Published by the FAO, a techno-economic performance review of selected fishing fleets in North and South America presents the findings of four country level studies of fishing fleets in the United States of America, Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Review of the techno-economic performance of selected World fishing fleets in North and South America includes financial and economic information of 21 fishing fleet segments, including shrimp and groundfish trawlers, demersal trawlers, longliners, purse seiners, dredgers as well as hook and line fishing vessels. Analysis of the costs and earnings data of these important fishing fleet segments in North and South America, using survey data from 2012 -2017 for the US fleet segments and 2018 data for the South American countries’ fleets showed that 81% of the fleet segments had a positive net cash flow.
This publication includes four national review studies of the main marine capture fisheries fleets of the United States of America, Brazil, Chile and Peru. The document on selected US fishery fleets is largely based on information collected by the US NMFS within its economic data collection programme and through various fleet surveys. The reports on Brazil, Chile and Peru are based on fishing vessel surveys conducted by FAO fisheries consultants in 2019. The information presented for the US fleets uses data of 2012–17, depending on the fleet surveys carried out. The fishing vessel information of the other countries included in this report represents costs and earnings of these vessels during 2018.
Published as Fishery and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 653/2, Review of the techno-economic performance of selected World fishing fleets in North and South America can be downloaded from the FAO.
