PREFACE 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1993 



This publication is a preliminary report for 1993 

 on commercial and recreational fishierles of ttie United 

 States witti catches in both the U.S. and foreign 

 Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). This annual report 

 provides timely answers to frequently asl<ed questions. 



SOURCES OF DATA 



Information in this report came from many 

 sources. Field offices of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service (NMFS), in cooperation with various States, 

 collected and compiled data on U.S. commercial 

 landings and processed fishery products. The NMFS 

 Fisheries Statistics Division in Silver Spring, MD, managed 

 the collection and compilation of recreational statistics, 

 and tabulated and prepared all data for publication. 

 Sources of other data appearing in this publication are: 

 U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Bureau of Labor 

 Statistics, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. 

 Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 

 of the United Nations. 



PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA 



Data on U.S. commercial and recreational 

 landings, employment, prices, and production of 

 processed products are preliminary for 1993. Final data 

 will be published in other NMFS Current Fishery Statistics 

 publications. 



The Fisheries Statistics Division of NMFS takes this 

 opportunity to thank members of states, industry, and 

 foreign nations who provided the data that made this 

 publication possible. 



Program leaders of the field offices were; 

 Gregory Power (Acting), New England, Middle Atlantic, 

 and Chesapeake; Tony Frank, Great Lakes Fisheries 

 Commission, Great Lakes States; Kenneth Harris, Guy 

 Davenport, Lee Usie, and Margot Hightower for the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States; Patricia J. Donley, 

 California and Hawaii; John K. Bishop, Oregon and 

 Washington; and Patsy Bearden, Alaska. 



DEFINITIONS - (See Glossary) 



As in past issues of this publication, the units of 

 quantity and value are defined as follows: U.S. 

 landings are shown in round weight (except mollusks 

 which are in meat weight), unless otherwise noted; 

 quantities shown for U.S. imports and exports are in 

 product weight, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of the 

 Census, unless otherwise noted; the value of the U.S. 

 domestic commercial catch is exvessel (in the Review 

 Section on important species actual and deflated 

 exvessel prices are shown. The deflated value was 

 computed using the Gross Domestic Products Implicit 

 Price Deflator); the value for U.S. imports is generally 

 the market value in the foreign (exporting) country 

 and, therefore, excludes U.S. import duties, freight 

 charges from the foreign country to the United States, 

 and insurance; the value for exports is generally the 

 value at the U.S. port of export, based on the selling 

 price, including inland freight, insurance, and other 

 charges. Countries and territories shown in the U.S. 

 foreign trade section are established for statistical 

 purposes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States 

 Annotated (Tariff Commission) and reported by the U.S. 

 Bureau of the Census. 



SUGGESTIONS 



The Fisheries Statistics Division wishes to provide 

 the kinds of data sought by users of fishery statistics, 

 and welcomes any comments or suggestions that will 

 improve this publication. 



Address all comments or questions to: 



Fisheries Statistics Division, (F/REl) 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 1335 East-West Highway 

 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 

 PHONE: 301-713-2328 



Members of the Fisheries Statistics Division in 

 Silver Spring, who helped with this publication were: 

 Paul Anninos, Karen Brown, Amy Buss, Gerry Butler, 

 Edward Dickens, Josanne Fabian, Ray Glass, Gerry 

 Gray, Deborah Hogans, Mark Holliday, Willie Mae 

 Holloway, Steven Koplin, Debbie Mari<s, Barbara 

 O'Bannon, Maury Osborn, Uz Pritchard, Robert Rosette, 

 Ron Salz, Jim Sargent, Richard Schween, David 

 Sutheriand, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees, and 

 Leila Wise. 



A special thanks to Donald FitzGibbon for his 

 assistance in preparing this publication. 



