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15.1 Fishermen and registered vessels
Year Fishermen1 Fishing vessels
Total Sole occupation Main occupation Secondary occupation Open motor vessels2 Decked vessels3 Sailing vessels Steam vessels
Of wood Of steel Other, mostly plastics
  1 000
1928  101.6 28.4 37.6 35.6 9 008 .. .. .. .. ..
1929  101.1 27.8 38.2 35.1 9 432 10 271 .. ..  271  365
1930  102.1 28.6 38.5 35.0 9 855 .. .. .. .. ..
1931  103.4 29.4 38.2 35.8 10 527 10 869 .. ..  269  364
1932  105.7 31.3 39.3 35.1 11 280 11 064 .. ..  251  353
1933  107.1 31.7 39.5 35.9 11 780 11 155 .. ..  224  353
1934  110.8 33.4 40.7 36.7 12 846 11 259 .. ..  208  348
1935  114.4 35.7 40.5 38.2 13 519 11 360 .. ..  194  343
1936  119.9 37.6 42.5 39.8 13 671 11 623 .. ..  196  353
1937  123.4 37.9 44.9 40.6 14 177 11 729 .. ..  141  318
1938  124.6 37.3 45.6 41.7 14 588 12 209 .. ..  127  285
1939  124.1 36.7 46.4 41.0 15 035 12 200 .. ..  127  286
1940  121.9 34.4 45.9 41.6 15 371 12 207 .. ..  127  286
1941  115.1 34.6 40.3 40.2 16 592 11 705 .. .. 79  181
1942  112.4 33.1 39.1 40.2 16 774 11 705 .. .. 79  181
19434  114.1 35.4 40.2 38.5 18 238 11 935 .. .. 67  176
1944  116.9 37.2 39.9 39.8 19 786 11 786 .. .. 67  181
1945  112.4 34.8 38.9 38.7 18 477 12 021 .. .. 63  168
1946  118.4 36.8 42.4 39.2 18 747 12 021 .. .. .. ..
1947  115.9 37.3 41.3 37.3 19 904 .. .. .. .. ..
1948  114.1 36.7 40.9 36.5 20 869 12 429 .. .. 48  151
19485 85.5 16.7 51.7 17.1 - - - - - -
1949 98.4 25.3 43.6 29.5 21 418 .. .. .. .. ..
1950 98.3 26.3 41.8 30.2 21 942 12 402 .. .. 20  127
1951 96.5 25.5 41.5 29.5 22 521 .. .. .. .. ..
1952 94.6 27.8 38.2 28.6 20 899 12 365  229 .. - 93
1953 93.9 29.0 37.1 27.8 22 651 12 690  247 .. - 53
1954 92.5 28.4 36.0 28.1 22 768 12 129  254 .. - 45
1955 90.5 28.5 34.8 27.2 23 728 12 190  290 .. - 41
1956 87.2 28.5 32.8 25.9 24 707 12 244  330 .. - 39
1957 80.5 28.1 29.8 22.6 25 728 12 176  371 .. - 36
1958 75.8 25.7 27.8 22.3 26 864 12 226  403 .. - 34
1959 73.8 24.2 27.1 22.5 28 118 12 237  422 .. - 33
19606 60.9 21.4 23.8 15.7 28 872 12 135  426 .. - 31
1961 59.4 23.7 20.5 15.2 29 673 12 002  425 .. - 27
1962 56.9 21.5 19.7 15.7 28 429 10 820  433 .. - 25
1963 55.3 22.6 17.6 15.1 28 364 10 409  439 .. - ..
1964 51.3 21.3 16.2 13.8 28 182 9 982  438 .. - ..
1965 48.6 22.5 14.2 11.9 28 899 9 810  458 .. - 19
1966 51.1 22.8 14.1 14.2 29 968 9 416  511 .. - 12
1967 49.1 22.7 13.3 13.1 30 607 9 131  564 .. - 13
1968 47.8 22.9 12.5 12.4 27 148 78 514  624 .. - 15
1969 45.0 21.6 11.7 11.7 27 521 78 265  616 .. - 14
1970 43.0 21.4 10.5 11.1 27 674 77 915  612 .. - 9
1971 41.4 20.7 10.1 10.6 22 910 77 246  594 .. - 7
19718 35.0 14.7 10.0 10.3 - - - . . .
