TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE iii 



INTRODUCTION 1 



SURVEY METHODOLOGY 2 



Telephone Survey Methods 3 



Intercept Survey Methods 4 



Procedures for Developing Expanded Estimates 5 



Number of trips 5 



Number of fish caught 6 



Weight of fish caught , 8 



Incomplete trips 8 



Participation estimates 8 



Aggregation of estimates 9 



SAMPLING VARIANCES 9 



PRECISION OF THE ESTIMATES 10 



RESULTS 11 



Technical Considerations in Interpreting Data 11 



Species groups 11 



Cooperative data collection 11 



Statistical considerations 11 



Discussion of the Results 13 



North Atlantic 15 



Mid-Atlantic 16 



South Atlantic 17 



Gulf of Mexico 17 



TABULAR RESULTS OF THE SURVEY 19 



Table finding guide 19 



Tables 21 



Length frequency histograms 100 



List of species included in each species group 102 



Appendix A. Sample of the Telephone Survey Questionnaire 113 



Appendix B. Sample of the Intercept Survey Questionnaire 119 



GLOSSARY ■. . 122 



IV 



