Table 3.4 Changes in fisherman and fishery employee households by size of household and size of management, 1985 and 1995
Size of management | 1985 | 1995 | % Change | |||||||||||||||
Persons/Household | Persons/Household | Persons/Household | ||||||||||||||||
1–2 | 3–4 | 5–6 | 7–8 | 9&over | Total | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–6 | 7–8 | 9&over | Total | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–6 | 7–8 | 9&over | Total | |
Fisher households | 3,156 | 16,465 | 20,250 | 11,233 | 6,447 | 57,551 | 6,142 | 30,705 | 28,653 | 10,493 | 4,573 | 80,566 | 94.6 | 86.5 | 41.5 | -6.6 | -29.1 | 40.0 |
Marine capture fishery | 2,527 | 14,431 | 18,164 | 10,231 | 5,867 | 51,220 | 3,029 | 19,478 | 18,839 | 7,353 | 3,393 | 52,092 | 19.9 | 35.0 | 3.7 | -28.1 | -42.2 | 1.7 |
Small scale | 2,186 | 12,126 | 14,696 | 8,134 | 4,450 | 41,592 | 2,666 | 16,906 | 15,717 | 6,072 | 2,618 | 43,979 | 22.0 | 39.4 | 6.9 | -25.4 | -41.2 | 5.7 |
Medium/Large scale | 341 | 2,305 | 3,468 | 2,097 | 1,417 | 9,628 | 363 | 2,572 | 3,122 | 1,281 | 775 | 8,113 | 6.5 | 11.6 | -10.0 | -38.9 | -45.3 | -15.7 |
Coastal aquaculture | 629 | 2,034 | 2,086 | 1,002 | 580 | 6,331 | 3,113 | 11,227 | 9,814 | 3,140 | 1,180 | 28,474 | 394.9 | 452.0 | 370.5 | 213.4 | 103.4 | 349.8 |
Fish culture | 66 | 238 | 306 | 152 | 94 | 856 | 181 | 653 | 564 | 218 | 90 | 1,706 | 174.2 | 174.4 | 84.3 | 43.4 | -4.3 | 99.3 |
Shrimp culture | 471 | 1,407 | 1,379 | 692 | 411 | 4,360 | 2,705 | 9,433 | 8,344 | 2,662 | 974 | 24,118 | 474.3 | 570.4 | 505.1 | 284.7 | 137.0 | 453.2 |
Crab culture | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 61 | 58 | 22 | 2 | 169 | 420.0 | 96.8 | 141.7 | 144.4 | -50.0 | 131.5 |
Mollusc culture | 87 | 358 | 377 | 149 | 71 | 1,042 | 133 | 806 | 597 | 160 | 76 | 1,772 | 52.9 | 125.1 | 58.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 70.1 |
Other cultures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 274 | 251 | 78 | 38 | 709 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Employee households | 2,368 | 9,371 | 8,526 | 4,303 | 2,336 | 26,904 | 3,964 | 12,330 | 8,550 | 3,001 | 1,457 | 29,302 | 67.4 | 31.6 | 0.3 | -30.3 | -37.6 | 8.9 |
Whole Kingdom | 5,524 | 25,836 | 28,776 | 15,536 | 8,783 | 84,455 | 10,106 | 43,035 | 37,203 | 13,494 | 6,030 | 109,868 | 82.9 | 66.6 | 29.3 | -13.1 | -31.3 | 30.1 |
Source: 1) For 1985: 1985 Marine Fishery Census of Thailand, p. 182
2) For 1995: 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Country, p. 112
Notes: 1) Small-scale=Without boat, with unpowered boat, with outboard-powered boat or with inboard-powered boat of less than 5 GT
