ANNUAL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES STATISTICS SPECIES 1999 (Preliminary Data)

CURRENT YEAR 1999 PRIOR YEAR 1998
FINFISH POUNDS VALUE($) $/LBS POUNDS VALUE($) $/LBS
ALEWIFE 41630 4595 0.11 43303 4630 0.11
AMBERJACK 1658 850 0.51 1357 684 0.50
ANGLER 2235782 933274 0.42 2749566 1014375 0.37
BASS, BLACK SEA 751715 1254670 1.67 770297 1236238 1.60
BASS, STRIPED 1619970 2149421 1.33 1855055 2558869 1.38
BLUEFISH 457642 132144 0.29 786916 224276 0.29
BONITO 288 181 0.63 153 125 0.82
BULLHEADS 60124 11427 0.19 51815 9849 0.19
BUTTERFISH 137739 99484 0.72 108874 74065 0.68
CARP 15923 1608 0.10 20979 1804 0.09
CATFISH 1344863 283138 0.21 1524713 345164 0.23
COBIA 5808 11291 1.94 13419 25558 1.90
COD 6 6 1.00 589 502 0.85
COD, LING 445 77 0.17 1977 678 0.34
CREVALLE 6312 6306 1.00 563 509 0.90
CROAKER, ATLANTIC 12700455 3994321 0.31 12006981 4161648 0.35
CUNNER 23 7 0.30 0 0 0.00
DOGFISH, NK 181487 39395 0.22 98620 30851 0.31
DOGFISH, SMOOTH 335382 102463 0.31 77924 23823 0.31
DOGFISH, SPINY 5414353 944219 0.17 2982374 447089 0.15
DOLPHIN FISH 578 1304 2.26 1043 2184 2.09
DRUM, BLACK 64421 19372 0.30 77294 148402 1.92
DRUM, RED 12293 7584 0.62 6436 4762 0.74
EEL, AMERICAN 211615 86015 0.41 190764 239728 1.26
EEL, CONGER 11081 5159 0.47 9982 4818 0.48
FLOUNDER, SOUTHERN 6 8 1.33 0 0 0.00
FLOUNDER, SUMMER 2192563 2949539 1.35 2405357 3063017 1.27
FLOUNDER, WINTER 790 701 0.89 1411 1313 0.93
FLOUNDER, WITCH 3110 2609 0.84 1905 1024 0.54
FLOUNDER, YELLOWTAIL 678 401 0.59 5067 11237 2.22
FLOUNDERS, NK 0 0 0.00 15 19 1.27
GARFISH 2095 422 0.20 224 47 0.21
GROUPERS 283 584 2.06 122 234 1.92
GRUNT 0 0 0.00 1 3 3.00
HAKE, RED 156 46 0.29 2097 796 0.38
HAKE, SILVER 2940 945 0.32 13278 3574 0.27
HAKE, WHITE 0 0 0.00 287 87 0.30
HARVESTFISH 36346 29097 0.80 28051 22452 0.80
HERRING, ATLANTIC 43404 2656 0.06 300910 21368 0.07
HERRING, BLUEBACK 11729 1559 0.13 4734 469 0.10
HERRING, NK 387680 18037 0.05 415795 15516 0.04
JOHN DORY 3557 2565 0.72 8155 2016 0.25
MACKEREL, ATLANTIC 288928 42481 0.15 720500 103701 0.14
MACKEREL, KING 3113 1724 0.55 2512 2772 1.10
MACKEREL, SPANISH 251348 163424 0.65 121109 111145 0.92
MENHADEN 5017322 350343 0.07 3988984 364883 0.09
MULLET 4774 996 0.21 8402 1946 0.23
PERCH, WHITE 133763 96399 0.72 122748 94484 0.77
PERCH, YELLOW 14537 5098 0.35 6203 2173 0.35
PIGFISH 365 78 0.21 1298 442 0.34
PLAICE, AMERICAN 0 0 0.00 50 50 1.00
POLLOCK 4 2 0.50 14 8 0.57
POMPANO, COMMON 2088 2643 1.27 4355 7638 1.75
PORGY, RED & PINFISH 19275 1928 0.10 0 0 0.00
PUFFER, NORTHERN 21611 42108 1.95 19896 16951 0.85
RIBBON FISH 819 412 0.50 376 251 0.67
ROSEFISH, BLK BELLIE 121 61 0.50 0 0 0.00
SCULPINS 177 18 0.10 0 0 0.00
SCUP 28137 1188 0.04 9175 11807 1.29
SEA ROBINS 750 150 0.20 1323 132 0.10
SEATROUT, GREY 1636747 507379 0.31 1863104 554022 0.30
SEATROUT, SPOTTED 38477 51946 1.35 21774 34870 1.60
SHAD, AMERICAN 230423 214892 0.93 347188 256848 0.74
SHAD, GIZZARD 531640 33459 0.06 491862 38881 0.08
SHAD, HICKORY 19189 3849 0.20 3013 620 0.21
SHARK, BLACKTIP 33359 9295 0.28 6269 2257 0.36
SHARK, BULL 1969 610 0.31 0 0 0.00
SHARK, DUSKY 57794 26795 0.46 304 198 0.65
SHARK, HAMMERHEAD 122 26 0.21 64 13 0.20
SHARK, LARGE COASTAL 7380 4112 0.56 0 0 0.00
SHARK, MAKO 27 65 2.41 0 0 0.00
SHARK, MAKO LONGFIN 82 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
SHARK, MAKO SHORTFIN 5122 6459 1.26 582 799 1.37
SHARK, NK 37039 13767 0.37 71306 17615 0.25
SHARK, SAND TIGER 273 146 0.53 196 141 0.72
SHARK, SANDBAR 48882 19607 0.40 1961 709 0.36
SHARK, THRESHER 8210 3823 0.47 3808 2701 0.71
SHARK, TIGER 49 18 0.37 391 71 0.18
SHARK, WHITE 82 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
SHEEPSHEAD 4138 1484 0.36 6640 2213 0.33
SKATE, WINGS 216623 31039 0.14 49256 7185 0.15
SNAPPER, RED 2 2 1.00 0 0 0.00
SPADEFISH 29132 21513 0.74 20262 16591 0.82
SPOT 2808753 1119148 0.40 4277256 1535887 0.36
SUNFISHES 0 0 0.00 7 5 0.71
SWORDFISH 7879 21100 2.68 3599 8067 2.24
TAUTOG 20112 23982 1.19 14702 16120 1.10
TILEFISH 241 276 1.15 409 320 0.78
TOADFISH, OYSTER 803 803 1.00 453 363 0.80
TRIGGERFISHES 2054 1254 0.61 1010 318 0.31
TUNA, ALBACORE 1568 1346 0.86 1738 867 0.50
TUNA, BIGEYE 20075 71055 3.54 2800 6730 2.40
TUNA, FALSE ALBACORE 1460 390 0.27 839 243 0.29
TUNA, SKIPJACK 55 8 0.15 25 10 0.40
TUNA, YELLOWFIN 3231 5404 1.67 1516 2874 1.90
WAHOO 212 445 2.10 0 0 0.00
WHITING, KING 16242 17936 1.10 23576 20759 0.88
FISH, OTHER 25005 2743 0.11 11126 5544 0.50
FISH, OTHER 4254548 326122 0.08 4779721 368208 0.08
TOTAL FINFISH 44159017 16370450 0.37 43582105 17324235 0.40


