Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019

Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2019. Includes a time series of Gross Value Added (GVA), turnover and employment for marine sectors. The supporting documents include: accessible tables, a summary topic sheet and a pdf version of the publication.


16. Tables

16.1 Economic Overview

Table 19: Economic Overview - Scotland’s GVA, turnover and employment 1 by sector, 2019
Industry sector GVA (millions of pounds) GVA as a percentage of the Marine total GVA as a percentage of the Scotland total Turnover (millions of pounds) Turnover as a percentage of the Marine total Employment headcount (thousands) Employment headcount as a percentage of the Marine total Employment headcount as a percentage of the Scotland total
Fishing 329 7% 0.22% 596 5% 4.9 6% 0.18%
Aquaculture 2 560 11% 0.38% 1,111 10% 2.4 3% 0.09%
Support for oil & gas 1,945 39% 1.31% 4,527 39% 15.7 21% 0.59%
Processing 390 8% 0.26% 1,707 15% 6.8 9% 0.26%
Shipbuilding 408 8% 0.28% 1,094 9% 6.3 8% 0.24%
Construction and water transport services 436 9% 0.29% 725 6% 4.3 6% 0.16%
Passenger water transport 133 3% 0.09% 284 2% 1.4 2% 0.05%
Freight water transport 229 5% 0.15% 385 3% 0.4 1% 0.02%
Renting and leasing of water transport equipment 15 0% 0.01% 27 0% 0.2 0% 0.01%
Marine Tourism 3 598 12% 0.40% 1,111 10% 33.1 44% 1.24%
Marine Total 5,043 100% 3.40% 11,567 100% 75.5 100% 2.83%
Scotland total 4 148,269 2,663.9

Footnotes: Turnover and GVA adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

1 – Employment figures are head counts (not adjusted to Full Time Equivalents).

2 – All years of Aquaculture GVA updated to include change in stock value see Annex B section 18.6.

3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.

4 - Scotland total GVA is from Quarterly National Accounts Scotland.

Scotland employment is from the Annual Population Survey.

Table 20: Economic Overview, Scotland’s GVA (millions of pounds) time series by sector, 2010 to 2019 1 (2019 prices)
Marine sector GVA 2010 GVA 2011 GVA 2012 GVA 2013 GVA 2014 GVA 2015 GVA 2016 GVA 2017 GVA 2018 GVA 2019
Fishing 210 253 240 211 303 235 327 335 309 329
Aquaculture 2 184 196 177 288 289 84 243 544 387 560
Support for oil & gas 3 3,090 2,436 2,837 2,551 2,354 2,727 2,243 2,227 1,865 1,945
Processing 371 380 310 428 459 341 410 401 361 390
Shipbuilding 577 565 521 462 565 471 218 499 281 408
Construction and water transport services 266 364 388 573 516 539 449 637 497 436
Passenger water transport 93 54 104 102 137 95 66 89 93 133
Freight water transport 178 201 162 82 91 90 72 44 100 229
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 6 8 6 7 6 11 9 11 15 15
Marine Tourism 4 439 456 504 580 607 521 589 627 592 598
Grand Total 5 5,414 4,914 5,250 5,283 5,328 5,113 4,624 5,413 4,500 5,043

Footnotes

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – All years of Aquaculture GVA updated to include change in stock value see Annex B section 18.6.

3 – SABS categories for oil and gas services changed in 2011 see Annex B section 18.7.

4 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups within 100m of the coast.

5 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

Table 21: Economic Overview, Scotland’s turnover (millions of pounds) time series by marine sector, 2010 to 2019 1 (2019 prices)
Marine sector Turnover 2010 Turnover 2011 Turnover 2012 Turnover 2013 Turnover 2014 Turnover 2015 Turnover 2016 Turnover 2017 Turnover 2018 Turnover 2019
Fishing 520 593 551 501 586 487 609 616 603 596
Aquaculture 659 701 633 779 814 728 849 1,134 941 1,111
Support for oil & gas 2 6,653 6,377 6,631 6,808 7,440 7,316 4,763 4,731 4,277 4,527
Processing 1,702 1,464 1,494 1,747 1,855 1,702 1,708 1,867 1,779 1,707
Shipbuilding 1,667 1,636 1,718 1,363 1,547 1,778 1,149 1,597 1,239 1,094
Construction and water transport services 480 632 909 1,092 894 919 713 780 726 725
Passenger water transport 277 408 350 390 361 237 183 208 316 284
Freight water transport 350 406 285 391 295 258 194 121 307 385
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 12 14 13 12 13 19 15 18 27 27
Marine Tourism 3 886 930 999 1,064 1,082 973 1,095 1,082 1,068 1,111
Grand Total 4 13,207 13,162 13,584 14,148 14,889 14,418 11,278 12,154 11,282 11,567