1972 38.3 18.2 10.0 10.1 23 155 7 029  603  209 - 8
1973 37.5 16.6 10.3 10.6 19 326 6 588  587  325 - 7
1974 36.4 18.7 7.7 10.0 20 134 6 611  602 .. - 5
1975 35.3 18.3 7.0 9.9 20 695 6 564  629  626 - 2
1976 33.3 18.3 6.5 8.5 20 727 6 436  638  785 - -
1977 32.6 17.8 6.3 8.4 17 230 6 019  681  917 - -
1978 33.6 18.2 6.5 8.9 17 317 6 007  740 1 116 - -
1979 34.0 18.8 6.1 9.1 17 869 5 931  730 1 344 - -
1980 34.8 19.4 5.7 9.6 18 279 5 926  704 1 595 - -
1981 35.3 .. 25.3 10.0 18 149 5 855  662 2 018 - -
1982 .. .. .. .. 17 827 5 835  660 2 411 - -
19839 28.0 .. 22.4 5.7 17 076 5 664  653 2 652 - -
1984 29.6 .. 22.9 6.8 16 452 5 582  666 2 864 - -
1985 29.6 .. 22.5 7.1 15 256 5 159  675 2 988 - -
1986 30.0 .. 22.6 7.4 14 212 4 922  695 3 249 - -
1987 29.9 .. 22.6 7.3 12 994 4 820  696 3 504 - -
1988 29.4 .. 22.0 7.3 12 038 4 623  705 3 569 - -
1989 28.7 .. 21.4 7.2 10 041 4 266  718 3 489 - -
1990 27.5 .. 20.5 7.0 8 954 4 243  683 3 512 - -
1991 27.0 .. 20.0 7.0 8 608 4 331  662 3 636 - -
1992 26.8 .. 19.8 7.0 8 278 4 401  646 3 744 - -
1993 25.4 .. 19.1 6.3 7 574 4 390  644 3 794 - -
1994 22.9 .. 16.4 6.5 6 494 4 275  634 3 809 - -
1995 23.7 .. 17.2 6.5 5 530 4 147  652 3 866 - -
1996 23.4 .. 17.1 6.3 5 285 4 063  662 3 925 - -
1997 22.9 .. 16.7 6.3 5 080 3 936  678 3 941 - -
1998 21.3 .. 15.1 6.2 4 783 3 800  698 3 967 - -
1999 21.3 .. 15.3 5.9 4 744 3 683  699 4 070 - -
2000 20.1 .. 14.3 5.8 4 585 3 583  687 4 162 - -
2001 18.9 .. 13.7 5.2 3 751 3 368  682 4 121 - -
2002 18.5 .. 13.9 4.7 2 841 3 087  655 4 058 - -
2003 17.2 .. 13.2 4.0 2 352 2 869  648 4 042 - -
2004 15.5 .. 12.6 2.9 1 445 2 396  626 3 714 - -
2005 14.6 .. 11.7 2.9 .. .. .. .. - -
2006 13.9 .. 11.1 2.9 .. .. .. .. - -
2007 13.2 .. 10.6 2.7 .. .. .. .. - -
1  The rules governing the registration of fishermen were changed in 1982, and as a result the number of registered fishermen declined.
2  Until 1951 including auxiliary vessels, from 1952 mostly main vessels.
3  Registered fishing and transport vessels. As from 1955 excluding transport vessels.
4  The increase in the number of fishing vessels is only apparent.
5  From the Fishery Census 1 October 1948.
6  From the Fishery Census 1 November 1960.
7  Including decked vessels of plastic materials, aluminium and ferrocement.
8  From the Fishery Census 1 October 1971.
9  Break in the series is caused by rearrangement of the register of fishermen.
Source: The Directorate of Fisheries.

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