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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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2023 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/10.7489/12535-1
Citation: 
Marine Directorate, Scottish Government. 2024. 2023 Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics - Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangles. doi: 10.7489/12535-1

Data and Resources

FieldValue
Publisher
Modified
2024-12-19
Release Date
2024-12-19
Frequency
Annually
Identifier
ebc95398-79a8-47c9-819e-e27967bf969f
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-14.150390625 55.8035965383, -14.150390625 61.124008781291, 0 61.124008781291, 0 55.8035965383))
Temporal Coverage
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Data Dictionary

These are published in line with the annual Accredited Official Statistics publication for the previous years data.

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