Production and employment statistics for shellfish aquaculture in Scotland.
Please note that Marine Scotland will update this dataset annually when new statistics are released. No data previously published will have changed, but additional years of data will be added to existing tables, or where complete recalculation of values are included, new tables will be added with information on which year it was published.
Summary data for the time series are available from our data visualisation application, accessible from the Related information section below
Data and Resources
- Authorised and Active Businesses 1985-2022csv
Number of active and authorised businesses by year.
Preview Download - Shellfish Production Statistics 1986 - 2022csv
Shellfish production statistics is divided into two groups: For the table (...
Preview Download - Employment in shellfish production industry 2009 - 2022csv
Employment statistics from 2009 onward captured gender of employees and is...
Preview Download - Employment records for shellfish production industry prior to 2009csv
Records of employment prior to 2009. Since 2009, gender of employees is...
Preview Download - 2017 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2017 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2017 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
Preview Download - 2018 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2018 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2018 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
Preview Download - 2019 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2019 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2019 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
Preview Download - 2020 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2020 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2020 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
Preview Download - Mussel spat settlement data 2010 to presentcsv
This table details survey responses from mussel production sites, reporting...
Preview Download - 2021 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2021 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2021 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
Preview Download - 2022 Statistics: Mussel Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in tonnes) and production value of...
Preview Download - 2022 Statistics: Pacific Oyster Production and Value by Scottish Marine Regionscsv
This resource lists the production (in number of shells) and production...
Preview Download - 2022 statistics: Other shellfish production and valuecsv
This resource presents production of other shellfish species (Native Oysters...
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | |
| Modified | 2023-06-13 |
| Release Date | 2017-06-06 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Identifier | 8e8942d7-5629-4580-8d73-4d70036c01c3 |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area | POLYGON ((-9.052734375 54.095644220052, -9.052734375 61.173046263973, 0.087890625 61.173046263973, 0.087890625 54.095644220052)) |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Scottish Waters |
| Temporal Coverage | 1995-01-01 |
| Language | English (United Kingdom) |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Granularity | Annual |
| Author | |
| Data Dictionary | Summary statistics collated from data collected as part of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland |
| Contact Name | Marine Scotland |
| Contact Email | |
| Public Access Level | Public |