Ireland - Employment in fishing

EMPLOYMENT              
               
Table 9. Employment in the Fishing Industry (1997)            
               
Regions   All capture fishing employment       Inshore fishing employment  
NUTS 3 NUTS 4 FT (no. employed) PT (no. employed) total full-time equivalent total fte estimate
Border Cavan       4 0 2.0
Border Donegal       920 434 452.1
Border Leitrim       0 0 0.0
Border Louth       180 80 88.5
Border Monaghan       0 0 0.0
Border Sligo       72 72 35.4
Border Border total       1176 586 577.9
Dublin Dublin total       384 167 188.7
Mid East Kildare       6 0 2.9
Mid East Meath       4 0 2.0
Mid East Wicklow       110 76 54.1
Mid East Mid east total   100% male   120 76 59.0
Mid west Clare       54 55 26.5
Mid west Limerick       2 2 1.0
Mid west Tipperary N.R.       0 0 0.0
Mid west Mid west total       56 57 27.5
South East Carlow       0 0 0.0
South East Kilkenny       0 0 0.0
South East Tipperary S.R.       0 0 0.0
South East Waterford       205 152 100.7
South East Wexford       418 231 205.4
South East South east total       623 383 306.2
South West Cork       1134 718 557.3
South West Kerry       714 464 350.9
South West South West total       1848 1182 908.2
West Galway       910 764 447.2
West Mayo       377 349 185.3
West Roscommon       0 0 0.0
West West total       1287 1113 632.48999
Total   4790 1484 6274 5494 3564 2700
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara              
based on data at NUTS 4 level supplied directly              
Note: The BIM 'Seafood Industry Agenda' (1999) presented full-time equivalent capture fishing employment in 1997 of 5532 fishermen by assuming              
that 2 part-time fishermen equals 1 full-time fishermen              
The BIM 'Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector' report (1999) calculated that there was full-time equivalent inshore fishing employment in 1997 of 2,700 people.              

Last Updated on 03/03/00
By Ian Goulding
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