Shetlands fishermen beat out their Scottish peers with landings and value gains
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press and Herald] - October 2, 2014 -
Shetland fishing skippers have put their Scottish peers well and truly in the shade after increasing their annual fish landings by both value and volume.
Total landings in the isles during 2013 were up 10% by volume at 73,800 tonnes and 24% by value to £73.3million.
While pelagic stocks – mackerel and herring – dominated last year, a key factor in the bigger figures was the bumper 300,000 boxes of white-fish down on Shetland quaysides.
This was a record since at least 1990, when detailed data began to be collected.
In excess of 16,500 tonnes of white-fish – mainly cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, monkfish, ling and megrim – worth £25 million were landed in the isles.
The overall weight of white-fish was up 19% on 2012 and the value rose by 17%, with haddock the single biggest riser...
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