. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 57 and 51 percent (766,000 pound s) of the New York catch, were used for bait in the sport fisheries.—' Landings in Rhode Island and Massachusetts were insignificant and were used entirely for bait. Over 79 percent ( million pounds of meats) of the New Jersey landings were made at Point Pleasant and B ar negat. Winter weather restricted dredging in deeper waters off this area. In late January and February, about 20 boats moved from Point Pleasant and Barnegat to the Cape May-Wildwood area. The nearness of the fishing area to shore off C
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 57 and 51 percent (766,000 pound s) of the New York catch, were used for bait in the sport fisheries.—' Landings in Rhode Island and Massachusetts were insignificant and were used entirely for bait. Over 79 percent ( million pounds of meats) of the New Jersey landings were made at Point Pleasant and B ar negat. Winter weather restricted dredging in deeper waters off this area. In late January and February, about 20 boats moved from Point Pleasant and Barnegat to the Cape May-Wildwood area. The nearness of the fishing area to shore off Cape May enabled boats to operate during in- clement weather. Most of these vessels re- turned to Point Pleasant before June. Daily landings per boat at Point Pleasant ranged from 510 to 18,820 pound s of meats (30 to 1,107 bushels) and aver aged 6,035 pounds (355 bushels). Catch rate per hour of dredg- ing averaged 678 pounds of meats (40 bush- els) (fig. 5). Cape May landings amounted to nearly 20 percent ( million pounds of meats) of the New Jersey total. The shifting of effort from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. ]
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