Footnotes

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – SABS categories for oil and gas services changed in 2011 see Annex B section 18.7.

3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups within 100m of the coast.

4 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

Table 22: Economic Overview, Scotland’s employment 1 (thousands) time series by marine sector, 2010 to 2019
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Fishing 5.2 5 4.7 5 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9
Aquaculture 1.9 1.8 1.9 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4
Support for oil & gas 2 18.4 18.6 18.5 17.4 20 21.5 19.7 17.8 16.7 15.7
Processing 8 7.5 7.7 7.1 8 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 6.8
Shipbuilding 7.1 7.2 7.1 7 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.7 7.1 6.3
Construction and water transport services 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.8 4 4.4 4.9 4.3
Passenger water transport 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.4
Freight water transport 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Renting & leasing of water transport equipment 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Marine Tourism 3 22.9 24.4 24.2 29.3 26.7 29.7 28.4 28.2 29.7 33.1
Grand Total 4 68.5 69.9 69.5 74 75 79.1 76 74.5 75.2 75.5

Footnotes

1 – Employment figures are head counts (not adjusted to Full Time Equivalents).

2 – SABS categories for oil and gas services changed in 2011 see Annex B section 18.7.

3 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups (See Annex A) within 100m of the coast.

4 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

Table 23: Economic Overview, by local authority, 2018 to 2019 1 2 3 (2019 prices)
Local authority GVA 2018 (millions of pounds) GVA 2019 (millions of pounds) Turnover 2018 (millions of pounds) Turnover 2019 (millions of pounds) Employment 2018 (thousands) Employment 2019 (thousands)
Aberdeen City 1,700 1,888 3,725 4,159 15.6 15.2
Aberdeenshire 966 884 2,283 2,104 10.1 8.9
Angus 38 45 83 93 1.1 1.1
Argyll & Bute 134 154 356 363 5.2 5.9
City Of Edinburgh 37 50 123 135 1.5 1.5
Clackmannanshire c 1 c 3 c c
Dumfries & Galloway 81 59 257 148 2.7 2.3
Dundee City 9 21 18 33 0.5 0.6
East Ayrshire 0 1 1 2 c c
East Dunbartonshire c c c c c c
East Lothian 29 32 65 67 1.5 1.5
East Renfrewshire c c c c c c
Falkirk c c c c 0.7 0.7
Fife 55 146 332 367 5.3 5.0
Glasgow City 240 198 c c 4.0 4.1
Highland 221 291 621 672 9.0 10.0
Inverclyde 44 87 141 150 1.6 1.6
Midlothian c c c c c c
Moray 26 29 65 78 0.9 1.1
Na H-Eileanan Siar 46 48 124 144 1.4 1.8
North Ayrshire 43 47 104 101 1.6 1.6
North Lanarkshire 8 7 24 21 0.2 0.2
Orkney Islands 34 43 99 89 1.4 1.4
Perth & Kinross 3 7 26 23 0.4 0.5
Renfrewshire 40 39 76 69 1.6 1.5
Scottish Borders 29 32 5 5 1.2 1.2
Shetland Islands 137 139 308 294 2.1 2.0
South Ayrshire 34 36 61 58 1.3 1.2
South Lanarkshire -2 -1 c c 0.3 c
Stirling 14 15 24 26 0.7 0.7
West Dunbartonshire 23 23 35 31 0.5 0.5
West Lothian 3 4 9 10 0.2 0.1
Unallocated 4 508 720 2,317 2,323 2.6 3.3
Scotland total 4,500 5,043 11,282 11,567 75.2 75.5

Footnotes

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – All years of Aquaculture GVA updated to include change in stock value see Annex B section 18.6.

