TABLE OF CONTENTS 



LIST OF TABLES Iv 



INTRODUCTION v 



I. BACKGROUND 1 



A. The Problem 1 



B. Scope of the Report 2 



C. Methods and Procedures 3 



D. Economic Information Implications of the Art 3 



D.l Commercial Fisheries 3 



(a) Domestic 3 



(i) Optimum sustainable yield 3 



(ii) National standards for fishery 



conservation and management 4 



(iii) Fisheries development 5 



(b) Foreign 6 



(i) Foreign allocation 6 



(ii) Conditions of access for foreign vessels 7 



D.2 Recreational Fisheries 9 



E. Species and Fisheries Most Likely to be Affected by the 



Act 9 



E.l Species 9 



E.2 Fisheries 10 



II. THE CURRENT INFORMATION BASE 11 



A. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C. . . 11 



B. Regional Economic Data Base 26 



B.l New England Fisheries 26 



B.2 Pacific Fisheries 26 



