The given table delineates comparison between the statistics on large-scale and small-scale fishing sectors, recorded in the global markets.
Overall, while the quantity of small-scale personnel outstrips that of large-scale, industrial ships seemingly produce more fishery outputs as compared to fishing boats. Additionally, those employed on industrial vessels earn considerable higher annual incomes than their counterparts working on small boats.
An in-depth analysis of the table reveals that a substantial 120 million people pursue a career in the small-scale fishing industry, which almost tripled the personnel number in the large-scale sector. However, a contradictory pattern is seen in terms of yearly per capita income. Industrial ship workers annually earn between 25 and 350 thousand pounds, over 100 times higher than small vessel employees do.
Regarding seafood yields, in addition to being consumed as food, fish caught by large vessels also serve another purpose, as 22 tonnes are delivered to industrial processes. Meanwhile, a total of 24 tonnes collected by smaller boats are all exploited for nutritional values, which was fewer than the figure for big ships by 5 tonnes. These data generally exhibit a higher productivity for large-scale fishing.
As far as fuel consumption is concerned, it is worth noticing that the annual amount of petrol necessary for the operation of industral ships reaches 65 thousand gallons. The figure is almost 8 times as great as that recorded among small fishing vessels.