MSEP Facts and figures- capture fisheries

Summary presentation and graphs

Gear types – Source: Seafish, 2013. http://www.seafish.org/media/Publications/Basic_Fishing_Gear_Booklet_May05.pdf

Seine nets on the seabed

Demersal trawl on the seabed

Pots and traps on the seabed

Gill nets seabed to surface

Pelagic trawl surface to seabed

Beam trawl on the seabed

Drift nets close to surfacePurse seine close to surface

Long lines

EU27 catches and imports, 1999–2011 (tonnes live weight)

Source: NEF ‘Fish dependence 2014 – update’ http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/entry/fish-dependence-2014-update

Number of UK fishermen Total = 12,445 FT and PT fishermenDistribution of UK fishermen 2012

Source: MMOhttp://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/documents/ukseafish/2012/final-1.pdf

UK Regional distribution of FT / PT fishermen (Source, MMO, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-2012

)

Scotland compared to the UK as a whole. Declining employment and recruitment into the industry: The table and graph show a decade long trend of

decreasing employment in fishing in the UK overall and in Scotland specifically.

Source: Scottish Govt and Defra. Fishing Industry Statistics, Aberdeenshire Council www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/statistics

UK Fishing vessels (no.) by size (m). Source: STECF, EU fleet register, 2012

Vessel numbers for the UK and Scotland 1999-2009. Source MMO,

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-2012

Income source for UK fleets

Source: STECF http://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/43805/581354/2013-09_STECF+13-15+-+AER+EU+Fleet+2013_JRC84745.pdf (2013)

Overall expenditure in million of Euros for UK fleets

Source: STECF http://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/43805/581354/2013-09_STECF+13-15+-+AER+EU+Fleet+2013_JRC84745.pdf (2013)

Table 3: # vesselsVolume landed (Mt) Income (€M) GVA (€M) Gross profit (€M) Net profit

Drift and/or fixed netters 1,662 52.2 222.7 126.8 46.7 Improved 13% High ImprovedDredgers 424 72.2 75.9 44.3 19.9 Improved 19% High Improved

Demersal trawl/seine 1,377 285.7 689.6 297.1 102.8 Improved 6% Medium Improved

Fixed pots and traps 1,837 58.3 141.2 77.8 29.3 Improved 13% High Improved

Vessels using hooks 979 24.1 100 57.8 19.3 Improved 8% Medium ImprovedVessel using other active gears 150 0.5 12.4 8.1 2.9 n/a ‐8% Weak n/a

Vessels using polyvalent active gears only 37 9.8 9.2 4.8 1.5 Improved ‐2% Weak Deteriorated

Vessels using passive gears only for vessels < 12mVessels using other passive gears 118 7.1 7.6 5.8 1.9 n/a 15% High n/a

Vessels using polyvalent passive gears only 1,817 8.3 50.9 35.8 15.5 Improved 16% High ImprovedVessels using active and passive gears 1,375 19.2 70.2 47.5 13.8 Improved ‐2% Weak DeterioratedPurse seiners 247 258.8 223.4 125.4 58.3 Improved 21% High ImprovedBeam trawl 73 17.3 61.4 18.2 2.7 Improved ‐3% Weak ImprovedPelagic trawlers 78 211.8 78.2 12.6 ‐19.7 Deteriorated ‐63% Weak Deteriorated

Fishing and GDP

Source: Office of National Statistics (ONS, 2013) http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html

Energy prices

Source: NASDAQUpdated: http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/energy-round-up-sinking-oil

Fuel costs as a percentage of income for four fleet segments in the UK between 2005 and 2012.

