GLOSSARY 



Area f i shed : 



Ocean. For the purposes of the survey, ocean was 

 divided into two categories: the ocean 3 miles or less 

 from shore (Territorial Sea) except for Texas and the 

 Gulf coast of Florida where it is 3 marine leagues, and 

 the ocean more than 3 mi les or 3 marine leagues from 

 shore (Exclusive Economic Zone). Not included were 

 sounds, inlets, rivers, bays, etc. 



Inland. Other bodies of saltwater besides the oceans. 



Included were sounds, inlets, tidal portions of rivers, 

 bay, estuaries, and other areas of salt or brackish 

 wa t e r . 



Av i d i t y : 



The frequency of fishing activity, in number of days 

 spent fishing. 



Ca t ch : 



Type A. Fish that were caught, landed whole, and 

 available for identification by the interviewers. In 

 addition, the fish were also weighed and measured. 



Type B. Fish that we re caught but not kept or we re not 

 available for identification. 



Type Bl. Fish that were caught and filleted, 

 released dead, given away, or disposed of in some 

 other way. 



Type B2. Fish that were caught and released alive 



The total catch. The number of fish caught but not 

 necessarily brought ashore, may be obtained by sumni ng 

 catch Types A and B or A, Bl, and B2. 



The total number of fish reinoved from the fishery 

 resource may be obtained by surrming catch Types A and 

 Bl . 



Coa stal counties: 



All counties in the coastal States of the United States 

 which were completely within 25miles of the coastline 

 and were included in the telephone/household surveys. 



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