Fleet Landings by Sea Area

A summary of the annual fishing activity of UK commercial fishing vessels collected and analysed by UK Fisheries Administrations.

This data set provides summaries of fishing activity for UK commercial fishing vessels that are deemed to have been fishing within a specified calendar year. These summaries have been aggregated by month of landing, the ICES division and rectangle fishing activity took place in. An ICES rectangle represents an area of the sea that measures 0.5 degrees of latitude by 1 degree of longitude. For each aggregation the quantity (tonnes) of live weight fish landed, the actual landed weight (tonnes) and value (sterling) of live weight fish landed are given for each species group (demersal, pelagic, and shellfish). Demersal fish are species living on or near the sea bed, pelagic fish are found mainly in shoals in midwater. Shellfish covers all crustaceans and molluscs which live on the seabed.

Data collection methodology differs for those vessels less than 10 metres and greater than 10 metres overall length. There are three key sources of data: the logbook of activity while at sea, the landing declaration recording the accurate weight of fish when landed, and sales notes created when the fish are first sold after landing. The first two of these are required from all fishermen operating vessels over 10 metres overall length, the sales notes information is required for sales by all licensed vessels irrespective of length.

See Appendix 4: UK fisheries statistic methodology in UK Sea Fisheries Annual Statistics for further information. MMO: UK SEA FISHERIES STATISTICS (2018)

Source: Marine Management Organisation

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