A new report by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has revealed that during 2010 there were 16 per cent fewer vessels in the UK fleet than in 2001, with fishermen numbers falling by around 2,300.
Date:
Wed, 06 Jul 2011
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The first edition of the new statistical report, The UK Fishing Industry in 2010: Structure and Activity, was published this week.
It includes detailed data about the size and composition of the UK fishing fleet, the number of fishermen and UK fishing activity during 2010.
The statistics also include new coverage of fishing effort in the Cod Recovery Zone and Western Waters. The report will inform and complement government policy and, in conjunction with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) help inform changes to the Common Fisheries Policy.
It also reveals that the number of days spent at sea by over 10 metre vessels have fallen by 37 per cent over the same period.
The statistics have been released in advance of the compendium publication UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2010 in late September in a drive to provide data to the public as soon as they are available. A further report on UK catches and landings will be issued in late August.
The UK fishing fleet remained the sixth-largest in the EU in terms of vessel numbers, with the second-largest capacity and fourth-largest power.
The full report, and more detailed supplementary tables, can be seen here.
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