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The fishing fleet at the end of 2008


  • Statistical Series
  • 02. March 2009
  • Vol 94, Issue 11
  • ISSN: 1670-4541


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At the end of the year 2008 the total number of fishing vessels, registered at the Icelandic Maritime Administration, was 1,529. The number decreased by 113 vessels from the previous year. The number of decked vessels was 769 and their combined size was 86,390 gross tonnage (GT). The number of decked vessels had decreased by 65 items and their total size by 5,266 GT. The number of trawlers was 60 at the end of 2008 and their total size amounted to 69,889 GT.
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