Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2006

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Table 5. Active Scottish based vessels, by main fishing method and overall length group, 31st December 2006

10 metres & Under

>10 <15 metres

15<18 metres

18<25 metres

25<35 metres

35<50 metres

50 metres & over

Total

Demersal single trawl

20

20

26

95

36

8

-

205

Demersal pair trawl

-

-

4

14

7

1

-

26

Seine net

-

-

2

21

9

1

-

33

Lines

36

-

-

-

7

3

-

46

Demersal gill nets

9

2

-

-

2

5

-

18

Demersal twin/mult trawl

1

-

1

13

5

-

-

20

Beam trawl

1

1

-

1

2

13

-

18

Other demersal

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

2

Demersal total

68

23

33

145

68

31

-

368

Purse seine

-

-

-

-

-

1

4

5

Pelagic trawl

-

-

-

-

-

-

16

16

Other pelagic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pelagic total

-

-

-

-

-

1

20

21

Creel fishing

1,299

113

6

2

-

-

-

1,420

Nephrops trawl

98

102

52

16

1

-

-

269

Mechanical dredging

18

30

27

22

8

1

-

106

Suction dredging

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

4

Shell fishing by hand

33

3

-

-

-

-

-

36

Shellfish total

1,450

250

85

40

9

1

-

1,835

Total

1,518

273

118

185

77

33

20

2,224

Page updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2007