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FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 482
Economic performance and fishing efficiency
of marine capture fisheries
by
Uwe Tietze
Wilfried Thiele
Fishery Industries Division
FAO Fisheries Department
Rome, Italy
and
Rolf Lasch
Institute of Agricultural Market Research
Federal Agricultural Research Centre
Braunschweig, Germany
Bjarti Thomsen
Research Manager
Fisheries Technology
Faeroese Fisheries Laboratory
Faeroe Islands
Dominic Rihan
Marine Technical Executive
Irish Sea Fisheries Board
Dublin, Ireland
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2005
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Cover photograph:
Anchovy dragnetters in the
Republic of Korea. Courtesy of Sam Kwang Cho.
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Contents
Preparation of this document
Abstract
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
and background
2 Findings of the interregional study
on the financial and economic performance of marine capture fisheries
2.1 Financial and economic performance of fishing
fleets
U. Tietze and R. Lasch
2.1.1 Europe
2.1.2 Africa
2.1.3 The Caribbean and South
America
2.1.4 Asia
2.2 Recent trends and changes in fishing methods,
technologies and fisheries resources in countries covered by the study
W. Thiele
2.2.1 Europe
2.2.2 Africa
2.2.3 The Caribbean and South
America
2.2.4 Asia
2.3 Cost structures of selected fleet segments
U. Tietze and R. Lasch
2.3.1 Components of operating and
total costs
European coastal fishing vessels
European offshore fishing vessels
African small-scale fishing vessels
African medium-/large-scale fishing vessels
Caribbean small-scale fishing vessels
South American/Caribbean medium-/large-scale
fishing vessels
Asian small-scale fishing vessels
Asian medium-/large-scale fishing vessels
2.4 Summary and
conclusions
3 Case studies on the fishing efficiency
and financial performance of fishing vessels
3.1 Efficiency changes in the faeroese pair-trawler
fleet
B. Thomsen
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Faeroese marine resources and
the current management regime
3.1.3 Pair-trawler data
3.1.4 Discussion and
conclusions
3.2 A comparison of twin-rig and single-rig trawling
in terms of relative fishing efficiency
D. Rihan
3.2.1 Background
3.2.2 Fleet métiers and case study
3.2.3 Findings
3.2.4 Conclusions
ANNEX
Technical, operational and economic characteristics
of selected fishing vessels by country
R. Lasch
France
Germany
Norway
Senegal
South Africa
Caribbean
Argentina
Peru
India
Republic of Korea
Thailand
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