FISHERIES OF PAMLICO AND CORE SOUNDS 51 
size limit, but a very effective market limit of about 5 inches is placed 
upon these species by the dealers, for fish below this size are virtually 
worthless and are refused by the fish buyers. 
The provisions of this rule regarding marketing or possession are 
undoubtedly well enforced in this State and are accepted without 
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Fic. 11.—Length frequencies of spot in pound-net and long-haul seine catches 
in Pamlico and Core Sounds, N. C., 1925. The heavy vertical line is placed 
at the legal minimum size limit 
protest by the fishing interests. Whether or not the third provision 
of the rule, concerning unnecessary destruction, is effective may be 
seen by an examination again of Tables 3 to 11, which show relative 
numbers of the various sizes of each species caught by the different 
kinds of gear. Table 12 summarizes the percentage, by number, of 
