. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 1 - M/VN. B. Scofield Ciul»e 60-S-5-Shiimp. The best shrimp catches in the northern area were made off Patrick Pt. in 50-55 fathoms, and west of Redding Rock in 54 fathoms. Tows in these areas .produced catches at the rate of 1,650 and 1,080 pounds ot heads-on shrimp per hour, respectively. Opera- |tions from the Oregon border to Pt. St. George pro- 'duced shrimp at the rate of 275 pounds per hour in 58 Ito 68 fathoms. Although shrimp were taken in 44 of 45 tows between the Oregon border and Trinidad Head, lonly in 18 tows were they t
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 1 - M/VN. B. Scofield Ciul»e 60-S-5-Shiimp. The best shrimp catches in the northern area were made off Patrick Pt. in 50-55 fathoms, and west of Redding Rock in 54 fathoms. Tows in these areas .produced catches at the rate of 1,650 and 1,080 pounds ot heads-on shrimp per hour, respectively. Opera- |tions from the Oregon border to Pt. St. George pro- 'duced shrimp at the rate of 275 pounds per hour in 58 Ito 68 fathoms. Although shrimp were taken in 44 of 45 tows between the Oregon border and Trinidad Head, lonly in 18 tows were they taken at a rate greater than 200 pounds per hour. No shrimp were caught in two , towB south of the Eel River near Fal^e Cape, but one 'tow produced 232 (approximately 464 pounds) Dunge- (Cancer magister). These were taken at a idepth of 75 fathoms and all were soft. Operations revealed a large and heavily concen- â trated school of shrimp in the Usal-Cape Vizcaino area. This school was approximately 13 miles long and rniles wide, and was in 55 to 75 fathoms of water. Fif- teen tows made along the entire length and width of the I school, yielded an average catch of 1,598 pounds per I hour. The most productive tow took shrimp at the [rate of 3,000 pounds per hour. Seven tows in the Big Flat area were not as productive. The best tow caught I shrimp at the rate of 330 pounds per hour in 55 fathoms. Shrimp appeared to be thinned out in the Westport area. This area, which had good commercial shrimp fishing in August 1960, had a catch rate of less than 210 pounds per hour. Five tows off the Navarro River, in 51-64 fathoms, produced only a few shrimp of the 'year--12 individuals about 6 months old were cap- Itured in one tow. H L^egend; 4^ -Beaip trawling :. Fig. 2 - M/VN. B. Soofleld Ciulw 60-S-S-Shrimp. A small shrimp school was located off Ft. Ross in 149 to 52 fathoms. The school was approximately 5 'miles long and miles wide. Five tows yielded an average catch
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