Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2007

Table 1. Active ⁽¹⁾ Scottish based vessels and power, by overall length group, 31st December 1997 to 2007

		10 metres & under	>10 <15 metres	15<20 metres	20<25 metres	25<30 metres	30<35 metres	35 metres & over	Total	Number	Average ⁽²⁾
		10 metres & under	>10 <15 metres	15<20 metres	20<25 metres	25<30 metres	30<35 metres	35 metres & over	Total	Over 10 metres
Number	1997 (r)	1,643	348	298	244	134	18	67	2,752	1,109	19.92
	1998 (r)	1,605	315	274	226	130	17	64	2,631	1,026	20.17
	1999 (r)	1,584	297	263	208	128	19	64	2,563	979	20.33
	2000 (r)	1,593	286	253	199	125	22	64	2,542	949	20.50
	2001 (r)	1,604	280	259	202	118	23	62	2,548	944	20.52
	2002 (r)	1,615	274	235	148	91	18	62	2,443	828	20.18
	2003 (r)	1,588	270	223	117	66	16	57	2,337	749	19.90
	2004 (r)	1,595	269	212	113	64	17	55	2,325	730	19.92
	2005 (r)	1,567	270	204	112	61	15	57	2,286	719	19.92
	2006 (r)	1,518	273	193	110	61	16	53	2,224	706	19.73
	2007	1,494	273	187	109	59	15	54	2,191	697	19.74
										Power	Average
Total power (kW)	1997 (r)	70,686	41,600	68,699	95,886	70,953	11,047	97,583	456,454	385,768	347.85
	1998 (r)	70,085	37,815	63,640	90,502	69,356	12,781	100,966	445,146	375,061	365.56
	1999 (r)	71,120	35,734	61,524	83,593	69,632	15,002	102,209	438,814	367,694	375.58
	2000 (r)	76,082	34,878	60,289	82,024	69,701	17,601	106,798	447,373	371,291	391.24
	2001 (r)	79,189	35,055	64,844	85,258	66,966	19,362	120,971	471,644	392,455	415.74
	2002 (r)	80,489	35,146	60,512	65,161	53,578	14,093	128,010	436,989	356,499	430.55
	2003 (r)	80,652	35,976	58,113	52,524	38,883	13,215	141,665	421,028	340,376	454.44
	2004 (r)	81,562	36,811	55,675	50,857	37,618	13,886	147,841	424,250	342,688	469.44
	2005 (r)	82,073	37,413	54,694	50,324	35,466	11,854	148,895	420,718	338,645	470.99
	2006	80,131	38,201	51,802	49,751	35,440	13,174	135,966	404,464	324,334	459.40
	2007	78,753	38,698	51,316	49,296	34,431	11,719	137,190	401,402	322,650	462.91

Scottish based vessels are those licensed at a Scottish port; Scottish registered vessels are those registered at a Scottish port on the Register of Shipping and Seamen.
From the beginning of 1993 there was a requirement that all 10 metres and under vessels should be licensed.
⁽¹⁾ During 2006, it was discovered that the UK Core Vessel file, the official source of information on UK vesssels, had been notified of Scottish vessels becoming inactive
while they were still recorded on FIN as active. An exercise was conducted to take this information on board into FIN, leading to an appreciable drop in the number of active vessels recorded. Because this issue affected the figures for earlier years, figures have been revised.
⁽²⁾ Vessel average length figures have been re-calculated retrospectively.

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