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REVIEW OF CERTAIN MAJOR FISHERIES 



U.S. MENHADEN FISHERY, 1970 



Menhaden landings were 1 .8 billion pounds — an Increase of 292.0 million pounds compared 

 with 1969, and the best production since the record harvest of 1962. Menhaden was 37 percent of 

 the U.S. landings — compared with 35 percent in 1954 and 44 percent in 1962. 



Gulf States landings were greater than Atlantic coast landings for the eighth consecutive 

 year. They accounted for 66 percent of the total. On the Atlantic coast, the Chesapeake States 

 had 24 percent of the landings, followed by the South Atlantic States (7 percent); Middle Atlantic 

 States (2 percent); and the New England States (1 percent). 



Purse seines accounted for 97 percent of the landings. The rest was taken by haul seines, 

 otter trawls, pound nets, floating traps, fyke and hoop nets, gill nets, and trammel nets. 



There were 2,066 fishermen, 124 vessels, 29 3 motor boats, and 2 other boats employed in 

 the menhaden purse seine fishery. 



SUMMARY OF MENHADEN PURSE SEINE VESSELS, 

 BY TONNAGE GROUPS, 1970 



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