2003 Recreational Commercial Gear Landings
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Species |
Number | Pounds |
---|---|---|
American shad |
9,382 | 32,158 |
Atlantic menhaden |
7,432 | 3,526 |
Atlantic croaker |
19,548 | 12,136 |
Black drum |
2,224 | 3,821 |
Bluefish |
11,573 | 15,156 |
Catfishes |
1,430 | 4,998 |
Flounders |
41,301 | 80,509 |
Hickory shad |
8,641 | 13,159 |
Pigfish |
349 | 226 |
Red drum |
1,167 | 4,582 |
River herring |
47,410 | 29,415 |
Sharks and rays |
204 | 572 |
Sheepshead |
298 | 1,123 |
Spanish mackerel |
1,445 | 2,185 |
Spot |
418,992 | 255,060 |
Spotted seatrout |
6,347 | 11,592 |
Striped bass |
2,083 | 10,199 |
Striped mullet |
28,757 | 24,774 |
Weakfish |
220 | 576 |
White perch |
70,929 | 34,950 |
Finfish (misc.) * |
2,925 | 6,041 |
Total Finfish |
687,539 | 555,541 |
* 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 | 354,425 | 157,942 |
Shrimp | 1,266,673 | 50,961 |
Shellfish (misc) * | 2,759 | 455 |
Total Shellfish | 1,623,858 | 209,357 |
* 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.