. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 30 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 9 and worked under the fishing racks, but at no time would the fish take the squids alongside the vessel. Eight fish were caught on squids trolled 15 feet to 20 feet be- hind the vessel. The anchovies used for live bait were too small to be used for baiting hooks. The schools were found only in 85 -87° F. green water and exploration in- to adjacent blue water revealed no surface schools. Five schools of white skipjack were observed on the northern edge of the Campeche Banks, but bad weather made i
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 30 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 9 and worked under the fishing racks, but at no time would the fish take the squids alongside the vessel. Eight fish were caught on squids trolled 15 feet to 20 feet be- hind the vessel. The anchovies used for live bait were too small to be used for baiting hooks. The schools were found only in 85 -87° F. green water and exploration in- to adjacent blue water revealed no surface schools. Five schools of white skipjack were observed on the northern edge of the Campeche Banks, but bad weather made it impossible to work them. During July, breezing schools of skipjack and yellowfin tuna were observed in the southern Gulf on the shelf, west of Cay Areas, but no bait was aboard at this time. Commercial long-line vessels reported surface schools of yellowfin and white skip- jack northwest of Cay Arenas dur- ing this period. M/V Oregon Cruise 45 (for two months ending July 29) in eastern Gulf of Maine Three test long-line sets in the southwestGulf in July yielded 14 tons of yellowfin tuna. The over-all catch rate for these sets was yellowfin per 100 hooks. Live bait was obtained at night with a light and a trap-lift net. In the northern Gulf, 14 bait stations were made. The catches were primarily small anchovies, and it was possible to land 200-300 scoops an hour. Twelve bait stations were made on Campeche Banks in the vicinity of Areas, Arenas, Alacran, and the Triangles. Although numerous schools of Sardinella and Jenkensia were found throughout the area, difficulty was experienced in catching sufficient quantities with the trap-lift net. The best catch for a single night was 80 EXPLORATORY TRAWLING FOR RED SNAPPER IN NORTHERN GULF OF Scattered small and medium red snapper were MEXICO (M/V Silver Ba^Cruise TJ found in the Northern Gulf area from the Mississippi coast to the area off Freeport, Tex., by the Service's chartered exploratory fishing vessel Silver Ba
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