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Our Living Oceans 1999 is the fifth edition in a series of recent reviews on the biological status of U.S. living marine resources. Previous reports were released covering the 3-year periods ending in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1995. These reviews have evolved to a triennial reporting effort to better capture the extended time period that is often required to observe and document changes in the marine environment. The biological status of living marine resources is presented for five large regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast (including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean), Alaska, Pacific Coast, and the Western Pacific.

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NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.

NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/unit17.pdf.

• Foreword and Preface
• National Overview
• Feature Article 1
• Feature Article 2
• Feature Article 3
• 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 and Gulf of Mexico Migratory Pelagic Fisheries
• Unit 8. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Reef Fisheries
• Unit 9. Southeast Drum and Croaker Fisheries
• Unit 10. Southeast Menhaden Fisheries
• Unit 11. Southeast and 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 and Hawaii
• Unit 24. Marine Mammals of the Atlantic Region and the Gulf of Mexico
• Unit 25. Sea Turtles
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6