Turkey, Italy, Egypt and Tunisia are, in decreasing order of importance, the countries with the highest fishing capacity in gross tonnage (GT), accounting for 60 percent of the total. Other vessel groups of regional relevance in terms of numbers are trawlers over 6 m length overall (LOA) in the Mediterranean Sea (8.6 percent) and the group of purse seiners and pelagic trawlers over 6 m LOA in the Black Sea (4.7 percent). Total landings in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea increased irregularly from about one million tonnes in 1970 to almost two million tonnes in 1982.