SUMMARY OF U.S. OBSERVER SAMPLING OF FOREIGN AND JOINT VENTURE FISHERIES IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN AND EASTERN BERING SEA, 1989

This report summarizes the 1989 foreign and joint venture groundfish activities in the eastern Bering Sea and off the Washington-Oregon-California coast. Tables contained herein provide estimates of the foreign and joint venture groundfish catches. Estimates of the rockfiih and flatfish catches are shown by species group and also by species. Estimates are made of the catches and average weights of Pacific salmon (Oncorhvnchus spp.), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolenis), snow (Tanner) crab (Chionoecetes spp.), and king crab (Lithodes and Paralithodes spp.).