I own a fishing boat. 
Do you sometimes call it a fishing vessel? That is another name for a boat used to catch fish in the sea.
We mostly call it a fishing boat, but yeah! It's a fishing vessel, more for recreational use though.
Ah yes so it falls into one of the three categories of fishing vessels, commercial, artisanal, and recreational.
Oh interesting! What is an artisanal fishing vessel 
Much like recreational fishing vessels it is sometimes difficult to estimate the number of artisanal fishing vessels, they mostly refer to a unique fishing vessel built for a specific purpose.
Ahhh I see. We live in Florida, so there's quite a few different kinds of fishing vessels whenever we go out on the water.
2014 by just over 30,000 and by nearly 5,000, respectively. For Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and Oceania the numbers all increased, largely as a result of improvements in estimation procedures.
It is difficult to estimate the number of recreational fishing boats. They range in size from small dinghies to large charter cruisers, and unlike commercial fishing vessels, are often not dedicated just to fishing.
Prior to the 1950s there was little standardisation of fishing boats. Designs could vary between ports and boatyards. Traditionally boats were
to fishing lures. People also tend to used dead or live fish as another form of bait.
Fishing tackle refers to the physical equipment that is used when fishing, whereas fishing techniques refers to the ways the tackle is used when fishing.
Fishing vessels.
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.
According to the FAO, in 2004 there were