FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 75, NO. 1 



coasts (National Marine Fisheries Service 1974). 

 Number caught in,), number measured (nmi), 

 mean length (SI,), and standard deviation (Ss,) of 



mean length for each of the 22 species by mesh size 

 are shown in Table 1. 



The assumption that mean lengths of fish that 



TABLE 1. — Number offish caught (n, I, number measured (nm, ), mean length in centimeters (SI, ),and standard deviation of length (Ss, ) 



by stretched mesh size (m,) and species. 



m; in centimeters and (in ches) 



Species 



Gulf menhaden.' 

 Brevoortia patronus 



Spot, 1 



Leiostomus xanthurus 



Sea catfish, 

 Anus fells 



Pinfish, 



Lagodon rhomboides 



Atlantic croaker, 1 

 Micropogon undulalus 



Blue runner, 1 

 Caranx crysos 



Pigfish, 1 



Orthopristis chrysoptera 



Bluefish, 1 

 Pomatomus saltratrix 



Spanish mackerel, 1 

 Scomberomorus maculalus 



Yellowfm menhaden, 

 Brevoortia smith. 



Gafftopsail catfish, 

 Bagre marinus 



Spotted seatrout, 1 

 Cynoscion nebulosus 



Crevalle jack, 1 

 Caranx hippos 



Little tunny, 

 Euthynnus alletteratus 



Atlantic sharpnose shark, 

 Rhizopnonodon terraenovae 



Atlantic bumper, 

 Chloroscombrus chrysurus 



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