The latest year for which information on the number of fishermen is available is 2005. Details are in the following table.
Regular Part-time Total England and Wales North Eastern 666 32 698 Humberside 801 129 930 Eastern 473 65 538 South Eastern 1,235 47 1,282 South Western 949 71 1,020 Western 1,050 261 1,311 North Western 56 141 197 Wales 796 335 1,131 Total 6,026 1,081 7,107 Scotland Eyemouth 152 16 168 Pittenweem 107 35 142 Aberdeen 91 72 163 Peterhead 273 0 273 Fraserburgh 614 150 764 Buckie 227 21 248 Scrabster and Wick 157 0 157 Orkney 284 51 335 Shetland 304 147 451 Stornoway 238 249 487 Kinlochbervie 41 2 43 Lochinver 35 10 45 Ullapool 74 6 80 Mallaig and Portree 268 113 381 Oban 163 81 244 Campbeltown 256 69 325 Ayr 529 136 665 Total 3,813 1,158 4,971 Northern Ireland North Coast 20 5 25 Kilkeel 255 25 280 Portavogie 154 20 174 Ardglass 85 5 90 Total 514 55 569 United Kingdom 10,353 2,294 12,647