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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013
Statistics on the Scottish fishing fleet and its catches in 2013
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Table 1.4 Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels by main species 1 and vessel length group: 2013
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall vessel length group (metres) | Overall vessel length group (metres) | |||||||||||||
| <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total | <=10 | >10-12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | over 40 | Total | |
| Cod | 90 | 11 | 23 | 3,444 | 7,195 | 37 | 10,799 | 188 | 24 | 45 | 6,562 | 14,458 | 103 | 21,380 |
| Haddock | 3 | 7 | 65 | 12,079 | 22,427 | 8 | 34,589 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 12,448 | 26,158 | 9 | 38,684 |
| Hake | 0 | - | 2 | 642 | 4,862 | 3 | 5,509 | 0 | - | 2 | 1,058 | 12,306 | 4 | 13,369 |
| Lemon sole | 1 | 0 | 17 | 410 | 303 | 138 | 868 | 1.04 | 0.31 | 27.74 | 1,015 | 925.76 | 459.18 | 2,429 |
| Ling | 5 | - | 0 | 911 | 2,618 | 1 | 3,535 | 6 | - | 1 | 1,181 | 3,585 | 1 | 4,774 |
| Megrims | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,366 | 972 | 0 | 2,340 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,278 | 2,312 | 0 | 5,592 |
| Monkfish | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2,758 | 4,205 | 10 | 6,986 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 8,428 | 12,048 | 35 | 20,547 |
| Plaice | 1 | 1 | 40 | 695 | 679 | 3,415 | 4,831 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 471 | 549 | 3,686 | 4,734 |
| Saithe | 24 | - | 2 | 2,479 | 8,343 | 9 | 10,856 | 18 | - | 2 | 1,992 | 7,098 | 0 | 9,110 |
| Whiting | 1 | 0 | 71 | 4,326 | 5,600 | 1 | 9,999 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 4,025 | 6,062 | 1 | 10,146 |
| Other demersal | 16 | 1 | 32 | 1,397 | 2,923 | 7,331 | 11,700 | 39 | 2 | 28 | 1,782 | 4,659 | 2,298 | 8,808 |
| Total demersal | 143 | 21 | 265 | 30,506 | 60,126 | 10,951 | 102,012 | 261 | 40 | 273 | 42,240 | 90,163 | 6,597 | 139,574 |
| Herring | - | - | - | 25 | 3 | 57,680 | 57,708 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 22,688 | 22,698 |
| Mackerel | 497 | - | 1 | 162 | 32 | 133,301 | 133,993 | 481 | - | 2 | 185 | 44 | 125,426 | 126,137 |
| Other pelagic | - | - | - | 977 | 153 | 9,557 | 10,686 | 0 | - | - | 228 | 531 | 3,515 | 4,273 |
| Total pelagic | 497 | - | 1 | 1,164 | 188 | 200,539 | 202,388 | 481 | - | 2 | 421 | 577 | 151,629 | 153,109 |
| Edible crabs | 4,336 | 1,404 | 645 | 3,129 | 2 | 9 | 9,525 | 5,130 | 1,578 | 809 | 4,256 | 4 | 10 | 11,787 |
| Lobsters | 821 | 161 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,023 | 8,398 | 1,667 | 336 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 10,513 |
| Nephrops | 2,339 | 1,649 | 2,155 | 11,720 | 614 | 2 | 18,481 | 12,521 | 6,853 | 6,652 | 36,023 | 2,550 | 7 | 64,606 |
| Queen scallops | 10 | 6 | 41 | 9,691 | 407 | - | 10,156 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 4,850 | 149 | - | 5,034 |
| Razor fish | 509 | 190 | 51 | 104 | - | - | 854 | 1,623 | 864 | 149 | 333 | - | - | 2,969 |
| Scallops | 1,068 | 689 | 1,340 | 6,460 | 6,789 | 1,222 | 17,568 | 2,192 | 1,346 | 2,495 | 11,796 | 11,913 | 2,059 | 31,801 |
| Squid | 135 | 12 | 78 | 424 | 672 | 0 | 1,321 | 362 | 36 | 249 | 1,825 | 2,355 | 1 | 4,829 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,281 | 271 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 1,570 | 3,177 | 739 | 48 | 10 | - | - | 3,974 |
| Other shellfish | 854 | 351 | 370 | 164 | 36 | - | 1,774 | 906 | 276 | 170 | 316 | 19 | - | 1,687 |
| Total shellfish | 11,352 | 4,732 | 4,727 | 31,705 | 8,521 | 1,234 | 62,271 | 34,320 | 13,362 | 10,929 | 59,518 | 16,992 | 2,079 | 137,200 |
| Total landings | 11,992 | 4,753 | 4,993 | 63,375 | 68,834 | 212,724 | 366,671 | 35,062 | 13,402 | 11,203 | 102,179 | 107,731 | 160,305 | 429,882 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2013.