You Asked For the Following: Year : From: 1981 To: 2001 Wave : ANNUAL Geographic Area: NORTH ATLANTIC Fishing Mode : ALL MODES COMBINED Fishing Area : ALL AREAS COMBINED Type of Catch : TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2) Information : NUMBERS OF FISH WEIGHT OF FISH ( POUNDS) Year: 1981 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 8706652"," 14.2"," 29632454"," 21.7" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 390933"," 26.3"," 1085183"," 37.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 7086"," 43.7"," 481167"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 153333"," 24.9"," 84954"," 45.7" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 15453"," 87.8"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 4280392"," 18.2"," 15182205"," 21.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 337352"," 31.7"," 441753"," 31.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 2202597"," 12.3"," 1632511"," 18.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 82987"," 26.1"," 146632"," 33" " DRUMS"," ATLANTIC CROAKER"," 246"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," RED DRUM"," 1334"," 100"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 46025"," 30.6"," 281166"," 33.1" " EELS"," EELS"," 91216"," 27.3"," 4370"," 65.5" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 309804"," 32.8"," 1922519"," 2.4" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 351500"," 22.6"," 389119"," 34.4" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 7740027"," 12.2"," 6751292"," 14.5" " GRUNTS"," WHITE GRUNT"," 334"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 286960"," 33.8"," 142097"," 34.9" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 570430"," 30.1"," 1406321"," 33.3" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 738"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 4953838"," 12.4"," 2586115"," 15" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 16641"," 63.8"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 697200"," 66.9"," 21347"," 31.8" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 227669"," 26.1"," 143460"," 15.1" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 175297"," 43.9"," 13422"," 42.2" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 783739"," 19.6"," 20836"," 53.8" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 67119"," 23.2"," 214660"," 27.8" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 212093"," 36.6"," 52802"," 0" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 3422"," 62"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2129172"," 21.6"," 1910868"," 22.3" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 336725"," 21.1"," 2434707"," 27.2" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 4277"," 100"," 0"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 1204845"," 13.9"," 110005"," 26.1" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 594479"," 24.2"," 1698029"," 26.1" Year: 1982 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 10095756"," 11.6"," 41225661"," 18.5" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 395342"," 23.2"," 123768"," 29" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 45027"," 42.7"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 147274"," 18.8"," 6182"," 0" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 31009"," 57.8"," 44599"," 62.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2813194"," 21.5"," 12464052"," 25.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 814561"," 51.9"," 1230899"," 37.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 1501501"," 17.3"," 1756515"," 24.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 9102"," 39"," 5961"," 48.3" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 7392"," 98.4"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 30383"," 49.1"," 154609"," 49.6" " EELS"," EELS"," 177383"," 30.9"," 144243"," 20" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 2090864"," 18.2"," 718640"," 48.5" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1787522"," 13.3"," 2310103"," 16.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 11531495"," 28.3"," 11864868"," 37.1" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 629240"," 38.2"," 201324"," 57.8" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 15732"," 42.1"," 41290"," 122" " MULLETS"," MULLETS"," 607"," 100.1"," 1874"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 1481483"," 44.7"," 651384"," 78" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 44726"," 65.5"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 5200092"," 12.1"," 4280592"," 13.7" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 6358"," 52.2"," 935"," 58.8" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 884004"," 23.1"," 376865"," 51.5" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 320725"," 20.6"," 319469"," 26.1" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 58854"," 82.6"," 24204"," 89.9" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 2132977"," 27"," 31259"," 12" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," OTHER TEMPERATE BASSES"," 1297"," 74.3"," 4861"," 75.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 789566"," 50.7"," 2133588"," 51.8" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 7401"," 39.1"," 185"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 688696"," 32.7"," 844040"," 30.7" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 1094"," 100"," 6030"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 4387"," 75"," 0"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 1456241"," 18.7"," 122992"," 33" " WRASSES"," OTHER WRASSES"," 1846"," 100"," 0"," 0" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1545446"," 13.5"," 4615405"," 14.9" Year: 1983 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 7189516"," 17.7"," 33987743"," 22" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 93459"," 21.2"," 52681"," 53.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 10474"," 37"," 1378"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 285611"," 47.9"," 4588"," 84.4" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 27960"," 58.2"," 38453"," 57.2" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 6896"," 39.2"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 3074499"," 12.9"," 13111510"," 21.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 271132"," 14.1"," 535447"," 21.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 970791"," 18.4"," 1279836"," 44.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 71"," 100.6"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 83703"," 52.2"," 624232"," 57.3" " EELS"," EELS"," 74204"," 30.4"," 108217"," 53.5" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 989907"," 25.5"," 121645"," 16.1" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1240307"," 16.9"," 1322039"," 17.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 5027350"," 9.5"," 3781184"," 11" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 202326"," 32.9"," 164942"," 38.6" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 721284"," 22.9"," 280745"," 15.3" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 87648"," 43"," 262"," 99.6" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 4064032"," 12.9"," 2502433"," 13.9" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 30935"," 54.9"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 521005"," 17.6"," 16762"," 47.3" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 232076"," 19.4"," 293743"," 23.3" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 23389"," 53.1"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 859680"," 18.8"," 15441"," 36.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," OTHER TEMPERATE BASSES"," 684"," 100.1"," 452"," 0" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 135382"," 24.3"," 596148"," 31" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 5378341"," 40.4"," 491390"," 41.6" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 7515"," 49.7"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 1349"," 100"," 2974"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 952753"," 13.6"," 1092567"," 18.5" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 25086"," 100"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 255763"," 47.3"," 4981951"," 47.5" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 996928"," 21"," 61923"," 29.1" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1358021"," 11.9"," 2911439"," 13.9" Year: 1984 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 5485149"," 9.9"," 18984886"," 13.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 271142"," 19.8"," 439262"," 33.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 29794"," 29.6"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 327610"," 16.9"," 15617"," 43.7" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 402"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1513830"," 8.5"," 5424670"," 12.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 572516"," 20.4"," 1266139"," 25" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 507367"," 22.2"," 252164"," 27.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 13294"," 25.2"," 12355"," 31.4" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 5287"," 67.7"," 3871"," 71.4" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 9012"," 64.6"," 27630"," 68" " EELS"," EELS"," 98723"," 17.7"," 143037"," 25.1" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 948955"," 22.9"," 242087"," 23.3" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1003173"," 12.8"," 900112"," 15.7" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 4854162"," 9.5"," 5012240"," 11.3" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 162992"," 34"," 95951"," 28.6" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 503256"," 23.1"," 122831"," 19.6" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 44401"," 95.4"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 2846394"," 12.3"," 1185440"," 16.4" " PORGIES"," SHEEPSHEAD"," 146"," 100.3"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 566106"," 13.5"," 21742"," 47.5" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 129308"," 21.7"," 66059"," 30.8" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 2047"," 100"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 341542"," 18.1"," 8911"," 43.7" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 226992"," 36.6"," 138281"," 50.1" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 7185"," 48"," 4400"," 49" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 7548"," 65.9"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 2528"," 72.5"," 9043"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 1437354"," 16.4"," 1726182"," 16.8" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 28033"," 28.3"," 195436"," 41.9" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 1266485"," 12.1"," 55712"," 20.6" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1370693"," 11"," 3277409"," 15.7" Year: 1985 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 5708546"," 13.2"," 17205430"," 21.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 881079"," 62"," 33437"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 15761"," 43.8"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 858369"," 24.4"," 69626"," 21.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 3703236"," 35.6"," 22524921"," 57.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 922972"," 29.4"," 407670"," 29.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 1483535"," 35.4"," 500495"," 32.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 424"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 19967"," 55.5"," 149152"," 56.6" " EELS"," EELS"," 783412"," 64.8"," 184055"," 58.9" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 1081454"," 21.9"," 23867"," 57.4" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 430255"," 31"," 743735"," 34.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 6953494"," 12.4"," 6607643"," 15.1" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 286550"," 29"," 189170"," 37.8" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 1123851"," 37.8"," 281034"," 42.4" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 7952624"," 14.5"," 3243399"," 19.1" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 30081"," 93.3"," 1325"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 394837"," 16.2"," 1413"," 64.7" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 122354"," 28.9"," 47520"," 37.1" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 683"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 575271"," 19"," 58770"," 84.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 255020"," 28.2"," 406883"," 53.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 47427"," 64"," 21803"," 88.2" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 31102"," 58.8"," 483"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 5185129"," 38.9"," 4197164"," 31.3" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 29566"," 38"," 1417694"," 30.4" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 1710184"," 28.7"," 32844"," 25.7" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 492978"," 14.6"," 1076610"," 16.3" Year: 1986 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 8437488"," 7.3"," 38717708"," 9.4" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 424914"," 17.1"," 153729"," 38" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 31562"," 34.7"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 448619"," 19.2"," 4698"," 28.9" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 817"," 100"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1417059"," 13.4"," 7236763"," 33.