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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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2019 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: 
10.7489/12338-1
Citation: 
Marine Scotland. 2020. 2019 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics - Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangles. DOI: 10.7489/12338-1

Data and Resources

Fish and shellfish catch statistics
fishing effort
fisheries
Fisheries and aquaculture
FieldValue
Publisher
Fisheries
Modified
2020-11-26
Release Date
2020-10-01
Frequency
Annually
Identifier
ab973e36-82ce-4328-a248-0996d6a1d0d2
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-14.326171875 55.408747956592, -14.326171875 61.125998269179, -0.087890625 61.125998269179, -0.087890625 55.408747956592))
Temporal Coverage
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Granularity
monthly, annual, geographically by ICES statistical rectangle
Data Dictionary

These are published twice a year in line with the annual National Statistics publications of the provisional statistics and final statistics for the previous year's data. Provisional statistics (p) are published in April/May and final statistics are published in September.
Contact Name
Marine Scotland
Contact Email
marinescotland@gov.scot
Public Access Level
Public