| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9B7 Fish and shellfish farming, 1991-1996 |
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |||
| Salmon | Registered sites | 537 |
515 |
545 |
582 |
580 |
676 |
|
| Active | (percentage) | * |
80.6 |
77.2 |
70.2 |
74.0 |
78.0 |
|
| Production | (tonnes) | 40,593 |
36,101 |
48,691 |
64,067 |
70,060 |
83,121 |
|
| Employees1 | 1,636 |
1,619 |
1,572 |
1,623 |
1,751 |
1,834 |
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| Part-time | (percentage) | 21.0 |
22.7 |
23.1 |
23.0 |
21.0 |
21.0 |
|
| Trout | Registered sites | 81 |
93 |
80 |
107 |
104 |
103 |
|
| Active | (percentage) | 85.0 |
86.0 |
92.0 |
67.0 |
77.0 |
78.0 |
|
| Production | (tonnes) | 3,334 |
4,161 |
4,023 |
4,263 |
4,683 |
4,630 |
|
| Employees1 | 184 |
208 |
207 |
209 |
196 |
189 |
||
| Part-time | (percentage) | 28.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
32.0 |
|
| Shellfish | Registered businesses | 310 |
321 |
332 |
348 |
353 |
360 |
|
| Active | (percentage) | 74.0 |
67.0 |
62.0 |
56.0 |
54.0 |
52.0 |
|
| Production | (tonnes) | 1,317 |
1,238 |
1,263 |
957.1 |
1,252 |
1,137 |
|
| Employees1 | 385 |
353 |
344 |
337 |
327 |
327 |
||
| Part-time | (percentage) | 80.0 |
75.4 |
77.9 |
76.0 |
77.0 |
50.0 |
|
Source: SOAEFD Branch K4 |
| 1 Employees employed directly on farming and not those employed on related activities such as processing or marketing. |