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Whiting. Landings were 9.1 million pounds worth $961,000, a 1-percent gain in volume and 15 percent in value 

 over 1974. New Jersey with 6.5 million pounds or 71 percent of the total landings declined 8 percent. The 

 leading ports in New Jersey for whiting were Point Pleasant (59 percent of the catch) and Belford (28 

 percent). Landings in New York (2.6 million pounds) increased 33 percent compared with 1974; Delaware 

 increased from 8,000 pounds to 13,000 pounds. 



Other information. Condensed summary data on the operating units and landings, by States, appearing on the 

 following pages, have been published previously in Current Fishery Statistics No. 7406. Additional data may 

 be found in the monthly and annual landings bulletins for New York and New Jersey published in the Current 

 Fishery Statistics series by the Data Management and Statistics Division in cooperation with the respective 

 States. 



Acknowledgments . The following organizations helped collect the data appearing in the section: New York 

 Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Marine and Coastal Resources; New Jersey 

 Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish, Game, and Shellfisheries; and Delaware 

 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Game. 



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