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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.
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Table 1.4 Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels by main species 1 and vessel length group: 2015
| 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 | 122 | 0 | 24 | 3,843 | 7,407 | 113 | 11,510 | 221 | 0 | 43 | 7,398 | 14,751 | 252 | 22,665 |
| Haddock | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8,523 | 18,812 | 82 | 27,440 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10,927 | 26,308 | 126 | 37,382 |
| Hake | 0 | - | 0 | 742 | 5,894 | 17 | 6,654 | 0 | - | 0 | 980 | 14,892 | 22 | 15,895 |
| Lemon sole | 1 | - | 4 | 337 | 315 | 101 | 759 | 1 | - | 8 | 1,048 | 1,205 | 351 | 2,612 |
| Ling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 909 | 2,681 | 21 | 3,614 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1,045 | 3,595 | 26 | 4,670 |
| Megrims | 0 | - | 2 | 1,037 | 859 | 4 | 1,902 | 0 | - | 5 | 2,477 | 2,215 | 13 | 4,709 |
| Monkfish | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4,933 | 6,124 | 48 | 11,130 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 11,493 | 14,588 | 138 | 26,269 |
| Plaice | 3 | - | 15 | 732 | 770 | 3,143 | 4,663 | 1 | - | 10 | 453 | 600 | 3,469 | 4,534 |
| Saithe | 21 | - | 3 | 1,872 | 6,342 | 42 | 8,280 | 16 | - | 3 | 1,621 | 5,550 | 31 | 7,220 |
| Whiting | 3 | - | 17 | 3,742 | 4,235 | 46 | 8,043 | 2 | - | 13 | 3,766 | 4,757 | 56 | 8,593 |
| Other demersal | 42 | 1 | 21 | 1,687 | 2,533 | 2,455 | 6,739 | 1,109 | 18 | 32 | 1,813 | 4,025 | 1,244 | 8,241 |
| Total demersal | 201 | 3 | 127 | 28,356 | 55,973 | 6,072 | 90,733 | 1,363 | 24 | 172 | 43,021 | 92,485 | 5,726 | 142,791 |
| Blue whiting | - | - | - | - | - | 30,508 | 30,508 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,311 | 6,311 |
| Herring | 0 | - | - | 47 | 1,941 | 56,738 | 58,726 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 648 | 20,637 | 21,307 |
| Mackerel | 830 | - | 0 | 82 | 4,198 | 194,777 | 199,887 | 724 | - | 0 | 68 | 2,605 | 127,115 | 130,513 |
| Other pelagic | - | - | - | 1,061 | 33 | 1,334 | 2,428 | - | - | - | 249 | 92 | 1,682 | 2,023 |
| Total pelagic | 830 | 0 | 0 | 1,191 | 6,172 | 283,357 | 291,549 | 724 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 3,345 | 155,745 | 160,153 |
| Edible crabs | 3,629 | 1,410 | 739 | 4,127 | 1 | 14 | 9,920 | 4,319 | 1,613 | 957 | 5,479 | 1 | 12 | 12,380 |
| Lobsters | 799 | 195 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1,044 | 8,482 | 2,010 | 308 | 213 | 5 | 3 | 11,021 |
| Nephrops | 1,976 | 1,384 | 1,776 | 10,983 | 389 | 2 | 16,511 | 11,450 | 7,332 | 5,312 | 35,295 | 1,624 | 11 | 61,025 |
| Queen scallops | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5,941 | 3,128 | - | 9,086 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3,349 | 1,717 | - | 5,079 |
| Scallops | 1,216 | 490 | 1,686 | 6,137 | 5,364 | 1,149 | 16,040 | 2,844 | 1,414 | 3,492 | 12,418 | 10,465 | 2,450 | 33,083 |
| Squid | 56 | 9 | 28 | 650 | 640 | 5 | 1,389 | 148 | 24 | 93 | 2,331 | 1,764 | 14 | 4,374 |
| Velvet crabs | 1,180 | 270 | 14 | 9 | - | - | 1,473 | 2,899 | 770 | 40 | 24 | - | - | 3,733 |
| Other shellfish | 883 | 535 | 241 | 630 | 14 | 0 | 2,303 | 1,790 | 737 | 179 | 912 | 22 | 0 | 3,641 |
| Total shellfish | 9,748 | 4,297 | 4,515 | 28,498 | 9,537 | 1,170 | 57,765 | 31,943 | 13,901 | 10,382 | 60,022 | 15,598 | 2,489 | 134,335 |
| Total landings | 10,779 | 4,300 | 4,642 | 58,045 | 71,682 | 290,599 | 440,047 | 34,029 | 13,925 | 10,555 | 103,381 | 111,429 | 163,960 | 437,279 |
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2015.