UNIT 21 



NEARSHORE FISHERIES 



93 



INTRODUCTION 



Many (J.S. coastal and estuarine species 

 provide important recreational and com- 

 mercial fisheries, but they are not Federally 

 managed. This diverse Unit includes highly 

 prized gamefishes like tarpon, bonefish, 

 tautog, permit, and snook, as well as surf- 

 perches and Florida pompano. It also in- 

 cludes small fishes used for bait, food, or 

 processing into oil and meal, such as mul- 

 let, smelts, eulachon, ballyhoo, sardines, 

 and herrings. Valuable invertebrates like 

 the Dungeness, blue, rock, and Jonah 



crabs; Pacific shrimps, abalones, hard and 

 softshell clams, bay scallops, oysters, peri- 

 winkles, and whelks (conchs) are also in 

 this group. 



For 1988-90, the average annual value 

 of the commercial components of the spe- 

 cies in Table 21-1 was about $376 million. 

 No separate values are available for the 

 recreational fisheries but they are certainly 

 significant, especially to many coastal 

 economies. 



Table 21-1.— Recent average, 

 current potential and long-term 

 potential yields in metric tons (t), 

 and status of utilization for 

 nearshore fisheries resources. 

 The LTPY, CPY, and RAY for the 

 unit equals the sum of the 

 species' LTPY's, CPY's, and RAY's. 

 Where the species' LTPY is 

 unknown, the species' CPY is 

 substituted in the sum. If the 

 species' CPY is unknown, the 

 species' RAY is substituted. 



Long-term potential yield (LTPY) = 

 Current potential yield (CPY) = 

 Recent average yield (RAY) 1 = 



Unknown 

 Unknown 

 231.225 t 



Species 



RAY 1 



Yield (t) 



CPY 



Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 



LTPY 



Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 

 Unknown 



Status of 

 utilization 



Full 



Full 



Unknown 



Full 



Unknown 



Over 



Unknown 



Over 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Full 



Unknown 



Full 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Full 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Over 



Over 



Over 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Over 



Over 



Over 



' 1 98&90 average. 



'Commercial landings only 



3 Recreattonal landings only 



4 Not available or meaningful owing to catch-and release nature of fishery or relatively infrequent landings 



5 Not available 



