2002 Recreational Commercial Gear Landings
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Species |
Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|
|
American shad |
4,313 | 13,699 |
|
Atlantic menhaden |
59,957 | 29,238 |
|
Atlantic croaker |
50,132 | 36,392 |
|
Black drum |
8,970 | 16,101 |
|
Bluefish |
23,125 | 29,849 |
|
Catfishes |
2,893 | 7,619 |
|
Flounders |
53,785 | 100,514 |
|
Hickory shad |
21,500 | 43,235 |
|
Pigfish |
4,724 | 2,513 |
|
Red drum |
3,047 | 9,922 |
|
River herring |
44,072 | 22,797 |
|
Sharks and rays |
1,433 | 4,025 |
|
Sheepshead |
1,289 | 3,613 |
|
Spanish mackerel |
2,508 | 3,987 |
|
Spot |
574,725 | 339,704 |
|
Spotted seatrout |
13,718 | 21,876 |
|
Striped bass |
1,958 | 9,078 |
|
Striped mullet |
66,305 | 64,213 |
|
Weakfish |
1,068 | 1,651 |
|
White perch |
25,256 | 13,617 |
|
Finfish (misc.) * |
20,649 | 21,068 |
|
Total Finfish |
985,427 | 794,711 |
| * Finfish (miscellaneous) includes: American eel, bowfin, butterfish, cobia, gar, gizzard shad, grunt, killifishes, minnow, mullets, oyster toad, pinfish, puffer (blow toad), sea bass, sea mullet (whiting), and sunfish. | ||
| Species | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Crab | 346,550 | 134,171 |
| Shrimp | 2,620,505 | 101,766 |
| Shellfish (misc) * | 4,944 | 247 |
| Total Shellfish | 2,971,999 | 236,185 |
| * Shellfish (misc.) includes: Conchs, oysters, hard clams, mussels, horseshoe crab, and stone crab. | ||
NOTE: The number and pounds of finfish and shellfish listed represent estimated harvested and discarded. Recreational estimates presented are only from Recreational Commercial Gear License holders and do not include hook-and-line angling or commercial fishing activities.