Ireland - Fleet characteristics

Table 4	Classification of vessels by legal status (1998)

NUTS 3	Family*	Corporate	Other
Border	253	14	*All vessels not operated by corporations are assumed to be family run
Dublin	73	14
Mid-East	35	3
Mid-West	24	1
South-East	165	8
South-West	322	29
West	173	2
Total	1045	71
Source: ESRI estimates based on Vessel register @ mid 1998
Available at NUTS 2,3,4 level

Table 3	Classification of vessels per age class (mid-1998)

NUTS 3	0<5	5<10	10<15	15<20	20<25	25<30	30<35	35<40	>=40	Other
Border	6	10	26	47	52	62	25	12	27
Dublin	2	2	8	8	9	18	3	14	23
Mid-East	0	2	2	6	7	8	3	3	7
Mid-West	0	0	0	4	12	4	1	4	0
South-East	1	4	6	31	41	33	19	11	27
South-West	6	13	21	74	91	67	41	14	24
West	1	3	10	31	36	46	25	9	14
Total	16	34	73	201	248	238	117	67	122
Source: ESRI estimates based on Vessel register @ mid 1998
Available at NUTS 2,3,4 level

Table 2	Classification of Vessels by length (mid-1998)

NUTS 3	Less than 10m	Between 10 and 15m	Between 15 and 24m	Over 24m	No details supplied	<=15m	>15m	all
Border	101	82	55	29	0	183	84	267
Dublin	30	13	35	9	0	43	44	87
Mid-East	20	9	9	0	0	29	9	38
Mid-West	15	8	2	0	0	23	2	25
South-East	99	28	34	12	0	127	46	173
South-West	137	84	100	29	1	221	129	351
West	90	56	23	6	0	146	29	175
Total	492	280	258	85	1	772	344	1116
Source: ESRI estimates based on Vessel register in mid 1998
Available at NUTS 2,3,4 level

FLEET STRUCTURE

Table 1	Classfication of Vessels by numbers, power and tonnage (1999)

NUTS 3	Numbers		KW	GRT
Border	278	Not available	41662	14598
Dublin	299		77295	28913
Mid-East	12		2519	588
Mid-West	6		352	36
South-East	298		20674	4139
South-West	154		24414	6735
West	197		23433	5991
Total	1244		190349	61000
Source: Community register of fishing vessels

Last Updated on 03/03/00
By Ian Goulding
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