COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF 

 THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA 



imp 

 mullet 

 crabs 

 trout 

 mackerel 

 pompano 



• 25 to 50 percent of west coast catch 



• More than 50 percent 



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shrimp .trout- 

 mullet**;, mackerel* 

 lobster* pompano 

 crabs 



Figure 41. — The major west coast species landed in the commercial fisheries in 1967 by coastal segment. Numbers 

 in parentheses are coastal segment numbers. Species are listed in order of value. (Data from Ingle, 1968.) 



way is in Class IV, agricultural and industrial 

 water supply. All other west coast waters are 

 in Class III — for recreation and the propagation 

 and management of fish and wildlife, or Class II 

 — suitable for shellfish harvesting. 



Pollution coexists generally with sizable com- 

 munities and large industries. The quantity of 

 domestic waste is greatest in Tampa Bay and 

 vicinity whereas that of industrial waste is great- 

 est in northern estuaries (Fig. 43). We con- 

 structed the figure by totaling the flow of pol- 



lutants in each of eight segments of the coast 

 from data provided by State, County and Fed- 

 eral pollution-control agencies (Tables 7 and 8). 

 The Florida State Board of Health (abbreviated 

 hereafter FSBH) provided most of the data, up- 

 dated to 1970, part of which has been published 

 (FSBH, 1966b, 1967c) . Supplemental data were 

 provided by County pollution authorities and the 

 Corps of Engineers (U.S. Army, Corps of En- 

 gineers, 1967a,b). We mapped the location of 

 pollution sources, classified them in major or 



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