Table 5. —Calculated number of Atlantic menhaden (in millions) in purse aeine catches, by age, season, 



and area, 1955-61 



(Most numerous age group underscored) 



Season, area, and year 



ACE 



SUMMER FISHERY 



South Atlantic: 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



Chesapeake Bay: 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



Middle Atlantic: 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



North Atlantic : 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



FALL FISHERY 



North Carolina: 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



6.51 



13.27 

 1.47 



13.86 



12.18 



3.12 



0.A8 



10.71 



7A2.32 



36.37 

 284.39 



104.11 



0.69 



58.31 



0.25 



255.20 

 1.147.88 



117.91 

 315.20 



1.051.86 



1 1 1 . 84 

 506.20 



334.24 

 674.37 



1.056.16 



490.88 

 2,058.36 



142.58 

 311.76 



16.66 

 190.28 

 302.78 



22.73 

 994.72 



13.57 

 3.58 



1.87 

 0.14 

 8.28 



30.76 

 60.42 



12.41 

 29.34 

 6.87 

 14.32 

 10.71 



105.74 

 10.91 

 231.56 

 135.39 

 103.53 

 273.73 

 80.51 



382.92 

 66.90 

 176.58 

 561.76 

 200.20 

 666.94 

 206.42 



513.31 



823.35 



932.53 



850.63 



519.71 

 1.277.75 



187.61 



0.42 

 13.58 

 92.66 

 49.13 

 37.92 

 81.78 



4.60 



51.08 

 26.97 

 23.30 

 98.08 

 35.99 

 38.76 

 45.17 



13.01 

 0.63 

 0.42 

 8.25 

 1.72 



57.65 



11.52 

 0.49 

 3.22 

 5.25 

 14.78 

 2.64 

 197.99 



312.26 



2 32.82 

 58.05 

 19.75 



194.19 

 16.64 



831.67 



23.76 

 77.00 

 38.68 

 22.87 

 103.91 



38.93 

 118.14 



7.32 



37.48 



15.60 



19.63 



103.81 



22.63 

 101.90 



10.83 

 0.23 



0.26 



0.30 



5.17 



0.22 

 0.90 



0.32 



160.40 



18.60 



35.72 



1.07 



5.13 



24.42 



6.15 



115.10 



17.41 

 33.07 



7.88 

 13.58 

 49.04 



8.21 



16.71 

 9.36 



20.72 

 7.20 



18.44 



35.17 

 5.76 



0.02 



0.43 



0.08 

 0.39 



0.16 



12.90 

 18.19 

 17.15 

 0.31 

 1.02 

 5.45 

 5.68 



21.88 



86.78 



17.69 



6.31 



5.59 



8.91 



15.58 



2.74 

 46.50 

 14.74 

 8.60 

 5.75 

 10.90 

 10.00 



2.34 

 3.31 

 13.92 

 0.17 

 1.22 

 2.33 

 0.83 



7.93 

 13.59 

 18.44 

 4.80 

 5.75 

 2.70 

 1.50 



0.39 

 7.48 

 11.07 

 4.04 

 6.09 

 4.03 

 0.62 



0.96 

 0.71 

 0.40 



0.75 

 0.51 

 0.18 



0.92 

 2.73 

 2.99 

 2.21 

 3.18 

 0.65 

 0.33 



1.03 

 0.95 

 2.48 

 0.78 

 1.32 



8-10 



0.12 

 0.13 

 0.69 



0.23 

 0.11 



0.37 

 0.75 

 0.50 

 0.10 

 1.28 

 0.03 

 0.15 



0.10 



0.08 



0.54 

 0.42 



Total 



391.29 

 1.159.67 

 363.16 

 460.57 

 1,157.11 

 399.43 

 644.66 



746.46 



741.76 



1,2 39.38 



1,059.66 



2,284.05 



812.16 



716.65 



1,018.95 

 1,287.39 

 1,361.24 

 894.66 

 1,716.74 

 1,340.90 

 1,035.81 



170.38 

 211.84 

 205.90 

 93.44 

 179.49 

 182.04 

 148.51 



851.42 

 225.61 

 383.26 

 273.48 

 178.96 

 185.86 

 174.41 



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