3 – The use of a ‘c’ in a cell denotes that the data is confidential so cannot be supplied.

4 – Some values could not be assigned to local authorities and have been reported as 'Unallocated'.

16.2 Sea Fisheries

Table 24: Fishing - GVA and fishing income by Scottish vessels (millions of pounds), by local authority, 2016 to 2019 1 2 3 (2019 prices)
Local authority GVA 2016 GVA 2017 GVA 2018 GVA 2019 Value of landings 2016 Value of landings 2017 Value of landings 2018 Value of landings 2019
Aberdeen City 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5
Aberdeenshire 139.7 152.3 140.9 148.7 254.2 271.1 272.8 258.4
Angus 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.3 3 3.1 3.3
Argyll & Bute 14.8 15.1 13.7 13.9 29.1 29.7 29.2 28.8
Edinburgh, City Of 0.2 0.1 c c 0.4 0.3 0 0
Dumfries & Galloway 8.3 9.8 5.8 7.3 18.8 18.6 16.7 15.2
East Lothian 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 3 3.1 3 2.8
Fife 2.4 3 2.6 2.5 5 5.9 5.8 6
Highland 31.6 27.2 27.7 27.5 63.4 56.9 57.5 56
Moray 7.8 8.2 6.6 7.2 17.1 17.1 16.8 16.3
Na h-Eileanan Siar 8.1 7.4 7 8.6 14.9 14.6 14.2 17.1
North Ayrshire 0.8 1 1.3 1 1.5 1.6 2.2 1.8
Orkney Islands 10 11.2 11.9 12 20.2 20.4 23.8 22.6
Scottish Borders 2.4 3.2 2.9 2.6 4.6 5.6 5.4 5
Shetland Islands 76.9 71.9 73.7 72.3 123.1 110.7 119.3 108.1
South Ayrshire 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.5 11.3 11.1 12.1 11.6
Unallocated 4 15.1 15.4 6.1 16.1 39.3 45.6 21 42.7
Scotland Total 326.7 335 308.8 328.6 608.6 615.7 603.5 596.3

Footnotes

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – Seafish produced estimated GVA based on the vessel’s registered port.

3 – The use of a ‘c’ in a cell denotes that the data is confidential so cannot be supplied.

4 – Some values could not be assigned to local authorities and have been reported as ‘Unallocated’

16.3 Aquaculture

Table 25: Aquaculture time series: GVA, production volume, value and employment, 2010 to 2019 (2019 prices) 1 2 3 4
Value Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2016 Year 2017 Year 2018 Year 2019
Finfish GVA (millions of pounds) 179 190 171 282 283 77 236 535 381 553
Shellfish GVA (millions of pounds) 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 9 5 7
Total GVA (millions of pounds) 184 196 177 288 289 84 243 544 387 560
Finfish production volume (thousands of tonnes) 159 163 168 169 185 180 171 197 162 211
Shellfish production volume (thousands of tonnes) 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 7 7
Total production volume (thousands of tonnes) 167 170 175 176 193 188 179 206 170 218
Finfish value (millions of pounds) 649 690 624 769 803 717 836 1,121 931 1,103
Shellfish value (millions of pounds) 10 11 10 10 12 11 12 13 10 8
Total value (millions of pounds) 659 701 633 779 814 728 849 1,134 941 1,111
Finfish employment headcount 1,525 1,467 1,540 1,625 1,796 1,833 1,964 1,874 1,940 2,129
Shellfish employment headcount 399 343 358 333 345 344 315 328 298 277
Total employment headcount 1,924 1,810 1,898 1,958 2,141 2,177 2,279 2,202 2,238 2,406
Finfish GVA per worker (pounds) 117,087 129,639 111,268 173,823 157,483 42,219 120,390 285,405 196,423 259,963
Shellfish GVA per worker (pounds) 13,255 17,752 14,884 16,788 17,890 18,044 21,271 26,611 18,294 24,389
Total GVA per worker (pounds) 95,554 108,436 93,088 147,116 134,989 38,399 106,690 246,856 172,705 232,842

Footnotes

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – All years of Aquaculture GVA updated to include change in stock value see Annex B section 18.6.

3 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

4 – GVA Values calculated using mean GVA ratio between 2013 and 2016. GVA values calculated using actual annual economic survey data from 2017 onwards. Known as the DCF survey prior to 2019.

