UNIT 21 

 NEARSHORE FISHERIES 



Area and species 



Recent 

 average yield 



(RAY)' 



Fishen/ 



utilization 



level 



Stock level 

 relative to 



LTPY- 



California 



California market squid 



Sea urchins 



Sfirimp 



Dungeness crab 



Other crabs 



Bonito, Pacific 



Smelt 



Elasmobranchs 



California halibut 



Sea cucumbers 



Spiny lobster 



Abalones 



Croakers 



Barracuda, Pacific 



Bivalves 



Other nearshore fishes and invertebrates 

 Total 



68,863 



10,062 



4,853 



5,315 



526 



312 



913 



889 



341 



314 



264 



91 



238 



146 



666 



207 



94,000 



Unknown 



Full 



Full 



Full 



Full 



Unknown 



Near full 



Unknown 



Under^ 



Unknown 



Full 



Over 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Near 



Near 



Near 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Near 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Below 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Table 21-4 



Productivity In metric tons 

 and status of Pacific near- 

 shore fishery resources. 



Oregon 



Clams 



Oysters 



Dungeness crab 



Shrimp 



Sea urchin 



Elasmobranchs 



Sturgeon 



Other fish and invertebrates 

 Total 



50 



69 



5,899 



7,193 



431 



546 



104 



345 



14,637 



Under 

 Full 



Under 



Full 



Over 



Under 

 Full 



Under 



Near 

 Near 

 Near 



Below 

 Near 

 Near 



Below 

 Unknown 



Washington 



Geoduck clam 



Other clams 



Oysters 



Other bivalves 



Dungeness crab 



Shrimp 



Sea cucumber 



Sea urchin 



Elasmobranchs 



Sturgeon 



Other fish and invertebrates 

 Total 



1,102 

 2.956 

 3.223 



445 



9,747 



3,275 



, 355 



595 

 2,140 



114 



501 

 24.453 



Full 

 Full 

 Full 

 Unknown 

 Full 

 Full 

 Full 

 Full 

 Full 

 Full 

 Full 



Near 

 Near 

 Near 



Below 

 Near 

 Near 

 Near 

 Near 

 Near 

 Near 



Below 



Total 



133.090 



'California RAY's are averaged from 1994-96. except abalone {1995-97) Washington and Oregon RAV's are 1995-97 All bivalve landings are in whole 

 weights except Washington and Oregon oysters (meat weights) California data are from NMFS (Statistics and Economics Division, 1315 East-West 

 Highway, Silver Spring, fVID 20910) extracts of California Department of Fish and Game commercial catch statistical reports California bivalve data are 

 from the PacFIN data base (maintained by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 45 SE 82nd Drive, Suite 100, Gladstone, OR 97027) Abalone 

 data are from Bill Jacobson (NMFS SW Regional Office, 501 West Ocean Blvd. Long Beach. CA 90802) Washington and Oregon data came from the 

 Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife, respectively 

 ^LTPY = Long-term potential yield 



Considered underutilized since the gillnet fishery directed for this species ended January 1994 south of Pt Arguello, where 86% of the gillnet catch 

 had been taken 



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