COMMERCIAL FISHERIES STATISTICS 3rd QUARTER (JULY-SEPTEMBER) 2006 (Preliminary)
SPECIES JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
FINFISH POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($)

Note: There are no Virginia offshore landings from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) after July 2006. Oyster landings are too preliminary to include in this bulletin.
ALEWIFE 0 0 14 2 550 61
AMBERJACK 115 49 0 0 0 0
BASS, BLACK SEA 125 291 0 0 0 0
BASS, STRIPED 6,637 13,153 4,415 8,727 1,499 2,791
BLUEFISH 21,427 4,811 36,147 8,022 47,207 9,979
BONITO 0 0 28 18 0 0
BUTTERFISH 10,387 10,387 21,286 21,286 4,907 4,907
CARP 1,286 129 450 45 160 16
CATFISH, BLUE 3,536 0 1,755 0 700 0
CATFISH, BULLHEAD 0 0 47 9 0 0
CATFISH,UNCLASSIFIED 156,716 187,788 182,997 219,453 139,388 165,994
COBIA 1,398 1,398 1,910 1,910 1,002 1,002
CREVALLE 0 0 0 0 21 21
CROAKER, ATLANTIC 1,480,350 926,500 1,758,079 1,028,403 233,461 173,837
DOGFISH, SMOOTH 244 488 31 30 148 288
DOGFISH, UNCLASSIFIED 91 11 133 17 193 26
DRUM, BLACK 712 250 529 186 265 93
DRUM, RED 107 76 226 161 376 269
EEL, AMERICAN 2,519 3,967 964 1,523 12,230 19,332
FISH, OTHER 519,704 55,174 665,421 68,122 233,155 24,799
FLOUNDER, SUMMER 10,113 12,395 9,433 11,311 9,911 11,015
GARFISH 1,669 184 0 0 0 0
HARVESTFISH 36,746 45,951 3,253 4,072 7,632 9,546
HOGFISH 0 0 0 0 5 2
MACKEREL, KING 38 48 15 19 43 53
MACKEREL, SPANISH 20,043 29,856 14,147 20,806 1,265 1,853
MENHADEN 614,425 40,374 625,678 40,488 89,994 5,641
MULLET 3,458 3,117 1,483 1,339 392 365
PERCH, WHITE 134 134 28 25 608 608
PERCH, YELLOW 4 3 0 0 63 45
PIGFISH 1 1 0 0 6 1
POMPANO, COMMON 173 267 4 7 57 89
PUFFER, NORTHERN 1,038 2,001 285 555 1,602 2,496
RIBBON FISH 0 0 2,100 630 251 76
SCUP 0 0 0 0 2 2
SEATROUT, GREY 9,489 9,499 21,478 17,468 27,133 21,366
SEATROUT, SPOTTED 1,166 2,606 545 1,367 4,924 12,329
SHAD, GIZZARD 559 34 3,937 225 3,170 189
SHARK, ATL SHARPNOSE 0 0 394 296 615 461
SHARK, BLACKTIP 80 17 6,879 1,515 935 206
SHARK, HAMMERHEAD 0 0 262 56 0 0
SHARK, SANDBAR 504 353 23,853 16,906 9,390 6,576
SHARK, THRESHER 310 155 22 12 0 0
SHARK, UNCLASSIFIED 2,250 675 846 255 62 18
SHEEPSHEAD 493 395 137 110 322 257
SKATE, UNCLASSIFIED 0 0 318 108 0 0
SPADEFISH 4,232 2,500 661 391 164 98
SPOT 138,932 163,858 173,750 201,863 805,222 965,523
TAUTOG 0 0 4 6 0 0
TOADFISH, OYSTER 5 10 0 0 122 244
TRIPLETAIL 0 0 9 5 0 0
TUNA, ALBACORE 0 0 0 0 11 3
WHITING, KING 597 346 475 285 2,103 1,235
TOTAL FINFISH 3,051,813/1,519,251 3,564,428/1,678,034 1,641,266/1,443,712



SPECIES JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
SHELLFISH POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($) POUNDS VALUE($)
Note: There are no Virginia offshore landings from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) after July 2006. Oyster landings are too preliminary to include in this bulletin.

BLOOD ARK, CLAM 3 3 0 0 0 0
WHELK, UNCLASSIFIED 508 525 90 94 936 1,232
CRAB, BLUE 2,637,955/1,712,902 2,594,188/1,671,126 1,776,109/1,101,161
QUAHOG, PUBLIC 13,221 14,003 16,353 13,866 8,234 6,885
TOTAL SHELLFISH 2,651,687/1,727,433 2,610,631/1,685,086 1,785,279/1,109,278


Note: There are no Virginia offshore landings from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) after July 2006. Oyster landings are too preliminary to include in this bulletin.

TOTAL FINFISH 3,051,813/1,519,251 3,564,428/1,678,034 1,641,266/1,443,712
TOTAL SHELLFISH 2,651,687/1,727,433 2,610,631/1,685,086 1,785,279/1,109,278
FINFISH & SHELLFISH 5,703,500/3,246,684 6,175,059/3,363,120 3,426,545/2,552,990