FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1993 This publication is a preliminary report for 1993 on commercial and recreational fisheries of the United States with catches in both the U.S. and foreign Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). 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 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. 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/RE1) 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 Marks, Barbara O'Bannon, Maury Osborn, Liz Pritchard, Robert Rosette, Ron Salz, Jim Sargent, Richard Schween, David Sutherland, William Uttley, David Van Voorhees, and Lelia Wise. A special thanks to Donald FitzGibbon for his assistance in preparing this publication. |