(e.g. manual vs mechanised).2 Vessel characteristics vary significantly across different fleet segments. Industrial naval steel vessels, with high quality and safety standards, mainly operate in the anchoveta and the hake fisheries. Of registered artisanal vessels, 95% are made of a wooden hull, 3% of fiberglass and Regarding the type of fishing gear declared in the fishing permits per vessel, the most frequent type of fishing gear in the artisanal fleet permits was nets (34%), followed by longlines (20%) and hooks and