find that shrimp, blue crab, whiting, and 

 pompano follow the pattern of the total fish- 

 ery- -1960 and 1961 above the 4- year average, 

 1959 and 1962 below it, but with 1962 having 

 greater landings than 1959. For black mullet, 

 3 years (1959, 1961, and 1962) had landings 

 greater than the 4- year average, and the largest 

 landings occurred in 1962. Landings of spotted 

 sea trout were above the 4- year average in 

 1959, 1960, and 1961 and below it inl962. Spot 

 landings were above the 4- year average in 

 1959 and I960 and below it in 1961 and 1962. 

 Landings of red snapper were above the 4- year 

 average in 1959 and 1962 and below it in 1960 

 and 1961. 



Of the eight dominant species only one, red 

 snapper, had the highest landings in 1959. 

 Greatest landings for shrimp, spotted sea 

 trout, spot, and pompano occurred in 1960; 

 for blue crab and king whiting in 1961; and 

 for black mullet in 1962. Lowest landings by 

 year were: shrimp, blue crab, whiting, and 

 pompano in 1959; black mullet in 1960; red 



-total commercial fishery 

 ■eight dominant species 



= 6 - 



5 - 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 





 a 



o 

 a. 



2.0 1- 



1.5 



o 10 

 0.5 



black mullet 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



Figure 5. — Commercial fishery landings. Cape Canaveral 

 Area, in pounds by years, for eight dominant species. 



2 I- 



.*. 1 



total commercial fishery 



eight dominant species 



4-year average 



4-year overage 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



Figure 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 

 combined. 



snapper in 1961; and spotted sea trout and 

 spot in 1962. 



Figure 6 shows, by 5-year intervals from 

 1940 to 1960 and for 1962, the commercial 

 landings of five leading species on the Florida 

 east coast. 



From a high in 1945, production of shrimp 

 and black mullet has generally declined to the 

 4-year period 1959-62 for which we have de- 

 tailed data for the Cape Canaveral Area--and 

 we assume that the Cape Canaveral Area 

 fishery for these two important species reflects 

 this lower level of availability or demand, as 

 the Cape Canaveral Area contributes about 19 

 percent of the shrimp and 66 percent of the 

 mullet taken on the Florida east coast. 



The blue crab fishery has undergone steady 

 growth on the Florida east coast from 1940 to 



