UK2 Fisheries related employment in fishery dependent areas


Table 22a: Employment Data for Fishing, Processing and        
  Associated Industries        
           
Fishery Dependent Area Fishers (FTE) Aquaculture Freshwater (FTE) Aquaculture Marine (FTE) Processing (FTE) Total Fishers, Aquaculture and Processing Total
Arbroath 70 0 0 103 173
Banff 496 1 0 66 563
Berwickshire 196 3 0 313 512
Campbeltown 218 15 35 108 375
Elgin & Forres 179 0 0 0 179
Fraserburgh 904 1 0 1578 2483
Girvan 49 0 0 0 49
Keith & Buckie 327 1 0 300 628
Kirkcudbright 124 3 0 7 134
Lochaber 203 30 105 97 434
Oban and Islay 352 85 259 66 762
Orkney 363 10 73 100 545
Peterhead 751 1 0 1191 1943
Shetland 366 30 362 450 1208
Skye & Wester Ross 236 37 252 34 558
St Andrews 185 0 0 64 249
Sutherland (SW) 77 23 9 0 109
Sutherland (NW) 37 30 56 0 122
Thurso 72 0 0 0 72
Ullapool 111 16 62 37 226
Western Isles 613 77 233 200 1122
Wick 100 0 0 0 100
Total Scottish FDAs 6025 361 1445 4713 12543
Scotland (1) 7180 534 1448 8400 17739
Newry and Mourne 508 4 N/A 506 1018
Ards and Down 356 18 N/A 362 736
Total NI FDAs 864 22 N/A 868 1753
Northern Ireland 889 77 N/A 918 1884
           
Footnotes:          
(1) SOAEFD          
(2) SAC Estimates - Aquacullture employment estimated from regional data supplied by SOAEFD          
(2) SAC Estimates - Processing employment estimated by apprtioning regional data from the Annual Business Inquiry          
SOAEFD FTE calculated using partially employed and Crofters working 33.333% of working time fishing.          
Aquaculture FTE calculated using Part Time employed working 50% of working time fishing          
Northern Irish aquaculture data is total of fresh and salt water aquacultre          


Last Updated on 02/03/00
By Ian Goulding
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