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TABLE 3-1a.  Initial Issuance and Year-end 1996 QS and QS Holders by Mangement Area Area

                        Initial            1996    Net Change      Percent         Initial       1996            Person      Percent
                      Amount of        Year-end     in Total       Change            QS        Year-end             Net       Change
   Area                QS Units        QS Units     QS Units      QS Units         Holders    QS Holders         Change     QS Holders
  -----              ----------       ---------    -----------    --------         -------    -----------       -------    -----------

Southeast     |      66,213,195      65,829,475      -383,720       -0.6      |       708          608             -100       -14.1

W. Yakutat    |      53,043,389      53,028,226       -15,163        0.0      |       449          392              -57       -12.7

C. Gulf       |     110,178,659     109,997,846      -180,813       -0.2      |       637          553              -84       -13.2

W. Gulf       |      35,905,712      35,793,302      -112,410       -0.3      |       229          211              -18        -7.9

Bering Sea    |      18,423,785      18,421,029        -2,756        0.0      |       143          135               -8        -5.6

Aleutians     |      31,103,860      31,103,860             0        0.0      |       134          130               -4        -3.0