1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Table 2 



Regional productivity in 

 metric tons (t) of fisheries 

 resources utilized by the 

 United States. 



Region 



Northeast 

 Southeast 

 Alasl<a 

 Pacific Coast 

 Western Pacific 



Total 



Total productivity (t) over tfie entire range of stock 



Total recent Total current Total long-term 



average yield potential yield potential yield 



(RAY) (CRY) (LTPY) 



885.533 

 1,155,123 

 2,509,633 



619,938 

 2,051,439 



7,221,666 



1,354,453 

 1.152,945 

 3.519,656 

 850,245 

 3,441,875 



10,319,174 



1,589,158 

 1,503,342 

 4,472.638 

 1,038,087 

 3,439,475 



12,042,700 



Prorated productivity 

 (t) within the U S. EEZ 



US RAY US LTPY 



492,873 



1,155,123 



2,509,633 



486.049 



255,627 



4,899,305 



951,213 



1,503,342 



4,472,638 



852,263 



257,560 



8,037,016 



The total LTPY of all U.S. fishery resources, across their entire range, is estimated to 

 be 12,033,8 IS metric tons (t) (Tible 1). Total t;PY is 1 0,3 U), 174 t, indicating that the 

 present productivity of the stocks is l4"-ii below the k)ng-term potential. Total RAY is 

 7,221,666 t, or 40% below the long-term potential. 



When only the U.S. prorated share of the resources is considered, the U.S. LTPY is 

 8,016,021 t or }}% below total LTPY (Figure 2). By region, the percentage distribution ot 

 U.S. LLPY's is S5% for Alaska, 1 9% for the Southeast, 1 2"/o for the Northeast, 1 1 % for the 

 Pacific Coast, and 3% for the Western Pacific Region (Table 2, Figure 3). 



The U.S. RAY is 4,899,303 t or 39% below U.S. LTPY. The missing 39';b potential 

 vield was not realized because some of the stocks were Luiderutilized while some have been 

 overexploited and therefore were not producing at their lull long-term potential. By re- 

 gion, the percentage distribution of U.S. RAY is 51% Alaska, 24% Southeast, 10"() North- 

 east, lO'M) Pacific Coast, and 3"''o Western Pacific (Table 2, Figure 4). 



STATUS OF STOCKS 



The status of stocks is classified according to the current level of abundance relative 

 to the ie\el that would produce L'l'PV. Fable 3 simimari/es the classifications for the 283 

 stock groups addressed in this report as being 31"" below, 31"" near, 8% above, and 30% 

 unknown relative to the levels that would produce LTPY. This summary includes 80 stock 



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