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GLOSSARY 



maximum sustainable yield from such fishery, as modified by 

 any relevant ecological, economic, or social factors. 



PACKAGED FISH . A term used in NMFS publications prior to 

 1972 to designate fresh or frozen raw fish fillets and steaks. 



SUTOMI . Minced fish meat (usually Alaska pollock) which has 

 been washed to remove fat and undesirable matters (such as 

 blood, pigments, and odorous substances), and mixed with 

 cryoprotectants, such as sugar and/or sorbitol, for a good 

 frozen shelf life. 



PART-TME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN An individual who 

 receives less than 50 percent of their annual income from 

 commercial fishing activities. 



PER CAPfTA CONSUMPTION Consumption of edible fishery 

 products in the United States divided by the total civilian 

 population. In calculating annual per capita consumption, 

 estimates of the civiian resident population of the United States 

 on July 1 of each year are used. These estimates are taken 

 from current population reports, series P-25, published by the 

 U.S. Bureau of the Census. 



PER CAPfTA USE . The use of all fishery products, both edible 

 and nonedible, in the United States divided by the total 

 population of the United States. 



PRELIMINARY FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN fPMPV 



The Secretary of Commerce prepares a PMP whenever a 

 foreign nation with which the United States has made a 

 Governing International Fishery Agreement (GIFA) submits an 

 appication to fish in a fishery not managed by an FMP. A PMP 

 is replaced by an FMP as soon as the latter is implemented. A 

 PMP applies only to foreign fishing. 



RE-EXPORTS . Re-exports are commodities which have 

 entered the U.S. as imports and are subsequently exported in 

 substantially the same condition as when originally imported. 



TOTAL ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF FOREIGN FISHING 



(TALFF) . he TALFF, if any, with respect to any fishery subject 

 to the exclusive fishery management authority of the United 

 States, is that portion of the optimum yield of such fishery which 

 will not be harvested by vessels of the United States, as 

 determined by provisions of the MFCMA. 



U.S. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) The MFCMA 

 (Magnuson Act) defines this zone as contiguous to the 

 territorial sea of the United States and extending seaward 200 

 nautical miles measured from the baseline from which the 

 territorial sea is measured. This was formerly referred to as the 

 FCZ (Fishery Conservation Zone). 



U.S.-FLAG VESSEL LANDINGS Includes landings by all 

 U.S. fishing vessels regardless of where landed as opposed to 

 landings at ports in the 50 United States. These 

 includelandings at foreign ports, U.S. territories, and foreign 

 vessels in the U.S. FCZ under joint venture agreements. U.S. 

 law prohibits vessels constructed or registered in foreign 

 countries to land fish catches at U.S. ports. 



U.S. TERRITORIAL SEA . A zone extending 3 nautical miles 

 from shore for all states except Texas and the Gulf Coast of 

 Florida where the seaward boundary is 3 marine leagues (9 

 nautical miles). 



USE OF FISHERY PRODUCTS . Estimated disappearance of 

 the total supply of fishery products, both edible and nonedible, 

 on a round-weight basis without considering beginning or 

 ending stocks, exports, military purchases, or shipments to 

 U.S. territories. 



RETAIL PRICE The price of fish and shellfish sold to the final 

 consumer by food stores and other retail outlets. 



ROUND (LIVE) WEIGHT The weight of fish, shellfish, or other 

 aquatic plants and animals as taken from the water; the 

 complete or full weight as caught. The tables on world catch 

 found in this publication include, in the case of mollusks, the 

 weight of both the shells and the meats, whereas the tables on 

 U.S. landings include only the weight of the meats. 



VESSEL . A commercial fishing craft having a capacity of 5 net 

 tons or more. These craft are either enrolled or documented by 

 the U.S. Coast Guard and have an official number assigned by 

 that agency. 



WHOLESALE FISH AND SHELLFISH PRICES . Those 

 prices received at principal fishery markets by primary 

 wholesalers (processors, importers, and brokers) for customary 

 quantities, free on board (f.o.b.) warehouse. 



