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Fisheries

Marine Directorate 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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Provisional Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2025 - 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/10.7489/12583-1
Citation: 
Scottish Government. Provisional Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2025 - Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangles. doi: 10.7489/12583-1

Data and Resources

fishing effort
FieldValue
Publisher
Fisheries
Modified
2026-08-18
Release Date
2026-08-18
Identifier
c50a6ec9-daa1-4d8f-8ef3-392f97e06728
Temporal Coverage
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Author
Scottish Government
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
Scottish Government, Marine Directorate
Contact Email
contactus@gov.scot
Public Access Level
Public