HOOK AND LINE FISHING

              The fishery statistical records from 1990 to 1997 indicate that the marine production by hook and line fishing in Thailand had been falling (Table 8.1).  A steady decreasing trend is obvious particularly in longline fishing. The catch by longline fishing decreased sharply in 1990 to 1995, but in 1996 it recovered and even surpassed the level of catch in 1997.

Table 8.1 Annual catch by three kinds of hook and line fishing. (mt)       

              The main species of fish caught by hook fishing and longline fishing in 1997 were as follows:
             

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FISHING GEAR AND METHODS