. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 52 Fig. 3 - Monthly averages of daily effort (upper) and catch per hour (lower) at Point Pleasant and Cape May-Wildwood, New Jersey, 1967. Maryland landings increased from per- cent in 1966 to 3 percent ( million pounds) in 1967. The portion of the total landings used for fish bait (sport and commercial fishing) continued to be small. About percent (700,000 pounds) of the New Jersey landings were used as bait. Landings in Rhode Island and Massachu- setts remained insignificant and were used entirely for fish bait. The shift in ef
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 52 Fig. 3 - Monthly averages of daily effort (upper) and catch per hour (lower) at Point Pleasant and Cape May-Wildwood, New Jersey, 1967. Maryland landings increased from per- cent in 1966 to 3 percent ( million pounds) in 1967. The portion of the total landings used for fish bait (sport and commercial fishing) continued to be small. About percent (700,000 pounds) of the New Jersey landings were used as bait. Landings in Rhode Island and Massachu- setts remained insignificant and were used entirely for fish bait. The shift in effort from Point Pleasant to Cape May was reflected in the proportion eachareacontributed tothe New Jersey land- ings. Point Pleasant contributed 76 percent in 1966 but only 55 p e re e nt ( million pounds) in 1967. Daily 1 andi ngs per boat ranged from 75 to 535 bushels (1,275 to 9,095 pounds of meats) and averaged 220 bushels (3,740 pounds). The average in 1966 was 332 bushels (5,644 pounds). The catch per hour (fig. 3) in 1967 ave r age d 25 bushels (425 pounds of meat s); it was 35 bushels (593 pounds of meats) in 1966. Catch per hour remained generally steady during the year. Monthly landings fluctuated widely from million to 1 million pounds of meats (fig. 4). Weather was probably the m^ost important factor influencing the size of the monthly landings. Cape May-Wildwood The Cape May-Wildwood share of the New Jersey landings increased from 22 percent in 1966 to about 44 percent ( million pounds of meats) in 1967. Daily catches per boat ranged from 98 to 1,120 bushels (1,666 to 19,040 pounds) and ave r age d 233 bushels (3,961 pounds). This catch was a decrease from the average per day per boat of 315 bushels (5,355 pound s) in 1966. Catch per hour (fig. 3) averaged 34 bushels (578 pounds) as compared to 53 bushels (893 pounds) in 1966. Catch per hour was high in the first 2 months of 1967, but it declined sharply in April and continued a slow decline for the res
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