| Table 3. Estimates of stock size in numbers (millions) | |||||
| Year\Age | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ |
| 1988 | 19419.7 | 7379.4 | 4118.6 | 1947.3 | 769.7 |
| 1989 | 35729.1 | 9173.2 | 2720.6 | 1389.0 | 769.7 |
| 1990 | 34124.3 | 16877.2 | 3286.8 | 882.6 | 537.9 |
| 1991 | 35999.7 | 16119.2 | 6385.2 | 1148.1 | 355.4 |
| 1992 | 47205.1 | 17005.0 | 6394.1 | 2378.7 | 478.3 |
| 1993 | 31407.1 | 22298.1 | 6645.6 | 2334.2 | 980.5 |
| 1994 | 29810.0 | 14835.7 | 9342.9 | 2667.1 | 1011.5 |
| 1995 | 40535.4 | 14081.3 | 6145.7 | 3691.9 | 1146.3 |
| 1996 | 49745.3 | 19147.6 | 5668.2 | 2335.6 | 1554.4 |
| 1997 | 25996.3 | 23498.0 | 7597.7 | 2112.5 | 973.3 |
| 1998 | 31630.4 | 12279.8 | 9475.3 | 2894.3 | 890.6 |
| 1999 | 36787.3 | 14941.1 | 4904.9 | 3563.2 | 1211.8 |
| 2000 | 30609.4 | 17377.1 | 6020.8 | 1866.8 | 1501.4 |
| 2001 | 45798.0 | 14458.9 | 7216.4 | 2387.2 | 803.8 |
| 2002 | 43860.2 | 21633.4 | 6010.6 | 2865.2 | 1028.6 |
| 2003 | 56077.4 | 20718.1 | 8812.5 | 2321.5 | 1216.7 |
| 2004 | 42647.9 | 26489.1 | 8539.5 | 3458.6 | 994.2 |
| 2005 | 53545.9 | 20145.4 | 10749.9 | 3281.5 | 1464.8 |
| 2006 | 38920.8 | 25293.3 | 8166.7 | 4124.8 | 1388.7 |
| 2007 | 32705.8 | 18384.9 | 10305.0 | 3155.0 | 1751.8 |
| 2008 | 16510.7 | 15449.1 | 7476.5 | 3971.0 | 1338.2 |
| 2009 | 10759.4 | 7799.1 | 5972.5 | 2689.5 | 1624.1 |
| 2010 | 13325.4 | 5082.4 | 2988.4 | 2122.7 | 1092.9 |
| 2011 | 18366.8 | 6294.5 | 1926.5 | 1046.6 | 855.9 |
| 2012 | 15894.8 | 8675.9 | 2202.1 | 605.0 | 398.4 |
| 2013 | 37351.7 | 7508.2 | 3035.4 | 691.6 | 230.3 |
| 2014 | 12938.7 | 17643.7 | 2620.3 | 950.1 | 262.8 |
| 2015 | 29776.9 | 6111.8 | 6520.8 | 886.6 | 376.2 |