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Figure 16. — Thread herring fishing grounds on the Florida west coast. 



PROGRAM GOALS 



Board program goals were developed to 

 formulate future management principles for 

 taking thread herring and other potential 

 industrial fish along the Florida west coast. 



Because of limited funding and personnel, 

 however, we have had to restrict the initial 

 objectives to the studies considered most 

 important to the immediate needs of the de- 

 veloping thread herring fishery. We have 

 emphasized goals that may be achieved in 5 



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