An attempt was made to correlate length of vessel, type of 

 en^^ine, and horsepov/er with quantity of fuel used per fishing day, 

 quantity used annually, and quantity used per pound of shrimp taken. 

 The tabtdationg for the limited data available are sliov/n belov/. 



TABLE IV - 42.— AVJiJMGS ITUlffiSR OF GALLONS OF FUEL USED Ai\Il«JALLY, 

 PER FISHING DAY AND PZR POUND OF SHHII.5P TAKEN, BY LEl^IGTH 

 OF VESSEL, SELECTED SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 

 SHRIWP FESSELS, I95Z1. 



Vessel 

 length 

 (feet) 



Number 



of 

 vessels 



Average 



gallons 



used annually 



Average 

 gallons per 

 fishing day 



Average gallons 

 per pound of 

 shrimp caught 



TABLE IV - 43.~AVEHAGE NUl>fflER OF GALLONS OF FUEL USED 



ANNUALLY, PER FISHING DAY AND PER POUND OF SHRIMP TAKEN, BY 



TYPE OP ENGINE AND HORSEPOWER, SELECTED SOUTH ATLANTIC AND 



GULP STATES SHRIMP VESSELS, 1954 



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