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 456208"," 41.3"," 28744"," 27" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 511961"," 20.6"," 308688"," 54.2" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 55337"," 96.6"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 11910"," 53.9"," 102424"," 54.5" " EELS"," EELS"," 40219"," 24.7"," 19184"," 31.5" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 40884"," 31.6"," 13281"," 57" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 4072262"," 15.5"," 5880140"," 18.8" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 4702244"," 19.6"," 4038788"," 19.1" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 607740"," 48.6"," 226520"," 40.3" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 264217"," 48.1"," 11568"," 0" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 12528"," 72.8"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 19453543"," 10.3"," 7524807"," 12.7" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 4331"," 71.4"," 412"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 260427"," 17.6"," 0"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 874386"," 14.5"," 639158"," 22" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 847607"," 21.2"," 9107"," 31.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 493671"," 35.3"," 418312"," 30.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 3371"," 100"," 0"," 0" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 202"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 3095"," 100"," 6823"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 1551756"," 22.8"," 2128235"," 32.5" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 240516"," 40.8"," 3681486"," 26.6" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 1159632"," 16.9"," 78153"," 42.5" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 3457406"," 11.1"," 10743514"," 13.9" Year: 1987 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 6540999"," 8.2"," 20929886"," 10.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 373936"," 15.1"," 182422"," 63.5" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 27368"," 55.4"," 8263"," 60.7" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 740846"," 31"," 10172"," 40.1" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 13440"," 57.2"," 26667"," 57.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2906424"," 17.2"," 8135439"," 19.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 221381"," 19.5"," 624693"," 22.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 659098"," 22.8"," 202340"," 27.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 923"," 68.9"," 1759"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 777"," 58.6"," 4286"," 78.7" " EELS"," EELS"," 9176"," 36.6"," 1598"," 49.9" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 35811"," 36.8"," 4722"," 41.4" " FLOUNDERS"," SOUTHERN FLOUNDER"," 1447"," 72.7"," 1596"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 944930"," 12.9"," 1337537"," 19.7" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 4979956"," 12.2"," 5662610"," 14.8" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 1137144"," 22.1"," 310203"," 24.3" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 702456"," 47.1"," 167843"," 15.2" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 9277638"," 10.7"," 4853456"," 16.6" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1316"," 100"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 62730"," 23.3"," 2222"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 345623"," 26.2"," 141116"," 39" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 190978"," 34.2"," 6060"," 75.7" " SNAPPERS"," OTHER SNAPPERS"," 5730"," 100"," 0"," 0" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 268303"," 17.2"," 355547"," 31" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 12786"," 50.7"," 8457"," 50.7" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 21787"," 64.8"," 4358"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2990545"," 20"," 2623346"," 22.8" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 1382"," 95.3"," 712"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 122811"," 17"," 6069270"," 24.1" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 384426"," 31.2"," 126487"," 74.6" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1312174"," 13.9"," 3365403"," 16.6" Year: 1988 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BARRACUDAS"," BARRACUDAS"," 1149"," 100"," 0"," 0" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2311116"," 6.2"," 11725507"," 7.5" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 671824"," 12.9"," 799057"," 21.9" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 43410"," 51.3"," 141174"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 397348"," 11.9"," 20531"," 50.3" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 3447"," 60.6"," 6839"," 63.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2151450"," 18.7"," 8186101"," 19.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 490872"," 29"," 333929"," 26.3" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 1242453"," 48.4"," 313748"," 23.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 16499"," 23.8"," 19378"," 26.5" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 340"," 53.8"," 1142"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 634"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 31581"," 17.6"," 19231"," 24.2" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 290665"," 17.5"," 62794"," 22.9" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 577483"," 11.2"," 711682"," 11.6" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 2932109"," 12.5"," 3242934"," 16.6" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 319914"," 15.4"," 258154"," 22.9" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 2360"," 79.1"," 520"," 79.1" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 447348"," 22"," 132607"," 37.9" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 5598259"," 8.2"," 3383373"," 10.8" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1480"," 65.6"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 11086"," 27.9"," 9"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 257546"," 20.5"," 244900"," 28.1" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 475456"," 21.3"," 23633"," 17" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 299334"," 12.5"," 590581"," 20" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 42543"," 37"," 2568"," 91.2" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 1496"," 60.1"," 419"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 705"," 74.1"," 778"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 4890446"," 22.1"," 5668534"," 20.6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 60834"," 24.9"," 276181"," 24.2" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 666188"," 12.1"," 81905"," 37.8" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1485146"," 10.9"," 3478224"," 18" Year: 1989 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2931177"," 9.3"," 11332092"," 9.9" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 416271"," 14.9"," 1077699"," 42.5" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 39414"," 43.4"," 331517"," 21.7" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 558150"," 19.5"," 54484"," 13.1" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 25503"," 50.5"," 60574"," 82.2" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1997933"," 9.8"," 5155439"," 11.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 167388"," 50.8"," 295039"," 45.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 531496"," 19.5"," 399676"," 22" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 10404"," 49.1"," 5904"," 49.5" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 1488"," 73.6"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 754"," 100"," 1329"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 54117"," 19.4"," 52361"," 21.6" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 222567"," 27.3"," 13940"," 19.8" " FLOUNDERS"," SOUTHERN FLOUNDER"," 552"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 179119"," 12.2"," 315727"," 17" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 3834851"," 24.8"," 3179701"," 18" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 387097"," 17"," 205996"," 29.3" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 325"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 763503"," 48"," 70316"," 26.3" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 13671"," 100"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 6507426"," 8.5"," 3564307"," 11.2" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1677"," 58.2"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 270729"," 18.8"," 754"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 141059"," 15.3"," 97787"," 20.4" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 199712"," 25.5"," 12582"," 22.3" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 401156"," 9.9"," 470481"," 22.5" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 256974"," 46.3"," 146705"," 59.7" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 1604"," 54.7"," 985"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 1445"," 53.9"," 2533"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2925682"," 10.3"," 2443986"," 12.4" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 23786"," 24.2"," 1337048"," 23.6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 320"," 99.9"," 847"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 837702"," 10.1"," 57042"," 25.4" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 869559"," 8.9"," 2413047"," 11.4" Year: 1990 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2865746"," 6.8"," 10487146"," 9.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 194465"," 14.2"," 38558"," 44.8" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 25921"," 40"," 9650"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 548808"," 13.4"," 10139"," 40.7" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 4678"," 36.9"," 3995"," 34.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2102735"," 10.5"," 6790371"," 17" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 47079"," 20.7"," 77547"," 47.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 334926"," 19.7"," 324938"," 41" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 25703"," 38.1"," 25644"," 37.6" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 1356"," 94.2"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 714"," 100"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," SILVER PERCH"," 21610"," 100"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 407"," 62.6"," 897"," 63" " EELS"," EELS"," 24635"," 20"," 7002"," 42.6" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 104312"," 20.9"," 14575"," 29.7" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 213341"," 12.7"," 234849"," 21.3" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 1815943"," 11.2"," 1651029"," 14.2" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 370238"," 15.3"," 90252"," 26.1" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 1046"," 59.7"," 0"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 862011"," 25.9"," 42011"," 17.4" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 24379"," 100"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 4178190"," 8.2"," 1745638"," 13.5" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 3280"," 68.5"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 122316"," 23.4"," 796"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 58134"," 19.1"," 46513"," 24.2" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 332557"," 14.2"," 2734"," 34.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 559372"," 9.6"," 657297"," 24.3" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 71098"," 35.1"," 40853"," 38.7" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 998"," 71.9"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 539"," 59.4"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2584944"," 11.4"," 2638232"," 13.6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 40"," 100.8"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 29060"," 15.9"," 2430439"," 73.5" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 403"," 85.3"," 0"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 498077"," 11.3"," 31003"," 22.7" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 624921"," 7.8"," 1484906"," 10.9" Year: 1991 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BARRACUDAS"," BARRACUDAS"," 788"," 100.1"," 86"," 101.1" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 4844826"," 6.6"," 12199011"," 7.6" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 258751"," 16.4"," 22968"," 46.9" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 47680"," 26.9"," 164435"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 547416"," 27.4"," 14449"," 39.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2171247"," 13.3"," 8844064"," 17.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 57596"," 21.4"," 49070"," 54.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 429503"," 36.8"," 173043"," 27.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 5485"," 60.9"," 0"," 0" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 1989"," 58.1"," 8486"," 0" " DRUMS"," OTHER DRUM"," 1136"," 100"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 20803"," 37.8"," 0"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 61903"," 33.4"," 48988"," 32.1" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 51746"," 19.9"," 11673"," 31.7" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 277798"," 9.7"," 355759"," 14.