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This issue of the Bulletin is set out with four part s: Part I contains summaries of catches of
selected finfish and invertebrate species by country and subarea for 1977-91 ; Part II contains the statistics
of nominal catches and fishing effort for 1991; Part Ill contains the seal catches and hunting effort for
1991; and Part IV contains additional statistics to previous issues of the Bulletin . In tables where various
groups of species are used, they are in accordance with those listed in the "Definitions and Abbreviations" .
Further details of the tabular presentation of data are given in the te xt at the beginning of each Part.
The Secretariat is pleased to acknowledge the efforts of countries through their statistical agencies
in maintaining records of their fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic and contributing the data for publication
in the Bulletin. In addition, the guidance of the Scientific Council and the Coordinating Working Party on
A tlan tic Fishery Stati s tic s has been in valuable .
The delayed publication of this issue was due to the very late receipt of some final statistics.