NOAA Technical Memorandum
NMFS-AFSC-54
Economic status of the groundfish fisheries off Alaska, 1993
Abstract
The North Pacific groundfish fishery in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has changed from primarily a foreign fishery up to 1984, to one where joint venture fisheries were dominant during 1986-88, and most recently, to one where the wholly domestic fishery accounts for all of the catch. Foreign fishing was terminated in 1987. Joint venture fisheries, in which the domestic fleet delivers its catch directly to foreign at-sea processors, peaked in 1987 at 1.39 million metric tons (t) and ended in 1990. It has been a wholly domestic groundfish fishery since 1991. That is, all the catch has been taken by domestic fishing vessels for delivery to domestic processors. Catch in the domestic groundfish fishery in 1993 totaled 2.15 million t, down 5.8% from 1992.
This report presents the groundfish catch off Alaska and ex-vessel value by area, species, gear, residency of vessel owners, and mode of operation. The U.S. groundfish fleet in the North Pacific is also summarized by area, gear utilized, vessel length, residency of vessel owners, and mode of operation. Lastly, the trends in North Pacific groundfish exports, U.S. groundfish imports, prices of competing products, consumption, foreign exchange rates, and holdings are reviewed. With the exception of the exports, Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) is not included in this report because for management purposes halibut is not part of the groundfish complex.
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