Table 9.20 :  FISH CATCH, FISHING TRIPS AND CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT BY LOCALITY, 2008
	Fish Catch (metric tonnes)		Fishing Trips		Catch per unit effort (kgs)		Fish Catch (metric tonnes)			Fishing Trips			Catch per unit effort (kgs)			Miscellaneous
	Mechanised	Sailing	Mechanised	Sailing	Mechanised	Sailing	Mechanised	Sailing	Rowing	Mechanised	Sailing	Rowing	Mechanised	Sailing	Rowing	Fish Catch	Fishing Trips
Locality	Masdhonis	Masdhonis	Masdhonis	Masdhonis	Masdhonis	Masdhonis	vadhu dhonis	vadhu dhonis	boats	vadhu dhonis	vadhu dhonis	boats	vadhu dhonis	vadhu dhonis	boats	(metric tonnes)
Republic	123,825	5,925	172,074	4,440	16.6	19.5	1,310	91	360	5,861	1,878	816	2.5	0.9	3.7	226	172
Male'	13,211	50	12,898	133	1.0	0.4	81	32	0	299	65	0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0	0
Atolls	110,614	5,875	159,176	4,307	15.5	19.1	1,229	59	360	5,562	1,813	816	2.3	0.4	3.7	226	172
HA	6,436	510	8,890	472	0.7	1.1	0	8	3	0	707	466	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
HDh	4,365	36	7,448	161	0.6	0.2	148	6	0	516	203	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	5	0
Sh	6,405	297	13,719	714	0.5	0.4	746	12	1	1,722	523	181	0.4	0.0	0.0	0	0
N	1,420	3	4,227	68	0.3	0.0	0	1	0	0	20	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0
R	11,210	844	17,363	1,028	0.6	0.8	46	1	0	494	25	0	0.1	0.0	0.0	74	0
B	2,488	98	12,089	211	0.2	0.5	37	11	0	853	73	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0	0
Lh	5,382	502	4,327	140	1.2	3.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
K	3,295	4	15,193	81	0.2	0.1	4	0	0	122	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
AA	6,256	0	5,847	0	1.1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0
ADh	6,901	4	8,466	26	0.8	0.2	5	0	0	273	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	87	172
V	806	0	2,707	1	0.3	0.3	4	0	0	97	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
M	5,037	0	5,017	5	1.0	0.0	3	0.4	0.0	245	22	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
F	3,659	0	7,789	0	0.5	0.0	2	0.0	0.1	26	0	21	0.1	0.0	0.0	6	0
Dh	1,584	0	5,792	0	0.3	0.0	1	0	0	298	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0
Th	7,045	122	10,901	151	0.6	0.8	3	20	0	204	240	0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0	0
L	12,612	1,354	10,268	319	1.2	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	44	0.0	0.0	0.0	4	0
GA	9,266	711	5,714	473	1.6	1.5	0	0	355	0	0	96	0.0	0.0	3.7	5	0
GDh	10,726	1,158	4,925	332	2.2	3.5	83	0	0	82	0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	24	0
Gn	764	0	4,789	0	0.2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
S	4,958	230	3,705	125	1.3	1.8	149	0	0	630	0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	16	0
Source: Ministry of Fisheries  and Agriculture