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Fisheries

Marine Scotland manages quota for fish stocks and all inshore fisheries within the 12 nautical mile territorial water limit. It is also responsible for controlling the activities of fishing vessels and fishing effort (days spent at sea) in the North Sea, west of Scotland and Faroese waters.
In this section, citable data and reports relevant to fishing activities will be added.

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2022 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics - Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangles

These datasets provide fishing effort and landings data (tonnage and value) by ICES rectangles (geographic areas).

doi: 
https://doi.org/10.7489/12474-1
Citation: 
Marine Directorate, Scottish Government. 2023. 2022 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics - Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangles. doi: 10.7489/12474-1

Data and Resources

FieldValue
Publisher
Modified
2023-10-25
Release Date
2023-10-25
Identifier
5fd82f25-58d0-40c1-ac0e-bb665e6fd259
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-14.1064453125 55.677197244655, -14.1064453125 61.057953087387, -0.0439453125 61.057953087387, -0.0439453125 55.677197244655))
Temporal Coverage
2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Data Dictionary

These are published in line with the annual National Statistics publication for the previous years data. Provisional statistics (p) are published in April/May and final statistics are published in September.

Contact Name
Marine Directorate, Scottish Government
Contact Email
Public Access Level
Public