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  REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  U.S. 
  MENHADEN 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Menhaden 
  landings 
  were 
  l.Sbillion 
  pounds 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  292.0 
  million 
  pounds 
  compared 
  

   with 
  1969, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  production 
  since 
  the 
  record 
  harvest 
  of 
  1962. 
  Menhaden 
  was 
  37 
  percent 
  of 
  

   the 
  U.S. 
  landings 
  — 
  compared 
  with 
  35 
  percent 
  in 
  1964 
  and 
  44 
  percent 
  in 
  1962. 
  

  

  Gulf 
  States 
  landings 
  were 
  greater 
  than 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  landings 
  for 
  the 
  eighth 
  consecutive 
  

   year. 
  They 
  accounted 
  for 
  66 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total. 
  On 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  

   had 
  24 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  (7 
  percent); 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  

   States 
  (2 
  percent); 
  and 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  (1 
  percent) 
  . 
  

  

  Purse 
  seines 
  accounted 
  for 
  97 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings. 
  The 
  rest 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  haul 
  seines, 
  

   otter 
  trawls, 
  pound 
  nets, 
  floating 
  traps, 
  fyke 
  and 
  hoop 
  nets, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  trammel 
  nets. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  2,066 
  fishermen, 
  124 
  vessels, 
  293 
  motor 
  boats, 
  and 
  2 
  other 
  boats 
  employed 
  in 
  

   the 
  menhaden 
  purse 
  seine 
  fishery. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  MENHADEN 
  PURSE 
  SEINE 
  VESSELS, 
  

   BY 
  TONNAGE 
  GROUPS, 
  1970 
  

  

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