CONTENTS 



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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i i 



REVIEW iv 



U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS: 



Species 1 



States 3 



Regions 3 



Disposition 4 



Ports 5 



Catch by species and distance from 



shore (thousand pounds) 6 



Catch by species and distance from 



shore (metric tons) 10 



U.S. Aquaculture Production, Estimated 



1983-1991 14 



Landings for U.S. Territorial 



Possessions, 1992 16 



Historical Landings -- TOTAL Landings of 



Squid, by Region 18 



U. S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES 24 



WORLD FISHERIES: 



U.S. and world 33 



Countries 34 



Continents 35 



Fishing areas 35 



Species groups 36 



Disposition 36 



Imports and exports, by leading 



countries 37 



U.S. PRODUCTION OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS: 



Value 39 



Fish sticks, fish portions, and breaded 



shrimp 39 



Fillets and steajcs 40 



Canned 41 



Industrial 44 



U. S. COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS 45 



U.S. IMPORTS: 



Principal items 49 



Edible and nonedible 50 



Value and duties 50 



Continent and country 51 



BlocJcs 52 



Groundfish fillets and stealcs, 



species 52 



Canned tuna and quota 53 



Shrimp 54 



Industrial 55 



U.S. EXPORTS: 



Principal items 57 



Edible and nonedible 58 



Continent and country 59 



U.S. EXPORTS ■ 



Shrimp 



Salmon 



Crab 



Crabmeat . . . 

 Herring. . . . 

 Industrial . 



Continued; 



U.S. SUPPLY: 



Edible and nonedible . . 



Finfish and shellfish ^. . . 



Blocks 



All fillets and steaks 



Groundfish fillets and steaks. 



Tuna 



Canned sardines 



Canned salmon 



Clam meats 



King crab 



Snow (tanner) crab 



Canned crabmeat 



Lobster, American 



Lobster, spiny 



Oysters 



Scallop meats 



Shrimp 



Industrial 



PER CAPITA: 



U.S. consumption 



U.S. use 



World consumption-by region and country. 



PRICES, INDEX OF EXVESSEL 



VALUE ADDED 



EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS. 

 FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION. . . 



MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND 

 MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976 (MFCMA) : 



General 



Optimum yield, U.S. capacity, reserve, 

 and allocations 



GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION. 



PUBLICATONS: 



NOAA Library Services 



Government Printing Office 



National Marine Fisheries Service -- 



National Technical Informaton Service. 

 Other Fisheries Informaton 



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SERVICES: 



Fisheries Development 112 



Sea Grant Marine Advisory 114 



Inspection Inside back cover 



GLOSSARY. 



INDEX. 



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