feble 10.— Fish taken by 



species -representing two 



[Upper figure, 



Species 



trawling. Cape Canaveral Area, m/V Launch 58 1933-35, catch-per-unit-of-effort C75-foot shrimp trawl at 2-3 knots) for 

 percent or more of total catch, by months for two years combined, for New Smyrna and Cape Canaveral stations combined 

 number of fish per hour of hauling; lower figure, percent of total catch; asterisk indicates value of less than 0.05] 



JuXv 



_Au£^ 



Sept. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Apr. 



May 



June 



Total 



SCIAimDAE 

 Stem if er 



MicropoROn 

 undulatus 



Cynoscion no thus 



Leiostomus 



Menticirrhus spp. 

 Trfirimus fascia tus 

 Total 



211.2 

 19.8 



305.0 

 28.5 



36.7 

 3.1* 



259.7 

 24.3 



1*0.0 



3.7 



1-3 

 0.1 



233.5 



12.0 



822.5 

 1(2.3 



120.0 

 6.2 



226.5 



11.6 

 66.9 



8.0 

 o.k 



1,157.2 

 I10.6 



552.6 

 19. ii 



80.0 

 2.8 



175.1* 

 6.1 



273.8 

 9.6 



12.9 

 0.5 



1,289.0 

 28.6 



373.0 

 8.3 



254.0 

 5.6 



335.0 

 7.1* 



680.0 

 15.1 



I18.O 

 1.1 



2,236.0 

 40.2 



422.0 



7.6 



715.0 

 12.9 



224.0 



4.0 



377.0 

 6.8 



227.0 

 4.1 



226.2 

 6.9 



694.5 

 21.2 



429. B 



13.2 



82.5 



2.5 



43.6 

 1.3 



64.0 

 2.0 



482.3 

 19.9 



162.3 

 6.7 



381.7 

 15.8 



216.0 

 8.9 



188.3 

 7.8 



53.3 

 2.2 



263.3 

 30.6 



31.1 

 3.6 



81.3 

 9.4 



277.4 

 32.2 



50.3 

 5.8 



23.4 

 2.7 



649.8 

 40.4 



24.8 

 1.5 



193.2 



12.0 



199.2 



12.4 



127.0 

 7.9 



34.5 



2.1 



21.7 

 10.5 



7.7 

 3.7 



70.2 

 33.9 



6.8 

 3-3 



2.0 

 1.0 



5.1 

 2.5 



125-5 

 37.9 



34.5 

 10.4 



13.0 

 3.9 



3.0 

 0.9 



23.0 

 6.9 



20.0 

 5.4 



62.5 

 16.8 



110.0 



29.6 



17.5 



4.7 



2.0 

 0.5 



25-5 

 6.9 



558.2 

 26.6 



316.3 

 15.1 



203.7 

 9.7 



182.6 

 8.7 



150.3 

 7.2 



39-7 

 1.9 



853.9 

 79.8 



1,477.4 

 75.9 



2,251.9 

 79.0 



2,979.0 

 66.1 



4,201.0 

 75.6 



1,540.6 

 47.1 



1,483.9 

 61.3 



726.8 

 84.3 



1,228.5 

 76.3 



113.5 

 54.9 



199.0 

 60.0 



237.5 

 63.9 



1,450.8 

 69.2 



CABAKGIME 



Chloroscombrus 

 chrysimis 



Vomer setapinnis 



Total 



81.2 

 7.6 



0.5 



52.4 

 2.7 



1.5 



0.1 



172.9 

 6.1 



17.2 

 0.6 



608.0 

 13.5 



507.0 



11.2 



358.0 



6.4 



273-5 

 4.9 



1,182.5 

 36.2 



149.8 

 4.6 



468.3 

 19.3 



65.7 

 2.7 



4.9 

 0.6 



10.1 

 1.2 



23.0 



1.4 



35-5 

 2.2 



38.8 

 18.7 



2.9 

 1.4 



80.0 

 24.2 



1.0 

 0.3 



65.0 

 17.5 



5-0 

 1.3 



266.9 

 12.7 



79.8 

 3.8 



81.7 

 7.6 



53.9 

 2.8 



190.1 

 6.7 



1,115-0 

 24.7 



631.5 



11.3 



1,332.3 

 40.8 



534.0 



22.0 



15.0 



1.8 



58.5 

 3.6 



41.7 



20.1 



81.0 



24.5 



70.0 

 18.8 



346.7 

 16.5 



ARIUAE 



Galeichthys fells 



Total 



6.0 

 0.6 



62.5 

 3.2 



167.1 

 5-9 



51.0 

 1.1 



106.0 

 2.3 



292.0 

 5.3 



76.0 

 1.4 



92.4 

 2.8 



5-1 



0.2 



203.0 



8.4 



7.0 

 0.3 



6.3 

 0.7 



27.5 

 1.7 



43.5 

 2.7 



0.8 

 0.4 



0.8 

 0.4 



0.5 

 0.2 



0.5 



0.2 



1-5 

 0.4 



0.5 

 0.1 



55.5 



2.6 



41.4 



2.0 



6.0 



0.6 



63.2 



3.2 



168.3 



5-9 



157.0 



3-4 



368.0 

 6.7 



97.5 



3.0 



210.0 

 8.7 



6.3 

 0.7 



71.0 

 4.4 



1.6 

 0.8 



1-0 

 0.4 



2.0 



0.5 



96.9 



4.6 



SERRAMIDAE 



Centropristis 

 philadelphicus 



Grand total 



73.8 

 6.9 



173- B 

 8.9 



77.2 

 2.7 



76.0 

 1.7 



61.0 

 1.1 



49.8 

 1.5 



21.0 

 0.9 



2.4 

 0.3 



24.5 

 1.5 



1.8 

 0.9 



12.5 

 3.8 



5.0 

 1.3 



51.0 

 2.4 



1,015.4 1,768.3 

 94-9 90.8 



2,687.5 

 94.3 



4,327-0 5,261-5 3,020.2 2,248.9 



95.9 94.7 92.4 92.9 



750.5 1,382.5 

 87.1 85.8 



158.6 

 76.7 



293.5 

 88.7 



314.5 

 84.5 



1,945.4 

 92.7 



D J 



Months 



Figure 7. — Numbers of fish taken per hour of trawling 

 incidental to shrimp fishing operations. Cape Canaveral 

 Area, all species by month, for 2 years combined, and 

 two stations combined. See table 9. 



SCIAENIDAE - CROAKERS 



1. Stellifer lanceolatus - Star Drum 



This was the most abundant species taken 

 incidental to shrimp trawling. It is a relatively 

 small fish (maxinnum size about 6 inches), but 

 the bulk of the fish in the catch are probably 

 more nearly 3 inches. The species is not in- 

 cluded in the commercial fishery landings and 

 to the best of our knowledge is not utilized for 

 human consumption. It probably is an important 

 forage fish. 



2. Micropogon undulatus - Croaker 



The species is not of commercial import- 

 ance in the Cape Canaveral Area, although it 

 is of major importance in more northern sec- 

 tions of the Atlantic seaboard. Some of the 

 larger specimens are saved and utilized as 

 food. The species reaches a weight of several 

 pounds and length of about 18 inches, but in 

 the Cape Canaveral Area most specimens would 

 be under 8 inches. It is also taken by sport 

 fishermen in limited amounts. 



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