Table 2. Annual estimates of natural mortality of Atlantic herring generated by the VPA and converted into biomass.

Year of
estimate
 
Herring biomass,
natural mortality
(103 mt)
1991
 
  90.183
1992
 
138.911
1993
 
205.015
1994
 
228.705
1995
 
396.884
1996
 
521.719
1997
 
672.555