Resulting from the Food and Agriculture Organization Fishing Boat Congress held in Rome, this volume, now reprinted for the third time, which surveys different aspects of commercial fishing. The approach here is to supplement the papers presented with knowledgeable discussions which are one of the most important parts of the book. The subject areas in this volume are tactics, construction, sea behaviour, and productivity with numerous sub-headings such as fishing methods and deck arrrangements, scantlings, fish hold, propulsion systems for motor trawlers, stability, short, medium and long distance fishing and many others. Naval architects, gear manufacturers, scientists and fishing operators contributed papers, making this book a concentrated source of information on the subject covered. Summaries in English, French and Spanish are given.