FISHING EQUIPMENT – SEAWATER FISHING, 20041)
According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the Records of Issued Licences for Fishermen Engaged in Commercial Fishing, in 2004 the number of fishermen, vessels and fishing nets did not significantly change, as compared to 2003.
1. FISHERMEN ENGAGED IN COMMERCIAL FISHING
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Fishermen |
Indices 2003. |
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2003. |
2004. |
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Total number |
3 705 |
3 712 |
100 |
2. VESSELS, BY TYPE
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2004. |
Indices 2004. 2003. |
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Vessels |
Total vessel size, GT |
Total engine power, kW |
Vessels |
Total vessel size, GT |
Total engine power, kW |
Vessels |
Total vessel |
Total engine power, kW |
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Total |
3 682 |
41 404 |
245 178 |
3 684 |
41 216 |
244 545 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Ships |
477 |
27 604 |
118 445 |
475 |
27 404 |
117 701 |
100 |
100 |
99 |
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Boats |
3 205 |
13 800 |
126 733 |
3 209 |
13 812 |
126 844 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
3. FISHING NETS, BY TYPE
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Nets |
Indices 2004. 2003. |
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2004. |
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Trawl nets, number |
2 082 |
2 078 |
100 |
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Purse seine nets, number |
916 |
920 |
100 |
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Drift nets, number |
1 149 |
1 151 |
100 |
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Single and triple gillnets, meters |
16 628 910 |
16 629 827 |
100 |
1) See Notes on Methodology
NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Source and methods of data collection
Data for the annual report on fishermen, vessels and their equipment in 2004 have been taken over from branch offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management - Directorate of Fisheries and Mediterranean Agriculture, with the situation as on 31 December 2004. The Ministry assumed from the Office of Economy the charge of keeping records on the number of fishermen, vessels and their equipment based on the issued licences for commercial fishing, according to the Law on Maritime Fishing (NN, No. 74/94) and the Law on Maritime Fishing – revised text (NN, No. 46/97).
The data on vessels and fishing equipment classified according to the Maritime Code and the Regulation on Licence for Commercial Maritime Fishing are only one of the segments in fishing (commercial fishing).
Coverage and comparability
Legal entities and parts of legal entities defined in section B Fishing, according to the National Classification of Economic Activities - (NN, No. 13/03), that are engaged in commercial fishing are included and their coverage is full. As for independent operators, only those who are engaged in commercial fishing according to the records kept by the Directorate of Fisheries and Mediterranean Agriculture are included.
Definitions
Commercial fishing is an activity of catching fish and other sea organisms for profit, the Law on Maritime Fishing – purified text,(NN, No. 47/97).
Ship is a vessel that has the length of 12 m and more and weight of 15 GT and more. Fishing boat is intended and equipped for catching fish and other organisms in the sea or on the seabed.
Boat is a vessel that is not a vessel intended for catching of fish or other living creatures in the sea or on its bottom, the Maritime Code (NN, No. 17/94).
According to the Regulation on Licence for Commercial Maritime Fishing (NN, No. 99/97), fishing nets are classified into following groups: trawl nets, purse seine nets, drift nets and single and triple gillnets.
Trawl nets are benthic trawl net, pelagic trawl net, coastal trawl net, dredges for Noah’s ark and dredges.
Purse seine nets are purse seine for small pelagic fish, purse seine for great pelagic fish, purse seine for mullets, purse seine for needlefish and purse seine for smelt.
Drift nets are drift net for sardines, drift net for picarels, motion drift net, drift net for needlefish, drift net for amberjack, drift net for smelt, drift net for with trap and drift net with frightening rope.
Single gillnets are gillnet for sandsmelt, gillnet for smelt, gillnet for picarel (Spicara smaris), gillnet for sardines, gillnet for picarel (Spicara flexuosa), gillnet for cacckarel, gillnet for bogue, gillnet for various fish, gillnet for Atlantic bonito, gillnet for sharks, gillnet for lobsters, gillnet for angle shark and gillnet for sea spider. Triple gillnets are gillnet for salema, triple gillnet for various fish, gillnet for solea and gillnet for cuttlefish.
Abbreviations
GT gross tonne
kW kilowatt
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia