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U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES 



ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT BY MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS 



BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION: 

 ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS. JANUARY 1993 - DECEMBER 1993 



Species 



group 



North 

 Atlantic 



Mid- 

 Atlantic 



South 

 Atlantic 



Gulf of 

 Mexico 



Total 



Herrings 



Saltwater catfishes. 



Black sea bass 



Bluefish 



Red snapper 



Scup 



Pinf ish 



Sheepshead 



Spotted seatrout.... 



Weakfish 



Sand seatrout 



Spot 



Kingf ishes 



Atlantic croaker.... 



Red drum 



Mullets 



King mackerel 



Summer flounder 



Winter flounder 



Atlantic cod , 



Striped bass , 



Other fishes 



Total. 



-Thousands- 



371 



* 



40 

 1,453 



* 



2,807 



40 

 * 



343 



483 



1, 686 



1,220 



6, 311 



14,756 



274 



6,783 

 3,516 



2,110 



137 

 1,236 



* 



5,798 

 683 



9,853 



48 



823 



15,984 



1,990 



411 



2,475 



20,243 



72,384 



3,568 

 2,044 

 1,363 

 2,535 

 103 



2,505 



1,151 



2,131 



323 



4,629 

 1,513 

 2,022 



1,145 



1,218 



558 



351 



16,890 



44,071 



23,750 



9,115 



2,078 



332 



5,119 



* 



8, 674 



3,763 



15,651 



3,520 



825 



743 



3,293 



4,993 



1,164 



666 



51,764 



135, 461 



27,963 



11,160 



10,264 

 7,837 

 5,222 

 4,928 



11,184 

 4,915 



17,919 

 1,561 

 3,520 



11,252 

 2, 939 



15,168 

 6, 186 

 3,245 

 1,237 



16,678 

 2,473 

 2,097 

 3,719 



95,207 



266, 672 



Note: — A dash (-) d 

 column totals. An as 

 include the recreati 

 include catches for 



enotes an estimate of less than thirty thousand wh 

 terisk (*) denotes none reported. Figures for the 

 onal catch for Texas. Figures for the South Atlant 

 partyboats. Row and column totals may not add due 



ich is included in 

 Gulf of Mexico do 



ic and Gulf of Mexi 

 to rounding. 



row and 



not 



CO do not 



ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT BY MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS 



BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION: 

 PACIFIC COAST, JANUARY 1993 - DECEMBER 1993 



Note:-- A dash (-) denotes an estimate of less than thirty thousand which is included in 

 column totals. An asterisk (*) denotes none reported. Row and column totals may not add 

 rounding. Figures do not include salmon catches estimated by state recreational surveys. 

 Recreational catches for Washington also not included here. 



row and 

 due to 



