Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2008

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Table 5. Active Scottish based vessels, by main fishing method and overall length group, 31st December 2008

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

19

17

25

90

34

14

-

199

Demersal pair trawl

-

-

3

12

8

1

-

24

Seine net

-

-

2

22

10

1

-

35

Lines

31

-

-

-

10

4

-

45

Demersal gill nets

8

2

-

-

3

4

-

17

Demersal twin/mult trawl

1

-

1

9

6

1

-

18

Beam trawl

1

1

1

3

8

-

14

Other demersal

-

-

-

1

-

2

-

3

Demersal total

60

20

31

135

74

35

-

355

Purse seine

-

-

-

-

-

1

3

4

Pelagic trawl

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

20

Other pelagic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pelagic total

0

0

0

0

-

1

23

24

Creel fishing

1,296

113

6

3

-

-

-

1,418

Nephrops trawl

86

102

54

30

2

-

-

274

Mechanical dredging

13

25

23

20

9

1

-

91

Suction dredging

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

3

Shell fishing by hand

36

4

-

-

-

-

-

40

Shellfish total

1,432

246

83

53

11

1

-

1,826

Total

1,492

266

114

188

85

37

23

2,205

Page updated: Friday, September 11, 2009