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• Contents
  
• National Overview
  
• Feature Articles
  
• Unit 1 - Northeast Demersal Fisheries
  
• Unit 2 - Northeast Pelagic Fisheries
  
• Unit 3 - Atlantic Anadromous Fisheries
  
• Unit 4 - Northeast Invertebrate Fisheries
  
• Unit 5 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Pelagic Fisheries
  
• Unit 6 - Atlantic Shark Fisheries
  
• Unit 7 - Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fisheries
  
• Unit 8 - Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Reef Fish Fisheries
  
• Unit 9 - Southeast Drum and Croaker Fisheries
  
• Unit 10 - Southeast Menhaden Fisheries
  
• Unit 11 - Southeast/Caribbean Invertebrate Fisheries
  
• Unit 12 - Pacific Coast Salmon
  
• Unit 13 - Alaska Salmon
  
• Unit 14 - Pacific Coast and Alaska Pelagic Fisheries
  
• Unit 15 - Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  
• Unit 16 - Western Pacific Invertebrate Fisheries
  
• Unit 17 - Western Pacific Bottomfish and Armorhead Fisheries
  
• Unit 18 - Pacific Highly Migratory Pelagic Fisheries
  
• Unit 19 - Alaska Groundfish Fisheries
  
• Unit 20 - Alaska Shellfish Fisheries
  
• Unit 21 - Nearshore Fisheries
  
• Unit 22 - Marine Mammals of the Alaska Region
  
• Unit 23 - Marine Mammals of the Pacific Region including Hawaii
  
• Unit 24 - Marine Mammals of the Atlantic Region including the Gulf of Mexico
  
• Unit 25 - Sea Turtles
  
• Appendix 1 - Acknowledgements
  
• Appendix 2 - Fishery Management Councils and Fishery Management Plans
  
• Appendix 3 - Principal Facilities of NOAA Fisherieis
  
• Appendix 4 - Stock Assessment Principles and Terms
  
• Appendix 5 - Common and Scientific Names of Species
  
• Appendix 6 - Acronyms and Abbreviations