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Figure 2. — Cape Canaveral Area, offshore fishing reefs (see table 6 for list of reef areas by numbers shown on chart). 



In the Atlantic Ocean there are two divisions 

 of major interest: A narrow strip of water 

 within a few miles of the coast; and the reef 

 areas lying approximately between 10 and 50 

 fathoms. 



This report is organized under six sections. 



The Commercial Fisheries--The basic data 

 for this section were furnished by the Bureau 

 of Commercial Fisheries Statistical Center, 

 Miami, Fla. 



Fish Taken Incidental to Shrimp Trawling- - 

 These are unpublished data resulting from 

 operations of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries' 

 vessel Launch 58 during the midthirties. 



Fish and General Invertebrate Groups Taken 

 During Exploratory Fishing--These are un- 

 published data resulting fronn exploratory 

 fishing operations by the U.S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries vessel M/V Pelican in 1940 and 

 subsequent exploratory fishing operations of 



