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          Table IV.C-v1a.  Fishing operations that DID NOT receive initial sablefish QS
                           allocations: Estimated number of vessel owners, and 1991-1994
                           sablefish harvest by management area.
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          FISHERY: Sablefish

                                                                                  Pct. of
                                       Vessel        Total         Average        Fishery
            Area          Year         Owners        Catch          Catch          Catch
          ----------     --------     --------      --------       --------       --------
          Southeast       1991          132         1,061,055         8,038          9.8
                          1992          172         1,939,319        11,275         18.2
                          1993          119         2,886,841        24,259         22.8
                          1994          187         3,128,398        16,729         22.3
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                         All Years      339         9,015,613        26,595         18.7


          West Yakutat    1991           84         1,969,214        23,443         19.2
                          1992          126         2,993,927        23,761         30.1
                          1993           98         2,858,527        29,169         31.5
                          1994          131         4,331,363        33,064         37.2
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                         All Years      282        12,153,031        43,096         29.7


          Central Gulf    1991          158         3,400,320        21,521         16.7
                          1992          277         5,060,824        18,270         27.9
                          1993          238         7,191,454        30,216         35.3
                          1994          308         5,376,726        17,457         36.2
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                         All Years      559        21,029,324        37,620         28.5


          Western Gulf    1991           52           852,883        16,402         23.2
                          1992           54         1,164,837        21,571         21.9
                          1993           17           388,441        22,849         25.2
                          1994           15           381,716        25,448         63.8
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                         All Years      108         2,787,877        25,814         25.0


          Aleutian Is.    1991           21           732,004        34,857         17.3
                          1992           18         1,264,621        70,257         40.2
                          1993           21         1,695,564        80,741         39.8
                          1994           28         1,121,071        40,038         36.5
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                         All Years       66         4,813,260        72,928         32.7


          Bering Sea      1991           56           569,301        10,166         30.3
                          1992           57           620,060        10,878         49.6
                          1993           44           583,304        13,257         40.6
                          1994           34           181,923         5,351         29.5
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                         All Years      133         1,954,588        14,696         37.7