Table 26: Aquaculture time series - Atlantic salmon production value (millions of pounds) by Scottish marine region group, 2014 to 2019 (2019 prices) 1 2 3
Scottish marine region group Production value 2014 Production value 2015 Production value 2016 Production value 2017 Production value 2018 Production value 2019
Argyll & Clyde 153 143 155 257 216 237
Orkney Islands 57 44 74 96 120 94
Outer Hebrides 147 108 163 194 176 203
Shetland Isles 202 170 187 224 207 190
North Coast and West Highlands 222 218 235 321 178 351
All Scotland 781 683 814 1,092 897 1,074

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – Figures for some Scottish marine regions have been merged due to commercial confidentiality.

3 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

Table 27: Aquaculture time series - Mussel production value by Scottish marine region group, 2014 to 2019 (2019 prices) 1 2 3
Scottish marine region group Production value 2014 Production value 2015 Production value 2016 Production value 2017 Production value 2018 Production value 2019
Argyll & Clyde 0.99 0.64 0.85 0.8 0.51 0.33
Outer Hebrides 0.54 0.94 1.01 0.5 0.64 0.5
Shetland Isles 7.72 7.27 7.86 8.47 6 4.9
West Highlands, Moray Firth and North Coast 0.78 0.65 0.97 0.71 0.83 0.43
All Scotland 10.03 9.49 10.69 10.49 7.99 6.16

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – Figures for some Scottish marine regions have been merged due to commercial confidentiality.

3 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

16.4 Marine Transport

Table 28: Passenger water transport - total passengers and vehicles carried (thousands), 2010 to 2019 1
Type Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2016 Year 2017 Year 2018 Year 2019
Passengers 9,990 9,631 9,698 9,662 9,679 9,554 10,073 10,255 10,279 10,427
Vehicles 3,072 3,072 3,076 2,973 3,075 3,148 3,371 3,506 3,457 3,535

1 – Data is provided by ferry operators, not National Statistics.

Table 29: Freight water transport - All freight traffic (thousands of tonnes) through Scottish ports by Local Authority, 2010 to 2019 1 2
Local authority Tonnage 2010 Tonnage 2011 Tonnage 2012 Tonnage 2013 Tonnage 2014 Tonnage 2015 Tonnage 2016 Tonnage 2017 Tonnage 2018 Tonnage 2019
Aberdeen City 4,164 4,165 4,493 4,263 4,231 4,376 3,770 4,058 4,138 4,195
Aberdeenshire 1,187 1,137 1,105 1,061 1,453 1,530 1,214 1,349 1,181 1,160
Angus 512 488 518 588 601 493 504 444 534 534
Argyll And Bute 111 124 59 100 109 107 57 45 12 62
Clyde* 12,283 13,431 15,421 14,783 16,201 12,484 8,742 8,865 9,087 8,801
Dumfries And Galloway 3,652 3,918 4,425 4,501 4,407 4,712 5,097 5,235 5,403 5,355
Dundee City 962 929 842 815 517 515 534 566 608 503
Fife 34,506 28,034 25,504 26,492 24,775 27,268 27,651 27,722 26,763 25,379
Highland 10,560 11,052 9,107 10,126 9,026 6,857 7,195 7,668 7,639 8,981
Moray 108 113 90 110 74 83 91 79 84 76
Na H-Eileanan Siar 258 298 284 213 242 232 217 201 189 218
Orkney Islands 3,244 2,344 1,729 1,054 1,151 3,945 4,615 4,852 3,470 3,050
Perth And Kinross 103 74 62 60 61 63 33 31 12 29
Shetland Islands 11,862 10,760 12,082 7,250 8,055 6,915 6,837 5,809 5,867 7,945
South Ayrshire 1,307 546 418 575 478 388 416 351 374 475
Grand Total 84,818 77,413 76,138 71,992 71,381 69,968 66,972 67,275 65,358 66,761

1 – Transport Scotland report freight tonnage through major and minor ports. These ports were assigned to local authorities. However, several ports in the Clyde region are only reported for statistical purposes as ‘Clyde’ and so the tonnage can’t be allocated to the correct local authority. They are shown here under the Clyde heading, although this is not a valid local authority. Equally, Forth ports carry the highest tonnage of freight traffic, and the recording rules mean that the ports are assigned to Fife. Hence, no freight is recorded as carried through Edinburgh City local authority.

