Fishing industry in the United States
Overfished stocks

Fishing industry in the United States

Section Title: Overfished stocks
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Status of fisheries

Fishery	Region	Not overfished	Overfished

Nearshore fisheries

Coastal fisheries	Northeast	26 stocks	18 federally managed stocks are overfished: Gulf of Maine cod, Georges Bank cod, Gulf of Maine haddock, Georges Bank haddock, American Plaice, witch flounder, southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine yellowtail flounder, white hake, Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic windowpane flounder, Southern New England winter flounder, ocean pout, Atlantic halibut, barndoor skate, thorny skate, Atlantic salmon, bluefish, golden tilefish, black sea bass, northern monkfish, and southern monkfish.

Coastal fisheries	Southeast	29 stocks	Overfished species: Grouper: snowy, red, Warsaw, black, goliath, and Nassau grouper. Snapper: vermilion and red snapper.

Coastal fisheries	Alaska	2 stocks: the Bering Sea snow crab and the Pribilof Islands blue king crab.

Coastal fisheries	Pacific Coast	The NMFS has listed 26 Pacific Coast salmon stocks as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Salmon recovery will take many years, and requires cooperative efforts by federal, state, local, tribal, and private entities.

Coastal fisheries	Western Pacific

Distant fisheries	Atlantic

Distant fisheries	Pacific

Inland fisheries

Overall	232 stocks	60 stocks

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232 stocks were not overfished.

final_sentence: 232 stocks were not overfished.