1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Stocks 



Region 



Change 

 (%) 



American plaice 



Atlantic cod 



Atlantic halibut 



Black sea bass 



Cusk 



Goosefish 



Red hake 



Scup 



Silver hake 



Spiny dogtish 



Summer flounder 



Tilefish 



Windowpane flounder 



Winter flounder 



Witch flounder 



Wolffish 



Bluefish 



Alewife/blueback 



American shad 



Atlantic salmon 



Sturgeons 



Sea scallop 



Bigeye tuna 



Albacore (North Atlantic) 



Blue marlin (Atlantic) 



Bluefin tuna (West Atlantic) 



Sailfish (West Atlantic) 



Swordfish (North Atlantic! 



White Marlin (North Atlantic) 



Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 

 Northeast 



67% 



163% 



1.900% 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



153% 



0% 



138% 



135% 



45% 



Unknown 



281% 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



31% 



-21% 



0% 



10% 



128% 



-22% 



-12% 



38% 



Table 15 



Potential gains in yield in 

 metric tons (t) from rebuild- 

 ing overutilized stocks that 

 are currently below LTPY. 

 RAY and LTPY are U.S. 

 share only, except for tunas 

 and billfishes.The total is a 

 conservative estimate, as- 

 suming that LTPY equals 

 RAY when RAY is unknown- 



Table continued on the next page 



that can be given to short-rcrm economic concerns when a stock's LTPY is in jeopardy. As 

 a result, management measures designee! to achieve rebuilding should also be strengthened 

 over the near future. 



A few abundant resources, such as some pelagic stocks of Atlantic mackerel and her- 

 ring in the Northeast Region (Unit 2), jack mackerel ofi California (Unit l4), Hatfishes off 



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