Source: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



Table III-9 



Taylor B asic Study of Effort /Catch 

 Relationship Georges Bank Haddock Fishery 



Fishing 

 Effort In 

 Days 



Effort Before Mesh Regulations 



Level Annual Landings Catch Per 



(Per- (Millions of , ^ ^^ , 



cent; pounds) (Thousands 



; \ of pounds) 



After Mesh Regulations 



Annual Landings 

 (Millions of 

 pounds) 



Catch Per 

 Day 

 (Thousands 

 of pounds) 



1,827 



3,653 



5,480 



7,306 



9,133 



10,959 



12,786 



14,612 



25 

 50 

 75 

 100 

 125 

 150 

 175 

 200 



70.7 

 92.5 

 96.6 

 94.2 

 89.7 

 84.8 

 79.7 

 75.1 



38.7 



25.3 



17.6 



12.9 



9.8 



7.7 



6.2 



5.1 



73.6 

 103.8 

 115.5 

 120.7 

 122.0 

 121.7 

 120.8 

 119.4 



40.3 

 28.4 

 21.1 

 16.5 

 13.4 

 11.1 

 9.4 

 8.2 



Source: Excerpts from unpublished manuscript of Clyde C. Taylor, Fishery 



Research Biologist, Woods Hole, Laboratory, United States Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



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