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The graph below shows the fishing industry in a European country according to four indicators. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Model Answer

The given table illustrates the data about the big scale industrial ships and the small-scale fishing boats in a European country. It is interesting to note that even though the employees in small scale fishing boats far outnumber those in the big scale industrial ships, their annual catch for food is lesser than that of big scale industrial ships.

The number of employees in big scale ships is 500,000, which is far lesser than the 120,000,000 employees working in small-scale boats. The annual catch from the big ships is 29 million tones, where as that from small boats is 24 million tonnes. There is no catch for industrial process from the small boats, whereas it is 22 million tonnes from the big ships.

The annual pay for each employee of small ships is meager (£ 200 – 3000) as compared to that of the big ships (£25,000 – 350,000). The annual fuel consumption for each big vessel is 65,000 tonnes where as that for each small vessel is 8,500 tonnes.

It can be seen that although the small scale ships require a huge manpower to catch a lower amount of fish for the food industry, they have lower financial costs and require lesser fuel.