Table 11. 

 [Upper 



—Fish taken by trawling. Cape Canaveral Area, MAf Pelican , 

 figure, number of fish per hour of hauling; lower figure, 

 January 19^0 March-A^rtl Ig^O 



1940, catch-per-unit-of -effort by species, 10-foot trynet at 6 knots 

 percent of total catchy asterisk indicates value of less than 0.05] 



January 1940 March-J^ril 1940 



GENERAL 



In surface to 20 fathoms of water the family 

 Sciaenidae (croakers) represented about 50 

 percent of the number of fish captured, with 

 spot ( Leiostomus xanthurus ) accounting for 

 about 23 percent and white sea trout ( Cynoscion 

 nothus ) about 15 percent. In 20 to 100 fathonns 

 the Sciaenidae represented 68 percent of the 

 number of fish taken, with spot ( Leiostomus 

 xanthurus ) accounting for 32 percent and 

 croaker ( Micropogon undulatus ) 31 per- 

 cent. 



Several exploratory fishing vessels operated 

 by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries during 

 1957-63 made limited trawling forays on the 

 Continental Shelf in the Cape Canaveral Area. 

 These were the M/V Combat , M/V Pelican , 

 and M/V Silver Bay . In table 12 are the data 

 on species of fish captured, by season and 

 depth of water. These data are a valuable 

 addition to our knowledge of the actual occur- 

 rence of species within the Cape Canaveral 

 Area. At the end of the table are given occur- 

 rence of the more important invertebrate 

 forms. 



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