250,000 1 — 



Southern Section 



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-5 200,000 — 



-o 150,000 

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 «l 



E 



:5 100,000 



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"E 50,000 



"* ~7Number of fishermen*" 



Feb. 



Mar 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Figure 15. — Estimated sport fishery effort in numbers of fishermen and hours fished. Cape Canaveral Area, February- 

 October 1963; by section (all facilities combined), by month. 



one-third of the hours fished, and the "bank 

 fishery" a little less than one-third. Total 

 hours fished in the Southern Section represent 

 about 56 percent of the total for the area, and 

 the Northern Section accounted for about 44 

 percent (monthly totals by section, figure 15 

 and table 54, show more hours fished in the 

 Northern Section for the months of February, 

 March, and October). Numbers of hours fished 

 by month during March to October varied 

 between about 188,000 and 322,000 (February 

 figures are incomplete). 



CATCH PER UNIT OF EFFORT 



Catch- per-unit-of-effort data (numbers of 

 fish per hour of fishing) for all species com- 

 bined are presented by section, by facility, by 

 month in table 55. 



Values for the Southern Section for the period 

 as a whole varied from a low of 0.37 for "Port 

 Canaveral outside" to a high of 1 .53 for "bridges 

 and causeways." Over the months, for all 

 facilities combined, the value ranged from 

 0.86 to 1.45, 



Values for the Northern Section for the period 

 as a whole varied from lows of 0,74 for "surf 

 areas" and 0.76 for "bank fishery" to highs of 

 1.02 for "boat fishery" and 1.05 for "bridges." 

 Over the months, for all facilities combined, 

 the value ranged from 0.78 to 1.16. 



Combining all hours and all fish, the catch 

 per unit of effort was 1.17 for the Southern 

 Section and 0.92 for the Northern Section. For 

 all hours and all fish for the entire area the 

 catch per unit of effort was 1.05. 



BAIT FISHERY 



Northern Section 



Fish camp operators in the Cape Canaveral 

 Area provided information on the kinds, 

 amounts, and source of bait which they sell. 

 Live shrimp are dipped by most operators 

 from the Indian River in the spring, summer, 

 and fall, when shrimp are available. During 

 the winter, operators are dependent upon 

 shrimp shipped from the west and south coast 

 of Florida to two wholesalers of live shrimp 

 at Oak Hill. Bait shrimp vary from large 



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