III. DEFICIENCIES IN THE CURRENT INFORMATION BASE 31 



A. General Considerations 31 



B. Commercial Fisheries 31 



B.l. Established Fisheries 31 



(a) Vessel inventories and characteristics 31 



(b) Domestic capacity 33 



(c) Cost and earnings data 34 



(d) Vessel construction costs 37 



(e) Price analysis data 38 



(f) Employment opportunities and skills of the labor 

 force 40 



(g) Technology transfers 40 



B.2. Underutilized Species and Fisheries Development ... 41 



Ca) New England species 41 



(b) Pacific species 45 



C. Recreational Fisheries 46 



D. Summary of Section III 54 



IV. DATA COLLECTION TASKS ' 56 



V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 65 



VI. APPENDICES 68 



Appendix A: Species and Fisheries Most Likely to be Affected by 



the Act 69 



Apprndix B: Individuals and Agencies Contacted 72 



VII. COMMENTS FROM REVIEWERS .' . . . 73 



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