Virginia Landings Bulletin Quarterly Commercial Fisheries Statistics 2009 3rd Quarter (July-September) Preliminary Report

$tfootVar = "Note: Private (aquaculture) quahog harvest was added to the mandatory reporting program February 2007. No private quahog landings are available through the Virginia landing bulletins prior to 2007.";

Finfish July August September
Species Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value
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ALEWIFE 201 $22 2,147 $236 3,280 $361
AMBERJACK 0 $0 11 $7 0 $0
ANGLER 8,822 $3,712 979 $359 947 $467
BARRELFISH 260 $455 0 $0 0 $0
BASS, BLACK SEA 9,566 $21,918 5,076 $14,300 8,895 $23,549
BASS, STRIPED 9,086 $26,374 4,575 $13,394 9,637 $11,793
BLUEFISH 17,669 $11,532 33,452 $22,743 60,300 $39,862
BONITO 13 $9 0 $0 2 $1
BUTTERFISH 2,305 $2,114 15,349 $21,058 5,202 $6,284
CARP 40 $16 212 $85 291 $116
CATFISH, BLUE 35,254 $8,814 38,262 $9,566 26,084 $6,521
CATFISH, NK 236,485 $201,012 197,726 $168,067 194,974 $233,969
COBIA 1,033 $2,655 2,338 $4,676 355 $355
COD 34 $17 12 $6 14 $7
CREVALLE 1,532 $1,532 1,600 $1,600 116 $116
CROAKER, ATLANTIC 1,157,124 $1,280,225 1,623,844 $1,733,850 760,372 $718,011
DOGFISH, SMOOTH 0 $0 13 $13 113 $113
DOGFISH, SPINY 67 $134 168 $336 0 $0
DOLPHIN FISH 216 $350 0 $0 0 $0
DRUM, BANDED 102 $51 0 $0 0 $0
DRUM, BLACK 824 $494 199 $119 517 $310
DRUM, RED 693 $1,332 777 $1,694 2,436 $4,925
EEL, AMERICAN 17,860 $35,720 17,943 $35,357 40,043 $77,292
EEL, CONGER 186 $93 109 $55 531 $266
FISH, OTHER FOOD 229 $115 132 $66 10 $5
FISH, OTHER INDUSTRY 218,334 $82,967 330,134 $125,451 179,768 $68,312
FLOUNDER, SUMMER 19,847 $61,318 14,342 $43,016 18,391 $47,078
FLOUNDER, WINTER 0 $0 4 $6 11 $17
GARFISH 2,625 $656 0 $0 0 $0
HARVESTFISH 26,037 $31,765 13,884 $16,938 2,383 $2,907
JOHN DORY 117 $149 15 $19 0 $0
MACKEREL, ATLANTIC 86 $8 28 $7 16 $12
MACKEREL, KING 41 $92 69 $155 0 $0
MACKEREL, SPANISH 42,512 $21,383 9,444 $9,362 4,646 $4,602
MENHADEN 476,298 $28,578 865,565 $51,934 911,811 $54,709
MINNOW 19,904 $24,880 21,248 $26,560 14,944 $18,680
MULLET 365 $91 4,675 $1,169 8,168 $2,042
PERCH, WHITE 1,244 $2,114 705 $1,163 316 $522
PERCH, YELLOW 38 $38 3 $3 0 $0
POMPANO, COMMON 42 $95 21 $47 65 $146
PORGY, RED & PINFISH 0 $0 0 $0 3 $3
PUFFER, NORTHERN 2,373 $10,190 3,838 $11,820 10,528 $49,132
RAY, COWNOSE 14,761 $29,522 10,939 $21,878 12,565 $25,130
RIBBONFISHES 32 $16 3,848 $1,385 3,665 $2,126
SCUP 85 $85 0 $0 0 $0
SEATROUT, GREY 3,646 $1,268 6,961 $7,757 13,705 $9,922
SEATROUT, SPOTTED 881 $1,364 625 $938 4,109 $6,999
SHAD, GIZZARD 23,191 $1,391 19,594 $1,176 14,000 $840
SHAD, HICKORY 20 $5 2,640 $660 158 $40
SHARK, BONNETHEAD 878 $999 0 $0 16 $12
SHARK, SANDBAR 1 $0 0 $0 0 $0
SHEEPSHEAD 38 $81 134 $284 93 $197
SKATE 660 $66 0 $0 0 $0
SPADEFISH 2,373 $1,780 362 $217 554 $332
SPOT 80,920 $80,920 151,143 $163,234 1,962,761 $2,060,899
STRIPED MULLET 4 $2 298 $179 2,643 $1,586
TAUTOG 14 $32 2 $5 2 $5
TILEFISH, BLUELINE 2,242 $0 0 $0 0 $0
TILEFISH, SAND 0 $0 75 $124 0 $0
TOADFISH, OYSTER 1,214 $2,732 1,033 $2,324 3,544 $7,974
TRIGGERFISHES 1,275 $446 224 $78 412 $177
TRIPLETAIL 7 $4 18 $9 0 $0
TUNA, FALSE ALBACORE 0 $0 0 $0 5 $18
TUNA, YELLOWFIN 598 $896 0 $0 0 $0
WHITING, KING 1,027 $616 787 $472 3,504 $2,110
WRECKFISH 91 $296 0 $0 0 $0
Total Finfish: 2,443,422 $1,985,539 3,407,581 $2,515,956 4,286,904 $3,490,849




Shellfish July August September
Species Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value
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BLOOD ARK, CLAM 1 $22 1 $10 0 $1
CONCHS 2,838 $4,540 1,162 $1,761 1,787 $2,860
CRAB, BLUE 3,761,669 $3,996,190 4,132,624 $3,677,401 3,784,210 $3,090,844
CRAB, HORSESHOE 164,386 $95,359 84,548 $48,863 0 $0
CRAB, ROCK 15 $0 0 $0 0 $0
LOBSTER 0 $0 0 $0 15 $60
OYSTERS, PRIVATE 49,736 $208,993 57,008 $239,247 114,059 $477,884
PERIWINKLES 30 $1 0 $0 0 $0
QUAHOG, PRIVATE 198,844 $1,593,697 208,142 $1,805,130 181,646 $1,527,692
QUAHOG, PUBLIC 12,795 $89,010 10,744 $74,381 5,262 $36,099
SCALLOP, SEA 846,259 $5,289,119 1,113,489 $6,959,306 598,475 $3,740,469
SQUID (ILLEX) 111,423 $12,257 0 $0 0 $0
SQUID (LOLIGO) 0 $0 2,416 $1,836 0 $0
STARFISH 75 $15 0 $0 0 $0
Total Shellfish: 5,148,071 $11,289,202 5,610,134 $12,807,935 4,685,454 $8,875,908


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Total Shellfish: 5,148,071 $11,289,202 5,610,134 $12,807,935 4,685,454 $8,875,908
Total Shellfish and Finfish: 7,591,494 $13,274,741 9,017,716 $15,323,892 8,972,358 $12,366,757
Total Finfish: 2,443,422 $1,985,539 3,407,581 $2,515,956 4,286,904 $3,490,849