maintained a value of 121 to 192 fronn Novennber 

 to January, declined sharply in February, and 

 continued to decline to the low in April 

 (table 11). 



The carangids contributed 0.2 percent of the 

 monthly average catch in April, 2.8 in May, and 

 1 1.4 to 15.8 percent in June to September; the 

 percentage was between 3.8 and 9.8 in October 

 to February, and continued to decline to the low 

 in April (table 11). 



Ariidae . - - The yearly average catch of sea 

 catfish for the area was 47 per hour of trawling, 

 representing 3.4 percent of the total catch. 



No sea catfish were captured in February and 

 only 0,2 per hour of trawling in March; the 

 number rose to about ZZ in April and generally 

 continued to rise during the late spring and 

 summer, peaked at 171 in September, was 97 

 to 113 in October and November, declined 

 abruptly to 3,5 and 2.0 in December and 

 January, and to none in February (table 11). 



The ariids contributed only 0.2 percent or 

 less of the monthly average catches in Decem- 

 ber, January, and March (nil in February), 

 and generally contributed about 3 to 6.5 per- 

 cent of the catch from April to November (peak 

 in September--see table 11). 



Clupeidae. --The yearly average catch of 

 clupeids for the area was 44 per hour of 

 trawling, representing 3,1 percent of the total 

 catch. 



Only 0.4 to 1 clupeid was taken per hour of 

 trawling from August to November; the number 

 rose in December and January, peaked at 224 

 in February, and generally declined during 

 spring and early summer to the low in August 

 to November (table 11). 



The clupeids contributed from less than 0.05 

 percent to 0.6 percent of the monthly average 

 catches from July to December; they were 

 most abundant from January to March at 8.7 

 to 22.0 percent of the catch (peak in February) 

 and were captured in moderate abundance in 

 spring and early summer (table 11). 



Bothidae. --The yearly average catch of 

 flounders for the area was 40 per hour of 

 trawling, representing 2.9 percent of the total 

 catch. 



About 8 to 35 bothids were taken per hour of 

 trawling from March to September; the number 

 increased steadily in the fall and early winter, 

 peaked at 93 in January, and declined rapidly in 

 February to the low in March to September 

 (table 11). 



The bothids contributed only 0,6 and 1,0 

 percent of the monthly average catches in 

 August and September; their peak contributions 

 were 7.5 and 5.0 percent in January and 

 February (table 11). During the remaining 

 months they made up 1.6 to 3.9 percent of the 

 catch. 



Species 



Six species of fishes ( Stellifer lanceolatus , 

 Micropogon undulatus , Leiostomus xanthurus , 

 Menticirrhus spp., Chloroscombrus chrysurus , 

 and Cynoscion regalis --in that order) were 

 captured in greatest numbers and together 

 contributed 1,020 of the 1,391 yearly average 

 number per hour of trawling, or 73.3 percent of 

 the yearly average catch for the Georgia 

 Outside area. 



STELLIFER LANCEOLATUS . --The yearly 

 average catch of star drum for the area was 

 528 per hour of trawling, representing 38.0 

 percent of the total catch. 



About 119 were taken per hour of trawling 

 in March; the number increased during spring 

 and summer, reached 805 to 1,090 during the 

 fall, peaked at 1,117 in December, declined 

 abruptly in January and continued to decline 

 to the low in March (table 12). 



The species contributed 13.6 and 20.2 per- 

 cent of the monthly average catches in February 

 and March, 28.7 to 55.8 percent in April to 

 January (peak in October--see table 12). 



MICROPOGON UNDULATUS . --The yearly 

 average catch of Atlantic croakers for the 

 area was 140 per hour of trawling, representing 

 10.1 percent of the total catch. 



Only 1 to 3 were taken per hour of trawling 

 from February to April; the number increased 

 rapidly over late spring and summer to 258 by 

 August, peaked at 676 in September, declined 

 abruptly to 202 in October, and generally 

 continued to decline to the low in February to 

 April (table 12). 



Croakers contributed 0.2 to 0.5 percent of 

 the monthly average catches from February 

 to April, 12.2 to 25,4 percent from June to 

 September (peak in September), They declined 

 rapidly in late fall and winter to the low in 

 February to April (table 12), 



LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS . --The yearly 

 average catch of spot for the area was 109 per 

 hour of trawling, representing 7.8 percent of 

 the total catch. 



About 14 to 58 spots were taken per hour of 

 trawling from June to November; numbers 

 taken were greatest during winter and early 

 spring, and the peak was 287 in December 

 (table 12), 



Spots contributed 0.9 to 4.4 percent of the 

 monthly average catches from June to Novem- 

 ber, 12.7 and 7.1 percent during December 

 and January, and their highest percentage 

 during late winter and spring with a peak of 

 25.8 and 26.6 percent in February and March 

 (table 12). 



MENTICIRRHUS spp. (mostly M. AMERI- 

 C ANUS) . - - The yearly average catch of king 

 whiting for the area was 99 per hour of 



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