1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



US recent 

 average yield (RAY) 

 (x 1,000.000 t) 



3.0 

 2.5 

 2.0 



Regional 

 percentage 

 of US RAY 



1.5 



1.0 



0.5 



5% 



51% 



Figure 4 



Regional apportionment of 

 recent average yield of the 

 U.S. prorated share of fish 

 eries resources, in metric 

 tons (t) and by percentage. 



10% 



24% 



10% 



6 6 6 6 6 



Region 



Western Pacific Alaska Pacific Coast Southeast Northeast 



There are 158 stock groups whose status is "known" that tall under NMFS purview 

 (Units 1-20 in Table 3). In this category, a high percentage oi stock groups (46%, or 73 out 

 of 1 58 groups with known status) are below levels that would produce LTPY. The majority 

 of these low abundance cases occurred in Unit 1 (21 stocks of Northeast demersal species), 

 Unit 8 (nine stocks of Atlantic and Gulf of K4exico reef fish), and Unit 15 (eight stocks of 

 Pacific Coast groundfish). Less pronounced cases of low abundance can be found in all 

 regions. The remaining stocks (85 out of 158 known-stock status) have been classified as 

 39% near and 1 5% above the levels that would produce LTPY. Assuming that stocks near 

 or above levels that would produce LTPY are stocks in heahhy condition, 54% of the 

 known-status groups are at healthy abundance levels. 



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