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Adam Fisher's Coarse Fishing Report - June, 2020. Well, I didn’t think I’d be sat here writing this 3 months ago – it’s been some ride! From no fishing, to no fishing in Wales, to almost back to normal. The shop has been absolutely mental and the number of new or returning anglers is truly astonishing.
Adam Fisher's Coarse Fishing Report - October 2020. This report comes to you after 3 months without one. My apologies for that, but we were just so busy in the shop during August and September. Despite best intentions, time slipped away and we decided to roll over to the following month.
Blog. Adam Fisher's Coarse Fishing Report - November, 2020. October 1st was always seen as the unofficial start of the predator season, but due to milder autumns the general consensus over the last few years is that this has changed to November 1st.
25 September 2020. Provisional Monthly UK Sea Fisheries Statistics - Reported Landings: July 2020. Key points. Like all parts of the UK and world economy, the coronavirus pandemic is having a...
- Economic Output
- Employment and Fleet Size
- Landings
- Trade
- International Comparisons
- Fish Processing
Official statistics on economic output of the fishing industry are volatile and can be significantly revised from year to year. According to the ONS, in 2021, the sector contributed around 0.03% of total UK economic output and around 5% of the broader agriculture, forestry and fishing sector. In 2020, just under 70% of economic output from the fish...
The total number of fishers in the UK was around 11,000 in 2021, down from around 20,000 in the mid-1990s. In 2021, 53% of fishers were based in England and Wales, 40% in Scotland, and 8% in Northern Ireland. The number of fishing vessels in the UK fleet has fallen by 33% since 1996.
UK vessels land around 400,000 tonnes of fish each year in the UK, and between 200,000 and 300,000 tonnes abroad. Landings by the UK fleet were higher in 2021 than in 2020 (+5%) after falling by about 11% between 2018-19. This initial reduction was mostly explained by reduced landings of pelagic fish, which have recovered since. Shellfish landings ...
The UK is a net importer of fish and related products, with net imports of around 427,000 tonnes in 2021, worth £1.7 billion.
In 2019, the UK fleet had the second-largest total catch (in terms of landed weight) and the second-largest fleet size (in gross tonnage terms) compared with EU countries.
There were 348 fish processing sites in the UK in 2020. Fish processing sites accounted for 17,988 full-time equivalent jobs. The fish processing industry is concentrated in the Humber and the Grampians.
Reported net catches from the 2020 season are provided at the finest time scale and geographical scale possible, while complying with data protection legislation and the Code of Practice for Statistics. Where possible this is by month and Salmon Fishery District.
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anglers released 54% of their Wild Salmon catches compared with 52% in 2021 and 51% in 2020. This is the greatest percentage of wild salmon released in Ireland ever and whilst ‘catch and release’ angling is increasing, year-on-year Scotland reports a much higher C&R rate of over 90%.
