Table 13. — Species composition, hand- and troll-line 

 fisheries [in pounds] 



Bluefish 124,100 153,000 157,100 83,700 92.7 

 Benito 13,900 6,300 6,700 5,100 5.7 

 All other 1,600 2,800 3,700 400 1.5 



Total 



139,600 162,100 167,500 89,200 



from open (party) and charter boats com- 

 bined. It does not appear that private boat 

 fishing wdthin the present survey area 

 amounts to over one -fourth of all fishing 

 activities, as was estimated in the New York 

 Marine District. Thus increasing the esti- 

 mate of sport-fishing production Avithin the 

 area to 7 million pounds, to include private 

 fishing, appears reasonable. 



Information pertinent to the Ocean 

 City, Md., fishery was collected by the 

 authors. Data concerning New Jersey and 

 Delaware were obtained from the state 

 agencies conducting the surveys under 

 the auspices of the Dingell- Johnson 

 Act. 



In general, the total number of party 

 and charter boats available for hire showed 

 little change during the period, although 

 small changes in fleet size occurred at 

 certain ports. Except for the Ocean City, 

 Md., charter-boat fishery for white marlin 

 (see p. 14), there was no marked shift in 

 fishing grounds nor change in fishing 

 methods during the period considered. 



Due to differences in methods of com- 

 pilation and analysis, the fishery within each 

 state is discussed separately. 



NEW JERSEY 



An inventory of the New Jersey salt- 

 water sport fishery was continued through 

 1954 by the New Jersey Division of Fish and 

 Game. Data pertaining to the survey area 

 (Atlantic City to Cape May) were obtained 

 from that agency (Younger and Hamer'). 



The principal charter- and party-boat 

 fleets in southern New Jersey are located at 

 Atlantic City, Wildwood, and Cape May. 

 Pertinent summary data are presented in 

 table 14. In g^eral, there has been little 

 change in this fishery since 1953. Informa- 

 tion on species composition of the catch in 

 1954 is given in table 15. Catch per unit 

 effort data for the principal species were 



3 Inventory of New Jersey's salt water sport fishery, 1954. 

 By Roy R. Yotinii.er and Paul E. Hanier, New Jersey Division of 

 Fish and Came, Trenton, N'. J. Report Dini;ell-Jo!uison project 

 F2R, 24 pp. (miineo.) 



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