TABLE 7. — Mean fork length (in millimeters) of Atlantic menhaden at each age in 

 purse seine catches, by area and seasin, 1955-59 



(Most numerous age group underscored) 



Area, year 

 and season 



Age 



7 



10 



Mean 



SUMMER FISHERY 



South Atlantic: 



1955 . 



1956 . 



1957 . 



1958 . 



1959 . 



Chesapeake Bay: 



1955 . 



1956 . 



1957 . 



1958 . 



1959 . 



Middle Atlantic 



1955 . 



1956 . 



1957 . 



1958 . 



1959 . 



North Atlantic: 



1955 . . . 



1956 . . . 



1957 . . . 



1958 . . . 



1959 . . . 



128 



129 



132 



152 



158 

 118 

 155 



FALL FISHERY 



North Carolina: 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



123 

 118 

 129 

 116 

 lUl 



168 



1^ 

 167 

 168 



1S3 



199 

 187 

 180 

 189 

 162 



228 

 221 



200 

 214 

 180 



218 

 223 

 210 



209 

 182 

 181 

 202 

 177 



195 

 198 

 190 

 190 

 199 



236 

 222 

 221 



213 

 215 



259 



240 

 239 

 23U 



277 

 277 

 266 



255 



2S0 



259 

 262 

 285 

 261^ 



262 



208 



2li^ 

 218 

 202 

 218 



2hh 



293 

 223 

 230 

 23k 



279 

 286 



279 

 253 

 255 



287 

 290 

 292 

 292 



280 



282 

 298 

 302 

 30U 

 290 



212 

 22U 



211 



251 



267 

 307 



290 



302 



309 



300 

 308 



301 

 307 

 309 

 310 

 312 



30U 

 308 

 31)+ 

 315 

 312 



234 



2I+2 



252 

 311 



300 

 311 

 31U 



313 

 302 



316 



317 

 321 

 320 



317 

 312 



319 

 32U 



323 



31)+ 



317 

 317 

 323 

 319 



323 

 322 

 321 



328 

 328 



321 

 318 

 322 

 328 



327 



333 

 321 



306 



310 

 332 

 32U 



327 



327 



330 

 328 

 322 

 330 

 333 



325 

 323 

 330 



331 



336 

 336 

 321 

 3hh 

 339 



338 

 33I+ 

 3I+1 



3^7 

 3i+o 



332 



335 



3kh 



177 

 160 

 180 



175 

 158 



219 

 191 

 186 

 202 

 169 



27^+ 

 261+ 



2U0 

 239 



211 



303 

 306 



295 



281 

 280 



215 

 253 

 269 

 2hh 



283 



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