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EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS 



ESTIMATED NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS (1) 

 AND FISHING BOATS (2) BY REGION AND STATE, 1991 - 1992 



1991 



1992 



REGIONS 



VESSELS 



BOATS 



TOTAL 



VESSELS 



BOATS 



TOTAL 



Northeast Fisheries: 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Maine 



Maryland (3) 



Massachusetts 



New Hanpshlre 



New Jersey 



New York 



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: (4) 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



New York 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



Wisconsin 



130 



26 



1,742 



65 



878 



134 



447 



602 



258 



242 



961 



370 



372 



2,394 



411 



761 



2,945 



2,548 



2,609 

 1,613 

 7,416 

 3,556 

 NA 



5 



10 



62 



2 



4 



30 



NA 



86 



507 



278 



5,221 



3,864 

 427 

 1,408 

 2,059 

 1,847 

 6 



5,772 



946 



483 



6,609 



531 



1,145 



9,786 



2,862 



2,627 

 1,346 



10,164 

 3,136 



NA 





 

 74 

 29 

 13 

 25 



NA 



33 



637 



304 



,963 



65 



.742 



561 

 ,855 

 ,661 

 ,105 



248 



6,733 



1,316 

 855 



9,003 

 942 



1,906 

 12,731 



5,410 



5,236 

 2,959 



17,580 

 6,692 



NA 



5 

 10 

 136 

 31 

 17 

 55 



NA 



119 



128 



25 



1,761 



68 



858 



139 



487 



692 



253 



245 



960 



376 



326 



2,264 



409 



885 



2,824 



2,501 



2,609 

 1,090 

 7,433 

 3,460 

 NA 



5 



10 



61 



2 



4 



33 



NA 



94 



442 



349 

 5,598 



4,634 

 474 

 1,392 

 2,931 

 2,751 

 6 



5,257 



969 



398 



9,409 



694 



1,003 



8,917 



2,592 



2,607 

 1,005 

 9,761 

 3,110 

 NA 





 

 75 

 32 

 14 

 21 



NA 



16 



570 



374 



7,359 



68 



5,492 



613 

 1,879 

 3,623 

 3,004 



251 



6,217 



1,345 



724 



11,673 

 1,103 

 1,888 



11,741 

 5,093 



5,216 

 2,095 



17,194 

 6,570 



NA 



5 



10 

 136 

 34 

 18 

 54 



NA 



110 



(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. 



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. 

 - Not available. 