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 848747"," 10.6"," 768901"," 12.9" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 501828"," 17.6"," 197678"," 25.4" " JACKS"," CREVALLE JACK"," 397"," 100.1"," 2189"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 170772"," 16.9"," 118764"," 25.4" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 10031726"," 6.4"," 5003274"," 7.7" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 53747"," 32.6"," 216"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 87615"," 22.3"," 62584"," 41.8" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 333181"," 17.3"," 2233"," 32.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 901672"," 15.7"," 1127545"," 17.1" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 24187"," 30.6"," 31493"," 5.4" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 193"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 1682"," 40.1"," 2650"," 53" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 3286786"," 16.4"," 3576216"," 16.9" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," KING MACKEREL"," 938"," 70.8"," 2167"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 10882"," 32.6"," 44121"," 41. 2" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 35685"," 19.1"," 222863"," 24.2" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 12181"," 31.1"," 43536"," 34.1" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 631638"," 10.9"," 74180"," 24.1" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 976519"," 9"," 2458643"," 11.2" Year: 1992 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 3079890"," 6.4"," 8414354"," 7.5" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 291147"," 10.6"," 272541"," 20.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 10106"," 27"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 465433"," 15.4"," 15514"," 43" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 26029"," 62.4"," 62350"," 68.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 730861"," 11.7"," 1905663"," 18.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 26461"," 52.4"," 20097"," 36.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 160795"," 15.9"," 95598"," 33.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 2847"," 43.7"," 3732"," 67.6" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 111"," 100.4"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 719"," 100"," 1109"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 10156"," 64.6"," 21065"," 110.1" " EELS"," EELS"," 26776"," 29.8"," 11402"," 58.9" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 52967"," 18.7"," 8710"," 30.6" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 429643"," 9.1"," 430300"," 12.5" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 413313"," 9.6"," 430228"," 12.1" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 1244221"," 34.7"," 1092772"," 36.2" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 1041752"," 35.4"," 117064"," 16" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 5392391"," 7.6"," 2300165"," 9.9" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 126"," 100.2"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 37916"," 23.8"," 946"," 53.8" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 39807"," 12.7"," 30013"," 18.4" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 91"," 100.4"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 374684"," 11.2"," 26422"," 23.8" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 1341024"," 8.1"," 1523806"," 17.6" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 7455"," 48.6"," 359"," 99.8" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 1542"," 70.8"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 840"," 86.3"," 269"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 786633"," 11.4"," 530116"," 13.7" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 2622"," 40.2"," 16616"," 44.5 " " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 25131"," 20.3"," 434165"," 5.1" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 586"," 100"," 0"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 473548"," 12.8"," 29912"," 29.7" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 1240763"," 10"," 3373836"," 13.7" Year: 1993 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2425258"," 4.8"," 9209209"," 6.2" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 283324"," 12.9"," 130594"," 38" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 37373"," 21.3"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 502491"," 10.3"," 14561"," 42.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2270180"," 11.3"," 5190241"," 17.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 45347"," 32.6"," 2125"," 25.3" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 360522"," 16"," 106846"," 21.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 2670"," 53.8"," 1413"," 100" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 17679"," 28.8"," 142896"," 21.3" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 2460"," 42.6"," 6510"," 59.5" " EELS"," EELS"," 58551"," 37.4"," 31676"," 48.1" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 145873"," 20.8"," 17853"," 31.6" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 550571"," 8.8"," 551979"," 11.3" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 651413"," 8.6"," 559247"," 12" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 535636"," 14.3"," 259060"," 16.7" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 149"," 99.8"," 295"," 0" " MULLETS"," MULLETS"," 45157"," 98.5"," 2615"," 100" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 2428434"," 16.5"," 230976"," 24.4" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 4337035"," 7.6"," 2274501"," 12.6" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1006"," 70.7"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 697387"," 30.9"," 1614"," 46.9" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 66757"," 13.6"," 48980"," 15.9" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 225745"," 15.7"," 5130"," 22.4" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 1691661"," 9.4"," 1846013"," 9.7" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 13242"," 40.6"," 295"," 0" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 2381"," 66.4"," 123"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 1067"," 42.4"," 937"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2161066"," 10.1"," 1255454"," 12.3" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 14617"," 33.7"," 98387"," 40. 6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 89927"," 10.6"," 581503"," 16" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 772"," 61.7"," 580"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 606487"," 13.3"," 53431"," 33.4" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 718476"," 8"," 1673355"," 10.3" Year: 1994 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2219557"," 6.1"," 7996479"," 7.7" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 185788"," 15.3"," 25346"," 22.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 34230"," 32.5"," 467834"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 536376"," 10.5"," 17068"," 37.3" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 19099"," 64.4"," 5589"," 100" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1749369"," 8.3"," 4082855"," 25.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 53250"," 40.1"," 15525"," 27" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 854196"," 20.4"," 547497"," 59.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 6365"," 61.4"," 1027"," 93.9" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 1086"," 54"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 2519"," 80.2"," 1065"," 100.1" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 1013"," 100"," 0"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 37747"," 35.9"," 19400"," 52.5" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 67323"," 32.8"," 5271"," 36.6" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1018966"," 7.2"," 980331"," 9.3" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 485523"," 8.9"," 392584"," 11.8" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 224870"," 21"," 22209"," 37.7" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 6205608"," 32.2"," 122827"," 16.7" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 2430543"," 7.4"," 1542437"," 16.3" " PORGIES"," SHEEPSHEAD"," 236"," 99.9"," 183"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 135295"," 23.4"," 7110"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 32543"," 38.3"," 36823"," 53.3" " SEA BASSES"," EPINEPHELUS GROUPERS"," 816"," 100"," 0"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 445"," 72"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 280950"," 19.1"," 4376"," 36" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 3242850"," 6.9"," 2284164"," 10.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 7181"," 42.4"," 37"," 0" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 317"," 88.5"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 2842"," 59.5"," 1728"," 77.9 " " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 4690248"," 12.1"," 3674572"," 16" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 7914"," 54.2"," 85195"," 54.2 " " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 55087"," 12.8"," 332458"," 11.6" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 561080"," 12.9"," 123817"," 30.9" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 729163"," 9.8"," 1119295"," 14.3" Year: 1995 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 1997239"," 5.5"," 6149496"," 8.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 188862"," 13.7"," 44738"," 47" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 36451"," 22.1"," 135951"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 422022"," 17.5"," 21175"," 90.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1777830"," 13.6"," 3540691"," 18.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 252380"," 33"," 465378"," 48" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 805038"," 28.5"," 533507"," 50.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 4010"," 56.5"," 2273"," 0" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 10938"," 59.3"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 8552"," 88.1"," 3781"," 100" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 1667"," 93.5"," 0"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 11407"," 38.9"," 225"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 37315"," 19.9"," 2271"," 30.6" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 714905"," 8.1"," 749798"," 10.1" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 491226"," 15.2"," 414271"," 23.9" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 201259"," 15.7"," 59522"," 26.5" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 2234285"," 44.1"," 114503"," 19.6" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 912"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 2637040"," 8.5"," 1037352"," 15" " PORGIES"," SHEEPSHEAD"," 12992"," 98.6"," 0"," 0" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 93"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 68022"," 27"," 2928"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 121927"," 12.6"," 62097"," 27" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 421"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 316012"," 11.6"," 355"," 77.7" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 5083729"," 6"," 2726025"," 8.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 284512"," 31.9"," 38073"," 68.8" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 1164"," 67.3"," 1049"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 3072417"," 15"," 1872199"," 16.8" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 14955"," 48"," 21978"," 47.1" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 58363"," 14.8"," 1087743"," 37.9" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 454022"," 15.4"," 40194"," 40" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 592235"," 11.7"," 948933"," 17.8" Year: 1996 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2617004"," 7.2"," 4686016"," 11.2" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 128630"," 13"," 51848"," 30.2" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 29961"," 26.8"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 582301"," 12.2"," 15099"," 34.1" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 12728"," 44.1"," 1649"," 0" " CATFISHES"," SALTWATER CATFISHES"," 608"," 100"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1030860"," 10.8"," 2988606"," 18.6" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 39005"," 18"," 32549"," 22.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 458146"," 18.4"," 733261"," 47" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 10503"," 58.9"," 3433"," 98.5" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 608"," 100"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 1647"," 75.7"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 780"," 52.9"," 0"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 20242"," 25.9"," 6312"," 46.6" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 63282"," 24.4"," 1689"," 41" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1391236"," 7.2"," 1195182"," 9.3" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 407399"," 10.3"," 339537"," 13.7" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 277381"," 28.5"," 170744"," 44.1" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 3000"," 43.4"," 2394"," 69.3" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 1142277"," 37.2"," 52668"," 25.3" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 3425709"," 9.7"," 1583602"," 12.4" " PORGIES"," SHEEPSHEAD"," 2261"," 100"," 0"," 0" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1285"," 100"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 76833"," 24.9"," 3516"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 187638"," 13.9"," 82278"," 21.5" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 285471"," 12.9"," 3545"," 47" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 6754787"," 6.9"," 3305176"," 9.9" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 186155"," 36.7"," 23499"," 59.1" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 3866"," 43.4"," 6279"," 51.9 " " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2850340"," 12.1"," 2576569"," 15" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 5960"," 40.7"," 18702"," 62.8 " " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 36187"," 34.9"," 23684"," 41.3" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 393518"," 14.1"," 5403"," 35.2" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 531169"," 9.7"," 891941"," 15.8" Year: 1997 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2629262"," 5.8"," 4881086"," 8.2" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 158828"," 17.3"," 50997"," 45.6" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 22535"," 27.3"," 16512"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 581167"," 10.6"," 31394"," 0" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 1584"," 75.8"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 966045"," 13.6"," 2550339"," 24.