Table 6.' 



-Mean fork length and weight of fish at each age in samples from 

 purse-seine catches, by area, 1955-56. 



(Numerically dominant year class underscored) 

 FORK LENGTH (mm. ) 



WEIGHT (g.) 



South Atlantic: 



1955 

 1956 



Chesapeake Bay: 

 1955 

 1956 



Middle Atlantic 

 1955 

 1956 



North Atlantic 

 1955 

 1956 



North Carolina 

 fall fishery: 



1955 

 1956 



35 



60 



82 



1I+2 

 118 



225 

 206 



31 



166 



116 



125 

 I3i^ 



222 

 19^ 



317 

 305 



1+01 

 395 



356 

 3U6 



155 

 176 



262 



388 



UoU 

 UU8 



h26 

 l|i+li 



I160 

 516 



157 

 217 



278 



U57 

 522 



k9k 

 521 



566 

 563 



221+ 



235 



505 



582 



589 

 565 



61+8 

 582 



596 

 629 



6kl 

 615 



690 

 61+2 



712 



61+3 



691 

 658 



61+3 



^h3 



688 



732 

 725 



3o6 



760 



766 



77U 



10 



