Scottish sea fisheries statistics 2016

Annual National Statistics report on the quantity and value of landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels and landings into Scotland.


Table 1.7g Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species 1: 2012 to 2016

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£’000)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Scrabster
Black scabbardfish 415 430 751 371 568 624 816 739 324 672
Blue ling 211 227 538 188 373 214 268 617 191 401
Cod 867 1,215 1,267 1,610 1,457 1,687 2,361 2,531 3,094 3,000
Greenland halibut 40 65 216 172 35 78 187 531 423 109
Grey gurnards 32 34 62 54 75 14 12 28 12 27
Haddock 2,540 3,684 4,378 3,910 3,488 2,742 4,196 6,091 5,344 4,866
Hake 883 701 1,761 1,573 3,854 3,518 2,707 6,115 5,844 11,715
Halibut 4 2 8 3 24 24 17 42 14 92
Lemon sole 31 50 56 62 63 63 141 175 192 235
Ling 493 461 742 594 899 723 660 950 767 1,351
Megrims 394 399 447 398 426 1,113 943 1,108 895 1,094
Monkfish 1,737 1,348 2,201 2,495 2,375 5,827 3,922 6,591 6,078 6,505
Plaice 55 124 101 65 136 46 106 86 50 131
Pollack 57 30 39 31 30 127 58 62 52 69
Portuguese dogfish 96 139 93 53 157 141 101 216 24 58
Red gurnards 35 38 61 39 58 8 35 25 17 27
Roundnose grenadier 16 15 32 9 26 21 15 33 6 34
Saithe 1,194 1,671 1,578 1,208 1,324 1,211 1,437 1,453 973 1,311
Skates and rays 60 36 78 29 20 47 26 66 23 17
Spotted ray 6 20 24 32 33 5 18 24 27 32
Thornback ray 22 15 23 26 33 25 15 24 25 32
Tusk 45 42 37 19 23 33 29 24 12 15
Whiting 392 626 762 606 585 441 643 860 635 659
Witches 36 49 43 32 27 38 46 45 24 28
Other demersal 148 133 322 152 68 240 233 357 267 157
Total demersal 9,807 11,553 15,620 13,729 16,157 19,010 18,990 28,793 25,311 32,637
Total pelagic 8 18 7 16 5 3 6 5 10 4
Edible crabs 2,438 2,565 2,827 2,897 2,589 3,209 3,615 3,957 4,053 4,054
Lobsters 93 60 61 53 42 1,023 652 667 593 534
Nephrops 24 30 32 31 43 105 131 126 103 177
Queen scallops - - - - 49 - - - - 36
Scallops 659 1,002 498 640 582 1,359 1,757 1,002 1,145 1,234
Squid 53 114 174 129 100 197 400 568 402 426
Velvet crabs 77 53 53 43 44 166 119 115 100 221
Whelks 26 36 41 47 101 17 30 34 38 91
Other shellfish 5 1 18 3 1 23 10 20 12 3
Total shellfish 3,374 3,862 3,706 3,843 3,551 6,100 6,714 6,489 6,445 6,777
Total landings 13,189 15,434 19,333 17,587 19,713 25,113 25,710 35,287 31,767 39,417

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2016.

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