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# Fisheries of the United States - 2003

This publication is a preliminary report for 2003 on commercial and        recreational fisheries of the United States with landings from the U.S.        territorial        seas, the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and on the high seas. 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  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 2003.        Final data      will be published in other NMFS Current Fishery Statistics publications.

The Fisheries Statistics  Division of NMFS takes this opportunity      to thank states, industry, and foreign nations who provided the data that      made this publication possible. Program leaders of the field offices were:      Gregory Power, Scott McNamara, and Gene Steady for New England, Middle      Atlantic, and Chesapeake; Scott Nelson, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes      States;  David Gloeckner, Guy Davenport, and Maggie Williams for      the South Atlantic and Gulf States; Patricia J. Donley, California; David      Hamm, Hawaii and Pacific Islands; John K. Bishop, Oregon and Washington;      and Robert Ryznar and Camille Ruse of the Alaska Fisheries Information        Network 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 using a base year 2000; 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 and      insurance from the foreign country to the United States; 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  Division wishes to provide the kinds        of data sought by users of fishery statistics, and welcomes comments        or suggestions that will improve this publication.

Address all comments or questions to:

http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/

**Members of the Office of Science and Technology in Silver Spring** who        helped with this publication were: Rob Andrews, Nicole Bartlett, Daryl        Bullock, Tina Chang, , Rita Curtis, Lauren Dolinger Few, Josanne Fabian,        Brad Gentner, Tim Haverland, Steven Koplin, Elizabeth Pritchard, Tom        Sminkey, David Sutherland, Glen Taylor, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees,      Lelia Wise, and Patty Zielinski. 

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The entire publication is available for download   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
-   **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
PROCESSORS AND WHOLESALERS
Processors and wholesalers: plants and employment
FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION

-   **GENERAL INFORMATION**
MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT           (MSFCMA)
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   November 17, 2004