Table 15.2 Fishing vessels, by size

15.2 Fishing vessels, by size
Year	Main vessels, enginedriven, total	Decked of steel				Decked of wood

Year	Main vessels, enginedriven, total	Under 20 metres (63,7 fot)	20-29,9 metres (63,795,5 fot)	30-44,9 metres (95,6143,3 fot)	45 metres and over (143,4 fot)	Under 10 metres (31,9 fot)	10-12,9 metres (31,941,3 fot)	13-19,9 metres (41,463,6 fot)

1977	24 847	58	119	298	206	2 490	1 323	1 733
1978	25 180	72	131	309	228	2 535	1 334	1 688
1979	25 874	78	133	291	228	2 585	1 319	1 613
1980	26 504	91	131	271	211	2 634	1 348	1 562
1981	26 684	94	126	247	195	2 684	1 343	1 492
1982	26 733	102	128	236	194	2 687	1 362	1 460
1983	26 045	108	132	227	186	2 685	1 300	1 383
1984	25 564	119	133	227	187	2 680	1 254	1 355
1985	24 078	125	132	230	188	2 571	1 147	1 194
1986	23 078	142	128	224	201	2 736	982	1 002
1987	22 014	157	127	216	196	2 717	954	959
1988	20 935	170	122	224	189	2 590	917	937
1989	18 514	180	124	225	189	2 400	824	878
1990	17 392	177	123	204	177	2 480	787	838
1991	17 237	179	119	192	172	2 594	791	805
1992	17 069	178	116	182	170	2 673	801	804
1993	16 402	177	120	182	165	2 687	795	787
1994	15 212	168	122	181	163	2 604	777	772
1995	14 194	173	125	184	170	2 494	765	765
1996	13 935	173	131	190	168	2 436	753	752
1997	13 635	174	142	194	168	2 331	756	729
1998	13 248	173	154	199	172	2 216	746	716
1999	13 196	171	160	199	169	2 176	724	666
2000	13 017	169	161	191	166	2 151	704	619
2001	11 922	166	174	175	167	1 999	379	581
2002	10 641	162	182	147	164	1 778	654	552
2003	9 911	166	195	125	162	1 600	625	540
2004	8 184	165	193	107	161	1 250	571	479

	Decked of wood (cont.)		Other decked boats, mostly plastics			Open

	20-29,9 metres (63,795,5 fot)	30 metres and over (95,6 fot)	Under 8 metres (25,4 fot)	8-9,9 metres (25,5-31,9 fot)	10 metres and over (31,9 fot)	Under 6 metres (19,1 fot)	6-7,9 metres (19,1-25,4 fot)	8 metres and over (25,5 fot)

1977	423	50	144	559	214	7 002	7 815	2 413
1978	405	45	174	672	270	7 274	7 606	2 437
1979	381	33	221	799	324	8 000	7 493	2 376
1980	357	25	258	960	377	8 366	7 514	2 399
1981	319	17	359	1 200	459	8 533	7 246	2 370
1982	311	15	442	1 405	564	8 467	7 079	2 281
1983	286	10	609	1 549	494	9 173	5 786	2 117
1984	284	9	741	1 601	522	8 943	5 530	1 979
1985	239	8	825	1 625	538	7 717	5 761	1 778
1986	196	6	1 147	1 599	503	8 533	4 766	913
1987	184	6	1 240	1 668	596	7 852	4 324	818
1988	175	4	1 257	1 663	649	7 386	3 896	756
1989	159	5	1 219	1 592	678	6 108	3 286	647
1990	134	4	1 243	1 547	724	5 526	2 833	595
1991¹	134	-	1 305	1 541	790	5 463	2 573	572
1992¹	123	-	1 341	1 545	858	5 383	2 354	541
1993¹	121	-	1 345	1 552	897	5 004	2 077	493
1994¹	119	-	1 323	1 541	945	4 312	1 746	436
1995¹	123	-	1 313	1 547	1 006	3 654	1 490	386
1996¹	122	-	1 320	1 566	1 039	3 541	1 383	361
1997¹	120	-	1 319	1 554	1 068	3 438	1 301	341
1998¹	122	-	1 308	1 557	1 102	3 306	1 163	314
1999¹	117	-	1 329	1 578	1 163	3 342	1 106	296
2000¹	109	-	1 356	1 596	1 210	3 339	978	268
2001¹	109	-	1 288	1 570	1 263	2 761	767	223
2002¹	103	-	1 191	1 538	1 329	2 126	534	181
2003¹	104	-	1 161	1 516	1 365	1 709	476	167
2004¹	96	-	905	1 429	1 380	1 003	314	128

¹	From 1991 comprise decked wooden vessels 20-29,9 also decked wooden vessels 30 metres and over.
Source: The Directorate of Fisheries.