Table 1. -ITALY. Number and tonnage of high-seas fishing vessels, 

 ranked by tonnage, 1975-92. 



Source: 

 years. 



Lloyd's Register of Shipping Statistical Tables, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, UK, various 



' The 3,817-GRT stem trawler, the Assunta Tontini Madre, Italy's largest fishing vessel, was built in Viareggio 

 in 1976 and fished for squid off the Atlantic coast of the United States. The ship was sold to Faroese fishing 

 interests in 1986. 



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