Medidas de Gestao das Pescarias Marinhas e Aquicultura 2019 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 | Page 51

THE STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 2018
all fishing vessels in 2016, down from 64
percent in 2014, as the number of non-
motorized vessels increased, probably
because of improved estimations.
Generally, motorized vessels make up a
much higher proportion in marine-
operating vessels than in the inland water
f leet. However, data reporting was not of
sufficient qualit y to disaggregate marine
and inland water f leets.
THE FISHING FLEET
Estimate of the global fleet and its regional
distribution
The total number of fishing vessels in the
world in 2016 was estimated to be about 4.6
million, unchanged from 2014. The fleet in
Asia was the largest, consisting of 3.5
million vessels, accounting for 75 percent of
the global fleet (Figure 10). In Africa and
North America the estimated number of
vessels declined from 2014 by just over
30 000 and by nearly 5 000, respectively. For
Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and
Oceania the numbers all increased, largely
as a result of improvements in estimation
procedures.
Figure 11 shows the proportion of motorized
and non-motorized vessels by region. The
motorized fleet is distributed unevenly
around the world (Figure 12), with Asia having
nearly 80 percent of the reported motorized
fleet in 2016 (2.2 million vessels), followed
by Africa with about 153 000 powered
vessels. In Europe, the fleet capacity has
continued to decline steadily since 2000 as a
result of management measures to reduce
the fleet capacity. This region has the
highest percentage of motorized vessels in
the overall fleet. »
Globally, the number of engine-powered
vessels was estimated to be 2.8 million in
2016, remaining steady from 2014.
Motorized vessels represented 61 percent of
FIGURE 10
DISTRIBUTION OF MOTORIZED AND NON-MOTORIZED FISHING VESSELS BY REGION, 2016 (thousands)
LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
296.7
296.7
(6.4%)
(6.4%)
97.4
EUROPE
(2.1%)
97.4
(2.1%)
NORTH AMERICA
82.1
14.8
(1.8%)
OCEANIA
(0.3%)
14.8
(0.3%)
647.5
(14.0%)
AFRICA
647.5
(14.0%)
ASIA
AFRICA
EUROPE
3 490.0
ASIA
(75.4%)
3 490.0
(75.4%)
NORTH AMERICA
OCEANIA
LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
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