Appendix 1
FISHERY CENSUS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

1. Motive of Fishery Census

   The 11th Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (IPFC) in Kuala Lumpur in October 1964 proposed taking a fishery census in 1970 with the following objectives:

   1. To clarify the economic structure of a fishing industry, which will be the basis for formulating fisheries policies and development programmes, and

   2. To provide a frame for designing sample surveys for the collection of operational statistics on fisheries, such as catch and effort data and other input-output data.

2. Progress of Fishery Census Taking (See Tables 1 and 2)

   (1) Countries Participating in Proposed Fishery Census

   There were ten countries which implemented a proposed fishery census since 1965. Of these countries, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka were those which took a fishery census for the first time.

   (2) Responsible Organization

   In many countries a fishery census was taken by Central Department of Statistics, which is also responsible for population and agricultural censuses. The countries which took a fishery census by an organization which is responsible for current fishery statistics are Korea, Japan and Sri Lanka.

   (3) Coverage

   In almost all countries a fishery census covered both marine and inland fisheries.

   (4) Frame of a Fishery Census

   In many countries the frame of a fishery census was ideally provided by the population census.

   (5) Census Methodology

   In many countries a fishery census was taken by means of a sample census.

   (6) Survey Items

   In almost all countries at least basic survey items were covered. In Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka a fairly comprehensive fishery census questionnaire was used.

¹ Dept. of statistics is an organization which is primarily responsible for population census; various different names are in use according to countries

² Office of Fisheries

³ Statistics and Information Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

⁴ No specific fishery census was taken. However, since the population census was undertaken by dividing it into marine and inland censuses, some fishery data become available from the marine census

⁵ Government Fisheries Corporation

⁶ Ministry of Food and Agriculture

⁷ Ministry of Fisheries

^a Livestock census in India is possible to provide the number of fishing households, but no tabulation has been done for this item.