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Table 5. Active Scottish based vessels, by main fishing method and overall length group, 31st December 2005

10 metres
& Under

>10 <15
metres

15<18
metres

18<25
metres

25<35
metres

35<50
metres

50 metres
& over

Total

Demersal single trawl

21

21

31

98

38

9

0

218

Demersal pair trawl

0

0

4

15

7

0

0

26

Seine net

0

0

3

21

9

1

0

34

Lines

29

0

0

0

7

2

0

38

Demersal gill nets

9

3

0

0

2

5

0

19

Demersal twin/mult trawl

1

0

1

13

4

0

0

19

Beam trawl

1

1

0

1

2

14

0

19

Other demersal

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

Demersal total

62

25

39

149

69

31

0

375

Purse seine

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

6

Pelagic trawl

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

19

Other pelagic

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pelagic total

0

0

0

0

0

1

24

25

Creel fishing

1,416

108

6

2

0

0

0

1,532

Nephrops trawl

108

107

52

17

1

0

0

285

Mechanical dredging

21

27

30

23

7

1

0

109

Suction dredging

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

Shell fishing by hand

42

4

0

0

0

0

0

46

Shrimp trawl

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Shellfish total

1,590

247

88

42

8

1

0

1,976

Total

1,652

272

127

191

77

33

24

2,376

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