In 2008, the landed value of lobsters increased to the 7th most valuable species to industry and crab slipped from 7th to 8th. Although the overall value of both species decreased, landings of lobster increased in volume by over 14%, whilst landings of crab fell by over 22%. Other species' relative values ranked the same.
| Species |
Total Value |
Total Volume |
Value |
|
| 1 |
Nephrops |
95.47 |
32,765 |
2.91 |
| 2 |
Mackerel |
64.63 |
86,619 |
0.75 |
| 3 |
Haddock |
32.68 |
29,488 |
1.10 |
| 4 |
Monks |
28.02 |
10,086 |
2.79 |
| 5 |
Scallops |
25.09 |
10,086 |
2.49 |
| 6 |
Cod |
16.05 |
7,645 |
2.10 |
| 7 |
Lobster |
10.95 |
1,026 |
10.67 |
| 8 |
Edible Crab |
10.12 |
8,831 |
1.14 |
| 9 |
Whiting |
9.28 |
9,226 |
1.01 |
| 10 |
Herring |
8.27 |
32’367 |
0.26 |
| 11 |
Saithe |
7.33 |
12,783 |
0.57 |
| 12 |
Megrim |
6.86 |
2,528 |
2.71 |
Table 1: Calculated from: Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2008. Scottish Government, Sept. 2009. Based on UK vessel landings into Scotland.
These ten species accounted for over 85% of the value and 80.6% of the volume landed into Scotland by UK vessels in 2008. The value of individual species is illustrated in Table 1. Nephrops and mackerel together accounted for more than half of the value to industry, while the four shellfish species together, scallops, crab, lobster and nephrops, accounted for 48%.
Nephrops (langoustine) remained the single most valuable species to the Scottish industry, with a value of over £95.5 million, and accounted for a third in value of all fish and shellfish landed into Scotland by UK vessels.
Fig. 1: Calculated from: Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2008. Scottish Government, Sept. 2009. Based on UK vessel landings into Scotland.
The total value of landings can be apportioned for the pelagic, demersal and shellfish sectors as illustrated in Fig. 2 below:
The proportionate value of these sectors remains unchanged on the previous year. The volumes of each are shown respectively Fig. 3. The overall tonnage of landings into Scotland by UK vessels fell by over 27,900 tonnes in 2008, which is a drop in volume of 23.5%. This large fall was mainly accounted for by reduced availability of pelagic species quota.
The volume of landings for each sector are summarised cumulatively below:
Fig. 3: Calculated from: Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2008. Scottish Government, Sept. 2009. Based on UK vessel landings into Scotland.