Source: NEF blog using MMO data (2012) http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/it-is-more-fish-not-fuel-subsidies-that-will-support-uk-fishing-fleets

Fuel consumption for four selected UK fleets

Source: NEF blog using MMO data (2012) http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/it-is-more-fish-not-fuel-subsidies-that-will-support-uk-fishing-fleets

Fuel use by UK fleets. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-

sets/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-2012

EU data deficiency

Source: Le Quesne (2013) in NEF ‘Unknown Waters’ (2013) (http://b.3cdn.net/nefoundation/e2713bdba2a4ca8579_qom6ibesq.pdf

ICES rectangles in UK waters. Source: http://www.ices.dk/Pages/default.aspx

Producer Organisation (PO) Total FQAsLUNAR GROUP* (not a PO, see Box 1 on page 6) 643,640 MANX PRODUCER ORGANISATION LTD 15,104 NORTHERN IRELAND FPO LTD 339,500 ANGLO-NORTH IRISH FPO LTD 529,103 FLEETWOOD FPO LTD 106,252 NORTH EAST OF SCOTLAND FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION 242,584 EASTERN ENGLAND FISH PRODUCERS ORGANISATION LTD 150,513 SCOTTISH FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION 1,776,420 ANGLO-SCOTTISH FPO LTD 170,089 THE FIFE FPO LTD 23,517 NORTHERN PRODUCERS ORGANISATION LTD 70,329 SOUTH WESTERN FPO LTD 101,871 CORNISH FPO LTD 171,008 WALES AND WEST COAST FPO LTD 42,558 THE FPO LTD 198,418 ISLE OF MAN FPO 2,699 NORTH SEA FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD 132,779 ORKNEY FPO LTD 71,319 NORTH ATLANTIC FISH PRODUCERS ORGANISATION LTD 473,454 INTERFISH PRODUCERS ORGANISATION LTD 603,587 SHETLAND FPO LTD 1,296,591 LOWESTOFT FPO LTD 98,442 WEST OF SCOTLAND FPO LTD 44,455 ABERDEEN FPO LTD 143,567 KLONDYKE 506,953 Total held by PO members (and dummy licenses) 7,954,752.00 Total FQAs known to go to PO members 96%Total FQA held on dummy licenses 20%

MMO quota allocation by ICES rectangle

Fish stock and ICES area

Plaice 7de

Whiting 7bk

Hake 67 Area 7

Herring 4c74

NS Cod Area 4&6

NS Haddock

Area 4&6

NS Whiting

Area 4&6

NS Plaice

Area 4&6

NS Sole Area 4&6

UK quota (tonnes) 1862 2629 6998 5064 10311 29194 11402 25964 599

FQAs                  

UK 17817 20766 54585 28013 490536 721522 301254 244595 12831

<10s 2311 1509 85 786 15632 465 1134 582 1466

Non Sector 308 409 167 9 1058 63 142 44 98

POs 15198 18848 54333 27218 473846 720994 299978 243969 11267As a % of total FQAs                  

PO 85.30 90.76 99.54 97.16 96.60 99.93 99.58 99.74 87.81

<10s 12.97 7.27 0.16 2.81 3.19 0.06 0.38 0.24 11.43

Non Sector 1.73 1.97 0.31 0.03 0.22 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.76

Total % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

‘Relative stability’ for quota allocation – an example of what is means in practice

North Sea Turbot / Brill (2009) fishing opportunities

Total allowable catch = 5263 tonnes    

Member State Tonnage Percentage 

Belgium 386 7.34%  

Denmark 825 15.67%  

Germany 211 4.01%  

France 99 1.88%  

Netherlands 2923 55.56%  

Sweden 6 0.10%  

UK 813 15.44%  

Total 5263 100.00%  

Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) in EU waters

Source: http://www.seaaroundus.org/researcher/dpauly/PDF/2012/JournalArticles/GlobalMarineYieldHalved.pdf

Global fisheries and aquaculture production (1950-2012) Source: FAO FishStat

http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/en

The price of fish (1980-2012)http://stats.oecd.org/

OECD Global fish price (US$ per tonne) from capture fisheries only. 1984-2013

http://stats.oecd.org/

Fisheries Supply ChainSource: Adapted from UNEP http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications/Fish

%20Supply%20Chains/UNEP%20fish%20supply%20chains%20report.pdf