 In 2016, about 86 percent of the motorized fishing vessels in the world were in the length overall (LOA) class of less than 12 m, the vast majority of which were undecked, and those small vessels dominated in all regions.Conversely, the largest vessels, classified as those with LOA greater than 24 m made up about 2 percent of the total fleet.About 1.3 million of these are decked vessels with enclosed areas.