TABLE 8. — Mean weight (grams) of Atlantic menhaden at each age in purse seine 



catches, by area and season, 1955-59 



(Most numerous age group underscored) 



Area, year 

 and season 



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 . 



FALL FISHERY 



North Carolina: 



1955 . . . . 



1956 . . . , 



1957 . . . . 



1958 . . . , 



1959 . . . , 



Age 



O 



35 



32 



1^0 



60 



28 

 66 



31 



28 



26 

 kG 



22 

 67 

 H3 

 8i± 

 62 



lh2 

 118 



97 



225 



206 

 1U9 



183 

 100 



190 

 181 

 169 



166 

 116 

 9h 

 155 

 107 



125 

 I3I1 



117 

 120 

 138 



196 



171 

 162 

 70 iPi 



317 



260 

 231 



Uoi 



395 

 352 

 317 

 331 



356 

 3I16 

 452 

 360 

 3^3 



155 

 176 

 190 

 1U3 

 179 



262 



181 

 21U 

 20U 



l^.oi^ 

 kh8 

 h29 

 319 

 31U 



k26 

 hhk 

 U71 



U93 

 U21 



U60 

 516 

 5^+0 



573 

 k66 



157 

 217 



157 



278 



257 

 469 



ii57 

 522 



589 

 506 

 543 



U9U 

 521 

 566 



583 



566 



563 

 606 

 668 

 586 



22U 



235 



327 

 1^80 



505 

 582 

 608 

 578 

 531 



589 

 607 



661 



631 



6i^8 

 582 

 636 

 722 

 6)12 



596 

 629 

 621 

 617 

 599 



6U1 

 615 

 638 



693 

 684 



690 

 6U2 

 646 



7/;i 



678 



712 



643 

 535 



606 



691 

 658 

 660 

 711 

 720 



643 

 664 

 756 

 703 



543 

 688 

 630 



634 



10 



732 

 725 

 706 



833 

 750 



806 

 784 

 737 



760 

 766 

 612 



740 



774 



Mean 



98 



69 



102 



96 



70 



185 

 125 

 108 

 142 



81 



385 



359 

 270 

 262 



181 



514 



522 



497 

 448 



429 



256 



373 

 450 



344 



449 



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