10 



5 







C 5 



5 

 

 5 H 







1 , 1 ^ 1 — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — r 



N - 1,384 SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA 



N - 2,188 



CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA 



N ■= 5,651 MIDDLE ATLANTIC AREA 



N ■= 2,272 



N = 1,419 



NORTH ATLANTIC AREA 



NORTH CAROLINA FALL FISHERY _ 



1 — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I — I I I I I r 



100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 



BODY WEIGHT (G.) 



Figure 6. — Weight composition of Atlantic menhaden in samples from purse seine 



catches, 1961. 



Table 7. --Mean fork length (mm.) of Atlantic menhaden in purse seine catches, 1961, 

 and mean of the mean lengths, 1955-60, by age, season, area, and year 



Season, area, and year 



SUMMER FISHERY 



South Atlantic: 



1955-60 



1961 



Chesapeake Bay: 



1955-60 



1961 



Middle Atlantic: 



1955-60 



1961 



North Atlantic: 



1955-60 



1961 



FALL FISHERY 



North Carolina: 



1955-60 



1961 



AGE 



10 



Mean 



127 



146 



163 

 160 



185 

 194 



210 

 230 



217 



129 

 150 



190 

 180 



192 

 199 



218 

 230 



242 

 250 



265 

 277 



267 

 276 



212 

 205 



245 

 239 



273 

 258 



287 

 286 



295 

 273 



216 

 219 



275 

 285 



302 

 293 



306 

 306 



310 

 307 



268 

 252 



309 

 316 



318 

 310 



319 

 316 



320 

 326 



325 

 325 



324 

 329 



324 

 332 



330 

 329 



328 



325 

 331 



336 

 340 



340 



327 



339 

 339 



337 



344 



170 

 177 



194 

 218 



244 

 259 



290 

 290 



258 

 262 



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