A Summary of Productive Foreign Fishing Locations in the Alaska Region during 1977-78: Trawl Fisheries

摘要

Data resulting from U.S. observer coverage of foreign fishing activities in the Alaska region during 1977 and 1978 were summarized in ways intended to enhance the transfer of information to the U.S. fishing industry. Records from 3,714 independent stern trawler operations were available, resulting from coverage of about 10% of the total foreign fishing effort. The most productive foreign fishing locations are described for seven principal target fish 'species,' in seven important geographical regions.