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GLOSSARY 



EDIBLE WEIGHT . The weight of a seafood item exclusive of 

 bones, offal, etc. 



EEZ . See U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. 



EUROPEAN UNION . Belgium and Luxembourg. Denmark, 

 Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, France, Ireland, 

 Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and United Kingdom. 

 This was formerly known as European Economic 

 Community (EEC). 



EXPORT VALUE . The value reported is generally 

 equivalent to f.a.s. (free alongside ship) value at the U.S. 

 port of export, based on the transaction price, including 

 inland freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in 

 placing the merchandise alongside the carrier at the U.S. 

 port of exportation. The value excludes the cost of 

 loading, freight, insurance and other charges or 

 transportation cost beyond the port of exportation. 



EXPORT WEIGHT . The weight of individual products as 

 exported. I.e., fillets, steaks, whole, breaded, etc. 

 Includes both domestic and foreign re-exports data. 



EXVESSEL PRICE . Price received by the harvester for fish, 

 shellfish, and other aquatic plants and animals. 



FISH BLOCKS . Regular fish blocks are frozen blocks or 

 slabs of fillets or pieces of fillets cut or sliced from fish. 

 Minced fish blocks are frozen blocks or slabs of minced 

 flesh produced by a meat and bone separating 

 machine. 



FISH FILLETS . The sides of fish that are either skinned or 

 have the skin on, cut lengthwise from the backbone. 

 Most types of fillets are boneless or virtually boneless; 

 some may be labeled as 'boneless fillets." 



FISH MEAL . A high-protein animal feed supplement 

 made by cooking, pressing, drying, and grinding fish or 

 shellfish. 



FISH OIL . An oil extracted from body (body oil) or liver 

 (liver oil) of fish and marine mammals; mostly a byproduct 

 of fish meal production. 



FISH PORTION . A piece of fish flesh that is generally of 

 uniform size with thickness of 3/8 of an inch or more and 



differs from a fish stick in being wider or of a different 

 shape. A fish portion is generally cut from a fish block. 



FISH SOLUBLES . A water-soluble protein byproduct of fish 

 meal production. Fish solubles are generally condensed 

 to 50 percent solids and marketed as "condensed fish 

 solubles." 



FISH STEAK . A cross-section slice cut from a large dressed 

 fish. A steak is usually about 3/4 of an inch thick. 



FISH STICK . An elongated piece of breaded fish flesh 

 weighing not less than 3/4 of an ounce and not more 

 than 1-1/2 ounces with the largest dimension at least 

 three times that of the next largest dimension. A fish stick 

 is generally cut from a fish block. 



FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMPV A plan developed by 

 a Regional Fishery Management Council, or the 

 Secretary of Commerce under certain circumstances, to 

 manage a fishery resource In the U.S. EEZ pursuant to the 

 MFC MA (Magnuson Act). 



FISHING CRAFT. COMMERCIAL . Boats and vessels 

 engaged In capturing fish, shellfish, and other aquatic 

 plants and animals for sale. 



FULL-TIME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN . An Individual who 

 receives more than 50 percent of their annual income 

 from commercial fishing activities, including port activity, 

 such as vessel repair and re-rigging. 



GROUNDFISH . Broadly, fish that are caught on or near 

 the sea floor. The term includes a wide variety of 

 bottomfishes, rockfishes, and flatfishes. However, NMFS 

 sometimes uses the term in a narrower sense. In "Fisheries 

 of the United States," the term applies to the following 

 species-Atlantic and Pacific: cod, hake, ocean perch, 

 and pollock; cusk; and haddock. 



IMPORT VALUE . Value of imports as appraised by the U.S. 

 Customs Service according to the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

 amended. It may be based on foreign market value, 

 constructed value, American selling price, etc. It 

 generally represents a value in a foreign country, and 

 therefore excludes U.S. import duties, freight. Insurance, 

 and other charges incurred in bringing the merchandise 

 to the United States. 



