July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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able to 1964, and there were increases in 

 fluke and blackback flounder landings. 



The pound net catch showed no appreciable 

 gains during the year. Scup and bluefish were 

 the leading items with 7.5 and 1.0 million 

 pounds, respectively. Catches of shad, men- 

 haden, and herring by pound nets were light. 



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New York State marine catch of certain fish and shellfish, 1965 

 and 1964. 



The commercial catch of striped bass 

 failed to come up to that of 196 4 --the largest 

 on record for New York. The total catch of 

 702,000 pounds was about the third largest in 

 recent years, with 82 percent of the catch be- 

 ing landed by ocean-haul seiners. The otter 

 trawl catch of striped bass was down sharply, 

 particularly for the fall season. 



Lobster production increased in both the 

 offshore otter trawl and inshore pot fisheries. 

 Ex-vessel values were high in both fisheries, 

 ranging from 70 cents to $1.25 a pound. 



Landings at New York City's Fulton Street 

 Market in 1965 were 5.7 million pounds--a 

 decrease of 11 percent compared with 1964. 

 The decline was due to a drop in landings of 

 scup and butterfish--two of the major spe- 

 cies. Sea scallop landings increased over 

 1964, with the majority of the vessels fishing 

 in waters off New York after the decline in 

 production from areas off the Virginia Capes. 



Hard clam production increased in quan- 

 tity and value. The increase in production 

 came in the summer season with many casu- 

 al fishermen taking advantage of a good sup- 

 ply and high prices. 



North Atlantic Fisheries Explorations 

 and Gear Development 



TUNA AND SWORDFISH DISTRIBUTION 

 STUDIES IN NORTHWEST 



ATLANTIC CONTINUED: 



M/V " Delaware" Cruise 66-2 (March 8- 

 April 6, 1966): Concentrations of large blue- 

 fin tuna were located in the Gulf Stream area 

 of the Northwestern Atlantic during a recent 

 exploratory long line fishing cruise of the re- 

 search vessel Delaware operated by the Bu- 

 reau of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of the Interior. The vessel utilized 

 radio-facsimile equipment to receive daily 

 sea surface temperature charts in determin- 

 ing optimum fishing areas. The one -month 

 ihvestigation covered a 7 50 -mile section of 

 the Gulf Stream from south of Cape Cod to 

 south of Newfoundland and obtained new sea- 

 sonal distribution information on bluefin, yel- 

 lowfin, big-eyed, and albacore tuna, as well 

 as swordfish. 



Fig, 1 - A deck sample of bluefin, yellowfin, and albacore tuna, 

 and swordfish were part of a day's 9 -ton long -line catch in 

 the Gulf Stream by the M/V Delaware . 



OBJECTIVES: Principal objectives of the 

 cruise were to : (1) evaluate methods of lo- 



