| Table 11. | Employment in the Fishing Industry (1996) | |||
| NUTS 3 area group | total | % self | ||
| (fte) | Emp | |||
| København/Roskilde | 107 | 86 | ||
| Frederiksborg/Vestsj./Storstrøm | 695 | 69 | ||
| Bornholm | 360 | 58 | ||
| Århus/Vejle/Fyn | 875 | 63 | ||
| Ribe/Sønderjylland | 840 | 37 | ||
| Ringkøbing/Viborg | 1.779 | 45 | ||
| Nordjylland | 1.210 | 46 | ||
| Total Denmark | 5.856 | 58 | ||
| Source: Directorate of Fisheries, annual statistics 1997 | ||||
| Note: * direct fishing employment is determined in fte using Social Security payments, therefore it is not possible to prepare total (ft+pt) statistics. | ||||
| Another source of employment data in Denmark is through unenployment statistics, however, fishermen are registered only as 'unskilled labour' |