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363 Fishermen1 and registered fishing vessels2
  Fishermen as at 31 December Registered main vessels, engine-driven as at 31 December
  Total Main occupation Secondary occupation Total Decked, of steel Decked, of wood and other material Open
        Number
1945  112 404 73 673 38 731 30 498 .. .. 18 477
1950 98 324 68 149 30 175 32 184 .. .. 19 476
1955 90 499 63 268 27 231 36 208  290 12 190 23 728
1960 70 375 49 720 20 655 41 433  426 12 135 28 872
1965 48 645 36 767 11 878 39 167  458 9 810 28 899
1970 43 018 31 884 11 134 36 201  612 7 915 27 674
1975 35 261 25 387 9 874 28 396  629 7 159 20 608
1980 34 789 25 140 9 649 26 407  704 7 496 18 207
1985 29 566 22 465 7 101 24 009  674 8 125 15 210
1990 27 518 20 475 7 043 17 391  683 7 753 8 955
1995 23 651 17 160 6 491 14 187  652 8 010 5 525
2000 20 075 14 264 5 811 13 017  687 7 745 4 585
2001 18 895 13 674 5 221 3, 4, 511 922  683 11 238 5..
2002 18 492 13 841 4 651 3, 4, 510 641  654 9 986 5..
2003 18 651 13 821 4 830 3, 4, 59 915  647 9 262 5..
2004 17 342 13 150 4 192 3, 4, 58 189  625 7 558 5..
2005 15 532 12 216 3 316 3, 4, 57 722  586 7 131 5..
2006 14 728 11 475 3 253 3, 4, 57 300  567 6 728 5..
2007 14 034 11 018 3 016 3, 4, 57 038  559 6 474 5..
2008 13 537 10 619 2 918 3, 4, 56 785  521 6 260 5..
2009 13 229 10 465 2 764 4, 56 506  524 5 978 5..
2010 12 993 10 325 2 668 4, 56 310  527 5 779 5..
2011 12 768 10 220 2 548 4, 56 250  524 5 722 5..
2012* 12 051 9 825 2 226 4, 56 214  511 5 700 5..
1  Data from the municipal register of fishermen. Revision of the register "Fiskarmanntalet" has resulted in changes compared to earlier published statistics. A change in definition of fishermen in 2011 has resulted in changes in the published figures for the years 2003- 2010.
2  The Director General of Fisheries' "Registered fishing vessels".
3  Revision of the register of vessels has resulted in changes compared to earlier published statistics.
4  Included vessels with unknown type of vessel.
5  As from 2001 decked and open vessels are not given separately.
Source: The Directorate of Fisheries.
More information:  http://www.fiskeridir.no/ and  http://www.ssb.no/en/fiskeri 

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