2) Medium-to large-scale = Inboard-powered boats of more than 5 GT
3) Tables by coastal zone and province cannot be tabulated, due to the lack of comparable data in the 1995 census
Table 3.5 Change in the proportion of marine capture and coastal aquaculture fishery households, 1985 and 1995
Coastal Zone | 1985 | 1995 | ||||||||||
Marine Capture | % | Coastal Aquaculture | % | Total Households | % | Marine Capture | % | Coastal Aquaculture | % | Total Households | % | |
Coastal Zone I | 7,071 | 91.2 | 686 | 8.8 | 7,777 | 100.0 | 6,042 | 55.5 | 4,835 | 44.5 | 10,877 | 100.0 |
Coastal Zone II | 6,372 | 63.7 | 3,829 | 36.3 | 10,561 | 100.0 | 5,775 | 48.6 | 6,111 | 51.4 | 11,886 | 100.0 |
Coastal Zone III | 7,329 | 91.3 | 696 | 8.7 | 8,025 | 100.0 | 7,247 | 71.5 | 2,892 | 28.5 | 10,139 | 100.0 |
Coastal Zone IV | 15,711 | 96.1 | 631 | 3.9 | 16,342 | 100.0 | 16,516 | 62.7 | 9,811 | 37.3 | 26,327 | 100.0 |
Coastal Zone V | 14,327 | 96.7 | 489 | 3.3 | 14,846 | 100.0 | 16,512 | 77.4 | 4,825 | 22.6 | 21,337 | 100.0 |
Whole Kingdom | 51,220 | 89.0 | 6,331 | 11.0 | 57,551 | 100.0 | 52,092 | 64.7 | 28,474 | 35.3 | 80,566 | 100.0 |
Sources: 1) For 1985: 1985 Marine Fishery Census of Thailand, p. 182
2) For 1995: 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Country, p. 112
Table 3.6 Changes in fisherman and fishery employee households by extent of dependence on fishery and size of management, 1985 and 1995
Size of Management | 1985 Incoem Source | 1995 Income Source | % Changes (1985–1995) | |||||||||||||||
Sole | % | Major | % | Minor | % | Total | Sole | % | Major | % | Minor | % | Total | Sole | Major | Minor | Total | |
Fisher households | 28,154 | 49.0 | 17,134 | 29.8 | 12,156 | 21.2 | 57,444 | 42,455 | 52.7 | 25,991 | 32.3 | 12,120 | 15.0 | 80,566 | 50.8 | 51.7 | -0.3 | 40.3 |
Marine capture fishery | 24,734 | 48.4 | 15,431 | 30.2 | 10,967 | 21.4 | 51,132 | 29,475 | 56.6 | 14,822 | 28.5 | 7,795 | 15.0 | 52,092 | 19.2 | -3.9 | -28.9 | 1.9 |
Small scale | 18,169 | 43.8 | 12,743 | 30.7 | 10,598 | 25.5 | 41,510 | 23,491 | 53.4 | 12,961 | 29.5 | 7,529 | 17.1 | 43,981 | 29.3 | 1.7 | -29.0 | 6.0 |
Medium/Large scale | 6,565 | 68.2 | 2,688 | 27.9 | 369 | 3.8 | 9,622 | 5,984 | 73.8 | 1,861 | 22.9 | 266 | 3.3 | 8,111 | -8.8 | -30.8 | -27.9 | -15.8 |
Coastal aquaculture | 3,420 | 54.2 | 1,703 | 27.0 | 1,189 | 18.8 | 6,312 | 12,980 | 45.6 | 11,169 | 39.2 | 4,325 | 15.2 | 28,474 | 279.5 | 555.8 | 263.8 | 351.1 |
