Table 4. — Areas of schools of juvenile Atlantic menhaden seen per mile 

 of flight based on aerial observations, 1963 and 1964 



Area 



1963 



1964 



Ratio of 

 1964/1963 



Long Island Sound 



Do 



Severn River, to Patuxent River, Md. 

 Do , 



Patuxent River, Md 



Do 



Potomac River, Md 



Do 



Rappahannock River, Va 



York River, Va 



James River, Va 



Albennarle Sound , N . C 



Do 



Pamlico Sound, N.C 



Do , 



Charleston Harbor, S.C 



Do , 



Savannah River, Ga 



Sq. ft. 



per mile 

 313 

 250 



259 



111 



91 

 38 



448 

 132 



55 



24 



75 



175 

 891 



40 

 43 



222 



26 



15 



Sq. ft. 

 per mile 



222 



285 

 41 



42 

 14 



55 

 



6 



26 



15 

 15 



206 







4 

 4 



Percent 

 1.3 



88.8 



110.0 

 36.9 



46.2 

 36.8 



12.3 



12.7 



25.0 



34.7 



8.6 

 1.7 



515.0 



1.8 

 15.4 



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HIGHAM, Jr. 



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