SEAFDEC DATABASE

Fishery Statistics of Southeast Asia

CLASSIFICATION OF FISHERS AND FARMERS
To compile statistics on the number of fishers by sub-sectors of fisheries and working status, the classification of
fishers and farmers will be used as follows:

Main Category
Sub-sectors
Working Status
1.Fishers
(engaged in fisheries)
1.1 Marine capture fisheries
Full-time fishers
  Part-time fishers
1.2 Inland capture fisheries Full-time fishers
  Part-time fishers
  Occasional fishing by household
members
2.Farmers
(engaged in aquaculture)
2.1 Mariculture
 
2.2 Brackishwater culture
 
2.3 Freshwater culture