CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Review of the 1958 purse seine fishery 2 



Summer fishery 3 



South Atlantic Area 3 



Chesapeake Bay Area 4 



Middle Atlantic Area 4 



North Atlantic Area 5 



Fall fishery 5 



Distribution of purse seine sets 6 



Sampling the catch 6 



Age composition 6 



Length composition H 



Weight composition 13 



Average length and weight 15 



Discussion 16 



Summary 24 



Acknowledgments 24 



Literature cited 25 



Appendix 26 



