Analysis of the vessels over 100 tons in the global fishing fleet.
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This publication analyses the data on fishing vessels over 100 Gross Registered Tons from the database maintained by Lloyd's Register of Ships. The data analysed is from the period 1985 to 1997; it lists the main fishing countries and describes how their fleets of large fishing vessels have changed during this period. The age of fishing vessels, in addition to their size and horsepower, should be taken into account when measuring the fishing capacity of fishing fleets. A method is introduced whereby the age of the fleet is taken into consideration. This method can be extended to the size and horsepower of the vessels or even a combined measure. The effect of reflagging on national fleets is described and it is shown that this factor now has greater influence on national fleets than either building or scrapping.