Glossary 



PART-TIME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. An 



individual who receives less than 50 percent of his or her 

 annual income from commercial tishing acdvities. 



PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION. Consumption of 

 edible fishen^ products in the United States dividedby the 

 total civilian populaUon. In calculating annual per capita 

 consumpdon, estimates of the civilian resident popula- 

 tion of the United States on July 1 of each year are used. 

 These estimates are taken from current population re- 

 ports, series P-25, published by the U.S. Bureau of the 

 Census. 



PER CAPITA USE. The use of all fishen- products, 

 both edible and nonedible, in the United States divided 

 by die total population of the United States. 



PRELIMINARY FISHERY MANAGEMENT 

 PLAN (PMP). The SecretaiT of Commerce prepares a 

 PMP whenever a foreign nation with wliich the United 

 States has made a Governing International Fisher}- Agree- 

 ment (GIFA) submits an application to fish in a fishery 

 not managed by an FMP. A PMP is replaced by an FMP 

 as soon as the latter is implemented. A PMP applies only 

 to foreign fishing. 



RE-EXPORTS. Re-exports are commodities which 

 have entered the U.S. as imports and are subsequentiy 

 exported in substantiaUy the same condition as when 

 originally imported. 



RETAIL PRICE. The price of fish and shellfish sold to 

 the final consumer by food stores and other retail oudets. 



ROUND (LIVE) WEIGHT. The weight of fish, 

 sheUfish, or other aquatic plants and animals as taken 

 from the water; the complete or full weight as caught. 

 The tables on world catch found in this publication 

 include, in the case of moUusks, the weight of both the 

 shells and the meats, whereas the tables on U.S. landings 

 include only the weight of the meats. 



SURIMI. Minced fish meat (usually Alaska pollock) 

 which has been washed to remove fat and undesirable 

 matters (such as blood, pigments, and odorous sub- 

 stances), and mixed with cn,'oprotectants, such as sugar 

 and/or sorbitol, for a good frozen shelf life. 



TOTAL ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF FOREIGN 

 FISHING (TALFF). The TALFF, if any, with respect 

 to any fishery subject to die exclusive fisherv management 

 authorm- of the United States, is that portion of the 

 optimum yield of such fishen^ which will not be har- 

 vested by vessels of the United States, as detennined by 

 provisions of the MFCNL'V. 



U.S. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ). 



The MSFCMA (Magnuson-Stevens Act) defines this 

 zone as contiguous to the territorial sea ot the United 

 States and extending seaward 200 nautical miles mea- 

 sured from the baseline from which the territonal sea is 

 measured. This was formerly referred to as the FCZ 

 (Fisher\; Conservation Zone). 



U.S.-FLAG VESSEL LANDINGS. Includes land- 

 ings by all U.S. tlshing vessels regardless ot where landed 

 as opposed to landings at ports in the 50 United States. 

 These include landings at foreign ports, U.S. territories, 

 and foreign vessels in the U.S. FCZ under joint venture 

 agreements. U.S. law prohibits vessels constructed or 

 registered in foreign countries to land fish catches at U.S. 

 ports. 



U.S. TERRITORIAL SEA. A zone extending 3 

 nautical miles from shore for all states except Texas and 

 the Gulf Coast of Florida where die seaward boundarj- 

 is 3 marine leagues (9 nautical miles) 



USE OF FISHERY PRODUCTS. Estimated disap 

 pearance of the total supply of fishery products, botii 

 edible and nonedible, on a round-weight basis without 

 considering beginning or ending stocks, exports, mihtary 

 purchases, or shipments to U.S. territories. 



VESSEL. A commercial fishing craft having a capacity 

 of 5 net tons or more. These craft are either enrolled or 

 documented by the U.S. Coast Guard and have an 

 official number assigned by that agency. 



WHOLESALE FISH AND SHELLFISH 

 PRICES. Those prices received at principal fishery 

 markets by primar)' wholesalers (processors, importers, 

 and brokers) for customan,' quantities, free on board 

 (f.o.b.) warehouse. 



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