Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2008

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Table 2. Active Scottish based vessels, tonnage and power by overall length group and age group, 31st December 2008

10 metres
& under

>10 <15
metres

15<20
metres

20<25
metres

25<30
metres

30<35
metres

35 metres
& over

Total

Over 10
metres

Number

Under 10 years

226

25

31

17

8

2

21

330

104

10<15

97

15

9

14

9

2

8

154

57

15<20

236

47

11

13

10

2

4

323

87

20<25

206

48

22

33

18

1

5

333

127

25<30

190

41

21

13

6

2

3

276

86

30<35

118

21

27

11

6

2

6

191

73

35 years & over

171

53

68

9

8

6

8

323

152

Not known

248

16

2

1

1

2

5

275

27

Total

1,492

266

191

111

66

19

60

2,205

713

Average age (years)

22.6

25.0

27.3

21.4

21.9

27.4

19.0

23.2

24.3

Total tonnage

Under 10 years

981

564

4,546

3,901

2,898

929

37,225

51,044

50,063

10<15

388

267

1,004

2,846

3,127

1,060

8,712

17,404

17,016

15<20

850

745

998

2,319

2,465

587

2,155

10,119

9,269

20<25

701

824

2,466

5,598

4,194

375

2,356

16,515

15,813

25<30

739

643

1,818

1,880

1,118

466

1,196

7,859

7,121

30<35

467

281

1,677

1,412

1,020

569

2,101

7,527

7,060

35 years & over

627

822

3,302

963

1,223

1,293

2,641

10,870

10,244

Not known

662

224

324

158

209

460

2,748

4,785

4,123

Total

5,414

4,370

16,136

19,077

16,253

5,739

59,134

126,124

120,709

Average tonnage

4

16

84

172

246

302

986

57

169

Total power (kW)

Under 10 years

17,843

6,186

12,768

10,113

6,494

2,070

94,752

150,225

132,383

10<15

7,878

2,782

2,723

8,141

6,189

1,873

21,746

51,332

43,454

15<20

13,523

7,489

3,532

5,862

5,277

1,631

5,992

43,306

29,783

20<25

9,679

6,848

6,737

13,512

9,708

855

6,169

53,507

43,828

25<30

9,091

4,947

6,446

5,452

3,025

1,252

4,752

34,966

25,874

30<35

5,492

2,214

6,307

4,092

3,145

1,287

4,945

27,480

21,989

35 years & over

5,506

5,639

13,880

2,937

3,758

3,192

5,058

39,971

34,465

Not known

9,680

2,317

927

402

448

1,043

5,144

19,961

10,282

Total

78,692

38,422

53,320

50,510

38,044

13,203

148,558

420,749

342,057

Average power

53

144

279

455

576

695

2,476

191

480

Year on year tonnage comparisons should be made with caution, since these figures take no account of the phased replacement of GRT with GT during the period 1996-2003.

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