MAY 2022 54 Fishery statistics 2021 At the end of 2021, when compared to 2020: • The number of registered fishermen decreased by 2.7% (407 fewer fishermen); Registered fishermen at national ports on the 31st of December • The Centre for Professional Training in Fisheries and the Sea (FOR-MAR) carried out 120 more training actions, amounting to 537 actions; • The number of trainees attending FOR-MAR actions increased by 38.6%, i.e., 7,249 trainees in total; • The fishing fleet lost 63 registered vessels1. The total number of vessels is 7.655; • There were 14 more licensed vessels2, the total being 3,894 vessels; • Vessels leaving the fleet: 101, i.e., 21 more vessels; • The volume of fish landings by mainland fishery producer organisations (PO) increased by 30.6%. This growth is mostly due to an increase in catches of the following species: » Sardines (+85.4%); » Horse mackerel (+46.6%); » Atlantic mackerel (+44.1%); Nominal catches of sardine 14,917 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 No. 26,697 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 tonnes 1 The fishing fleet consists of all vessels registered and used in commercial fishing and the use of fishing gear, which may or may not be licensed, to onboard process the fish caught and transport it and its by-products. 2 Licensed vessels are authorised to operate with specific fishing gear, in a limited area, and for a certain period.
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