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1967 = 6,203,000 pounds 



1968= 7,809,000 pounds 



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1967 = 1,812,000 pounds 



1968 = 727,000 pounds 



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Figure 5. — Shrimp landings by month and species for 

 Georgia, 1967 and (tentative totals) 1968. 



North Carolina 



No shrimp landings were reported in 1967 

 from January through April (fig. 4). White 

 shrinnp were landed fronn August to December 

 with peak catches in October; brown shrimp 

 were landed fronn July to October with peak 

 catches from July to September; and pink 



shrimp were landed from May to August (and 

 a few in November and December) with peak 

 catches in June and July. 



South Carolina 



No catches were reported in 1967 from 

 January through April (fig. 4). White shrimp 

 landings were small in May and June; nil in 

 July and August; fairly high in September to 

 November, with the seasonal peak in October; 

 and small in December. Brown shrimp were 

 landed from June to October with peak catches 

 in July. 



Florida East Coast 



Shrimp were landed in all months in 1967, 

 but quantities were small from February 

 through May (fig. 4). White shrinnp were taken 

 in all months; catches reached the seasonal 

 high in November. Brown shrimp were re- 

 ported from March to August, with peak 

 catches in July. 



Georgia 



Shrinnp were landed in all months in 1967 

 and in 1968, but the amounts were small from 

 January through May (fig. 5). White shrimp 

 were reported for all months, but most were 

 taken from July through December; peak 

 catches were in September. Brown shrinnp 

 were reported from May to September in 

 1967 and June to September in 1968; peak 

 landings were in July in both years. Figure 6 

 shows annual fluctuations in Georgia landings 

 by species from 1957 to 1968. 



1957 



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1962 1963 



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1965 



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Figure 6. — Yearly shrimp landings by species and all species combined for Georgia, 1957-68. 



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