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5.5 JETTIES AS DIVING SITES 



Most of the sport diving industry 

 along the South Atlantic Bight is centered 

 around wreck diving on the Continental 

 Shelf. However, training dives for 

 beginning SCUBA classes and most 

 recreational shore dives take place at 

 jetties since these provide nearshore 

 access to deeper water and allow divers to 

 view higher densities of fishes and 

 benthic organisms. Given the small 

 proportion of the population that dives 

 and the limited number of dives conducted 

 on jetties, jetties do not represent a 

 substantial asset for the sport diving 

 industry. Nonetheless, they provide 

 inexpensive recreational and educational 

 opportunities to individuals that would 

 not otherwise be able to view these reef- 

 like communities. 



Figure 32. Estimated total number of boats (A) and 

 bank-anglers (B) using the jetties at Murrells Inlet, SC, 

 during different seasons (data from Van Dolah et al. 

 1986). 



PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 

 CATCH BY SPECIES 



PERCENTAGE OF ANGLERS 

 SEEKING THAT SPECIES 



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20 



30 



40 



Red Drum 



Flounder 



Spot 



Bluefish 



King Mackerel 



Sheepshead 



Spotted Sea Trout 



Black Drum 



Croaker 



Spanish Mackerel 



Kingfish (Whiting) 



Black Sea Bass 



Shark (any species) 



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Figure 33. Types of fishes caught compared with types desired by anglers using the jetties at Murrells Inlet, SC 

 (data from Van Dolah et al. 1986). 



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