1999 

 NATIONAL OVERVIEW 



Total productivity (t) over the entire range of stock 



Unit number and fishery 



12 Pacific Coast salmon 



14 Pacific Coast pelagic 



15 Pacific Coast groundfish 



19 Halibut (Can . Wasti , Oreg . and Calif ) 



21 Pacific Coast nearshore species 



Total 



For the Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, RAY is 1 ,77S,600 t (Tlible 

 7), 49% below LTPY. The major species groups harvested are walleye pollock, Pacific cod, 

 flatfishes, Atka mackerel, rockfish, and sablefish. Greenland turbot and sablefish arc below 

 LTPY levels. All flatfish species are high in abundance and in excellent condition. W^illeye 

 pollock and Pacific cod abundances are much lower than their recent high levels, but are 

 still close to the levels that would produce LTPY. 



Table 8 



Productivity in metric tons 

 (t) of fisheries resources of 

 the Pacific Coast Region, 

 1995-97 



For Gulf of Alaska groundfish, RAY is 21 1,922 t, 33% below LTPY The major spe- 

 cies groups harvested include walleye pollock. Pacific cod, sablefish, flatfishes, and slope 

 rockfish. Walleye pollock, sablefish and slope rockfish are below their respective LTPY 

 levels. Pacific cod and thornyhead rockfish are high in abundance, and the status ol the 

 remaining groundfish stocks is unknown. 



In addition to the general groundfish complex. Pacific halibut is a groundfish species 

 that has supported an important traditional fishery h^r both the United States and Ganada. 

 Lhis resource is fully utilized and managed by the International Pacific Halibut Gommis- 

 sion. Abundance has been stable since 1993. 



Pacific herring stocks are producing about 4S,S00 t, perhaps slightly below their 

 LTPY s. Three shellfish resources, Tinner crab, king crab, and shrimp are below their LFPY 



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