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Species Main fishing nations Status*
Northwest Atlantic (FAO Statistical Area 21):
Atlantic herring Canada, United States of America U–F–R
Atlantic menhaden United States of America F
Atlantic mackerel Canada, United States of America F
Capelin Canada F
Western Central Atlantic (FAO Statistical Area 31):
Atlantic menhaden United States of America F
Atlantic thread mackerel United States of America, Cuba Unknown
Gulf menhaden United States of America F
Round sardinell Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) M/F
Southwest Atlantic (FAO Statistical Area 41):
Argentine hake Argentina, Uruguay O–D
Patagoian grenadier Argentina, Falkland Islands ((Malvinas) M
Southern blue whiting Argentina, Chile F–O
Southern hake Argentina F
Argentine anchovy Argentina U–M
Brazilian sardinella Brazil O
Argentine shortfin squid Argentina F
Northeast Pacific (FAO Statistical Area 67):
Alaska pollock United States of America F
Pacific herring United States of America, Canada M–O
Eastern Central Pacific (FAO Statistical Area 77):
California pilchard Mexico, United States of America M–F
California anchovy United States of America, Mexico M–F
Pacific anchoveta Panama M–F
Pacific thread herring Panama M–F
Chub mackerel Mexico, United States of America M
Pacific jack mackerel United States of America U
Jumbo flying squid Mexico M–F
Southeast Pacific (FAO Statistical Area 87):
Anchoveta Peru, Chile R–O
Araucanian herring Chile F–O
Pacific thread herring Ecuador F
South American pilchard Chile, Peru, Ecuador F–O
Chilean jack mackerel Chile, Peru F–O
Chub mackerel Chile, Peru M–F
Jumbo flying squid Peru, Chile, Mexico M
*Status: U – underexploited, M – moderately exploited, F – fully exploited, O – overexploited, D – depleted, R- recovering.
Source: FAO (2005)
TABLE 7
Status of exploitation of major pelagic fish stocks in the Americas