International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels (ISSCFV)

The International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels (ISSCFV) by vessel types was first approved at the 12th Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 July-1 August, 1984. In 2001, at CWP-19 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, the topic of a revised list of ISSCFV by vessel types of raised. Following consultations and discussions during and between CWP-19 and CWP-20, the revision was finalized by CWP-21.