. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Oo i-i 0 Tr m ^ 1-1 2 Tr ip /Ss-Mi. \m 1 3-2 5 Ti ip /f/i Fig. 1 - Area and intensity of surf clam fishing by New Jersey fleet, 1967 (based on 744 interviews). to meters (18 to 80 feet). Average depth was 12 meters ( feet), A few boats occasionally fished at night, but most fished during daylight. Hours fished per trip varied from 1 to 20 and the average fishing time per trip was 7 hours, an increase of 1 hour from 1966. Monthly averages of hours fished per day per boat are shown in figure 3, Three dredge hauls
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Oo i-i 0 Tr m ^ 1-1 2 Tr ip /Ss-Mi. \m 1 3-2 5 Ti ip /f/i Fig. 1 - Area and intensity of surf clam fishing by New Jersey fleet, 1967 (based on 744 interviews). to meters (18 to 80 feet). Average depth was 12 meters ( feet), A few boats occasionally fished at night, but most fished during daylight. Hours fished per trip varied from 1 to 20 and the average fishing time per trip was 7 hours, an increase of 1 hour from 1966. Monthly averages of hours fished per day per boat are shown in figure 3, Three dredge hauls per hour were made in 1967, and 4 per hour in 1966. The New York fleet consisted of at least 5 boats. One of these entered the fishery in spring 1967. Two vessels fished all year out of Ocean City, Maryland, and other vessels fished there at irregular intervals. In 1966, only one boat fished the area, and only part of the ? 1- 29 Bu /Hr. \iv\ 30- 49 Bu / Ht. llilil 50 + Bu /Hr. iX— Fig, 2 - Catch per hour within the area fished by the New surf clam fleet in 1967 (based on 744 interviews). LANDING STATISTICS Jersey Information on fishing areas and effort was obtained from interviews with vessel cap- tains. Data on the amoun t s of surf clams landed along the Atlantic coast were taken from Current Fishery Statistics--or from data provided by personal communication from Fishery Reporting Specialists, BCF, Office of Statistical Services, in the respec- tive states. Total landings of 45 million pounds of meats equaled the record set in 1966 (Grout- age and Barker, 1967b). The percentage con- tributed to the total by New Jersey was less in 1967--92 percent, million pounds—than the 96 percent ( million pounds) in 1966. New York landings rose from 4 percent in 1966 to 5 percent ( million pounds) in 1967;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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