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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9B2 Fishing vessels, 1987, 1992-1997 |
1987 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Total | (numbers) |
2,263 |
2,482 |
2,895 |
2,994 |
2,792 |
2,806 |
2,770 |
| By size | (metres) |
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| 0-10 | 910 |
1,135 |
1,562 |
1,703 |
1,583 |
1,660 |
1,649 |
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| 10-12 | 263 |
295 |
303 |
305 |
286 |
260 |
253 |
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| 12-15 | 149 |
150 |
135 |
125 |
111 |
105 |
105 |
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| 15-17 | 224 |
193 |
184 |
171 |
161 |
147 |
142 |
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| 17-20 | 215 |
203 |
195 |
185 |
170 |
158 |
156 |
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| 20-25 | 336 |
307 |
300 |
289 |
279 |
260 |
247 |
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| 25-30 | 98 |
114 |
118 |
120 |
121 |
132 |
133 |
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| 30-35 | 26 |
27 |
30 |
28 |
23 |
22 |
18 |
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| 35 + | 42 |
58 |
68 |
68 |
58 |
62 |
67 |
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| Normal method of fishing | ||||||||
| demersal trawl | 248 |
269 |
299 |
282 |
313 |
350 |
329 |
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| demersal pair trawl | 132 |
103 |
104 |
80 |
95 |
93 |
76 |
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| demersal pair seine | - |
- |
22 |
62 |
39 |
30 |
23 |
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| industrial trawl | 6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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| beam trawl | 5 |
19 |
20 |
16 |
21 |
22 |
24 |
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| seine net | 277 |
208 |
170 |
112 |
90 |
85 |
81 |
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| lines | 69 |
45 |
53 |
78 |
84 |
50 |
37 |
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| purse seine | 47 |
40 |
37 |
37 |
26 |
29 |
28 |
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| pelagic trawl | 7 |
12 |
15 |
14 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
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| other nets | 15 |
23 |
35 |
40 |
30 |
29 |
35 |
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| nephrops trawl | 412 |
433 |
404 |
416 |
368 |
299 |
339 |
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| other shellfishing1 | 1,028 |
1,330 |
1,736 |
1,857 |
1,709 |
1,803 |
1,777 |
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| unknown | 17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
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| Employment (at 31 Dec) | (numbers) | 8,492 |
8,140 |
9,420 |
8,610 |
8,395 |
8,084 |
8,194 |
| regularly employed | 7,522 | 7,180 | 8,060 | 7,160 | 6,889 | 6,689 | 6,729 | |
| partially employed2 | 970 | 960 | 1,360 | 1,450 | 1,506 | 1,395 | 1,465 | |
Source: SOAEFD Branch J4 |
| 1 Shrimp trawl,
mechanical/scallop dredge, suction dredge, creels, queen scallop trawl, shellfishing by
hand. 2 Includes crofters. |
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