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 111866"," 23.5"," 115744"," 39.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 284267"," 17.1"," 432783"," 34.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 4887"," 36.7"," 944"," 86.8" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 829"," 59.2"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 10351"," 85.9"," 7987"," 86.1" " DRUMS"," SILVER PERCH"," 127"," 99.4"," 265"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 3307"," 46.2"," 1367"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 3625"," 40.5"," 3371"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 71357"," 24.2"," 4301"," 43" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1667629"," 9.5"," 1058281"," 13.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 554325"," 12.9"," 500797"," 15.8" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 552935"," 17.2"," 126685"," 24.2" " JACKS"," CREVALLE JACK"," 1102"," 100"," 0"," 0" " JACKS"," FLORIDA POMPANO"," 551"," 100"," 0"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 1071125"," 30.3"," 124439"," 28.9" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 1948182"," 10.2"," 809209"," 14.4" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 2087"," 89.4"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 27337"," 17.9"," 1470"," 79.3" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 136024"," 15.6"," 67154"," 35.8" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 7245"," 100"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 260410"," 13.5"," 14835"," 45.7" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," OTHER TEMPERATE BASSES"," 1771"," 100"," 0"," 0" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 8819457"," 5.3"," 5132439"," 6.8" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 110362"," 47.7"," 42818"," 61.6" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 929"," 70.7"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 3334"," 76"," 425"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 3681018"," 12.9"," 2636340"," 13.6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 36206"," 27.9"," 31495"," 32. 6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 55394"," 16.6"," 107426"," 19" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 235780"," 19.7"," 18166"," 62.4" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 388922"," 10.6"," 551448"," 14.5" Year: 1998 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 1941082"," 7.5"," 3656660"," 9.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 175591"," 15.7"," 19636"," 46" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 7870"," 28.4"," 89209"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 864073"," 14.9"," 31550"," 67.3" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 20506"," 31"," 13973"," 38.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1127607"," 14.5"," 2945491"," 24.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 86676"," 19.8"," 147532"," 22.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 449508"," 10.4"," 270346"," 41.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 2887"," 37.5"," 3296"," 52.5" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 6157"," 50.9"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," ATLANTIC CROAKER"," 11899"," 59.6"," 1790"," 100" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 21896"," 42"," 3774"," 60.1" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 5082"," 42.6"," 13896"," 65.1" " EELS"," EELS"," 16118"," 25.4"," 1116"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 46568"," 20.3"," 5163"," 56.8" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1788456"," 6.7"," 2010201"," 8.5" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 571444"," 15.8"," 471707"," 21" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 752735"," 16.1"," 142688"," 27.1" " JACKS"," CREVALLE JACK"," 328"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 1149"," 50.7"," 463"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 301802"," 28.4"," 94050"," 26.3" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 1620155"," 11.5"," 587548"," 30.5" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 82907"," 40"," 1409"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 119065"," 13.5"," 38719"," 24.7" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 305391"," 16.6"," 7150"," 76" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," OTHER TEMPERATE BASSES"," 3997"," 61.5"," 0"," 0" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 10119728"," 5.8"," 4928152"," 7.5" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 71898"," 30"," 22893"," 25.4" " TOADFISHES"," TOADFISHES"," 1240"," 61.4"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 2527"," 46.5"," 586"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 2040514"," 12.5"," 1319127"," 20.3" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 17532"," 23.6"," 18164"," 37. 3" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 26517"," 24.7"," 40717"," 23.4" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 362478"," 14.6"," 4052"," 47.6" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 528934"," 22.8"," 644656"," 24.3" Year: 1999 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2929379"," 7.4"," 2510715"," 12" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 160085"," 12.7"," 42"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 37762"," 45.9"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 419452"," 13.1"," 19004"," 65" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 13850"," 32.1"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 957764"," 14.3"," 2599633"," 24" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 57558"," 12.3"," 120598"," 19.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 561784"," 13.5"," 196527"," 26.2" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 2710"," 43.6"," 4070"," 71" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 960"," 52"," 1442"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 12337"," 47.7"," 12238"," 47.1" " EELS"," EELS"," 3792"," 36.5"," 0"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 28116"," 28.8"," 485"," 66.1" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1984009"," 7.8"," 1728018"," 10.9" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 322064"," 11.2"," 252716"," 15.7" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 617321"," 12.8"," 54606"," 35" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 574"," 100"," 64"," 0" " MULLETS"," MULLETS"," 340"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 464751"," 31.8"," 45397"," 47" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 3194892"," 10.1"," 1175861"," 16.7" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 2539"," 61.8"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 20455"," 22.4"," 1475"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 368173"," 20.3"," 63539"," 30.8" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 334143"," 17.1"," 3979"," 62.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 6700521"," 5.8"," 3716393"," 10.1" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 34607"," 40.6"," 5408"," 51.2" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 340"," 100.1"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 3168294"," 10.5"," 2388166"," 14.4" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 60452"," 36"," 69249"," 37.6" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 86277"," 27.6"," 30565"," 63.7" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 438"," 100"," 1303"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 291632"," 23.3"," 7006"," 54.2" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 533420"," 15.9"," 648377"," 23.5" Year: 2000 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 2853107"," 6.9"," 3873859"," 9.3" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 209719"," 15.7"," 5029"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 18472"," 30.1"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 555885"," 9.9"," 869"," 0" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 56575"," 35"," 10981"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 1942093"," 11.9"," 5131606"," 15.5" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 306111"," 12.2"," 477545"," 22.8" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 1075624"," 9.7"," 873842"," 56.1" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 4950"," 46"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," KINGFISHES"," 3996"," 60.2"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 10270"," 47.3"," 37017"," 63" " EELS"," EELS"," 11711"," 46.8"," 0"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 35460"," 22.2"," 0"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 3366828"," 5.2"," 3640068"," 8.7" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 278724"," 12.8"," 158112"," 23.3" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 623790"," 18.4"," 98782"," 29.4" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 3763435"," 49.6"," 40615"," 28.7" " PORGIES"," OTHER PORGIES"," 154590"," 35.6"," 0"," 0" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 6483841"," 6.4"," 3064597"," 9.4" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 46387"," 26.6"," 0"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 1038829"," 12.4"," 456198"," 29.3" " SEA BASSES"," OTHER SEA BASSES"," 2070"," 75.2"," 0"," 0" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 936860"," 10.7"," 13737"," 34.5" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 10398543"," 5.1"," 4635178"," 7.1" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 240398"," 23.6"," 7862"," 55.8" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 4721168"," 9.6"," 3064379"," 17.5" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," KING MACKEREL"," 667"," 100"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 109813"," 25.6"," 5110"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 39777"," 22.1"," 1881284"," 40.1" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 2195"," 76"," 5053"," 0" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 304612"," 20.5"," 49451"," 60.6" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 369480"," 15.9"," 704892"," 20.3" Year: 2001 " SUPERGROUP NAME"," SPECIES NAME"," TOTAL CATCH ( TYPE A + B1 + B2)"," NumPSE"," Weig ht ( TYPE A + B1) ( lbs)"," WlbPSE" " BLUEFISH"," BLUEFISH"," 4785384"," 5.5"," 4357518"," 7.1" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," DOGFISH SHARKS"," 682572"," 10.5"," 8682"," 45.8" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," OTHER SHARKS"," 26791"," 58.6"," 0"," 0" " CARTILAGINOUS FISHES"," SKATES/ RAYS"," 438411"," 12.2"," 0"," 0" " CATFISHES"," FRESHWATER CATFISHES"," 392"," 100"," 0"," 0" " CODS AND HAKES"," ATLANTIC COD"," 2481519"," 6.7"," 7053865"," 10.9" " CODS AND HAKES"," OTHER CODS/ HAKES"," 321954"," 8.9"," 502792"," 16.7" " CODS AND HAKES"," POLLOCK"," 1058024"," 7.6"," 1423658"," 21.4" " CODS AND HAKES"," RED HAKE"," 8457"," 41.3"," 2769"," 74.9" " DOLPHINS"," DOLPHINS"," 1383"," 53.6"," 0"," 0" " DRUMS"," WEAKFISH"," 3373"," 51.1"," 4883"," 0" " EELS"," EELS"," 3971"," 42"," 855"," 28.8" " FLOUNDERS"," OTHER FLOUNDERS"," 7355"," 29.3"," 86"," 0" " FLOUNDERS"," SUMMER FLOUNDER"," 1581102"," 5.8"," 1581093"," 8.2" " FLOUNDERS"," WINTER FLOUNDER"," 324212"," 14"," 240892"," 20.5" " HERRINGS"," HERRINGS"," 436493"," 22"," 77534"," 57.8" " JACKS"," OTHER JACKS"," 2261"," 85.5"," 0"," 0" " OTHER FISHES"," OTHER FISHES"," 389735"," 23.7"," 64879"," 23.7" " PORGIES"," SCUP"," 5867467"," 5.2"," 2539260"," 9.7" " PUFFERS"," PUFFERS"," 1652"," 72.1"," 0"," 0" " SCULPINS"," SCULPINS"," 54920"," 23.9"," 0"," 0" " SEA BASSES"," BLACK SEA BASS"," 505206"," 9.4"," 269966"," 11.8" " SEAROBINS"," SEAROBINS"," 481752"," 9.4"," 13766"," 30.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," STRIPED BASS"," 8428499"," 4.2"," 5924889"," 5.2" " TEMPERATE BASSES"," WHITE PERCH"," 7928"," 53.3"," 0"," 0" " TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," TRIGGERFISHES/ FILEFISHES"," 358"," 99.9"," 0"," 0" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," ATLANTIC MACKEREL"," 4623196"," 7"," 3093698"," 13.1" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," LITTLE TUNNY/ ATLANTIC BONITO"," 41368"," 21.5"," 17372"," 49. 5" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," OTHER TUNAS/ MACKERELS"," 30804"," 31.5"," 66167"," 60.9" " TUNAS AND MACKERELS"," SPANISH MACKEREL"," 4832"," 55.4"," 10351"," 81.2" " WRASSES"," CUNNER"," 161982"," 15.9"," 1967"," 47.5" " WRASSES"," TAUTOG"," 510169"," 14.7"," 730785"," 19.5"


