1999 

 NATIONAL OVERVIEW 



Current status relative 

 to the level producing LTPY 



Unit number and fishery 



Near 



Above 



Unknown 



1- Northeast demersal 



2- Northeast pelagic 



3- Atlantic anadromous 

 4. Northeast invertebrate 



5 Atlantic highly migratory pelagic 



6 Atlantic shark 



7 Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic 



8 Atlantic, Gult of Mexico, and Canbbean reef fish 



9 Southeast drum and croaker 



10. Southeast menhaden 



1 1 . Southeast and Canbbean invertebrate 



12. Pacific Coast salmon 



13 Alaska salmon 



14 Pacific Coast and Alaska pelagic 



15 Pacific Coast groundfish 



16 Western Pacific invertebrate 



17 Western Pacific bottomtish and armorhead 



18 Pacific highly migraton/ pelagic 



19 Alaska groundfish (total) 



20 Alaska shellfish 



21 Nearshore 



Subtotal of Units 1-20 



% of Subtotal 



% of 1 58 "knov/n" stock groups 



Total of Units 1-21 



% of Total 



% of 198 "known" stock groups 







3 



1 



1 







1 



























3 



1 



2 











2 



8 . 



1 







23 



11% 

 15% 



23 



8% 

 12% 





 

 2 



1 



1 



3 

 16 



4 







5 















5 











1 



4 



1 

 40 



45 

 22% 



85 

 30% 



Total 



25 

 4 

 5 

 8 



10 

 3 

 7 



28 

 7 

 2 



14 

 5 

 5 

 7 



19 

 1 

 6 



15 



27 

 5 



80 



203 



283 



Table 3 



Status of stock levels of 

 U.S. fisheries resources, 

 1995-97 



DEGREE OF UTILIZATION 



The degree of utilization describes the level of use of a fisheries resource as being 

 underutilized, full}" utilized, overutilized, or unknown. It compares existing fishing effort 

 with the appropriate levels necessary to achieve LTPY. 



1 3 



