There were 817 commercial fishing vessels licensed in Tasmania at 24 April 2002. Tasmanian marine fishing licences vary according to the species to be caught, as shown in the following table.
MARINE COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENCES, Tasmania - At 24 April 2002
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| Licence type | Number |
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| Vessel related licences(a) |  |
| Scalefish A | 64 |
| Australian salmon | 8 |
| Auto squid jig | 18 |
| Scalefish B | 157 |
| Banded morwong | 28 |
| Beach seine A | 25 |
| Beach seine B | 24 |
| Scalefish C | 188 |
| Giant crab | 94 |
| General trawl | 9 |
| Limited trawl | 3 |
| Muscle spat collection | 1 |
| Purse seine | 10 |
| Rock lobster | 312 |
| Scallop | 106 |
| Small mesh gillnet | 9 |
| Scallop spot | 2 |
| Undaria | 1 |
| Vessel(a) | 817 |
| Wrasse | 59 |
| |
| Personal licences | |
| Handling | 14 |
| Commercial dive | 57 |
| Mackerel A | 4 |
| Mackerel B | 2 |
| Marine plant | 147 |
| Personal | 711 |
| Processing | 79 |
| |
| Abalone related | |
| Fishing licence abalone dive | 118 |
| Fishing licence abalone quota | 16 |
| Abalone quota under deed | 704 |
(a) All licence packages are attached to a Fishing Licence Vessel but not all Fishing Licence Vessel have packages attached to them (vessel only).
Source: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. |
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