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Fisheries of the United States - 2004
This publication is a preliminary report for 2004 on commercial and recreational fisheries of the United States with landings from the U.S. territorial seas, the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and on the high seas. This annual report provides timely answers to frequently asked questions.
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SOURCES OF DATA
Information in this report came from many sources. Field offices of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with the generous cooperation of the coastal 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, in cooperation with various States and Interstate Fisheries Commissions, and tabulated and prepared all data for publication. Sources of other data appearing in this publication are: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA
Data on U.S. commercial landings, employment, prices, production of processed products, and recreational catches are preliminary for 2004. Final data will be published in other NMFS Current Fishery Statistics publications.
The Fisheries Statistics Division of NMFS takes this opportunity to thank states, industry, and foreign nations who provided the data that made this publication possible. Program leaders of the field offices were: Gregory Power for the New England, Middle Atlantic, and Chesapeake; Scott Nelson, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes States; David Gloeckner, Guy Davenport, and Maggie Williams for the South Atlantic and Gulf States; Patricia J. Donley, California; David Hamm, Hawaii and Pacific Islands; David Sutherland, Oregon and Washington; and Robert Ryznar and Camille Ruse of the Alaska Fisheries Information Network for Alaska.
NOTES
The time series of U.S. catch by species and distance from shore included in this year’s “Fisheries of the U.S.” is estimated by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
As in past issues of this publication, the units of quantity and value are defined as follows unless otherwise noted: U.S. landings are shown in round weight (except mollusks which are in meat weight); quantities shown for U.S. imports and exports are in product weight, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of the Census; the value of the U.S. domestic commercial landings is exvessel; in the Review Section on important species, deflated exvessel prices are shown. The deflated value was computed using the Gross Domestic Products Implicit Price Deflator using a base year 2000; 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 and insurance from the foreign country to the United States; 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 (International Trade 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 comments or suggestions that will improve this publication.
Address all comments or questions to:
Fisheries Statistics Division, (F/ST1)National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
1315 East-West Highway - Rm. 12340
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
PHONE: 301-713-2328 / FAX: 301-713-4137
HOMEPAGE: http://www.st.nmfs.gov/commercial/
Members of the Office of Science and Technology in Silver Spring who helped with this publication were: Rob Andrews, Daryl Bullock, Tina Chang, Lauren Dolinger Few, Josanne Fabian, Brad Gentner, Tim Haverland, Steven Koplin, Jaya Neti, Elizabeth Pritchard, Ronald Salz, Tom Sminkey, David Sutherland, Glen Taylor, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees, Kristy Wallmo, Lelia Wise, and Patty Zielinski.
The entire publication is available for download or you may view individual chapters:
- Cover, Preface, Table of Contents, and Review
U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS- Species
- Disposition
- Regions and States
- Ports
- Catch by species and distance from shore
- U.S. Landings for Territorial Possessions
- U.S. Aquaculture Estimated Production
- Top 10 Recreational and Commercial Species
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES- Review
- Harvest by species
- Harvest by mode of fishing and species group
- Havest by distance-from-shore and species group
- Harvest and total live releases by species group
- Finfish harvest and releases by state
- Number of anglers and trips by state
WORLD FISHERIES- World Aquaculture & Commercial Catches
- Countries, Continents & Oceans
- Species groups & Disposition
- Imports and exports, by leading countries
U.S. PRODUCTION OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS- Review
- Value
- Fish sticks, fish portions, and breaded shrimp
- Fillets and steaks
- Canned
- Industrial
FOREIGN TRADE- Review
- U.S. IMPORTS:
- Principal items
- Edible and nonedible
- Continent and country
- Groundfish fillets and steaks, species & Blocks
- Canned tuna and quota
- Shrimp, country of origin
- Shrimp, by product type
- Industrial
- U.S. EXPORTS:
- Principal items
- Edible and nonedible
- Continent and country
- Shrimp and Lobster
- Salmon and Surimi
- Crab
- Industrial
U.S. SUPPLY- Edible and nonedible
- Finfish and shellfish
- Blocks, fillets and steaks
- Tuna, fresh and frozen
- Canned sardines, salmon, tuna
- Crab, king, snow, crabmeat
- Lobster
- Clams, oysters, scallops
- Shrimp
- Industrial
PER CAPITA- Review
- U.S. consumption
- Consumption by product
- World consumption-by region and country
- U.S. use
VALUE ADDED- FAQ Sheet for the Value Added Table
INDUSTRY INFORMATION- INDEX OF EXVESSEL PRICES
- Review
- PROCESSORS AND WHOLESALERS
- Processors and wholesalers: plants and employment
- FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION
GENERAL INFORMATION- MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT (MSFCMA)
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- Optimum yield, U.S. capacity, reserve, and allocations
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