Atlantic and Gulf Coast States 



Complete data on the types of fishing employed to catch tuna 

 and tunalike fishes in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast States A^ea are 

 not always available. Fortunately, the detailed statistical survey 

 of the catch of these fish made for the y^ar 19^0 affords the best 

 source of information on this subject. For that year no tuna or 

 tunalike fish T7ere caught commercially along the Gulf Coast. The 

 only commercial catch made in that year was along the Atlantic 

 Coast. Detail on the quantity and value of -Uiis catch by States 

 and gear are shown in table 59. 



INTER-REIATipNSHIP OF TUM FISHING WITH OTHER TYPES OF FISHING 

 (SALMON, HALIBUT, SARDINES, ETC.) 



In considering Ihis question, which is particularly applicable to 

 the Pacific Coast States and is considered for that area only, one 

 must bear in mind that all persons seeking a livelihood from fishing 

 as in other occupations will endeavor to engage in those fisheries and 

 tj^es of fishing that will yield the largest annual income. In 

 addition fishermen will consider the fishery to which they are 

 personally adapted, and for which their individual fishing crafts 

 are suited and can be equipped. It should also be borne in mind that 

 weather conditions and rough seas, particularly from Central California 

 northward, prevent many of the craft, small and large, frcni operating 

 on a year round basis, and that many of the smaller craft, limited 

 by fuel capacity or other reasons, must confine their fishing activities 

 to within a few miles from shore and even in many instances to within a 

 relatively short radius of their homeport. 



Because of these limitations, and in order to produce the largest 

 annual income, the fishermen must select not only those fisheries for 

 which they and their craft are best equipped and adapted, but also 

 those which are most remunerative at each particular period or season 

 of the year. Quite a number of fishermen will supplement their fishing 

 activities with employment in other occupations on land, or o thers, 

 employed chiefly in land occupations, may endeavor to supplement their 

 income from such employment by engaging in fisheries for such periods 

 of time as they can spare from their land occupations. The type of 

 vessel and its idgging and equipment also have a large bearing in 

 determining for -vrtiat fisheries a particular craft may be used. 



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