My husband just bought a new boat.
Does he use it to catch fish in the sea or on a lake or river?
It is a fishing boat.
There are currently over four million commercial fishing boats!
That's a lot of boats out there.
Yes, suprising considering that before the 1950's, there was little standardisation of fishing boats.
Why not? That wasn't too long ago.
Well, traditionally boats were built of wood, but now not so much because wood isn't durable.
That makes sense I guess.
1.3 of the 4 million fishing vessels used in commercial fishing are decked vessels with enclosed areas. Nice big boats!