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Table 5. Active Scottish based vessels, by main fishing method and overall length group, 31st December 2007

10 metres & Under

>10 <15 metres

15<18 metres

18<25 metres

25<35 metres

35<50 metres

50 metres & over

Total

Demersal single trawl

17

20

25

93

33

8

-

196

Demersal pair trawl

-

-

4

13

7

1

-

25

Seine net

-

-

2

23

9

1

-

35

Lines

29

-

-

-

6

3

-

38

Demersal gill nets

10

2

-

-

2

4

-

18

Demersal twin/mult trawl

1

1

2

11

5

1

-

21

Beam trawl

-

1

-

1

2

13

-

17

Other demersal

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Demersal total

57

24

33

142

64

31

-

351

Purse seine

-

-

-

-

-

1

4

5

Pelagic trawl

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

17

Other pelagic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pelagic total

-

-

-

-

-

1

21

22

Creel fishing

1,292

112

6

2

-

-

-

1,412

Nephrops trawl

95

103

50

17

2

-

-

267

Mechanical dredging

15

28

25

21

8

1

-

98

Suction dredging

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

3

Shell fishing by hand

34

4

-

-

-

-

-

38

Shellfish total

1,437

249

81

40

10

1

-

1,818

Total

1,494

273

114

182

74

33

21

2,191

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