APPENDIX IV APPENDIX IV 
Rencenite Or 
Species Quantity total harvest 
(million pounds) 
Shrimp (includes prawn) GOES 16 
Herring (includes sardine, 
pilchard, and anchovy) 499 iS 
Redfish (includes snook, 
grouper, snapper, and 
mojarras) 94.8 10 
Oyster 68. 
Tuna (includes wahoo, 
sierra king, mackeral, 
ioe) 
~ 
and skipjack) OOo! whl 
Subtotal 540.0 5)/5) 
All other 438.8 45 
Total 978.8 100 
The harvest of herring increased most notably (94 per- 
cent) between 1969 and 1973. While tuna and redfish har- 
vests increased by over 50 percent and shrimp by over 20 
percent, the oyster harvest declined by 45 percent. The 
total harvest increased by nearly 40 percent and the har- 
vest of the principal species increased by 25 percent. 
The following table shows the value of the principal 
species harvested in 1973. 
Percent of 
Species Value total value 
(millions) 
Shrimp (includes prawn) Se falit2 50 
Redfish (includes snook, 
grouper, Snapper, and 
morjarras) IMS 5 7/ We 
Tuna (includes wahoo, sierra 
king, mackerel, and skipjack) ILON9 8 
Herring (includes sardine, 
pilchard, and anchovy) LOG 7 8 
Oysters Sree Le 
Subtotal IIL 5 7 80 
All other 290 20 
Total S4Ayil . 7 100 
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