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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



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- LONGLINE 



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Areas investigated during cruise 107 of the M/V Oregon (February IS-April 1, 1966). 



eluded Opisthonema oglinum. Decapterus 

 punctatus . Trachurus sp., and several other 

 carangids. All of the latter species exhibited 

 some degree of susceptibility to fish-pump 

 capture. In addition, incidental captures of 

 larger fish included miscellaneous flying 

 fishes (avg. i pound each) and large cutlass - 

 fish (2 to 3 pounds each). Highest sustained 

 catch rates were made at Grenada where in 

 1 hour 234 pounds of anchovies and sardines 

 were pumped. Samples of the most abundant 

 species were sun-dried and sent to the Bu- 

 reau's Technological Laboratory for com- 

 position analysis. Results of the first series 

 of analyses follow: 



Species 



Area 



Protein 



Oil Water 



Ash 



lenkinsia sp. (1") 



British Virgin 

 Islands 



61.9 



(Per 

 7.9 



centl , - ... 1 



12.5 



17.7 





lenkinsia sp. (3") 



St. Lucia 



34.1 



7.8 



15.7 



42.4 



Membras sp. 



British Virgin 

 Islands 



68.1 



9.5 



13.6 



8.8 





Membras sp. 



Dominica 



66.6 



4.8 



15.7 



12.9 



Anchoa lyolepis 



AnguUla Island 



40.3 



7.4 



14.5 



37.8 



^arengula clupeola 



Dominica 



36.3 



6.2 



29.2 



28.3 



Long-line sets of 500 to 600 hooks were 

 relatively uproductive. A nighttime set off 

 Antigua yielded a single 7 8 -pound swordfish. 

 A daylight set east of St. Lucia yielded 5 black- 

 fin (Thunnusatlanticus). The combined bill- 



