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Dip net and troll collections 33 



Recreational fishery of the Cape Canaveral Area 34 



Description of southern section and its fishery 35 



Description of northern section and its fishery 45 



Bank fishery 45 



Bridge fishery 45 



Surf fishery 45 



Boat fishery 45 



Methods for estimating sport fishery catch 47 



Estimate of sport fishery catch 54 



Fishing effort 68 



Catch per unit of effort 69 



Bait fishery 69 



Northern section 69 



Southern section 71 



Miscellaneous records 71 



Gary Bennett 71 



Charter and party boat ocean fishery 71 



Sunglow Ocean Fishing Pier 73 



Timmons Fishing Camp 73 



Summary statements 76 



Commercial fishery 76 



Recreational fishery 76 



Catch 76 



Fishing effort 76 



Bait fishery 77 



Literature cited 78 



FIGURES 



1. South Atlantic coast of United States, with Cape Canaveral Area outlined. . x 



2. Cape Canaveral Area, offshore fishing reefs 2 



3. Cape Canaveral Area. Extent of scallop beds shown as area enclosed by 



hatched lines 1 '7 



4. Commercial fishery landings, Cape Canaveral Area, pound and dollar 



values by years, with 4-year averages, for total fishery and for 



eight dominant species connbined 18 



5. Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area, in pounds by years, 



for eight dominant species 18 



6. Commercial fishery landings, Florida east coast, 5-year intervals from 



1940 to 1960, and 1962, for five leading species 19 



7. Numbers of fish taken per hour of trawling incidental to shrimp fishing 



operations. Cape Canaveral Area, all species by nnonth, for 2 years 



combined, and two stations connbined 24 



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