Table 4.8 Inboard-powered craft by small-scale fishing gear and coastal zone, 1985 and 1995
Types of Fishing Method | 1985 | 1995 | % Change | |||||||||||||||
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Coastal Zone | Coastal Zone | |||||||||||||||||
I | II | III | IV | V | Total | I | II | III | IV | V | Total | I | II | III | IV | V | Total | |
Shrimp gill net | 311 | 380 | 321 | 116 | 392 | 1,520 | 369 | 187 | 126 | 86 | 350 | 1,118 | 18.6 | -50.8 | -60.7 | -25.9 | -10.7 | -26.4 |
Crab gill net | 671 | 478 | 201 | 13 | 173 | 1,536 | 564 | 318 | 209 | 107 | 79 | 1,277 | -15.9 | -33.5 | 4.0 | 723.1 | -54.3 | -16.9 |
Other gill nets | 114 | 248 | 295 | 50 | 118 | 825 | 77 | 113 | 217 | 78 | 166 | 651 | -32.5 | -54.4 | -26.4 | 56.0 | 40.7 | -21.1 |
Squid cast net with light | 232 | 365 | 570 | 21 | 48 | 1,236 | 147 | 385 | 877 | 56 | 121 | 1,586 | -36.6 | 5.5 | 53.9 | 166.7 | 152.1 | 28.3 |
Set bag net | 22 | 28 | 1 | - | 47 | 98 | 10 | 23 | - | 2 | 35 | 70 | -54.5 | -17.9 | -100.0 | -25.5 | -28.6 | |
Trap | 382 | 28 | 53 | - | 37 | 500 | 413 | 242 | 236 | 98 | 104 | 1,093 | 8.1 | 764.3 | 345.3 | 181.1 | 118.6 | |
Push net | 291 | 391 | 462 | 90 | 224 | 1,458 | 177 | 445 | 283 | 111 | 126 | 1,142 | -39.2 | 13.8 | -38.7 | 23.3 | -43.8 | -21.7 |
Lift net | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 33 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 132 | ||||||
Hook and line | 143 | 80 | 74 | 110 | 187 | 594 | 143 | 79 | 37 | 85 | 60 | 404 | 0.0 | -1.3 | -50.0 | -22.7 | 67.9 | -32.0 |
Clam dredge | 24 | 134 | 39 | - | 1 | 198 | 9 | 51 | 5 | - | - | 65 | -62.5 | -61.9 | -87.2 | -100.0 | -67.2 | |
Whole Kingdom | 2,190 | 2,132 | 2,016 | 400 | 1,227 | 7,965 | 1,946 | 1,876 | 1,998 | 645 | 1,073 | 7,538 | -11.1 | -12.0 | -0.9 | 61.3 | -12.6 | -5.4 |
Sources: 1) 1985 Marine Fishery Census of Thailand, p. 204–207
2) 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Kingdom, p. 166–167
Note: The classification by SEAFDEC (1976) of small-scale fishery is of the following gear:
(1) pomfret gill net, (2) shrimp gill net, (3) other gill nets, (4) squid cast net, (5) cast net, (6) acetes scoop net, (7) scoop net, (8) white board for catching shrimp, (9) collecting shellfish, (10) others
Table 4.9 Main fishing gear by type and size of fishing boats, 1995
Main Fishing Gears | Unpowered Boats | % | Outboard-powered Boats | % | Inboard-powered Boats | Total | % | |||||
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Under 10 G.T. | % | 10–49 G.T. | % | 50 G.T. & over | % | |||||||
1) Trawl nets | 1,028 | 2.82 | 1,349 | 19.48 | 3,521 | 53.78 | 1,328 | 73.49 | 7,226 | 13.25 | ||
Otter board trawl | - | - | 1,320 | 19.06 | 2,760 | 42.16 | 800 | 44.27 | 4,880 | 8.95 | ||
Pair trawl | - | - | 29 | 0.42 | 761 | 11.62 | 528 | 29.22 | 1,318 | 2.42 | ||
Beam trawl | - | 1,028 | 2.82 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,028 | 1.89 | |
2) Surrounding nets | 5 | 0.18 | 191 | 0.52 | 180 | 2.60 | 543 | 8.29 | 369 | 20.42 | 1,288 | 2.36 |
Anchovy purse seine | - | 109 | 0.30 | 108 | 1.56 | 169 | 2.58 | 28 | 1.55 | 414 | 0.76 | |
Mini Thai purse seine | 5 | 0.18 | 82 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | 0.16 |
Thai purse seine | - | - | 17 | 0.25 | 250 | 3.82 | 208 | 11.51 | 475 | 0.87 | ||
Luring purse seine | - | - | 14 | 0.20 | 35 | 0.53 | 65 | 3.60 | 114 | 0.21 | ||
Mackerel purse seine | - | - | 34 | 0.49 | 76 | 1.16 | 32 | 1.77 | 142 | 0.26 | ||
Chinese purse seine | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | ||
Bonito purse seine | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.14 | 36 | 1.99 | 46 | 0.08 | ||
Rocky fish surrounding net | - | - | 5 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.01 | ||
3) Beach seine | 47 | 1.66 | 107 | 0.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 154 | 0.28 |
4) Clam dredge | 1 | 0.04 | 60 | 0.16 | 19 | 0.27 | 46 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 126 | 0.23 |
5) Lift nets | 498 | 17.62 | 1,572 | 4.32 | 64 | 0.92 | 67 | 1.02 | 1 | 0.06 | 2,202 | 4.04 |
Anchovy stick held lift net | - | 19 | 0.05 | 40 | 0.58 | 41 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.06 | 101 | 0.19 | |
Black pomfret lift net | - | 32 | 0.09 | 4 | 0.06 | 20 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.00 | 56 | 0.10 | |
