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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9B4 Fish landings in Scotland, 1987, 1992-1997 |
1987 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Weight of landings | (thousand tonnes) | 587.2 |
489.2 |
513.6 |
500.9 |
500.5 |
429.4 |
392.1 |
| by foreign vessels | 12.3 |
46.8 |
50.4 |
41.6 |
48.5 |
55.9 |
35.4 |
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| by UK vessels | 574.9 |
442.4 |
463.2 |
459.3 |
452.0 |
373.5 |
356.7 |
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| Demersal | 263.8 |
162.1 |
184.3 |
189.4 |
199.7 |
208.8 |
195.4 |
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| Pelagic | 272.2 |
234.2 |
233.6 |
224.2 |
200.6 |
112.9 |
107.0 |
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| Shellfish | 38.9 |
46.1 |
45.3 |
45.7 |
51.7 |
51.8 |
54.3 |
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| Value of landings | (£ million) | |||||||
| by all vessels | 278.4 |
266.2 |
280.5 |
299.5 |
317.2 |
333.6 |
299.2 |
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| by foreign vessels | 4.8 |
16.2 |
19.8 |
20.1 |
21.9 |
30.3 |
20.6 |
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| by UK vessels | 273.6 |
249.9 |
260.7 |
279.3 |
295.3 |
303.3 |
278.7 |
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| Demersal | 186.5 |
163.4 |
167.2 |
176.0 |
181.9 |
197.8 |
168.3 |
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| Pelagic | 31.0 |
26.8 |
29.2 |
28.1 |
26.0 |
20.1 |
21.4 |
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| Shellfish | 56.1 |
59.7 |
64.2 |
75.3 |
87.4 |
85.4 |
88.9 |
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| by UK vessels by major species | (£ thousands) | |||||||
| Cod | 49,376 |
40,769 |
34,051 |
34,854 |
36,052 |
38,875 |
36,075 |
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| Haddock | 71,613 |
36,636 |
49,834 |
54,307 |
49,817 |
49,837 |
40,097 |
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| Whiting | 20,340 |
17,635 |
17,496 |
16,582 |
15,919 |
15,644 |
12,652 |
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| Herring | 11,517 |
8,601 |
8,977 |
8,906 |
9,866 |
7,612 |
5,405 |
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| Mackerel | 19,248 |
17,590 |
19,591 |
18,546 |
15,301 |
11,826 |
14,472 |
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| by UK vessels by main methods | (£ thousands) | |||||||
| Demersal trawl | 108,593 |
98,186 |
111,796 |
112,066 |
151,311 |
170,561 |
153,819 |
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| Demersal seine nets | 73,641 |
51,362 |
47,011 |
51,466 |
48,414 |
41,971 |
35,833 |
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| Beam trawl | 1,873 |
5,402 |
2,244 |
4,184 |
4,990 |
7,054 |
4,993 |
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| Pelagic methods | 30,851 |
26,612 |
29,040 |
28,042 |
26,235 |
20,271 |
19,797 |
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| Other methods | 58,617 |
68,507 |
70,618 |
83,570 |
64,318 |
63,485 |
64,233 |
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Source: SOAEFD Branch J4 |
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