| Bundesland | NUTS III | |||||||||||
| Region | 1996 | 1997 | ||||||||||
| Vessels | < 10 | 10_15 | 15_24 | 24+ | Vessels | < 10 | 10_15 | 15_24 | 24+ | Un-specified | ||
| Bremen | Bremerhaven, KS | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Mecklen-burg-Vorpom-mern | Bad Doberan | 44 | 43 | 1 | 46 | 45 | 1 | |||||
| Greifswald, KS | 28 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 7 | ||||||
| Nordvorpommern | 134 | 121 | 13 | 135 | 122 | 13 | ||||||
| Nordwestmecklenburg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ostvorpommern | 259 | 227 | 27 | 5 | 257 | 225 | 27 | 5 | ||||
| Rostock, KS | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Ruegen | 392 | 342 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 392 | 342 | 26 | 16 | 8 | ||
| Stralsund, KS | 21 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| Uecker-Randow | 76 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wismar, KS | 46 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NA | 74 | 72 | 2 | 74 | 72 | 2 | ||||||
| Nieder-sachsen | Aurich | 60 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 53 | 3 | |||
| Cuxhaven | 54 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 53 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Emden, KS | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Friesland | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Leer | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Wesermarsch | 15 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Wilhelmshafen, KS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Wittmund | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Schleswig-Holstein Westcoast | Dithmarschen | 103 | 27 | 15 | 54 | 7 | 97 | 25 | 15 | 51 | 6 | |
| Nordfriesland | 88 | 34 | 5 | 37 | 12 | 87 | 35 | 4 | 38 | 10 | ||
| Pinneberg | 32 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Steinburg | 34 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 2 | ||||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein/ | ||||||||||||
| Eastcoast | Flensburg, KS | 67 | 67 | 63 | 62 | 1 | ||||||
| Kiel, KS | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Luebeck, KS | 38 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ostholstein | 260 | 211 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 256 | 207 | 17 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Ploen | 134 | 114 | 13 | 7 | 134 | 112 | 14 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Rendsburg-Eckernförde | 31 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Schleswig-Flensburg | 204 | 191 | 8 | 5 | 193 | 180 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| NA | 55 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 49 | 2 | 2 |