[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54448-54453]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24919]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82055; File No. SR-OCC-2017-805]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation;
Notice of Filing of Advance Notice Concerning the Use of the Society of
Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Messaging Network in
OCC's Cash Settlement Process

November 13, 2017.
    Pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, entitled Payment, Clearing
and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (``Clearing Supervision Act'')
\1\ and Rule 19b-4(n)(1)(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\2\ notice is hereby given that on October 10, 2017, The
Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') an advance notice as well as a
proposed cash settlement agreement procedures agreement (``CSPA'')
template as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been
prepared by OCC. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the advance notice from interested persons.
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(n)(1)(i).
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Advance
Notice

    In accordance with Section 806(e)(1) of the Clearing Supervision
Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(n)(1)(i) \4\ of the Act,\5\ this advance notice
is filed by OCC in connection with proposed changes to improve OCC's
cash settlement process by implementing Society of Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication (``SWIFT'') messaging as the primary means
of transmitting daily cash settlement instructions between OCC and its
Clearing Banks.\6\ The proposed change is designed to: (1) Increase the
efficiency, accuracy, and resiliency of OCC's cash settlement process,
(2) eliminate certain risks associated with the current use of OCC's
proprietary online cash settlement system within the ENCORE clearing
system (``OCS''), and (3) adopt communication procedures and standards
that are internationally accepted and therefore

