The Catch In the Albemarle Area 



The Albemarle Area accounted for approximately one-third of 

 the state's crabs, since Dare and Hyde Counties' crab landings in 

 1964 amounted to approximately 11 million pounds. Generally, the 

 Albemarle Area's fish catch for 1964 was as follows: 



(a) Pasquotank County had a total seafood landing at 

 Elizabeth City of approximately 437,000 lbs, of fish. 

 Approximately 148,000 lbs. consisted of catfish and 

 bullheads, and approximately 202,000 lbs. consisted of 

 striped bass. The remainder of the total landings 

 consisted of other miscellaneous food fish, 



(b) Chowan County had a total seafood landing at Edenton of 

 approximately 6,000,000 lbs., with 5,000,000 lbs. of the 

 total consisting of herring. During the last two years 

 Chowan County has also been producing commercial snapping 

 turtles, and approximately 8,000 lbs. have been shipped 

 out of the county to the Philadelphia market. 



(c) Washington County's total landings at Mackeys and Plymouth, 

 consisted almost entirely of herring and catfish amount- 

 ing to approximately 534,000 lbs. Washington County 



also shipped approximately 5,000 lbs. of snapping turtles 

 to Philadelphia. 



(d) Tyrrell County had a total landing at Columbia of approx- 

 imately 283,000 lbs. consisting of 113,000 lbs. of 

 striped bass, 92,000 lbs, of catfish, 3,000 lbs, of | 

 snapping turtles, and the remainder consisting of other 

 food fish. 



(e) Dare County's total landing of 12,696,000 Ibso consisted 



of 9,400,000 lbs. of crabs, 803,000 lbs. of flounder, | 

 440,000 Ibso of swordfish, 211,000 Ibso of shad, 303,000 

 lbs. of spot, 226,000 lbs. of herring, and the remainder 

 consisted of miscellaneous food fish. The landings at ! 

 Wanchese accounted for most of Dare County's totalo 



(f) Hyde County's total landing of 1,653,000 lbs, consisted ^ 

 almost entirely of crabs and other shellfish. In 1962, 



