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PREFACE
FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1992
Current Fisheries Statistics No. 9200
This publication is a preliminary report for 1992 on
commercial and recreational fisheries of the United States with
catches in both the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and
international waters. This annual report provides timely answers
to frequently asked 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 field offices compiled data on the foreign catch from
reports submitted by designated foreign officials. 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, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations and the countries fishing in the U.S. EEZ.
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA
Data on U.S. commercial and recreational landings,
employment, prices, and production of processed products are
preliminary for 1992. 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: Ronnee
Schultz,
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 - (Also 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 (mollusk shells excluded), 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 (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
any comments or suggestions that will improve this publication.
Address all comments or questions to:
Fisheries Statistics Division, (F/RE1)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
1335 East-West Highway, Room 8313
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-2328
Members of the Fisheries Statistics Division in Silver
Spring, who helped with this publication were: Paul Anninos, Amy
Buss, Gerry Butler, Edward Dickens, Josanne Fabian, Ray Glass,
Gerry Gray, Deborah Hogans, Mark Holliday, Willie Mae Holloway,
Steven Koplin, Debbie Marks, Barbara O'Bannon, Maury Osborn,
Robert Rosette, Ron Salz, James Sargent, Richard Schween, David
Sutherland, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees, Lelia Wise, and
John Witzig.
A special thanks to Donald FitzGibbon for his assistance
in
preparing this publication.
THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE ORDERED IN BOOK FORM FROM
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE BY CALLING
(202) 783-3238
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