are consistent with the requirements in Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22).\7\
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    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(n)(1)(i).
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
    \6\ See OCC Rule 101.C.(1) (defining the term ``Clearing
Bank'').
    \7\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(22).
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    All terms with initial capitalization that are not otherwise
defined herein have the same meaning as set forth in the OCC By-Laws
and Rules.\8\
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    \8\ OCC's By-Laws and Rules can be found on OCC's public Web
site: http://optionsclearing.com/about/publications/bylaws.jsp.
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Advance Notice

    In its filing with the Commission, OCC included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the advance notice and
discussed any comments it received on the advance notice. The text of
these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV
below. OCC has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A and B below,
of the most significant aspects of these statements.

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Advance Notice
Received From Members, Participants or Others

Communications With Clearing Banks
    There are currently eight banks or trust companies that act as OCC
Clearing Banks.\9\ The Clearing Banks were first informed in early 2016
via phone communications regarding OCC's initiative to utilize SWIFT
messaging and the SWIFT network for cash settlement processing. This
initiative was positively received by existing Clearing Banks since
they utilize SWIFT-based messaging in other areas of their businesses.
Moreover, several Clearing Banks have informally expressed their desire
to OCC in the past for OCC to integrate use of the SWIFT messaging
network in the cash settlement process.
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    \9\ OCC Rule 101.C.(1) defines the term ``Clearing Bank'' to
mean ``a bank or trust company which has entered into an agreement
with [OCC] in respect of settlement of confirmed trades on behalf of
Clearing Members.''
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    Beginning in October 2016, OCC distributed a draft template cash
settlement procedures agreement to all Clearing Banks that would
implement SWIFT messaging as the primary means of transmitting daily
cash settlement instructions between OCC and the Clearing Banks along
with a request for feedback. In response, all of the existing Clearing
Banks have expressed support for the transition to SWIFT. This is in
part because the existing use of OCC's online cash settlement system is
not integrated with the internal systems used by Clearing Banks for
processing settlement instructions. Processing the settlement
instructions therefore requires manual intervention by the Clearing
Banks to enter the instructions into their own systems. According to
comments from all Clearing Banks, this lack of integration elongates
the timeframe to process and approve settlement instructions, which
causes delays and increases the risk of errors in preparing, posting,
transmitting, receiving, and executing timely settlement instructions.
    Following the receipt of questions and comments, OCC began
negotiating the cash settlement procedures agreement with each Clearing
Bank based on the standardized template. The definitive documentation
between OCC and each Clearing Bank is expected to be consistent with
the template agreement, however, areas of negotiation to date have
generally included such matters as acceptable backup communication
methods for transmitting settlement instructions (e.g., facsimile,
email, or other means), standards of care associated with duties and
potential liabilities under the agreement (e.g., negligence, gross
negligence, or willful misconduct), certain defined terms (e.g., the
meaning of a ``business day''), and allocations of responsibility
regarding the detection of errors associated with settlement
instructions.

(B) Advance Notices Filed Pursuant to Section 806(e) of the Payment,
Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act

Description of the Proposed Change
Background
The Existing Online Cash Settlement System
    In connection with OCC's performance of clearance and settlement
services for cleared contracts \10\ and Stock Loans, OCC and Clearing
Members are obligated under OCC's By-Laws and Rules to perform cash
settlement of related obligations.\11\ This cash settlement process is
facilitated by Clearing Banks, which are banks or trust companies that
have entered agreements with OCC to settle on behalf of Clearing
Members and at which OCC and Clearing Members each maintain
accounts.\12\ Currently, there are eight Clearing Banks with which OCC
effects cash settlements through OCS, which is a proprietary web-based
system OCC developed in conjunction with the gradual phase-in of its
ENCORE clearing system in the early- to-mid 2000's.\13\ OCS replaced
OCC's previous cash settlement system, the Options Automated Settlement
Instructions System, which required the use of dedicated terminals at
each Clearing Bank. Because OCS is a web-based system, it provides
greater flexibility to OCC and Clearing Banks because users are not
limited to only using dedicated terminals to access the system.
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    \10\ See Article I., Section 1.C.(11).
    \11\ See, e.g., Article I, Section 1.S.(16) of OCC's By-Laws
(defining the term ``settlement time''); Article VI, Sections 4 and
6 of OCC's By-Laws (addressing obligations of Purchasing Clearing
Members and obligations of OCC as a central counterparty); and
Chapter V of OCC's Rules (regarding daily cash settlement).
    \12\ See OCC Rule 101.C.(1) (defining the term ``Clearing
Bank'').
    \13\ See generally OCC Completes Second Major Installation of
EncoreTM Clearing System(November 25, 2002), available at
https://www.theocc.com/about/newsroom/releases/2002/11_25.jsp.
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    On a daily basis, OCC generates settlement instructions associated
with Cleared Contracts and Stock Loans of Clearing Members by running
specific predefined settlement profiles \14\ throughout the day. The
resulting settlement instructions are generally transmitted by OCC to
Clearing Banks by way of OCS, at which point the Clearing Banks are
able to view batches of settlement instructions within OCS.\15\
Clearing Bank staff review the settlement instructions by logging into
OCS and opening the settlement batch. Thereafter, the Clearing Bank
either approves or rejects the settlement instructions in OCS. One of
the Clearing Banks, however, currently does not utilize OCS as its
primary means of effecting cash settlement. Instead, the Clearing Bank
primarily receives settlement instructions from OCC via facsimile,
reviews the settlement instructions, approves or rejects them, and then
returns a facsimile confirmation to OCC. After receipt of the
confirmation, OCC staff manually enters the approvals or rejections
into OCS.
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    \14\ Predefined settlement profiles are programmed to track
various types of obligations to pay or collect cash in connection
with Cleared Contracts and Stock Loans that are in turn used to
generate settlement instructions.
    \15\ A settlement batch is a set of individual debit or credit
settlement instructions that may either instruct a Clearing Bank to
move funds to or from an OCC settlement account or to or from a
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    Cash settlement instructions that OCC transmits to Clearing Banks
are generally categorized in two groups: Start-of-day and intra-day.
Start-of-day settlement instructions are generated through OCC's
nightly processing cycle and relate to cash settlement obligations that
arise from Cleared Contracts and Stock Loans of Clearing Members,
including, but not limited to, premium payments, margin requirements,
mark-to-market activity, and cash settlement amounts for exercised
options that are cash settled. Intra-day settlement

instructions represent any settlement instruction other than a start-
of-day instruction and may be transmitted by OCC to a Clearing Bank
throughout the day. For example, intra-day settlement instructions may
be generated to credit excess cash to a Clearing Member in connection
with its margin requirement,\16\ to complete a cash substitution
regarding a Clearing Member's margin deposit or to effect an intra-day
margin call that OCC may issue to a Clearing Member pursuant to its
authority under Rule 609.\17\ The settlement timeline for processing
intra-day settlement instructions depends on the time at which the
Clearing Bank receives the instructions, as discussed below.
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    \16\ See OCC Rule 608 (Withdrawals of Margin).
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Existing Cash Settlement Procedures Agreements
    Each Clearing Bank entered into a CSPA with OCC that details the
substantive rights and responsibilities of the parties and specifies
operational procedures for which they are responsible regarding start-
of-day and intra-day settlement instructions. This includes prescribed
communication methods and settlement procedures and generally
contemplates the use of OCS as the primary means to facilitate the cash
settlement process, with the exception of the one instance described
above in which the primary means of communication between OCC and the
Clearing Bank is facsimile.
    For start-of-day settlement instructions, the CSPA requires the
Clearing Bank on the morning of each business day and by a standard
time to access OCS and act upon the settlement instructions transmitted
by OCC. Once the Clearing Bank reviews the settlement instructions, it
either accepts or rejects each instruction through OCS.\18\ If an
instruction is to be rejected, the Clearing Bank must immediately
notify OCC in advance by telephone that it intends to reject the
instruction and provide the reason. OCC then has an opportunity to
submit a revised settlement instruction by telephone or other mutually
agreed upon means. All settlement instructions must be acted upon by
the Clearing Bank before a defined settlement time, which differs for
credit instructions (i.e., transfers of funds from an OCC account to a
Clearing Member account) and debit instructions (i.e., transfers of
funds from a Clearing Member account to an OCC account). If a Clearing
Bank does not expressly accept or reject a settlement instruction by
the specified settlement time, the bank is deemed to have accepted the
instruction.
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    \18\ In the event OCS is unavailable, the CSPA specifies backup
procedures, which may include transmission by telephone or
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    For intra-day settlement instructions, OCC transmits the
instructions through OCS for the Clearing Bank to review and then
notifies the Clearing Bank by telephone or other agreed upon means.
With respect to Clearing Banks with access to OCS, the Clearing Bank
must then use commercially reasonable efforts to access OCS immediately
and act upon the settlement instruction by the earlier of either: (a)
Thirty (30) minutes following the time the bank first views the
settlement instruction in OCS or (b) sixty (60) minutes after OCC
notifies the Clearing Bank that is has submitted settlement
instructions via OCS. The same provisions related to backup procedures,
acceptance, rejection, and implied acceptance for morning settlement
also apply to such intra-day settlement instructions.
Proposed Changes
    Under the Proposed CSPA, OCC and all Clearing Banks would use the
SWIFT network as the primary means of transmitting settlement
instructions to each other, and Clearing Bank staff would no longer log
in to OCS and accept or reject settlement instructions. OCC would,
however, continue using OCS for more limited purposes to manage its
settlement instruction processing, including with respect to the
initiation, processing, and tracking of settlement instructions. Under
the new process in which SWIFT would be the primary means of
transmitting settlement instructions, OCC would integrate OCS with the
SWIFT network, and SWIFT would be used to communicate settlement
instructions to Clearing Banks and allow Clearing Banks to approve
settlement instructions. OCC would also implement a new monitoring
screen to complement OCS that would allow OCC to track the lifecycle of
all SWIFT messages sent or received by OCC in connection with its cash
settlement activities.
    SWIFT would not be a new communication channel for OCC even though
the proposed change would increase the extent to which OCC utilizes the
SWIFT messaging network in connection with its clearance and settlement
activities. This is because Clearing Members may currently deposit
letters of credit denominated in U.S. dollars issued by banks or trust
companies approved by OCC as margin assets \19\ and the issuer of any
such letter of credit submits amendments to OCC using the SWIFT
network. OCC manages this process through a SWIFT system that
interfaces with OCC's ENCORE clearing system so that OCC is able to
track and process the amendment messages. Under the proposed change,
OCC would also use the same SWIFT system to support cash settlement
processing. Based upon settlement profiles created by OCC, settlement
instructions in the form of SWIFT messages would be automatically
transmitted to Clearing Banks over the SWIFT network. In response, OCC
would then receive acceptances from Clearing Banks via the SWIFT
network. If an acceptance is not provided, OCC would have discretion to
treat a settlement instruction as rejected, and in any case would
promptly contact the Clearing Bank to determine the reason and
coordinate with the Clearing Bank to ensure that appropriate action is
taken with respect to the instruction.
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    OCC believes the proposed change would significantly increase the
resiliency of OCC's cash settlement process by reducing manual
processing steps that are more prone to error. For example, upon a
Clearing Bank's acceptance of a settlement instruction sent by OCC
using SWIFT, debits or credits, as appropriate, would be automatically
made as between OCC's account at the Clearing Bank and the Clearing
Member's account at the Clearing Bank. This means that Clearing Banks
would no longer need to view settlement instructions in OCS and
manually enter them into their systems to effect them as they do today.
Moreover, use of the SWIFT network would eliminate facsimile,
telephone, and email communications as primary communication methods
for settlement processing. If SWIFT is unavailable, OCC and Clearing
Banks would communicate by using contingency methods as specified in
the applicable CSPA.
    The Proposed CSPA would also introduce significant efficiencies to
OCC's cash settlement process by reducing manual processing steps that
elongate the time frame for processing and approving settlement
instructions. Notably, OCC expects significantly faster response times
from Clearing Banks because the banks would be able to communicate with
OCC using the same SWIFT transmission method that they already
typically use to process funds transfer instructions. OCC believes that
efficiencies and time savings would also be experienced by

