APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
The groundfish industry is concentrated at New England 
ports which accounted for about 80 percent of Atlantic coast 
groundfish landings and about 53 percent of U.S. landings of 
major groundfish species in 1975. Table 3 shows preliminary 
1975 data on landings of major groundfish species by region. 
Groundfish landings by distance caught from shore are shown 
in table 4. 
Except for a small directed trawl fishery in North 
Carolina, groundfish in the South Atlantic are usually caught 
incidentally to shrimp trawling. However, there is a hook 
and line fishery for snappers and groupers and a trap fishery 
for sea basses. 
Table 2 
Atlantic Groundfish Catches off the Atlantic coast 
from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 1974 
Pounds 
Total catch U.S. catch as a 
Species U.S. catch (including foreign) percent of total 
wa (O00honst ted) ————— 
Cod D7) Sins) 77,370 74 
Haddock 6,653 11,290 59 
Ocean perch 19,129 aye Ale/'S} 83 
Silver “hake shal alas 286,609 ilay 
Red hake 6,038 73,922 8 
Pollock 7 eae 2 poee 65 
Yellowtail 
flounder 55,225 55,818 99 
Other flounders 45,224 46,826 97 
Total 238,496 602, 330 40 
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