| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 9B fishing |
| Table 9B1 Fishing vessels and fishermen employed, 1997 |
| District | Vessels1 |
Fishermen2 |
|||||
Total |
Under 10m |
10m and over |
Total |
Regularly employed |
Partially employed |
Crofters |
|
| Scotland | |||||||
| East Coast | 1,505 |
772 |
733 |
5,188 |
4,324 |
864 |
- |
| Eyemouth | 126 |
65 |
61 |
360 |
308 |
52 |
- |
| Pittenweem | 104 |
69 |
35 |
240 |
191 |
49 |
- |
| Arbroath | 75 |
60 |
15 |
130 |
61 |
69 |
- |
| Aberdeen | 45 |
23 |
22 |
162 |
132 |
30 |
- |
| Peterhead | 159 |
36 |
123 |
741 |
698 |
43 |
- |
| Fraserburgh | 281 |
80 |
201 |
1,580 |
1,503 |
77 |
- |
| Buckie | 151 |
36 |
115 |
613 |
560 |
53 |
- |
| Wick | 135 |
106 |
29 |
277 |
136 |
141 |
- |
| Orkney | 204 |
142 |
62 |
402 |
301 |
101 |
- |
| Shetland | 225 |
155 |
70 |
683 |
434 |
249 |
- |
| West Coast | 1,265 |
877 |
388 |
3,006 |
2,405 |
551 |
50 |
| Stornoway | 356 |
282 |
74 |
681 |
551 |
111 |
19 |
| Kinlochbervie | 24 |
19 |
5 |
46 |
34 |
12 |
- |
| Lochinver | 28 |
12 |
16 |
50 |
37 |
- |
13 |
| Ullapool | 60 |
40 |
20 |
116 |
104 |
11 |
1 |
| Mallaig | 247 |
173 |
74 |
493 |
404 |
72 |
17 |
| Oban | 172 |
135 |
37 |
319 |
252 |
67 |
- |
| Campbeltown | 196 |
130 |
66 |
393 |
284 |
109 |
- |
| Ayr | 182 |
86 |
96 |
908 |
739 |
169 |
- |
Source: SOAEFD Branch J4 |
| 1 By base district. 2 Employed on vessels based within that district - figures are based on estimates and should only be used to indicate trends. |