Fleet impact.

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Fleet Impact

Less than a decade old, the Seattle-based U.S. factory trawler fleet is expected to produce wholesale seafood products worth an estimated $700 million this year, according to the results of a Coopers and Lybrand study for the American Factory Trawler Association. The report, "Economic Impacts of the North Pacific Factory Trawler Fleet," says 57 U.S. factory trawler vessels valued at $1.1 billion are expected to be operating in the North Pacific by the end of the year. The fleet's growth is a result of the booming Bering Sea bottomfish industry.

Total fleet employment is expected to reach an estimated 7,500 in 1990, or 5,400 if figured on an...