Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2010

Table 2.1 Number, tonnage and engine power of active1 Scottish based vessels by length group as at 31st December: 2001 to 2010

	Length group (metres)
		10m &						35m &			Over 10m
	Year	under	>10 <15	15 <20	20 <25	25 <30	30 <35	over	Total	Number	Average
Number of vessels	2001(r)	1,604	280	259	202	118	23	62	2,548	944	20.5
	2002(r)	1,615	274	235	148	91	18	62	2,443	828	20.2
	2003(r)	1,588	270	223	117	66	16	57	2,337	749	19.9
	2004(r)	1,595	269	212	113	64	17	55	2,325	730	19.9
	2005(r)	1,567	270	204	112	61	15	57	2,286	719	19.9
	2006	1,518	273	193	110	61	16	53	2,224	706	19.7
	2007	1,494	273	187	109	59	15	54	2,191	697	19.7
	2008	1,492	266	191	111	66	19	60	2,205	713	20.2
	2009	1,483	257	192	108	67	17	50	2,174	691	20.1
	2010	1,485	250	186	100	66	18	45	2,150	665	20.0
										Total tonnage	Average tonnage
Total tonnage ² ( GT)	2001(r)	5,882	4,209	16,251	31,461	28,338	8,152	54,504	148,796	142,914	151.4
	2002(r)	5,871	4,138	15,534	24,476	23,234	5,881	52,526	131,661	125,790	151.9
	2003(r)	5,894	4,263	16,352	19,594	17,011	5,375	55,503	123,992	118,098	157.7
	2004(r)	5,914	4,398	16,179	18,984	16,335	5,692	55,975	123,477	117,563	161.0
	2005(r)	5,839	4,416	16,038	18,878	15,172	4,919	56,466	121,728	115,889	161.2
	2006	5,649	4,537	15,473	18,670	15,129	5,513	52,013	116,984	111,335	157.7
	2007	5,476	4,498	15,401	18,634	14,590	4,974	53,014	116,587	111,111	159.4
	2008	5,414	4,370	16,136	19,077	16,253	5,739	59,134	126,124	120,709	169.3
	2009	5,353	4,212	16,144	18,697	16,878	5,318	58,209	124,812	119,459	172.9
	2010	5,330	4,021	15,988	17,838	16,713	5,609	54,839	120,339	115,008	172.9
										Total power	Average power
Engine power ³ (kW)	2001(r)	79,189	35,055	64,844	85,258	66,966	19,362	120,971	471,644	392,455	415.7
	2002(r)	80,489	35,146	60,512	65,161	53,578	14,093	128,010	436,989	356,499	430.6
	2003(r)	80,652	35,976	58,113	52,524	38,883	13,215	141,665	421,028	340,376	454.4
	2004(r)	81,562	36,811	55,675	50,857	37,618	13,886	147,841	424,250	342,688	469.4
	2005(r)	82,073	37,413	54,694	50,324	35,466	11,854	148,895	420,718	338,645	471.0
	2006	80,131	38,201	51,802	49,751	35,440	13,174	135,966	404,465	324,334	459.4
	2007	78,753	38,698	51,316	49,296	34,431	11,719	137,190	401,403	322,650	462.9
	2008	78,692	38,422	53,320	50,510	38,044	13,203	148,558	420,749	342,057	479.7
	2009	78,035	37,313	53,086	49,747	39,456	12,214	144,991	414,841	336,806	487.4
	2010	78,337	36,080	52,270	46,992	38,979	12,573	135,682	400,913	322,576	485.1

(1) An active vessel is a fishing vessel that is registered (Register of Shipping and Seamen) and licenced to fish. During 2006, it was discovered that the UK Core Vessel file, the official source of information on UK vessels, had been notified of Scottish vessels becoming inactive (registerd but not licenced to fish). On FIN, the Scottish database for fishing activity these vessels were still recorded as active. An exercise was conducted to take this information on board into FIN, leading to an appreciable drop in the number of active vessels recorded. As this issue affected the figures for earlier years, these figures have been revised (r).

(2) 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. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

(3) Engine power in years before 2005 have been underestimated. See explanation in Section 2.2 Size of the Scottish Fleet for further details.

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