The term fishery fleet or fishery vessel refers to mobile floating platforms of any kind and size, operating in fresh, brackish or marine waters which are used for catching, harvesting, searching, transporting, landing, preserving and/or processing fish, shellfish and other...
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The term fishing vessel is used instead when the vessel is engaged only in catching operations.
The term non-fishing vessel applies to vessels performing other functions related to fisheries, such as supplying, protecting, rendering assistance or conducting research or training.
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Total revenue
Total revenue is composed of several variables.
Gross value of landings - part of the core variables (see description above). Revenue from leasing out quota or other fishing rights where individual transferable quotas (ITQ) or similar systems have established...
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Total Costs
Total costs is composed of several variables. Cost data can be obtained from the financial records of the fishing enterprises and these data are mostly difficult to obtain. Even when such data are available, they are often protected by...
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Capital value
Capital value includes two key components: the value of physical capital (the fleet and gears considering depreciation or historical value) and the value of quota and other fishing rights (the immaterial capital).
According to the definition of Capital Value included...
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Fishing effort is generally defined in terms of the time spent searching for fish (search duration) and/or the amount of fishing gear of a specific type used on the fishing grounds over a given unit of time...
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Production: Production figures relate to the total national fish production in terms of live-weight (i.e. the actual ex-water weight at the time of capture or removal from aquatic environment). Production figures cover catch and culture of all fish, crustaceans, molluscs...
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Imports: This covers all movements of commercial trade into the country of fish and fishery products. Data on imports include fish caught by foreign fishing vessels and landed in domestic ports.
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Exports: This covers all movements out of the country of fish and fishery products. Data on exports include fish caught by domestic fishing vessels and landed directly in foreign ports.
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Total food supply: There are various ways of defining supply and, in fact, various concepts are in use. The elements involved are production, imports, exports and changes in stocks (increases or decreases). There is no doubt that production, imports and...
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