The table below illustrates data comparing the world’s large and small scale fishing industries.
Overall, it can be seen that small scale have a larger proportion of employees than large scale. But large-scale fishing produces more fishes and uses more fuel and money than small-scale fishing.
Small-scale fishing has many more workers than large-scale fishing. It gives job to about 12 million people , while only 500,000 people work in industrial ships. However, large ship catch more food, with 29 millions tonnés , compared to 24 millions tonnes by local boats. Also, industrial ships catches around 22 millions tonnes for industry , but local fishing almost has none
The cost of large-scale fishing is much higher. Each job cost from $30,000 to $300,000 , while small-scale jobs only need $250 to $2500 . In additions , big ships use a lot of more fuel, between 14-19 millions tonnes , while small ships only use around from 1.5-1.8 million tonnes
