through 1958 ranged between 11,900 and the season of 1956-57. The catch by species 

 70,400 pounds, with the peak occurring in is given in table 1 1. Prior to 1954, mackerel 



Table 9. — Species composition, purse-seine fishery 

 for food fish [in pounds] 



Year 



Species 



1954 



1955 



1956 



Mean 



1957 percent 



Porgy 2,282,000 616,000 640,000 139,000 82.0 



Weakfish 256,000 102,000 167,000 175,000 15.6 



Bluefish 33,000 10,000 8,000 12,000 1.4 



All other 19,000 3,000 23,000 — 1.0 



Total 2,590,000 731,000 838,000 326,000 



Table 10. — Species composition, pound-net fishery 

 [in pounds] 



Year 



Species 



1954 



1955 



1956 



Mean 



1957 percent 



Weakfish 309,100 309,900 308,300 384,500 54.8 



Butterfish 120,800 103,200 122,600 163,500 21.3 



Menhaden 11,100 34,000 54,900 64,800 6.9 



Squid 36,000 8,000 3,500 5,200 2.2 



Mackerel 12,200 8,100 11,000 1,200 1.4 



All other 64,800 61,100 54,100 140,900 13.4 



Total 



554,000 524,300 554,400 760,100 



Table 11. — Species composition, drift gill-net fishery 



[in pounds] 



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