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Major Resource Organisms Vertebrates

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The importance of U.S. commercial finfishes in this volume is based on total weight landed of at least 100 million pounds (50,000 tons) per year. Annual landing records reported by the National Marine Fisheries Service, using a 5-year average (1977–1981), include anchovy, Atlantic herring, Gulf menhaden, salmon (pink and red), and tuna (skipjack and vellowfin).

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Iversen, E.S. (1996). Major Resource Organisms Vertebrates. In: Living Marine Resources. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1211-6_3

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