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# Fisheries of the United States - 1998

This publication is a preliminary report for 1998 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), in cooperation with various 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, 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 and recreational landings, employment, prices, and     production of processed products are preliminary for 1998. 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, New England, Middle     Atlantic, and Chesapeake; Scott Nelson, National Biological Service Science     Center, Great Lakes States; Nelson Johnson, Guy Davenport, 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, 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: U.S. landings are shown in round weight (except mollusks     which are in meat weight), unless otherwise noted; quantities shown for U.S.     imports and exports are in product weight, as reported by the U.S. Bureau     of the Census, unless otherwise noted; the value of the U.S. domestic commercial     catch is exvessel (in the Review Section on important species actual and 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 Division in Silver Spring, who helped     with this publication were: Daryl Bullock, Rita Curtis, Kim Dawson, Josanne     Fabian, Karen Foster, Amy Gautam, Kirk Gillis, Laurie Hamilton, Emily Hanson,     Rob Hicks, John Hoey, Deborah Hogans, Mark Holliday, Steven Koplin, Alan Lowther,     Terri Muller, Sharon Newman, Barbara O'Bannon, Maury Osborn, Liz Pritchard,     Warren Schlechte, David Sutherland, Glen Taylor, William Uttley, David Van     Voorhees, John Ward, and Lelia Wise. Summer students Michelle Carhart, Elinor     Lichtenberg and Melissa Milliken also contributed.

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The publication is available for download (742KB)   as a self-extracting ZIP file or you may select to view individual sections   from the following areas: 

- Cover   Preface   Table of Contents
- U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS
- Review
- 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       (added December 13, 1999)
-   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
-   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 and Market News Fax-on-Demand   Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service
-   GLOSSARY
-   FEDERAL INSPECTION MARKS FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS

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