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# Fisheries of the United States - 1999

This publication is a preliminary report for 1999 on commercial and recreational     fisheries of the United States with catches in the U.S. waters and foreign     Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) waters. This annual report provides timely     answers to frequently asked questions.

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### SOURCES OF DATA

Information in this report came from many sources. Field offices of the National     Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with the generous cooperation of the coastal     States, collected and compiled data on U.S. commercial landings and processed     fishery products.

The NMFS Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division in Silver Spring, MD,     managed the collection and compilation of recreational statistics, in cooperation     with various States and Interstate Fisheries Commissions, and tabulated and     prepared all data for publication. Sources of other data appearing in this     publication are: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,     U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.     Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)     of the United Nations.

### PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA

Data on U.S. commercial landings, employment, prices, production of processed     products, and recreational catches are preliminary for 1999. Final data will     be published in other NMFS Current Fishery Statistics publications.

The Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division of NMFS takes this opportunity     to thank members of states, industry, and foreign nations who provided the     data that made this publication possible.

Program leaders of the field offices were: Gregory Power, Bob Morrill and     Gene Steady New England, Middle Atlantic, and Chesapeake; Scott Nelson, National     Biological Service Science Center, Great Lakes States; Linda Hardy, Guy Davenport,     Maggie Bourgeois, and Margot Hightower for the South Atlantic and Gulf States;     Patricia J. Donley, California and Hawaii; John K. Bishop, Oregon and Washington;     and David Ham, assisting Gary Christofferson of the Pacific State Marine Fisheries     Commission for Alaska.

### NOTES

The time series of U.S. catch by species and distance from shore included     in this year's "Fisheries of the U.S." is estimated by the National     Marine Fisheries Service.

As in past issues of this publication, the units of quantity and value are     defined as follows, unless otherwise noted: U.S. landings are shown in round     weight (except mollusks which are in meat weight); quantities shown for U.S.     imports and exports are in product weight, as reported by the U.S. Bureau     of the Census; the value of the U.S. domestic commercial landings is exvessel,     in the Review Section on important species, deflated exvessel prices are shown.     The deflated value was computed using the Gross Domestic Products Implicit     Price Deflator; the value for U.S. imports is generally the market value in     the foreign (exporting) country and, therefore, excludes U.S. import duties,     freight charges from the foreign country to the United States, and insurance;     the value for exports is generally the value at the U.S. port of export, based     on the selling price, including inland freight, insurance, and other charges.     Countries and territories shown in the U.S. foreign trade section are established     for statistical purposes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated     (International Trade Commission) and reported by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

### SUGGESTIONS

The Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division wishes to provide the kinds     of data sought by users of fishery statistics, and welcomes any comments or     suggestions that will improve this publication.

Address all comments or questions to:

Members of the Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division in Silver Spring,     who helped with this publication were: Daryl Bullock, Tina Chang, Vicky Cornish,     Rita Curtis, Terri DeLloyd, Josanne Fabian, Karen Foster, Brad Gentner, Kirk     Gillis, Eva Hairston, Laurie Hamilton, Dennis Hansford, Rob Hicks, John Hoey,     Deborah Hogans, Mark Holliday, Steven Koplin, Alan Lowther, Sharon Newman,     Barbara O'Bannon, Maury Osborn, Liz Pritchard, David Sutherland, Glen Taylor,     Margaret Toner, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees, John Ward, and Lelia Wise.     A special thanks to Katherine Zecca from our Seattle Office for assisting     us in developing a new format.

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The entire publication is available for download   (1,653 kb) or you may view individual chapters: 

- Cover, Preface, Table of Contents, and Review
-   **U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS**
- Species
- Disposition
- Regions and States
- Ports
- Catch by species and distance from shore
- U.S. Landings for Territorial Possessions
- U.S. Aquaculture Estimated Production
- Top 10 Recreational and Commercial Species
-   **U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES**
- Review
- Harvest by species
- Harvest by mode of fishing and species group
- Havest by distance-from-shore and species group
- Harvest and total live releases by species group
- Finfish harvest and releases by state
- Number of anglers and trips by state
-   **WORLD FISHERIES**
- World Aquaculture & Commercial Catches
- Countries, Continents & Oceans
- Species groups & Disposition
- Imports and exports, by leading countries
-   **U.S. PRODUCTION OF PROCESSED FISHERY       PRODUCTS**
- Review
- Value
- Fish sticks, fish portions, and breaded shrimp
- Fillets and steaks
- Canned
- Industrial
-   **U.S. COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS**
-   **FOREIGN TRADE**
- Review
- U.S. IMPORTS:
- Principal items
- Edible and nonedible
- Continent and country
- Groundfish fillets and steaks, species & Blocks
- Canned tuna and quota
- Shrimp, country of origin
- Shrimp, by product type
- Industrial
- U.S. EXPORTS:
- Principal items
- Edible and nonedible
- Continent and country
- Shrimp and Lobster
- Salmon and Surimi
- Crab
- Industrial
-   **U.S. SUPPLY**
- Edible and nonedible
- Finfish and shellfish
- Blocks, fillets and steaks
- Tuna, fresh and frozen
- Canned sardines, salmon, tuna
- Crab, king, snow, crabmeat
- Lobster
- Clams, oysters, scallops
- Shrimp
- Industrial
-   **PER CAPITA**
- Review
- U.S. consumption
- Consumption by product
- World consumption-by region and country
- U.S. use
-   **VALUE ADDED**
- FAQ Sheet  for the Value Added Table
-   **INDUSTRY INFORMATION**
INDEX OF EXVESSEL PRICES
Review
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
Estimated number of commercial fishing vessels and boats
Processors and wholesalers: plants and employment
FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION

-   **GENERAL INFORMATION**
MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976 (MFCMA)
General
Regional Fishery Management Councils
Optimum yield, U.S. capacity, reserve, and allocations
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Headquarters
Regions
Statistical offices
PUBLICATIONS
SERVICES
NMFS web sites
        Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service
GLOSSARY
FEDERAL INSPECTION MARKS FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS

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This page was last modified 23 October 2000.