Glossary 



mulation of warm water off South America wliich 

 reduced the upwelling of nutrient-rich water necessary to 

 support fisheries production. These conditions extended 

 northward to the U.S. Pacific Coast. In addition to 

 affecdng the food available for fish. El Nino appears to 

 alter the normal ranges, distributions, and migrations of 

 fish populations. 



EUROPEAN UNION. Austria, Belgium and Lux- 

 embourg, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, 

 Finland, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, 

 Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom. 



EXPORT VALUE. The value reported is generally 

 equivalent to f a.s. (free alongside ship) value at the U.S. 

 port of export, based on the transaction price, including 

 inland freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in 

 placing the merchandise alongside the carrier at the U.S. 

 port of exportation. Tlie value excludes the cost of 

 loading, freight, insurance, and other charges or trans- 

 portation cost beyond the port of exportation. 



EXPORT WEIGHT. The weight of individual prod- 

 ucts as exported, i.e., fillets, steaks, whole, breaded, etc. 

 Includes both domestic and foreign re-exports data. 



EXVESSEL PRICE. Price received by the har\'ester 

 for fish, shellfish, and other aquatic plants and anunals. 



FISH BLOCKS. Regular fish blocks are frozen blocks 

 or slabs of fillets or pieces of fdlets cut or sHced from fish. 

 Minced fish blocks are frozen blocks or slabs of minced 

 flesh produced by a meat and bone separating machine. 



FISH FILLETS. The sides of fish tiiat are either 

 skinned or have the skin on, cut lengthwise from the 

 backbone. Most t^pes of fdlets are boneless or virtually 

 boneless; some may be labeled as "boneless fillets." 



FISH MEAL. A high-protein animal feed supplement 

 made by cooking, pressing, drying, and grinding fish or 

 shellfish. 



FISH OIL. An oil extracted from body (body oil) or 

 liver (liver oil) of fish and manne mammals; mostiy a 

 byproduct of fish meal production. 



FISH PORTION. A piece offish flesh diat is generaUy 

 of unitonn size with thickness of 3/8 of an inch or more 

 and differs from a fish stick m being wider or of a 

 different shape. A fish portion is generallv cut from a fish 

 block. 



FISH SOLUBLES. A water-soluble protein byproduct 

 of fish meal production. Fish solubles are generaUy 



condensed to 50 percent solids and marketed as "con- 

 densed fish solubles." 



FISH STEAK. A cross-section slice cut from a large 

 dressed fish. A steak is usually about 3/4 of an inch thick. 



FISH STICK. An elongated piece of breaded fish flesh 

 weighing not less than 3/4 of an ounce and not more tiian 

 1-1/2 ounces with the largest dimension at least tiiree 

 tunes that of the next largest dimension. A fish stick is 

 generally cut from a fish block. 



FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP). A 



plan developed by a Regional Fishery Management 

 Council, or the Secretary of Commerce under certain 

 circumstances, to manage a fisher)^ resource in the U.S. 

 EEZ pursuant to tiie MFC]VL\ (Magnuson Act). 



FISHING CRAFT, COMMERCIAL. Boats and 



vessels engaged in capturing fish, sheUfish, and other 

 aquatic plants and anmials for sale. 



FULL-TIME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. An 



individual who receives more tiian 50 percent of liis or her 

 annual income from commercial fishing activities, includ- 

 ing port activity, such as vessel repair and re-nggmg. 



GROUNDFISH. Broadly, fish diat are caught on or 

 near the sea floor. The term includes a wide variety of 

 bottom fishes, rockfishes, and flatfishes. However, NMFS 

 sometimes uses the tenn in a narrower sense. In "Fisher- 

 ies of die United States," the term applies to the following 

 species— Adantic and Pacific: cod, hake, ocean perch, and 

 pollock; cusk; and haddock. 



IMPORT VALUE. Value of imports as appraised by 

 the U.S. Customs Service according to the Tariff Act of 

 1930, as amended. It may be based on foreign market 

 value, constructed value, Amencan selling price, etc. It 

 generally represents a value in a foreign country, and 

 therefore excludes L'.S. import duties, freight, insurance, 

 and other charges incurred in bringing the merchandise 

 to the United States. 



IMPORT WEIGHT. The weights of mdividual prod- 

 ucts as received, i.e., fdlets, steaks, whole, headed, etc. 



INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS. Items pro 

 cessed from fish, shellfish, or other aquaUc plants and 

 animals diat are not consumed direcdy bv humans. These 

 Items contain products from seaweeds, fish meal, fish 

 oils, fish solubles, pearl essence, shark and other aquatic 

 animal skins, and shells. 



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