& - Data for the Chinese fleet comes from the following sources: 1985-various reports in fisheries press; 1 988-fV.s/im^ Ne\\'5 Inlemational. 

 "China Expands Deepsea Fleet, December 1988; 1991-Fishing News Inlemational, "China Expands Deepsea I-'lect," January 1992. 



# - Data for the Japanese fleet comes from the Fisheries Agency of Japan. Gyogyo Yoshokugyo Seisan Tokei Nenpo. 

 % - Japanese squid jigging statistics include coastal and off-shore catch until 1990. 



@-ROK fleet data comes from the Ministry of Agriculnjre, Forestry, and Fisheries, ftaninca/ Yearbook of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries. 



• - Data for the Taiwan fleet comes from the Taiwan Fisheries Bureau, Fisheries Yearbook-Taiwan Area. Taiwan vessel statistics do not 

 differentiate between distant-water and other fisheries. This table gives the number of all powered Taiwan fishing vessels greater than lOOGRT, 

 most ofwhich are believed to be distant-water fishing vessels. Many distant-water driflnet vessels, however, had a tonnage smaller than lOOGRT 

 and are not counted here. 



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