	264
Forkbeard	93	72
Greenland Halibut	88	145
Haddock	577	430
Hake	131	581
Ling	632	713
Megrims	210	517
Monks	312	495
Plaice	30	23
Redfish	127	130
Saithe (Coalfish)	161	90
Skates & Rays	188	158
Tusk	38	28
Whiting	97	86
Witches	719	1,082
Other demersal	122	206
Total demersal	4,009	5,262
Total pelagic	6	3
Nephrops	794	2,632
Red Crabs	43	141
Scallops	37	53
Squid	150	285
Other shellfish	16	25
Total shellfish	1,040	3,136
Total landings	5,055	8,401

(1) liveweight landings of 20 tonnes or more.

Chart 8. Liveweight landings into Scotland by UK vessels, by species type, 1963 to 2003

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Chart 9. Average prices of landings into Scotland, by species type and month, 2003

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