DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.28649099
title: Scottish fisheries landings 1890-2020

description: Scottish pelagic, demersal and shellfish landings by different gear types. Data were retrieved from archived annual Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics reports, available from ProQuest UK Parliamentary Papers (years 1890-1921) (https://parlipapers.proquest.com/parlipapers/search/basic/hcppbasicsearch) and the Scottish Government website (1922-2020) (https://www.gov.scot/publications/sea-fisheries-statistics-1922-2010/). All landing weights were standardised to metric tonnes.This excel data file includes: Pelagic (species) landings and landings by method of catch, Demersal (species) landings and landings by method of catch, Shellfish (species) landings and landings by method of catch, and the percentage of pelagic and demersal landings by sail, steam and motor power.<b>Tabs:</b><br><b>Pelagic_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Herring- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Mackerel- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Sprats- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Blue whiting- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>'Other' pelagic fish- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>Pelagic_gear_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Drift net- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Line- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Misc. nets- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Ring nets- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Purse seine- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Industrial trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Pair trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>Demersal_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Haddock- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Cod- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Whiting- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Saithe- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Flatfish- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Ling- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Sandeels- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Monkfish- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Skates/rays- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Hake- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>'Other' demersal fish- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>Demersal_gear_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Line- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Misc. nets- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Seine net- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b><i>Nephrops </i></b><b>trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Light trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Pair trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Industrial trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Beam trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>Shellfish_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Oysters- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Mussels- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Clams- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Lobsters- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Crabs- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Scallops- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b><i>Nephrops</i></b><b>- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Squid- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Shrimps- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Cockles- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Periwinkles- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>'Other' shellfish- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>Shellfish_gear_landings</b>Labelled columns:<b>Year</b><b>Creel- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b><i>Nephrops </i></b><b>trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Seine- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Dredge- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Hand collected- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>Scallop trawl- </b>(landings in tonnes)<b>'Misc.' gears- </b>(landings in tonnes)<br><b>% landings by sail, steam, motor</b>Labelled columns:<b>Pelagic fleet:</b><b>Year</b><b>% Sail- </b>(% landings by sail power)<b>% Steam- </b>(% landings by steam power)<b>% Motor- </b>(% landings by motor power)<b>Demersal fleet:</b><b>Year</b><b>% Sail- </b>(% landings by sail power)<b>% Steam- </b>(% landings by steam power)<b>% Motor- </b>(% landings by motor power)