**Our Living Oceans**
**Report on the Status of U.S. Living Marine Resources,1999**

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Our Living Oceans 1999 is the fifth edition ina series of recent reviews on the biological status of U.S. living marineresources. Previous reports were released covering the 3-year periods endingin 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1995. These reviews have evolved to a triennialreporting effort to better capture the extended time period that is oftenrequired to observe and document changes in the marine environment. Thebiological status of living marine resources is presented for five largeregions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast (including the Gulfof Mexico and Caribbean), Alaska, Pacific Coast, and the Western Pacific.
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To cite the entire on-line publication:NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Reporton the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer.,NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.To cite a specific unit or select pages within theon-line publication, cite the URL for the PDF file containing the referencedmaterial. For example, to cite information in Unit 17:NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Reporton the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer.,NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/unit17.pdf.-  Foreword and Preface
-  National Overview
-  Feature Article 1
-  Feature Article 2
-  Feature Article 3
-  Unit 1. Northeast Demersal Fisheries
-  Unit 2. Northeast Pelagic Fisheries
-  Unit 3. Atlantic Anadromous Fisheries
-  Unit 4. Northeast InvertebrateFisheries
-  Unit 5. Atlantic Highly MigratoryPelagic Fisheries
-  Unit 6. Atlantic Shark Fisheries
-  Unit 7. Atlantic and Gulf ofMexico Migratory Pelagic Fisheries
-  Unit 8. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico,and Caribbean Reef Fisheries
-  Unit 9. Southeast Drum and CroakerFisheries
-  Unit 10. Southeast Menhaden Fisheries
-  Unit 11. Southeast and CaribbeanInvertebrate Fisheries
-  Unit 12. Pacific Coast Salmon
-  Unit 13. Alaska Salmon
-  Unit 14. Pacific Coast and AlaskaPelagic Fisheries
-  Unit 15. Pacific Coast GroundfishFisheries
-  Unit 16. Western Pacific InvertebrateFisheries
-  Unit 17. Western Pacific Bottomfishand Armorhead Fisheries
-  Unit 18. Pacific Highly MigratoryPelagic Fisheries
-  Unit 19. Alaska Groundfish Fisheries
-  Unit 20. Alaska Shellfish Fisheries
-  Unit 21. Nearshore Fisheries
-  Unit 22. Marine Mammals of theAlaska Region
-  Unit 23. Marine Mammals of thePacific Region and Hawaii
-  Unit 24. Marine Mammals of theAtlantic Region and the Gulf of Mexico
-  Unit 25. Sea Turtles
-  Appendix 1
-  Appendix 2
-  Appendix 3
-  Appendix 4
-  Appendix 5
-  Appendix 6