Crab portable lift net | 452 | 15.99 | 1,177 | 3.23 | 14 | 0.20 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,645 | 3.02 |
Acetes dip net | 24 | 0.85 | 71 | 0.19 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 96 | 0.18 |
Fish lift net | 2 | 0.07 | 46 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | 0.09 |
Other lift nets | 20 | 0.71 | 227 | 0.62 | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | 0.47 |
6) Falling nets | 205 | 7.25 | 708 | 1.94 | 749 | 10.82 | 940 | 14.36 | 22 | 1.22 | 2,624 | 4.81 |
Squid falling net | - | 144 | 0.40 | 684 | 9.88 | 883 | 13.49 | 19 | 1.05 | 1,730 | 3.17 | |
Anchovy stick held box net | - | 1 | 0.00 | 62 | 0.90 | 57 | 0.87 | 3 | 0.17 | 123 | 0.23 | |
Other cast nets | 205 | 7.25 | 563 | 1.55 | 3 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 771 | 1.41 |
7) Gill nets and entangling nets | 1,038 | 36.73 | 21,584 | 59.25 | 2,624 | 37.89 | 666 | 10.17 | 34 | 1.88 | 25,946 | 47.58 |
King mackerel gill net | - | 46 | 0.13 | 27 | 0.39 | 119 | 1.82 | 19 | 1.05 | 211 | 0.39 | |
Mackerel gill net | 13 | 0.46 | 1,534 | 4.21 | 254 | 3.67 | 63 | 0.96 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,864 | 3.42 |
Mullet gill net | 191 | 6.76 | 1,852 | 5.08 | 49 | 0.71 | 5 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,097 | 3.85 |
Whiting gill net | 20 | 0.71 | 1,017 | 2.79 | 65 | 0.94 | 21 | 0.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,123 | 2.06 |
Crab gill net | 110 | 3.89 | 5,797 | 15.91 | 1,085 | 15.67 | 192 | 2.93 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,184 | 13.17 |
Shrimp gill net | 417 | 14.76 | 8,476 | 23.27 | 984 | 14.21 | 134 | 2.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 10,011 | 18.36 |
Cuttle fish trammed net | 1 | 0.04 | 323 | 0.89 | 14 | 0.20 | 12 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 350 | 0.64 |
Mackerel encircling gill net | 1 | 0.04 | 188 | 0.52 | 31 | 0.45 | 69 | 1.05 | 13 | 0.72 | 302 | 0.55 |
Other gill nets | 285 | 10.08 | 2,351 | 6.45 | 115 | 1.66 | 51 | 0.78 | 2 | 0.11 | 2,804 | 5.14 |
8) Traps | 489 | 17.30 | 4,793 | 13.16 | 842 | 12.16 | 249 | 3.80 | 2 | 0.11 | 6,375 | 11.69 |
Fish trap | 107 | 3.79 | 795 | 2.18 | 32 | 0.46 | 12 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 946 | 1.73 |
Squid trap | 2 | 0.07 | 1,214 | 3.33 | 585 | 8.45 | 228 | 3.48 | 2 | 0.11 | 2,031 | 3.72 |
Shrimp trap | 84 | 2.97 | 886 | 2.43 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 971 | 1.78 |
Crab trap | 252 | 8.92 | 1,251 | 3.43 | 204 | 2.95 | 6 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,713 | 3.14 |
Small grouper trap | 31 | 1.10 | 606 | 1.66 | 16 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 654 | 1.20 |
Other traps | 13 | 0.46 | 41 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | 0.11 |
9) Bamboo stake trap | 10 | 0.35 | 123 | 0.34 | 23 | 0.33 | 18 | 0.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 174 | 0.32 |
10) Set bag net | 202 | 7.15 | 1,533 | 4.21 | 57 | 0.82 | 13 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,805 | 3.31 |
11) Push net | - | 2,449 | 6.72 | 648 | 9.36 | 448 | 6.84 | 46 | 2.55 | 3,591 | 6.58 | |
12) Hook and line | 227 | 8.03 | 1,733 | 4.76 | 364 | 5.26 | 35 | 0.53 | 5 | 0.28 | 2,364 | 4.33 |
13) Miscellaneous | 104 | 3.68 | 549 | 1.51 | 6 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 660 | 1.21 |
Whole Kingdom | 2,826 | 100.00 | 36,430 | 100.00 | 6,925 | 100.00 | 6,547 | 100.00 | 1,807 | 100.00 | 54,535 | 100.00 |
Source: 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Country, p. 36–41
Notes: 1) According to the Marine Fishery Census, small-scale fishery use no boats, unpowered boats, outboard-powered boats and inboard-powered boats of under 10 gross tonnage, whereas commercial fishery use inboard-powered boats of 10 and higher gross tonnage;
2) According to the SEAFDEC guideline, small-scale fishery use the following gear: (1) pomfret gill net, (2) shrimp gill net, (3) other gill nets, (4) squid cast net, (5) cast net, (6) acetes scoop net, (7) scoop net, (8) white board for catching shrimp, (9) collecting shellfish, (10) other. Large-scale fishery use the following gear: (1) otter-board trawl, (2) pair trawl, (3) Thai purse seine, (4) Chinese purse seine, (5) luring purse seine, (6) anchovy purse seine, (7) Spanish mackerel gill net, (8) mackerel encircling gill net, (9) bamboo stake trap.