50 NORTH AND WEST BAYS 
g 
DAILY AVERAGE 
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ST. ANDREW BAY 
8 
DAILY AVERAGE 
DAILY AVERAGE 
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200 COASTAL WATERS 
DAILY AVERAGE 
Figure 18.—Estimated average daily instantaneous numbers of transit private motorboats 
(dark) and occupants (light) by areas, weekdays (W), and weekend-days (E) each month in 
1973. 
NORTH AND WEST BAYS 
DAILY AVERAGE 
ST.ANDREW BAY 
DAILY AVERAGE 
EAST BAY 
DAILY AVERAGE 
COASTAL WATERS 
~ 
1 
DAILY AVERAGE 
Figure 19.—Estimated average daily instantaneous numbers of transit private sailboats (dark) 
and occupants (light) by areas, weekdays (W), and weekend-days (E) each month in 1973. 
because of their direct participation in recreational fin- 
fish fishing, recognizing such boats do, in fact, commer- 
cialize recreational fishing. Charter boats are those boats 
licensed for hire by the U.S. Coast Guard and the cap- 
tain is licensed to carry passengers for a fee. Generally, 
fishermen verbally contract the services of the boat and 
captain. Party boats and captains, also licensed by the 
U.S. Coast Guard, normally do not operate on a contrac- 
tual basis. Instead, they charge a fixed fee for passage 
and services. 
Charter boats can usually be identified from a dis- 
tance by their hull design, rigging, and arrangement of 
fishing accommodations in the cockpit. Most of the fin- 
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fish fishing effort by chartered boats was in coastal and 
offshore waters. As a result, a substantial part of the 
fishing effort was outside the survey area. The estimated 
number of transit boats and fishermen in St. Andrew 
Bay and coastal waters (Fig. 21) largely reflects the in- 
tensity of recreatioal fishing effort in offshore waters. 
According to the effort survey, party boats were not 
used as a fishing platform in St. Andrew Bay or adjacent 
coastal waters in 1973. Apparently the number and 
species of bottom fishes usually sought by the party boat 
fleet was insufficient to supply the demand. Most of the 
boats that regularly made daily trips traveled 10-20 miles 
offshore to find fish; a few traveled 40-50 miles offshore 
So 