SPECIES CURRENT YEAR 1999 PRIOR YEAR 1998
SHELLFISH POUNDS VALUE($) $/LBS POUNDS VALUE($) $/LBS
BLOOD ARK, CLAM 12121 97565 8.05 17455 163108 9.34
CLAM, NK 0 0 0.00 21 11 0.52
CLAM, RAZOR 3 1 0.33 0 0 0.00
CONCHS 1371669 1142569 0.83 256516 531663 2.07
CRAB, BLUE 29493856 28456307 0.96 34599284 27195485 0.79
CRAB, HORSESHOE 1696000 400878 0.24 596976 214690 0.36
CRAB, JONAH 140 70 0.50 741 419 0.57
CRAB, ROCK 247 209 0.85 341 171 0.50
LOBSTER 6787 26023 3.83 1295 3777 2.92
MUSSELS 13 32 2.46 52 129 2.48
OCTOPUS 90 117 1.30 357 363 1.02
OYSTERS 137989 466422 3.38 220807 694869 3.15
OYSTERS, IMPORT LOUI 0 8800 0.00 0 0 0.00
OYSTERS, IMPORT MISS 0 67995 0.00 0 0 0.00
OYSTERS, IMPORT POTO 0 10054 0.00 0 0 0.00
QUAHOG, PUBLIC 484469 2838472 5.86 543232 3256139 5.99
SCALLOPS, SEA 5562177 27288476 4.91 3557516 20702730 5.82
SHRIMP (PENAEID) 129 560 4.34 393 2063 5.25
SQUID (ILLEX) 482748 78036 0.16 1013714 122295 0.12
SQUID (LOLIGO) 338288 205380 0.61 406725 220461 0.54
SQUIDS (NS) 3362 2254 0.67 0 0 0.00
WHELK, CHANNEL 367571 789973 2.15 219752 479556 2.18
WHELK, KNOBBED 9363 6942 0.74 14489 12588 0.87
TOTAL SHELLFISH 39967022 61887135 1.55 41449666 53600517 1.29


TOTAL FINFISH 44159017 16370450 0.37 43582105 17324235 0.40
TOTAL SHELLFISH 39967022 61887135 1.55 41449666 53600517 1.29
FINFISH & SHELLFISH 84126039 78257585 0.93 85031771 70924752 0.83