1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Total productivity (t) over the entire range of stock 



Unit number and fishen/ 



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, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean reef fish 



9 Southeast drum and croaker 



10 Southeast menhaden 



1 1 Southeast and Caribbean 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 bottomfish and armorhead 



18 Pacific highly migrator/ pelagic 



19 Alaska groundfish (total) 



Eastern Benng Sea and Aleutian Islands 

 Gulf of Alaska 

 Pacific halibut 



20 Alaska shellfish 



21 Nearshore 



Total 



Table 1 



Productivity in metric tons 

 (t) of fisheries resources uti- 

 lized by the United States. 



year (FAO, 1997). The U.S. catch was 4.5% of the world's total catch (121 milhon metric 

 tons (t)) of marine and freshwater fisheries products. The FAO also ranked the United 

 States second in value for world imports (12.5% ol the $56.9 billion world total), and third 

 (5.6%) in the $52.9 billion international trade in world exports ol fish and fishery prod- 

 ucts, including aquaculture, in 1996 (FAO, 1997). 



1 he productivity (Table 1 ) and status ol fishery resources utilized by the United States 

 are summarized in Units 1-21. LMR productivity is represented by RAY, CPY, and LTPY. 



