1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Stock 



Region 



US recent US recent Status relative 



average yield average yield to long-term 



Unit (RAY) (RAY) Change Change potential yield 



number 



OLO 92 



OLO '99 



m 



(%) 



(LTPY) 



Tanner (including snow) crabs Alaska 



Atlantic cod Northeast 



Bluefish Northeast 



Sea scallop Northeast 



Yellowtail flounder Northeast 



Jack mackerel Pacific Coast 



Coho salmon Pacific Coast 



Pollock Northeast 



Scup Northeast 



Northern anchovy Pacific Coast 



Porgies (Gulf of Mexico) Southeast 



Sockeye salmon Pacific Coast 



Sablefish (Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands) Alaska 



Small coastal sharks Southeast 



Windowpane flounder Northeast 



Ocean pout Northeast 



Pacific cod Pacific Coast 



Haddock Northeast 



Other porgies (Atlantic) Southeast 



Wreckfish (Atlantic) Southeast 



Alewife/blueback Northeast 



Cusk Western Pacific 



Spinv and slipper lobsters Western Pacific 



Nassau grouper and lewfish (Gulf of Mexico) Southeast 



Sturgeons Northeast 



Nassau grouper and lewfish (Atlantic) Southeast 



Total 



20 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 1 



14 



12 

 1 

 1 



14 

 8 



12 



19 

 6 

 1 

 1 



15 

 1 



3 



1 



16 



109,910 



58,600 



25,100 



16,100 



9,200 



8,766 



7.944 



9,300 



7,400 



7,997 



3,798 



5,097 



4,100 



3,000 



2,700 



1,300 



1,687 



2,000 



844 



1,100 



1.200 



1,200 



395 



73 



73 



7 



288,892 



100,391 



188,501 



-65% 



Table 13 



Comparison of recent average 

 yield (RAY, U.S. share onlyj in met- 

 ric tons (t), except for highly mi- 

 gratory stocks (Units 5 and 18, 

 which have a very high percentage 

 of non-U. S. landings) between 

 OLO '92 and OLO '99. Only stocks 

 with RAY changes greater than 

 -50% are listed. Nearshore re 

 sources are not included. 



Therefore, the summary picture of recent trends presented in Tltble 1 1 should 

 be interpreted with care. It is evident that most stock status classifications in OLO '99 

 remained the same as in OLO '92. Nevertheless, it appears that more stocks have 

 improved in utilization level (17 stocks) than have worsened (9 stocks). At the same 

 time, more stocks ha\e worsened in stock-le\-el stattis (18) than ha\e improved (7). 

 Overall, this implies some net progress in bringint; excessive fishing mortality rates 



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