Table 3- — Commercial fishery landings^ Cape Canaveral Area, 1959~62, pound and dollar values by gear, by year, by subarea. vith U-year averages 



Shrimp and fish 

 otter trawls 



Crab pots 



Drift 

 fii "I "1 nets 



Runaroimd 

 fiin Qets 



Trftrnmel pets 



Troll lines 



1959 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



I960 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



1961 



Pounds Dpi lure Pounds Dpi Iwt-s Pounds DqUbt-c 



1)67,100 103,183 56,600 6,205 



23,700 It, 398 



50,000 7,218 



17,8CO l,lt93 



— 558,600 116,292 56,600 6,205 



2,352,100 718,817 



— 1,231,200 61*, 855 2,500 



1*5,500 2,275 



2,352,100 718,817 1,276,700 67,130 2,500 



30,800 1,901* 



1,51*6,600 176,81*6 20,000 



352,200 30,202 



122,300 15,965 



13,200 



1*08,700 



65,900 



35,600 



9,300 



88,1*07 



10,161* 



5,1*32 



1,065 



56,100 7,0 



2,051,900 221*, 917 20,000 13,200 519,500 105,068 56,100 7,087 



97,100 



1,939,300 



1*30,100 



338,700 



9,95k 



176,772 



31,222 



32,565 



38,200 

 21,700 



2!*,888 

 11., 068 



301,900 

 29,500 

 10,200 

 10,1*00 



66,li«5 

 1*,965 

 1,303 

 2,169 



85,600 11,091* 



2,805,200 250,513 59,900 38,956 352,000 7l*,902 85,600 11,091* 



72,1*00 



.,981,200 



312,800 



351., 000 



6,681 



165,881 

 27,21*1* 

 30,00s 



23,100 

 15,1*00 



ll*,567 

 9,1*32 



376,700 



28,1*00 



10,000 



7,200 



89,1*96 

 1*,298 

 1,237 



1,350 



96,800 13,976 



Cape Canaveral Area 1,622,625 568,21*0 1,251,250 61*, i 



3>7T5 

 1,875 



5,650 



2,720,1*00 229,808 38,500 21*, 019 1*22,300 96,38l 96,800 13,976 



310 95,075 8,1*08 ~ — 388,600 86,888 73,775 9,591 



1*1*7 1,769,325 167,392 20,325 13,169 36,875 5,956 



399,050 33,271 9,275 5,875 26,1*50 3,796 



293,625 27,220 — — U,175 1,519 



757 2,557,075 236,291 29,600 19,01*1* 1*63,100 98,161 73,775 



',591 



Trot vith baits 



Scallop djedRes 



Tongs . oyster 



By band , oyster 



1959 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 



Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



1960 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



1961 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



196g 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax River 



Total 



Foxir-Year Averages 



Atlantic Ocean 

 Indian River 

 Banana River 

 Halifax Fiver 



Cape Canaveral Area 



Dollars 



Founds 



1*25 



1*25 



6,600 

 6,600 



6,500 



6,500 



325 I*, 500 



325 '*,500 



1,690,300 



2,631,500 



551,100 



2,020 1*1*0,300 



2,020 5,319,200 



2,81*7,7Q0 



2,61*0 2,886,1*00 



387,800 



177,100 



2,61*0 6,299,000 



Dollars 



392,127 



209,882 



51,631* 



36,738 



690,381 



816,215 



268,950 



35,631* 



19,305 



3,600 1,1*1*0 — -- — — 2,1*96,100 81*6,321 



5,600 269 — -- 23,900 7,026 12,200 3,586 3,152,500 268,1*32 



929,1*00 68,1*23 



1*,800 2,038 — — — — -- — 353,900 36,772 



10,1*00 2,307 3,600 1,1*1*0 23,900 7,026 12,200 3,586 6,931,900 1,219,91*8 



32,1*00 1,782 6,500 318 



— ll*,700 7,619 



32,1*00 1,782 21,200 7,937 1*00 



1,000 



9,725 527 6,275 306 



2,1*25 121* 11,875 2,1*11* 



12,150 651 11,150 2,720 1,000 



168 — ~ — — 1,699,300 61*0,689 



12,700 3,810 19,100 5,736 2,961,000 2i*l*,585 



606,900 53,230 



375,900 38,971 



168 12,700 3,810 19,100 5,736 5,61*3,100 



1,02 



9,250 2,739 10,025 2,991 



1,650 505 



1*02 9,250 2,739 11,675 3,1*96 



977,1*75 



February, but is confined largely to January, 

 with the peak in December. 



Young mullet apparently remain at sea until 

 they are from 18 to 28 mm. long (mostly 

 20 to 25 mm.), at which time they move to the 

 coast and then into the estuarine waters. 



Growth has been estimated for the species in 

 south Georgia {and should equal or exceed these 

 rates in the Cape Canaveral Area). Growth is 

 slower during the colder winter nnonths, but 

 speeds up with the warming of the waters in 

 spring. From about March to October the size 



