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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS (1) 

 AND FISHING BOATS (2) BY REGION AND STATE, 1994 - 1995 



1994 



1995 



REGIONS 



VESSELS 



BOATS 



TOTAL 



VESSELS 



BOATS 



TOTAL 



Northeast Fisheries : 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Maine 



Maryland (3) 



Massachusetts. . . 

 New Hampshire . . . 



New Jersey 



New York (4) . . . . 

 Rhode Island. . . . 

 Virginia (3) .... 



South Atlantic 

 and Gulf Fisheries: 

 North Carolina . . . 

 South Carolina.., 



Georgia , 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



West Coast Fisheries: 



Washington 



Oregon , 



Alaska 



California 



Hawaii 



Great Lakes 



Fisheries: (5) 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



New York 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania . . 

 Wisconsin 



133 



29 



1,818 



36 



820 



139 



397 



696 



280 



133 



1,024 

 571 

 312 



2,340 

 426 

 535 



2,846 



2,200 



1,349 

 911 

 7,387 

 6,247 

 3, 110 



NA 



6 1 

 2 

 3 



25 

 5 



91 



470 



423 



5,477 



4,500 

 396 

 1,382 

 2,905 

 2,888 



9,921 

 832 

 652 



8,439 



644 



934 



12,954 



2,378 



748 

 449 



9, 145 

 NA 



:,a 



NA 



74 

 27 



15 



25 



2 



47 



603 



452 



7,295 



36 



5,320 



535 

 1,779 

 3,601 

 3, 168 



133 



10,945 



1,403 



964 



10,779 

 1,070 

 1,469 



15,800 

 4,578 



2,097 



1,360 



16,532 



6,247 



3, 110 



NA 



135 

 29 



18 



50 



7 



138 



149 



32 



1,798 



33 



805 



139 



423 



698 



291 



122 



1,034 

 530 

 305 



2,311 

 378 

 438 



2,805 



1,902 



1, 176 

 927 

 7, 141 

 5,968 

 3,470 





NA 



61 

 2 



3 

 3 3 



392 



555 



5,439 



4,490 

 467 

 1,282 

 2,924 

 2,863 

 2, 138 



9,361 



1,022 



NA 



8,919 



720 



874 



12,969 



1,969 



630 



378 

 9,373 



NA 

 NA 



N A 



NA 



75 

 29 



lb 

 18 



541 



587 



7,237 



33 



5,295 



606 



1,705 



3,622 



3, 154 



2,260 



10,395 



1,552 



305 



11,230 

 1,098 

 1,312 



15,774 

 3,871 



1,806 

 1,305 

 16,514 

 5,968 

 3,470 



NA 



NA 



136 

 31 

 19 



s; 



133 



(1) 

 (2) 



(3) 

 (4) 



NA 



Vessels are documented craft greater than 5 net registered tons. 



Boats are craft less than 5 net registered tons. 



Only Federal collected data are available. Inshore data not available. 



Includes vessels and boats in the Great Lakes. 



Commercial fishing fleet sizes for the Great Lakes states represent only the number of 



licenses issued by the state; therefore, may not be an accurate total. Tribal data 



are not included in this table. 

 - Data not available separately. 



