4.04  IN LAND FISHERIES (NO. OF FISHERMEN & BOATS) IN SINDH, 1970 TO 1998
				(In Numbers)
	NO. OF	NO.  OF  BOATS
Y  E   A  R	FISHERMEN
	ENGAGED	S A I L	R O W	T O T A L
1970	50,500	3,800	-	3,800
1971	50,500	3,800	-	3,800
1972	50,500	3,800	-	3,800
1973	50,500	3,745	-	3,745
1974	43,691	3,850	-	3,850
1975	73,500	3,850	-	3,850
1976	74,100	3,859	-	3,859
1977	75,200	3,700	-	3,700
1978	27,213	3,705	-	3,705
1979	18,820	3,720	-	3,720
1980	18,820	2,050	1,960	4,010
1981	19,830	2,120	2,065	4,185
1982	17,830	2,115	2,065	4,180
1983	19,490	2,302	2,397	4,699
1984	20,343	2,489	2,729	5,218
1985	21,076	2,710	3,100	5,810
1986	21,920	2,950	3,520	6,470
1987	22,708	3,183	3,738	6,921
1988	22,900	3,200	3,800	7,000
1989	23,100	3,215	3,860	7,075
1990	23,310	3,280	3,900	7,180
1991	22,131	3,726	3,144	6,870
1992	24,962	3,484	2,731	6,215
1993	109,426	3,308	2,343	5,651
1994	49,246	4,278	6,208	10,486
1995	113,779	3,138	2,355	5,493
1996	113,617	3,165	2,348	5,513
1997	115,270	3,195	2,407	5,602
1998	118,906	3,590	2,628	6,218
Note:  Figures are inconsistent and are therefore not being published for the years from 1993 to onwards.
Source:  i) Fisheries Statistics of Pakistan, 1993.
ii) Director Fisheries Sindh, Karachi.