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PRODUCTIVITY OF SOVIET FISHERMEN 
Because of a lack of reliable Soviet statistical data, it is extremely 
difficult to determine the true productivity of Soviet fishermen. This 
difficulty is compounded when an attempt is made to compare that 
productivity with those of fishermen in other countries. 
However, one general measure can be applied. Statistics on the 
gross tonnage of the world’s fishing fleets are available, as are total 
catch data. We have therefore compiled statistics for the five countries 
which have the largest fishing fleets and calculated their fishermen’s 
productivity on that basis. The results are given in table 4. 
Table 4.--High-seas fishery fleets of selected countries, number 
of vessels, gross tonnage and catch per gross ton, 1973. 
Gross Percent of Fisheries Catc 
COUNTRY Tonnage Total World Catch (in per GRT 
Vessels (in GRT) Tonnage million (mt) 2/ (in mt) 
4,700 6,500,0002/ 
3,099 1,510,9852/ 
1,953 510,4913/ 
1,577 357,6204/ 
NORWAY 604 202,7454/ 
OTHER 6,679 2,491,1134/ 
TOTAL 18,412 11,572,954 
NOTE: Only vessels over 100 gross registered tons are included. 
Both fishing and fishery support vessels are included. 
"Other" is residual. 
1/ Division of International Fisheries Analysis, Office of Interna- 
tional Fisheries, NMFS, NOAA. Data are for 1973. 
Fisheries Statistics of Japan, 1973, Fisheries Agency, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Forestry, Tokyo, 1975. 
Subsecreteria de la Marina Mercante. Annuario de pesca maritima, 
1973. (p. IX). Lloyd's statistics report a gross tonnage of 509,600 
tons as of July 1, 1974, but gave the number of vessels as 1,619 
units. 
Lloyd's Register of Shipping Statistical Tables, 1974. (Data are 
for July 1, 1974). The figure is a residual. 
FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, 1973. Rome, 1974. 
Does not include the catch of marine mammals for both USSR and 
Japan, northe harvest of marine plants for the U.S.S.R. 
Residual. 
Includes only countries having high-seas fishery fleets and 
listed in Lloyd's Register of Shipping Statistical Tables, 1974. 
