CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Sources of information 3 



Total landings in New Jersey 4 



Industrial fisheries 6 



Atlantic menhaden 6 



Industrial trawl fishery 7 



Horseshoe crab 7 



Alewives 8 



Atlantic herring 8 



Shrimps 9 



Semi-industrial fisheries 9 



Red hake and white hake 9 



Silver hake U 



Squids 12 



Food Fisheries 13 



American oyster 14 



Bluefish 18 



Atlantic sturgeon 18 



Sea mussels 19 



Tautog 20 



American shad 20 



Weakfish 21 



Eels 22 



White perch 23 



Haddock 24 



Atlantic cod 24 



Atlantic croaker 25 



Spot 26 



Butterfish 27 



Blue crab 28 



Atlantic bonito 29 



Spanish mackerel 29 



Northern kingfish 30 



Atlantic mackerel 30 



Hard clam 31 



Soft clam 32 



Chub mackerel 33 



Frigate mackerel 33 



Scup 33 



Black sea bass 34 



Flounders 35 



Summer flounder 35 



Winter flounder 35 



Yellowtail flounder 36 



Little tunny 37 



Surf clam 37 



Bluefin tuna 38 



Atlantic sea scallop 39 



Atlantic bay scallop 40 



American lobster 41 



Swordfish 42 



Striped bass 43 



Conch 43 



Northern puffer 44 



Tilefish ; 45 



Summary and conclusions 45 



Acknowledgments 48 



Literature cited 48 



