COMMERCIAL FISHERIES STATISTICS 4TH QUARTER (OCTOBER – DECEMBER) 2005 (Preliminary)
SPECIES OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
FINFISH POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($)

** Please note that oyster data has not been finalized and is not included in this bulletin.
ALEWIFE 155 17 50 5 4,470 493
ANGLER 1,309 1,876 11,115 18,680 28,796 51,187
BASS, BLACK SEA 14,659 36,226 37,780 102,658 39,651 124,053
BASS, STRIPED 18,843 54,794 206,565 456,403 348,856 687,904
BLUEFISH 92,875 24,101 33,583 6,979 39,580 9,005
BUTTERFISH 4,645 4,090 1,934 1,797 369 280
CARP 0 0 120 13 62 7
CATFISH, BLUE 7,703 0 870 0 11 0
CATFISH, BULLHEAD 0 0 0 0 5 1
CATFISH,UNCLASSIFIED 166,767 137,180 140,144 143,365 37,149 36,649
COBIA 380 548 0 0 0 0
COD 0 0 7 2 0 0
CROAKER, ATLANTIC 313,947 166,412 196,771 102,119 45,284 22,872
DOGFISH, SMOOTH 217 294 319 139 60 30
DOGFISH, SPINY 0 0 3,400 510 900 645
DOGFISH, UNCLASSIFIED 44 5 3 0 290 35
DRUM, BLACK 508 166 5,738 2,017 240 84
DRUM, RED 237 167 37 29 30 21
EEL, AMERICAN 20,501 32,343 7,225 11,412 1 2
EEL, CONGER 846 284 2,254 910 1,103 645
FISH, OTHER 304,715 30,472 46,874 4,699 6,069 607
FLOUNDER, SUMMER 47,949 74,042 778,508 985,091 341,565 547,731
HARVESTFISH 383 481 0 0 0 0
HERRING, ATLANTIC 2 1 3 1 0 0
HERRING, BLUEBACK 0 0 60 6 0 0
HOGFISH 27 10 0 0 0 0
MACKEREL, KING 191 258 0 0 0 0
MACKEREL, SPANISH 1,372 1,156 0 0 0 0
MENHADEN 439,683 27,375 151,612 8,718 1,568 95
MULLET 9,173 8,199 1,774 1,717 487 449
PERCH, WHITE 1,254 1,580 2,141 2,855 2,351 2,219
PERCH, YELLOW 3 2 495 297 121 76
POMPANO, COMMON 56 87 0 0 0 0
PORGY, UNCLASSIFIED 0 0 1,672 1,254 0 0
PUFFER, NORTHERN 4,822 4,886 1,994 3,033 0 0
RIBBON FISH 0 0 3 1 0 0
SCUP 3 1 122 91 3,824 2,769
SEATROUT, GREY 54,572 37,071 73,174 50,256 19,322 11,815
SEATROUT, SPOTTED 6,715 9,910 131 329 1,091 2,719
SEATROUT, UNCLASSIFIED 5,288 3,399 2,838 1,963 1,068 853
SHAD, GIZZARD 12,915 745 2,822 151 1,677 100
SHARK, SANDBAR 45 39 0 0 0 0
SHARK, THRESHER 49 29 0 0 0 0
SHARK, UNCLASSIFIED 7,008 2,143 1,485 446 18 5
SHARKS, MAKO 0 0 703 1,087 0 0
SHEEPSHEAD 204 131 1,984 669 35 14
SKATE, CLEARNOSE 0 0 0 0 1,500 200
SKATE, WINGS 0 0 726 101 6,646 6,646
SPADEFISH 77 43 6 3 0 0
SPOT 1,379,480 934,139 3,348 3,298 220 264
SWORDFISH 50 150 7,007 37,491 0 0
TAUTOG 409 619 1,834 2,579 279 433
TILEFISH 0 0 15 22 0 0
TILEFISH, BLUELINE 0 0 21 20 0 0
TILEFISH, GOLDEN 600 1,200 900 1,800 0 0
TOADFISH, OYSTER 0 0 15 30 0 0
TRIGGERFISHES 83 47 197 64 0 0
TRIPLETAIL 15 8 0 0 0 0
TUNA, ALBACORE 0 0 64 96 0 0
TUNA, BIGEYE 0 0 735 4,226 0 0
TUNA, FALSE ALBACORE 38 133 0 0 0 0
TUNA, YELLOWFIN 0 0 147 213 0 0
WHITING, KING 3,869 2,262 3,160 1,804 190 133
TOTAL FINFISH 2,924,686 1,599,121 1,734,485 1,961,449 934,888 1,511,041



SPECIES OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
SHELLFISH POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($)

** Please note that oyster data has not been finalized and is not included in this bulletin.
BLOOD ARK, CLAM 0 0 37 37 566 566
CRAB, BLUE 3,193,078 1,583,780 1,540,133 749,209 914,191 492,786
HORSESHOE CRABS 11,233 5,477 29,521 15,892 15,333 9,598
LOBSTER 2,472 12,852 3,857 19,538 900 5,100
QUAHOG, PUBLIC 1,501 1,384 4,042 3,138 9,233 8,705
SCALLOPS, SEA 696,753 6,130,568 423,150 3,578,175 237,241 1,979,332
SQUID (ILLEX) 41,095 5,717 0 0 53 31
SQUID (LOLIGO) 8,637 5,025 2,020 1,581 1,169 1,024
SQUIDS (NS) 760 686 1,130 908 570 575
STARFISH 0 0 0 0 83 16
WHELK, UNCLASSIFIED 6,582 9,519 72,809 128,477 71,288 112,417
WHELK, CHANNEL 90 335 4,431 15,099 12,335 42,659
WHELK, KNOBBED 473 1,246 2,424 4,146 540 648
WHELK, LIGHTNING 0 0 106 204 0 0

OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($)
TOTAL SHELLFISH 3,962,674 7,756,589 2,083,660 4,516,404 1,263,502 2,653,457



** Please note that oyster data has not been finalized and is not included in this bulletin.

TOTAL FINFISH 2,924,686 1,599,121 1,734,485 1,961,449 934,888 1,511,041
TOTAL SHELLFISH 3,962,674 7,756,589 2,083,660 4,516,404 1,263,502 2,653,457
FINFISH & SHELLFISH 6,887,360 9,355,710 3,818,145 6,477,853 2,198,390 4,164,498