significantly reducing manual steps associated with the processing of
settlement instructions, such as manual data entry by Clearing Banks to
enter settlement instruction information into their own systems based
on computer printouts of instructions contained in OCS or instructions
that are received by facsimile. In addition, the proposed change would
allow Clearing Banks to forward SWIFT messages from OCC to internal
staff at the Clearing Bank who have responsibility for the cash
settlement process.
    The Proposed CSPA would also harmonize the primary process by which
OCC performs cash settlement with Clearing Banks by having all Clearing
Banks use the SWIFT messaging system. In addition to the efficiency and
risk mitigation benefits described above, the Proposed CSPA would
directly respond to the Clearing Bank requests for OCC to implement an
enhanced process to mitigate the manual processing challenges that are
associated with the existing cash settlement process.
    Finally, OCC believes that the Proposed CSPA would also promote
compliance with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22),\20\ which requires OCC as a
covered clearing agency to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to ``use, or at a
minimum accommodate, relevant internationally accepted communication
procedures and standards in order to facilitate efficient payment,
clearing, and settlement.'' In adopting this requirement, the
Commission stated that ``[r]elevant internationally accepted
communication procedures and standards could include messaging
standards such as SWIFT, FIX and FpML.'' [emphasis added].\21\
Accordingly, use of the SWIFT messaging network as the primary process
to support daily cash settlement is consistent with Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(22).
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    \20\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(22).
    \21\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78961 (September 28,
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New Cash Settlement Procedures Agreement
    As part of the transition to SWIFT, Clearing Banks would enter into
the Proposed CSPA with OCC. The Proposed CSPA is based on a
standardized template developed by OCC in collaboration with its
Clearing Banks. The Proposed CSPA template agreement is not a public
document, and OCC has separately submitted a request for confidential
treatment regarding the Proposed CSPA template agreement, which is
included in this filing as Exhibit 3. The definitive Proposed CSPA
between OCC and each Clearing Bank is expected to be consistent with
the template agreement, however, OCC and each Clearing Bank may
negotiate certain modifications.
    As is the case today, the Proposed CSPA would continue to be the
principal form of agreement that governs the rights and
responsibilities of OCC and each Clearing Bank, details operational
procedures (including backup procedures) and security protocols, and
identifies individuals at OCC and at the Clearing Bank who are
authorized to act on behalf of each party with respect to cash
settlement instructions.
    Under the Proposed CSPA, the timelines for OCC and Clearing Banks
to perform the actions needed to effect settlement would be bifurcated
as they are under the current agreement into start-of-day settlement
instructions and intra-day settlement instructions. Also as with the
current CSPA, there would be defined deadlines by which OCC must submit
settlement instructions and by which the Clearing Bank must accept and
execute the settlement instructions. In the event the SWIFT network is
unavailable during a time at which settlement instructions are to be
communicated, each Proposed CSPA would detail backup procedures with
corresponding security protocols by which OCC and the Clearing Bank
could effect settlement. For example, such alternative communication
methods may include secure email messages, telephone instructions with
the use of personal identification codes, facsimile instructions, the
Clearing Bank's proprietary online account system, or other methods
agreed upon by OCC and the Clearing Bank.
    Under the Proposed CSPA, however, Clearing Banks would not be
deemed to have accepted settlement instructions in the event the
Clearing bank does not explicitly communicate acceptance or rejection
to OCC. Instead, any acceptance would be required to be made by
affirmative SWIFT confirmation message, and if a Clearing Bank did not
respond OCC would have discretion to treat the failure to respond as a
rejection and OCC would communicate with the Clearing Bank to
understand the reason(s) why no response to the settlement instruction
was provided and appropriate action is taken. These measures are
intended to ensure that potentially erroneous instructions are
identified and acted upon in a timely manner and to evidence settlement
finality.
    The CSPAs currently in effect between OCC and its Clearing Banks
were implemented incrementally over a number of years as OCC's
operations expanded and it became appropriate to maintain service
agreements with a range of Clearing Banks, and in many cases they have
not been renegotiated in a significant amount of time. For these
reasons, there is variation between the terms and conditions of the
relevant CSPA and the corresponding practices with the Clearing Banks.
In some cases the differences are relatively substantial, such as in
the one case described above where the primary means of communication
between the Clearing Bank and OCC to support the cash settlement
process is facsimile. The Proposed CSPA would address these issues by
increasing consistency in the respective rights and responsibilities of
OCC and the Clearing Banks and in turn promoting harmonization across
OCC's daily cash settlement process. Negotiation of the Proposed CSPA
to adopt the SWIFT messaging network as the primary process to support
daily cash settlement would also update the agreements to rely on
current industry communication procedures and standards that the
Commission has recognized as consistent with the requirements of Rule
17Ad-22(e)(22).\22\
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Testing and Implementation
    Prior to implementation of the Proposed CSPA, the existing CSPA and
current processes regarding daily cash settlement would continue in
effect while OCC completes the development of the new SWIFT interface.
OCC would also complete roundtrip certification testing of the proposed
SWIFT network messaging operations. Upon execution of the Proposed CSPA
by a Clearing Bank, an implementation date would be coordinated between
OCC and the Clearing Bank and OCC would provide advance notice of the
implementation to Clearing Members through an Information Memo. OCC
generally expects a total timeframe of approximately 90 days would be
necessary to migrate a Clearing Bank to SWIFT messaging-based cash
settlement. Though OCC would be able to begin migration to SWIFT
messaged-based cash settlement with each Clearing Bank on an individual
basis, it would expect to complete the migration with all of its
Clearing Banks by the end of Q1 2018.

