Figure 6. — Broadbill swordfish captured on longline. 



Results of cruises varied according to gear 

 fished and area. Only light catches of shrimp 

 were made during explorations off Florida 

 and at widely scattered locations in the Carib- 

 bean. During scallop investigations off North 

 Carolina, which were requested by the scallop 

 industry, we found concentrations of large 

 scallops near New River Inlet, N.C. Studies 

 to determine the year-round availability of 

 swordfish off Florida took only small catches. 

 Trolling between longline sets off Florida and 

 in the Caribbean confirmed earlier indications 

 of a potential resource of blackfin tuna in the 



Caribbean and western Atlantic. This light- 

 meat tuna is not now used by the U.S. fishing 

 industry. Samples were sent to several of the 

 larger tuna canning companies on the West 

 Coast to prepare test packs, which proved to 

 be excellent. Indications of a large potential 

 resource for yelloweye or silk snapper, Carib- 

 bean red snapper, and blackfin snapper were 

 obtained off Central America in the Caribbean. 

 Handlines and handreels were used for sampling 

 preliminary to work in the area with fish 

 trawls. Promising concentrations of yellow- 

 eye were also found near the Virgin Islands. 



