Employment 
The number of commercial fishermen engaged in harvest- 
ing American lobsters increased during the period 1964 to 
1973 from 8,236 to 11,647 respectively. Employment data in 
this fishery is shown in the following table. 
TABLE 7 
Number of American Lobster Fishermen 
Total fisnermen 
Trawl fishery Pot fishery trawl and pot 
Year on vessels On vessels On boats and shore fisheries 
Regular Regular Casual eae 
1964 365 92 3,708 Oral 8,236 
1965 425 96 3,794 4,999 8,405 
1966 414 fad 3,847 3,636 7,974 
1967 636 81 3,823 3,563 8,103 
1968 lal Si 3,948 Spa 8,561 
1969 669 164 4,035 4,079 8,947 
1970 633 218 4,639 4,541 10,031 
972 518 395 4,927 4,357 10,197 
1972 346 511 5,166 eo y LO tS 
1973 270 470 5,044 5,863 11,647 
The numbers of fishermen engaged in the Florida spiny 
lobster fishery measured gains during 1964 through 1973 in- 
creasing from 608 to 1,574 total fishermen, respectively, as 
shown by the following table. 
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