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8. Wet volumes of plankton, ml. per 1,000 m.-^ of water, Continental Shelf 



off Cape Canaveral Area, from plankton samples, T_,'N. Gill cruises 

 1953-54, average values by depth of water and by season 28 



9. Numbers of fish eggs and fish larvae per 100 nn. of water, Continental 



Shelf off Cape Canaveral Area, from plankton samples, T. N, Gill 

 cruises 1953-54, average values by depth of water and by season . . 29 



10. Numbers of copepods and chaetognaths per 100 m.-* of water. Continental 

 Shelf off Cape Canaveral Area, from plankton samples, T_. N. Gill 

 cruises 1953-54, average values by depth of water and season .... 30 



1 1. Cape Canaveral Area, Southern Section 36 



12. Cape Canaveral Area, Northern Section 46 



13. Estin-iated sport fishery catch. Cape Canaveral Area; February-October 



1963, all species combined, in numbers of fishand weight in pounds, 



by section and totals for the area, by month 67 



14. Estimated sport fishery catch, Cape Canaveral Area; 1963 spring, sum- 



mer, and fall totals, all species combined, all facilities combined, 



in numbers of fish and weight in pounds 68 



15. Estimated sport fishery effort in numbers of fishermen and hours 



fished, Cape Canaveral Area, February-October 1963; by section 



(all facilities combined), by month 69 



TABLES 



1. Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area, 1959-62, in pounds 



and dollars, by species, by year, with 4-year averages 3 



2. Commercial fishery operating units, Cape Canaveral Area, 1959-62, by 



years with 4-year averages 4 



3. Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area, 1959-62, pound and 



dollar values by gear, by year, by subarea, with 4-year averages . . 5 



4. Commercial fishery landings, Cape Canaveral Area, for eight dominant 



species, all others combined; four-year average pound and dollar 

 values by month, 1959-62 6 



5. Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area, 4-year pound and 



dollar value averages by species for entire area and subareas, by 

 months for period 1959-62 7 



6. Reef areas in Cape Canaveral Area utilized as fishing grounds 16 



7. Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area, comparison with 



Florida east coast values and landings for five leading species, 

 1962 19 



8. Scientific nannes of fishes, crustaceans, and mollusks shown on com- 



mercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral Area 19 



9. Fish taken by trawling. Cape Canaveral Area, M/V Launch 58 1933-35, 



catch per unit of effort (75-foot shrimp trawl at 2-3 knots) by 

 months for 2 years combined, for New Smyrna and Cape Canaveral 

 stations combined 20 



10. Fish taken by trawling. Cape Canaveral Area, M/V Launch 58 1933-35, 

 catch per unit of effort (75-foot shrimp trawl at 2-3 knots) for 

 species representing two percent or more of total catch, by months 

 for 2 years combined, for New Snnyrna and Cape Canaveral stations 

 combined 24 



