APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
Product form 
Red Red snapper Other 
Year Snapper Fillets snapper fillets (note a) 
(thousands )HJH—HaA—aW—WJHHHs—————. 
L952 = = 113516 = a 
W953 = - 7595 = —- 
1954 = - 768.8 = = 
IL) = - 724.7 = re 
9'5i6 = - PEW) 0.6 
LOS a - 58946 24.4 7 
1958 = - 587.6 IDEs ¥ 
1959 a 202.0 314, 9 NEES) = 
1960 = - 243.8 230i, 7. 
PIG = 376.4 Bulsiee = = 
1962 = 60.4 563.8 80.5 = 
1963 - 2529 SH6r & 68.5 2 Since? 
1964 = ts) Ly OGSie# Nhe 1 a. 6 
1965 = 142.5 896.8 360.8 99 
1966 - hesied TLS 484.0 2iae 
1 Deg - 94.0 SOG). 2 272ia2 Loins 
1968 - 435.1 SS ee7/ - - 
1969 20 392.4 33904 - oul 
aS ¥7/ 10) 20.6 358.4 36359 - _ 
Oya! Sys) 142.0 183.4 = Dire 
1972 Lai. P22 208.7 29:9) 513 TSG 
Total 169.0 2 pAMB..2* An 6d S49 2,040.4 EEGre 
a/ 
— Includes red snapper steaks, throats, flanks, and dressed. 
Fishing fleet 
Most (96 percent in 1971) of the snapper and grouper 
in the commercial catch are taken by the so-called handline 
fleet. The vessels are usually diesel powered and range 
from 26 to 79 feet in length. Many still retain the lines 
of the traditional snapper schooners, are masted, and use 
a small riding sail for the steadying effect while fishing. 
The gear used are mainly baited hooks with simple handlines 
or mechanical reels, exclusive of trolling and longline 
gear. A small quantity of snapper and grouper are caught 
by shrimp trawls, spiny lobster traps, fish pots, haul 
seines, trammel nets, gillnets, and longlines. 
The fishing gear used by the handline fleet varies with 
the location fished and the species and sizes to be caught. 
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