CONTEMTS 



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Part Is Port Sampling 



Estimated destruction^ 1952 . ...o <..........,.. . 3 



Quantity of discards „,,.., o , c ,« o . ...... « 3 



Season of discards o ... ................ . 7 



Area of discards ,....<,.„...,., ......... . 7 



Part II J Sea Sampling 



Analysis of discards, 19^2 . .......„,,..,.... . 7 



Weight of discards ..................... 11 



Numbers discarded ......... ........... . 11 



Estimated total destruction ........ o ...... . 11 



Average weight ........................ 12 



Size composition . .................... . 12 



Cull by fishermen ..................... 17 



Age composition . 17 



Size composition of ages ................... 28 



Summary ............................. 3ii 



