How many (a) Scottish fishermen have lost their lives while working, (b) Scottish fishing vessels have been lost and (c) fatal accident inq…

Information in relation to accidentsinvolving fishing vessels and their crews is maintained on a UK basis by theMarine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) of the Department for Transport. MAIBhave provided the following details in relation to Scottish registered fishing vesselswhich have been lost and the resulting crew fatalities. Records held by MAIB donot show the nationality of deceased persons to separately identify Scottish fishermen.Details for the UK overall are also shown. Information for 2006 is, at this stage,still provisional.

| UK Registered Fishing Vessels Lost
| Scottish Registered Fishing Vessels Lost
| Fatalities from UK Registered Fishing Vessels
| Fatalities from Scottish Registered Fishing Vessels

1997
| 23
| 14
| 29
| 11

1998
| 21
| 13
| 26
| 11

1999
| 33
| 24
| 9
| 6

2000
| 40
| 19
| 32
| 14

2001
| 34
| 20
| 10
| 5

2002
| 18
| 11
| 9
| 5

2003
| 28
| 17
| 11
| 8

2004
| 25
| 14
| 10
| 4

2005
| 34
| 19
| 9
| 4

2006
| 16
| 5
| 17
| 8


Fatal accident inquiries (FAIs)fall within the responsibility of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service(COPFS). Statistical information is kept by COPFS about the number of FAIs heldbut this data does not include details about the circumstances of the deaths beinginvestigated to identify those related to fishing vessel fatalities.