Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019

National Statistics publication that provides data on the tonnage and value of all landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels, all landings into Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad, and the size and structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.


9. Annex 3: Further Information

Other official publications on sea fisheries statistics include:

Marine Scotland

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics (this publication) is also available online:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/

Marine Scotland also publishes summary provisional statistics each year.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/provisional-scottish-sea-fisheries-statistics-2019/

Fisheries data is also available at the level of individual ICES rectangles in Scottish waters on National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi).

https://marinescotland.atkinsgeospatial.com/nmpi/

Marine Management Organisation (MMO),

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

UK Sea Fisheries Statistics is a comprehensive collection of statistics on the UK

fishing industry, published annually.

www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics

The UK Vessel List of registered and licensed vessels of over 10 metres length, published monthly.

www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-vessel-lists

Monthly UK Sea Fisheries Statistics is a summary publication of landings into the UK, published monthly.

www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-uk-sea-fisheries-statistics

UK quota management spreadsheets showing uptake of fish catches by each producer organisation against their allocations for the year.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quota-use-statistics

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics, published annually with data relating to two years prior.

www.fao.org/fishery/publications/yearbooks/en

Eurostat

Fishery statistics from the European Union official statistics producer. It includes data from some non-EU countries for comparison.http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Fishery_statistics

Useful websites

Marine Scotland

www.beta.gov.scot/about/how-government-is-run/directorates/marine-scotland/

Marine Scotland – Marine Analytical Unit

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2019/11/marin-scotland-topic-sheets-general/documents/marine-analytical-unit-updated-february-2018/marine-analytical-unit-updated-february-2018/govscot%3Adocument/MAU.pdf

Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/marine-management-organisation

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

UK Statistics Authority

https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/uk-statistical-system/

SeaFish Industry Authority

www.seafish.org/

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

European Commission – Fisheries

https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/fisheries_en

Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Department

www.fao.org/fishery/en

International Council of the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

www.ices.dk/Pages/default.aspx

Contact

Email: fisheriesstatistics@gov.scot

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