Anticipated Effect on and Management of Risk
    OCC anticipates that the Proposed CSPA would reduce the nature and
level of risk presented by OCC because, as described above, it would
enhance the resiliency, efficiency and consistency of the cash
settlement process and thereby reduce risks that are associated with
the existing cash settlement process. Specifically, the Proposed CSPA
would increase the resiliency of the cash settlement process by
reducing manual processing steps that are more prone to risk of delay
or error. Due to implementation of the SWIFT messaging network as the
primary means of transmitting settlement instructions, a Clearing
Bank's acceptance of settlement instructions would automatically result
in debits or credits, as appropriate, and Clearing Banks would no
longer manually enter settlement instructions in their own systems.
    OCC also anticipates the Proposed CSPA would enhance the efficiency
of the cash settlement process by reducing manual processing steps that
elongate the timeframe for processing and approving settlement
instructions. In this regard, using SWIFT as the primary means of
transmitting settlement instructions would reduce the risk of
uncertainty in the cash settlement process by allowing OCC and the
Clearing Banks to communicate using the same transmission method that
is already typically used by the Clearing Banks to process funds
transfer instructions with other institutions. OCC expects that this
would lead to significantly faster response times from Clearing Banks
to accept or reject instructions, which, in turn, would better manage
the risk of untimely settlement by providing greater certainty
concerning prompt settlement.
    In addition, the Proposed CSPA would enhance consistency in the
agreements between OCC and the Clearing Banks and harmonize the use of
SWIFT as the primary process used to conduct cash settlement. OCC
anticipates that this greater consistency would reduce the risk of
delay or error in the settlement process that might result from OCC's
management of the greater inconsistency across practices with the
Clearing Banks that exists today.
    Finally, OCC anticipates the Proposed CSPA would reduce regulatory
risk to OCC by helping to ensure that the primary means of
communicating settlement instructions uses relevant internationally
accepted communications procedures and standards to facilitate
efficient payment, clearing and settlement in a manner that is
consistent with the requirements of Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22).\23\
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    For all of these reasons, OCC anticipates that the Proposed CSPA
would reduce the nature and level of risk presented by OCC.
Consistency With the Payment, Clearing and Settlement Supervision Act
    The stated purpose of the Clearing Supervision Act is to mitigate
systemic risk in the financial system and promote financial stability
by, among other things, promoting uniform risk management standards for
systemically important financial market utilities and strengthening the
liquidity of systemically important financial market utilities.\24\
Section 805(a)(2) of the Clearing Supervision Act \25\ also authorizes
the Commission to prescribe risk management standards for the payment,
clearing and settlement activities of designated clearing entities,
like OCC, for which the Commission is the supervisory agency. Section
805(b) of the Clearing Supervision Act \26\ states that the objectives
and principles for risk management standards prescribed under Section
805(a) shall be to:
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    \24\ 12 U.S.C. 5461(b).
    \25\ 12 U.S.C. 5464(a)(2).
    \26\ 12 U.S.C. 5464(b).
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     Promote robust risk management;
     promote safety and soundness;
     reduce systemic risks; and
     support the stability of the broader financial system.
    The Commission has adopted risk management standards under Section
805(a)(2) of the Clearing Supervision Act and the Act in furtherance of
these objectives and principles.\27\ In particular, Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22)
\28\ requires that a covered clearing agency establish, implement,
maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably
designed to ``use, or at a minimum accommodate, relevant
internationally accepted communication procedures and standards in
order to facilitate efficient payment, clearing, and settlement.''
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    \27\ 17 CFR 240. 17Ad-22. See Securities Exchange Act Release
Nos. 68080 (October 22, 2012), 77 FR 66220 (November 2, 2012) (S7-
08-11) (``Clearing Agency Standards''); 78961 (September 28, 2016),
81 FR 70786 (October 13, 2016) (S7-03-14) (``Standards for Covered
Clearing Agencies''). The Standards for Covered Clearing Agencies
became effective on December 12, 2016. As a ``covered clearing
agency'' under Rule 17Ad-22(a)(5), OCC became obligated to comply
with new section (e) of Rule 17Ad-22 as of the Commission's
compliance date of April 11, 2017.
    \28\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(22).
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    OCC believes that the proposed change concerning cash settlement
described above is consistent with Section 805(b)(2) of the Clearing
Supervision Act \29\ because it would promote safety and soundness in
OCC's daily cash settlement process by mitigating risks that arise in
the existing process due to manual processing steps and inconsistent
practices across OCC's Clearing Banks and thereby enhancing the
resiliency, efficiency and consistency of the process. As described in
detail above, the proposed change would promote safety and soundness by
implementing the SWIFT messaging network as the primary means of
transmitting daily cash settlement instructions between OCC and each
Clearing Bank that performs cash settlement on behalf of Clearing
Members. This represents the use of a primary communication procedure
that would be integrated with the systems that are already typically
used by the Clearing Banks to process funds transfer instructions with
other institutions and that would cause the acceptance of settlement
instructions by Clearing Banks to automatically result in debits or
credits, as appropriate, in the accounts of OCC and Clearing Members at
the Clearing Banks. OCC believes that these changes promote the safety
and soundness of the cash settlement process by, among other things,
reducing manual processing steps that are more prone to risk of delay
or error and by facilitating faster response times regarding the
acceptance or rejection of settlement instructions by Clearing Banks,
which, in turn, would provide greater certainty regarding prompt
settlement.
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    OCC also believes that the proposed change to enhance the
consistency of the CSPA between OCC and each Clearing Bank would
promote safety and soundness by reducing the risk of settlement delay
or error that may arise due to the existing degree of variability in
the practices between Clearing Banks, including but not limited to the
current use by one Clearing Bank of facsimile as a primary method for
transmitting settlement instructions.
    OCC further believes that the proposed change would promote
compliance with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22),\30\ which requires OCC as a
covered clearing agency to establish, implement, maintain and enforce
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to ``use, or at a
minimum accommodate, relevant internationally accepted communication
procedures and standards in order to facilitate efficient payment,
clearing, and settlement.'' In

adopting this requirement, the Commission stated that ``[r]elevant
internationally accepted communication procedures and standards could
include messaging standards such as SWIFT, FIX and FpML.'' [emphasis
added].\31\ Accordingly, use of the SWIFT messaging network as the
primary process to support daily cash settlement is consistent with
Rule 17Ad-22(e)(22).
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    \30\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(22).
    \31\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78961 (September 28,
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    In these ways, OCC believes the proposed changes are consistent
with Section 805(b)(2) of the Clearing Supervision Act \32\ and Rule
17Ad-22(e)(22).\33\
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    \32\ 12 U.S.C. 5464(b)(2).
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the Advance Notice and Timing for
Commission Action

    The proposed change may be implemented if the Commission does not
object to the proposed change within 60 days of the later of: (i) The
date the proposed change was filed with the Commission or (ii) the date
any additional information requested by the Commission is received. OCC
shall not implement the proposed change if the Commission has any
objection to the proposed change.
    The Commission may extend the period for review by an additional 60
days if the proposed change raises novel or complex issues, subject to
the Commission providing the clearing agency with prompt written notice
of the extension. A proposed change may be implemented in less than 60
days from the date the advance notice is filed, or the date further
information requested by the Commission is received, if the Commission
notifies the clearing agency in writing that it does not object to the
proposed change and authorizes the clearing agency to implement the
proposed change on an earlier date, subject to any conditions imposed
by the Commission.
    OCC shall post notice on its Web site of proposed changes that are
implemented.
    The proposal shall not take effect until all regulatory actions
required with respect to the proposal are completed.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the advance
notice is consistent with the Clearing Supervision Act and the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR- OCC-2017-805 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2017-805. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the advance notice that are filed
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the
advance notice between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington,
DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of OCC and on OCC's Web site at
http://www.theocc.com/components/docs/legal/rules_and_bylaws/sr_occ_17_805.pdf.
    All comments received will be posted without change. Persons
submitting comments are cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2017-805 and should be
submitted on or before December 8, 2017.

    By the Commission.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-24919 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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