Fish culture | 364 | 42.7 | 209 | 24.5 | 279 | 32.7 | 852 | 560 | 32.8 | 719 | 42.1 | 427 | 25.0 | 1,706 | 53.8 | 244.0 | 53.0 | 100.2 |
Shrimp culture | 2,745 | 63.2 | 1,212 | 27.9 | 389 | 9.0 | 4,346 | 11,194 | 46.4 | 9,619 | 39.9 | 3,305 | 13.7 | 24,118 | 307.8 | 693.6 | 749.6 | 454.9 |
Crab culture | 22 | 30.6 | 18 | 25.0 | 32 | 44.4 | 72 | 70 | 41.4 | 57 | 33.7 | 42 | 24.9 | 169 | 218.2 | 216.7 | 31.3 | 134.7 |
Mollusc culture | 289 | 27.7 | 264 | 25.3 | 489 | 46.9 | 1,042 | 811 | 45.8 | 484 | 27.3 | 477 | 26.9 | 1,772 | 180.6 | 83.3 | -2.5 | 70.1 |
Other cultures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 345 | 48.7 | 290 | 40.9 | 74 | 10.4 | 709 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Employee households | 14,629 | 54.5 | 7,387 | 27.5 | 4,840 | 18.0 | 26,856 | 17,642 | 60.2 | 8,627 | 29.4 | 3,033 | 10.4 | 29,302 | 20.6 | 16.8 | -37.3 | 9.1 |
Whole Kingdom | 42,783 | 50.8 | 24,521 | 29.1 | 16,996 | 20.2 | 84,300 | 60,097 | 54.7 | 34,618 | 31.5 | 15,153 | 13.8 | 109,868 | 40.5 | 41.2 | -10.8 | 30.3 |
Sources: 1) For 1985: 1985 Marine Fishery Census of Thailand, p. 126
2) For 1995: 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Country, p. 88, p. 90, p. 186
Notes: 1) Small-scale= Without boat, with unpowered boat, with outboard-powered boat or with inboard-powered boat of less than 5 GT
2) Medium-to large-scale = Inboard-powered boats with more than 5 GT
3) 1985 Total excludes those households not reported their size or type of management
Table 3.7 Changes in fisherman and fishery employee households by extent of dependence on fishery, type of activity and coastal zone, 1985 and 1995
Zone/Size of Management | 1985 Income from Fisheries | 1995 Income from Fisheries | % Change | |||||||||||||||
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Sole | % | Major | % | Minor | % | Total | Sole | % | Major | % | Minor | % | Total | Sole | Major | Minor | Total | |
I Fishery households | 3,875 | 49.8 | 1,858 | 23.9 | 2,044 | 26.3 | 7,777 | 6,054 | 55.7 | 3,184 | 29.3 | 1,639 | 15.1 | 10.877 | 56.2 | 71.4 | -19.8 | 39.9 |
Marine capture fishery | 3,681 | 51.9 | 1.693 | 23.9 | 1,717 | 24.2 | 7,091 | 3,642 | 60.3 | 1,583 | 26.2 | 817 | 13.5 | 6,042 | -1.1 | -6.5 | -52.4 | -14.8 |
Coastal aquaculture | 194 | 28.3 | 165 | 24.1 | 327 | 47.7 | 686 | 2.412 | 49.9 | 1,601 | 33.1 | 822 | 17.0 | 4,835 | 1,143.3 | 870.3 | 151.4 | 604.8 |
Employee households | 1,010 | 49.8 | 663 | 32.7 | 357 | 17.6 | 2.030 | 1,542 | 59.4 | 782 | 30.1 | 274 | 10.5 | 2,598 | 52.7 | 17.9 | -23.2 | 28.0 |
II Fishery households | 6,000 | 56.8 | 3,063 | 29.0 | 1,498 | 14.2 | 10.561 | 6,756 | 56.8 | 3,653 | 30.7 | 1,477 | 12.4 | 11.886 | 12.6 | 19.3 | -1.4 | 12.5 |
