REVIEW 



U.S. LANDINGS . Commercial landings (edible and 

 industrial) by U.S. fishermen at ports in the 50 

 states were a record 10.5 billion pounds or 4.7 

 million metric tons valued at $3.5 billion in 1993- 

 on increase of 829.6 million pounds (up 9 percent) 

 but a decrease of $206.5 million (down 6 percent) 

 compared with 1992. The 1993 landings showed 

 an increase in major species such as Pacific 

 hake, Alaska pollock, salmon, clams, and squid 

 when compared with 1992. The 1993 average 

 exvessel price per pound paid to fishermen was 

 33 cents compared to the 38 cents they received 

 in 1992 Finfish accounted for 86 percent of total 

 landings, but only 54 percent of the total value. 



Commercial landings by U.S. fishermen at 

 ports outside the 50 states or transferred to 

 internal water processing vessels (IWPs) were an 

 additional 476.8 million pounds (216,000 metric 

 tons) valued at $195.4 million. This was a 20 

 percent, or 120.9 million pounds (54,800 metric 

 ton) decrease in quantity and a $10.2 million (5 

 percent) decrease in value compared with 1992. 

 Most of these landings consisted of tuna landed 

 at canneries in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and 

 other foreign ports and IWP transfers of sea 

 herring, and menhaden. 



Edible fish and shellfish landings in the 50 

 states were 8.2 billion pounds (3.7 million metric 

 tons) in 1993--an increase of 596 million pounds 

 (270,300 metric tons) compared with 1992. 



Landings for reduction and other industrial 

 purposes were 2.3 billion pounds (1.0 million 

 metric tons) in 1993--an increase of 12 percent 

 compared with 1992. 



The 1993 U.S. marine recreational finfish 

 catch (including fish caught and released alive) 

 on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts was an 

 estimated 293.0 million fish taken on an estimated 

 53.4 million fishing trips. The harvest (fish kept) 

 was estimated at 146.0 million fish weighing 194.6 

 million pounds. 



WORLD LANDINGS . In 1992, the most recent year 

 for which data are available, world commercial 



fishery landings were 98.1 million metric tons--an 

 increase of 1.1 million metric tons (up 1 percent) 

 compared with 1991. 



China was the leading nation with 15 

 percent of the total catch; Japan, second with 9 

 percent; Peru, third with 7.0 percent; Chile, fourth 

 with 6.6 percent; Russia, fifth with 5.7; and United 

 States, sixth with 5.7 percent. 



PRICES . Exvessel price indices declined for 14 of 

 the 32 species groups being tracked, and 

 increased or remained consfant for the remaining 

 18 species groups. The sockeye salmon price 

 index had the largest decrease (417 percent) 

 while the bluefin tuna price index hod the largest 

 increase (617 percent). The 1993 annual exvessel 

 price index for edible fish and shellfish decreased 

 5 percent from 1992. The annual index for 

 industrial fish remained the same. 



PROCESSED PRODUCTS The estimated value of 

 the 1993 domestic production of edible and 

 nonedible fishery products was $8.4 billion, $192.8 

 million (2 percent) less than the $8.6 billion in 1992. 

 The value of edible products was $8.0 billion-a 

 decrease of $224. 1 million (3 percent) compared 

 with 1992. The value of industrial products was 

 $481 .6 million in 1993--an increase of $31.3 million 

 (7 percent) compared with 1992. 



FOREIGN TRADE . The total import value of edible 

 and nonedible fishery products was $ 1 0.6 billion in 

 1993-an increase of $751.1 million (8 percent) 

 compared with 1992. Imports of edible fishery 

 products (product weight) were 2.9 billion pounds 

 (1.3 million metric tons) valued at $5.8 billion in 

 1993-an increase of only 23,200 pounds (less than 

 1 percent), and $142.9 million (3 percent) 

 compared with 1992. Imports of nonedible (i.e., 

 industrial) products were $4.8 billion-an increase 

 of $608.3 million (15 percent) compared with 

 1992. 



Total export value of edible and nonedible 

 fishery products of domestic origin was $6.9 billion 

 in 1993-a decrease of $194.4 million (3 percent) 

 compared with 1992. United States firms exported 



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