TABLE A -22 



M/.JOR TYPES OF FISHING GEAR 



OF INSUllED AND NONINSURED VESSELS, 

 AVEMGE FOB 1950-55 



♦AroQ- 

 Major types 

 of fishine Goar 



Insured 

 Per- iio. 

 cent Vessels 



Nonlnsurod 

 Per- iio, 

 cent Vossols 



Total Eeported 

 Per- iio, 

 cent Vessels 



I. Nov En^lond 



1. Trawls (otter) 



2. Drcdgps 



3. Other a/ 

 Total Eoportinc — ' 



II. Gulf Area 



1. Trivia (nostly shrinp) 



2. Other i^^. 

 Total Report ing—/ 



III. California 



1. Hook ond lino 



2. Purse seines 



3. Other dV 

 Total Reporting £/ 



S/stop nets 17, traps 12, gllL nets $, purse seojies 5, hook and line U. 



b/ Total i^eporbihg less than total in sample because a nunber of vessels could 



"" not be classified. 



c/ Hook and line 12, dredges 7, purse seines U, gill nets 2. 



"3/ Stop nets 2k, traps (crab) 9, trav;ls 9, traps or pound nets 3* gill nets 5. 



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