2 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

Table 30: Freight water transport - All freight traffic (thousands of tonnes) through Scottish ports by Scottish marine region, 2010 to 2019 1 2
Scottish Marine Region Tonnage 2010 Tonnage 2011 Tonnage 2012 Tonnage 2013 Tonnage 2014 Tonnage 2015 Tonnage 2016 Tonnage 2017 Tonnage 2018 Tonnage 2019
Argyll 5,957 6,184 5,600 5,846 6,456 5,704 5,543 6,183 5,954 6,708
Clyde 13,591 13,977 15,839 15,358 16,679 12,872 9,158 9,216 9,460 9,275
Forth & Tay 36,083 29,525 26,926 27,956 25,955 28,340 28,722 28,763 27,916 26,446
Moray Firth 4,458 4,768 3,274 4,082 2,214 943 1,175 892 1,048 1,679
North Coast 262 277 240 264 285 252 247 280 257 270
North East 5,271 5,218 5,517 5,235 5,608 5,844 4,918 5,347 5,269 5,284
Orkney Islands 3,244 2,344 1,729 1,054 1,151 3,945 4,615 4,852 3,470 3,050
Outer Hebrides 258 298 284 213 242 232 217 201 189 218
Shetland Isles 11,862 10,760 12,082 7,250 8,055 6,915 6,837 5,809 5,867 7,945
Solway 3,652 3,918 4,425 4,501 4,407 4,712 5,097 5,235 5,403 5,355
West Highlands 182 143 222 234 330 209 443 497 525 531
Grand Total 84,818 77,413 76,138 71,992 71,381 69,968 66,972 67,275 65,358 66,761

1– Transport Scotland report freight tonnage through major and minor ports. These ports were assigned to Scottish marine regions.

2 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

16.5 Marine Tourism

Table 31: Marine tourism - GVA, turnover, employment, by SMR, 2016 to 2019 (2019 prices)
Value Argyll Clyde Forth and Tay Moray Firth North Coast North East Orkney Islands Outer Hebrides Shetland Isles Solway West Highlands Total
GVA 2016 (millions of pounds) 28.1 134.9 142.2 64.3 7.0 41.3 17.2 14.4 36.3 45.1 58.5 589.3
GVA 2017 (millions of pounds) 27.8 145.2 160.3 78.9 6.9 48.7 14.3 13.4 38.9 30.1 62.2 626.7
GVA 2018 (millions of pounds) 36.3 160.8 160.7 73.0 3.9 41.8 10.9 9.2 4.8 18.1 72.7 592.2
GVA 2019 (millions of pounds) 35.6 180.3 174.0 60.2 3.7 33.3 8.5 8.9 4.1 17.4 72.3 598.3
Turnover 2016 (millions of pounds) 49.3 264.2 236.6 126.8 11.1 77.5 29.0 29.6 76.6 99.0 95.6 1,095.1
Turnover 2017 (millions of pounds) 47.8 266.6 264.6 132.7 11.2 87.3 23.1 25.8 69.9 52.7 100.2 1,081.9
Turnover 2018 (millions of pounds) 66.5 307.6 279.3 129.9 6.3 73.0 21.0 17.5 9.8 31.9 124.9 1,067.6
Turnover 2019 (millions of pounds) 67.1 306.1 303.1 125.6 8.0 88.5 20.0 18.6 9.0 34.0 130.8 1,110.9
Employment 2016 (thousands) 1.7 7.5 6.4 3.4 0.4 2.0 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 3.2 28.4
Employment 2017 (thousands) 1.7 7.2 6.5 3.4 0.4 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.4 3.3 28.2
Employment 2018 (thousands) 1.8 7.7 7.1 3.5 0.4 2.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 3.3 29.7
Employment 2019 (thousands) 2.3 8.1 7.6 3.8 0.5 2.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.5 4.4 33.1

1 – Values have been adjusted for inflation based on 2019 price estimates.

2 – Marine tourism values include specific tourism SIC groups within 100m of the coast.

3 – Totals may not sum due to rounding and/or disclosure control.

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