﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  413 
  

  

  ATLANTIC 
  COAST 
  TUNA 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Tuna 
  landings 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  were 
  6.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $948,000 
  — 
  an 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  of 
  3.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $566,000 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  landings 
  of 
  

   bluefin 
  tuna, 
  principally 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  accounted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  Bluefin 
  tuna 
  was 
  96 
  per- 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  harvest. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  3 
  3 
  fishermen 
  using 
  3 
  purse 
  seine 
  vessels 
  and 
  3 
  motor 
  boats 
  landing 
  tuna 
  at 
  

   ports 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  and 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  Purse 
  seines 
  took 
  93 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  harvest, 
  

   and 
  harpoons, 
  lines, 
  and 
  pound 
  nets 
  took 
  2 
  percent 
  each. 
  A 
  small 
  quantity 
  was 
  taken 
  with 
  otter 
  

   trawls, 
  floating 
  traps, 
  haul 
  seines, 
  and 
  gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  J/ 
  LESS 
  THAN 
  500 
  POUNDS 
  OR 
  $500. 
  

  

  