Marine capture fishery | 3,522 | 52.3 | 2,101 | 31.2 | 1,109 | 16.5 | 6,732 | 3,868 | 67.0 | 1,464 | 25.4 | 443 | 7.7 | 5,775 | 9.8 | -30.3 | -60.1 | -14.2 |
Coastal aquaculture | 2,478 | 64.7 | 962 | 25.1 | 389 | 10.2 | 3,829 | 2,888 | 47.3 | 2,189 | 35.8 | 1,034 | 16.9 | 6,111 | 16.5 | 127.5 | 165.8 | 59.6 |
Employee households | 2,423 | 46.5 | 1,741 | 33.4 | 1,046 | 20.1 | 5,210 | 1,918 | 55.7 | 1,126 | 32.7 | 398 | 11.6 | 3,442 | -20.8 | -35.3 | -62.0 | -33.9 |
III Fishery households | 4,156 | 51.8 | 2,220 | 27.7 | 1,649 | 20.5 | 8,025 | 6,620 | 65.3 | 2,593 | 25.6 | 926 | 9.1 | 10,139 | 59.3 | 16.8 | -43.8 | 26.3 |
Marine capture fishery | 3,906 | 53.3 | 1,970 | 26.9 | 1,453 | 19.8 | 7,329 | 4,856 | 67.0 | 1,716 | 23.7 | 675 | 9.3 | 7.247 | 24.3 | -12.9 | -53.5 | -1.1 |
Coastal aquaculture | 250 | 35.9 | 250 | 35.9 | 196 | 28.2 | 696 | 1,764 | 61.0 | 877 | 30.3 | 251 | 8.7 | 2,892 | 605.6 | 250.8 | 28.1 | 315.5 |
Employee households | 1,915 | 49.6 | 1,045 | 27.0 | 904 | 23.4 | 3,864 | 2,747 | 62.2 | 1,194 | 27.0 | 476 | 10.8 | 4,417 | 43.4 | 14.3 | -47.3 | 14.3 |
IV Fishery households | 7,465 | 45.7 | 5,395 | 33.0 | 3,482 | 21.3 | 16,342 | 13,420 | 51.0 | 8,964 | 34.0 | 3,943 | 15.0 | 26,327 | 79.8 | 66.2 | 13.2 | 61.1 |
Marine capture fishery | 7,173 | 45.7 | 5,176 | 32.9 | 3,362 | 21.4 | 15,711 | 8,933 | 54.1 | 4,717 | 28.6 | 2,866 | 17.4 | 16,516 | 24.5 | -8.9 | -14.8 | 5.1 |
Coastal aquaculture | 292 | 46.3 | 219 | 34.7 | 120 | 19.0 | 631 | 4,487 | 45.7 | 4,247 | 43.3 | 1,077 | 11.0 | 9,811 | 1,436.6 | 1,839.3 | 797.5 | 1,454.8 |
Employee households | 5,828 | 58.1 | 2,621 | 26.1 | 1,587 | 15.8 | 10,036 | 7,085 | 61.5 | 3,513 | 30.5 | 923 | 8.0 | 11,521 | 21.6 | 34.0 | -41.8 | 14.8 |
V Fishery households | 6,658 | 44.8 | 4,598 | 31.0 | 3,590 | 24.2 | 14,846 | 9,605 | 45.0 | 7,597 | 35.6 | 4,135 | 19.4 | 21,337 | 44.3 | 65.2 | 15.2 | 43.7 |
Marine capture fishery | 6,452 | 44.9 | 4,491 | 31.3 | 3,414 | 23.8 | 14,357 | 8,176 | 49.5 | 5,342 | 32.4 | 2,994 | 18.1 | 16,512 | 26.7 | 18.9 | -12.3 | 15.0 |
Coastal aquaculture | 206 | 42.1 | 107 | 21.9 | 176 | 36.0 | 489 | 1,429 | 29.6 | 2,255 | 46.7 | 1,141 | 23.6 | 4,825 | 593.7 | 2,007.5 | 548.3 | 886.7 |
Employee households | 3,453 | 59.9 | 1,317 | 22.8 | 994 | 17.2 | 5,764 | 4,350 | 59.4 | 2,012 | 27.5 | 962 | 13.1 | 7,324 | 26.0 | 52.8 | -3.2 | 27.1 |
Sources: 1) For 1985: 1985 Marine Fishery Census of Thailand, p. 126
2) For 1995: 1995 Marine Fishery Census, Whole Country, p. 88, p. 90, p. 186