. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Point Pleasant to Cape May-Wildwood, from February through May, accounted for high landings at Cape May-Wildwood during that period. The March total was the only one that surpassed Point Pie as ant monthly totals. These large catches were produced by an ex- tensive harvest of smaller clams from in- shore beds. In February through June, the daily catches per boat averaged pounds of meats (526 bushels); the hourly catch rate was 1,542 pounds (90 bushels) (fig. 5). Catch diminished rapidly at Cape May in July when the boats moved offshor
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Point Pleasant to Cape May-Wildwood, from February through May, accounted for high landings at Cape May-Wildwood during that period. The March total was the only one that surpassed Point Pie as ant monthly totals. These large catches were produced by an ex- tensive harvest of smaller clams from in- shore beds. In February through June, the daily catches per boat averaged pounds of meats (526 bushels); the hourly catch rate was 1,542 pounds (90 bushels) (fig. 5). Catch diminished rapidly at Cape May in July when the boats moved offshore to catch the less numerous but larger clams (fig. 4). From July through October, the catch rate per hour was 496 pounds of meats (29 bushels). In No- vember and December, the boats again dredged near shore and catch inc r e a sed slightly to 697 pounds of meats (41 bushels) per hour (fig. 5). Lengths of surf clams landed at Point Pleasant were relatively uniform (fig. 4). A total of 12,910 clams measured throughout the year had a mean shell length of 151 mm. (6 in.) and a range of 120 to 180 mm. (44 to 7g-in.)--fig. 6. Clams landed at Cape May- DAILV EFFORT. 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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