western north Atlantic at a ratio of 1:0.58. This 

 suggests that the recreationally derived sex 

 ratios may, in fact, be realistic. 



The catch of recreationally caught spearfish 

 varies temporally and spatially (Table 2), with an 

 overall value of 0.00869 fish caught per 100 

 hours. The Caribbean produced the highest 

 CPUE for spearfish followed by the Gulf of 

 Mexico, the eastern United States, and the 

 Bahamas. 



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Table 2. — Catch and effort (expressed as hours fished) data of spearfish caught during annual 

 NMFS/SEFC recreational billfish surveys, 1974-86. 



'CPUE = Number of spearfish caught per 1 00 hours fished. 



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