TRENT ET AL.: KING MACKEREL IN SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 



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COMM. H4L 

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1976 



COMM H4 L. 

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 X=770 



GILL NET 

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 X750 



1977 



COMM. HA L. 



N = 53O0 

 X-752 



GILL NET 

 N 3839 

 X=803 



1979 



COMM. KAL 

 N 685 

 X=757 



RECR. HAL. 



N 1423 



y- 795 



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29.5 45.2 



FORK LENGTH (IN) 



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FIGURE 3. — Length- frequency distributions of king mackerel, .Scorn 

 beromorus cavalla, by capture gear, area, and year. 



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N 197 

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N2037 

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N2597 

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COMM. 

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FIGURE 4. — Yearly length-frequency distributions of king mackerel, 

 Scomberomorus cavalla, caught by recreational hook and line in 

 northwest Florida and commercial hook and line in south Florida. 



larger fish than were catches from any other area in 

 either year; 3) northwest Florida catches, although 

 similar to Texas and North Carolina catches in 1977, 

 were composed of much smaller fish in 1978; 4) south 

 Florida catches, like northwest Florida catches, con- 

 tained fish in the 300-400 mm FL range as well as 

 sizes representative of the Texas and North Carolina 

 catches (fish in the 500-1,000 mm FL range). 



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