Virginia Landings Bulletin
Quarterly Commercial Fisheries Statistics
2009 4th Quarter (October - December)
Preliminary Report

Finfish October November December
Species Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value
ALEWIFE 204 $22 4,755 $523 874 $96
ANGLER 496 $308 1,859 $680 14,776 $5,892
BASS, BLACK SEA 10,938 $29,651 7,434 $20,479 28,791 $112,823
BASS, STRIPED 59,391 $76,332 261,830 $556,739 464,545 $1,018,797
BLUEFISH 71,391 $42,878 100,229 $61,013 131,341 $72,543
BUTTERFISH 13,807 $13,324 4,418 $3,739 668 $557
CARP 11,568 $4,627 4,947 $1,979 1,885 $754
CATFISH, BLUE 11,044 $2,761 15,218 $3,805 4,756 $1,189
CATFISH, BULLHEAD 4,600 $874 15,405 $2,927 800 $152
CATFISH, NK 213,723 $256,468 121,269 $145,523 62,316 $74,779
COBIA 596 $596 74 $74 39 $39
COD 15 $8 24 $12 26 $13
COD, LING 2 $2 0 $0 0 $0
CROAKER, ATLANTIC 608,742 $368,976 347,572 $155,555 34,646 $14,381
CUNNER 0 $0 0 $0 2 $3
DOGFISH, SMOOTH 5,404 $5,404 7,151 $3,609 6,014 $5,184
DOGFISH, SPINY 1,025 $2,050 897,545 $170,333 264,353 $50,227
DRUM, BLACK 2,192 $1,315 153 $92 63 $38
DRUM, RED 1,921 $4,064 1,698 $3,067 364 $616
EEL, AMERICAN 41,393 $82,399 15,124 $29,278 1,951 $3,889
EEL, CONGER 971 $486 240 $120 1,148 $574
FISH, OTHER FOOD 1 $1 25 $13 3 $2
FISH, OTHER INDUSTRY 44,935 $17,075 4,186 $1,591 222 $84
FLOUNDER, SUMMER 88,342 $169,131 49,121 $91,529 706,439 $1,098,995
FLOUNDER, WINTER 45 $68 0 $0 0 $0
GARFISH 194 $49 2,613 $653 0 $0
HARVESTFISH 111 $135 0 $0 0 $0
HOGFISH 3 $1 0 $0 0 $0
JOHN DORY 0 $0 0 $0 140 $178
MACKEREL, KING 24 $54 0 $0 0 $0
MACKEREL, SPANISH 499 $471 0 $0 0 $0
MENHADEN 532,968 $31,978 47,869 $2,872 8,321 $499
MINNOW 8,512 $10,640 2,784 $3,480 320 $400
MULLET 3,131 $783 3,715 $929 6,244 $1,561
PERCH, WHITE 3,471 $5,554 9,770 $15,631 10,808 $20,535
PERCH, YELLOW 11 $11 73 $128 4 $7
PIGFISH 54 $21 0 $0 0 $0
POMPANO, COMMON 93 $209 0 $0 0 $0
PORGY, RED & PINFISH 0 $0 0 $0 2 $1
PUFFER, NORTHERN 15,802 $56,015 3,131 $17,208 0 $0
RAY, COWNOSE 1,224 $2,448 0 $0 0 $0
REDFISH 0 $0 0 $0 11 $6
SCUP 0 $0 0 $0 1,241 $1,031
SEATROUT, GREY 25,471 $29,223 4,962 $7,426 974 $929
SEATROUT, SPOTTED 18,843 $42,827 407 $747 140 $239
SHAD, GIZZARD 42,232 $2,534 27,188 $1,631 31,300 $1,878
SHAD, HICKORY 208 $52 0 $0 0 $0
SHARK, BLUE 2,323 $465 0 $0 0 $0
SHARK, PELAGIC 0 $0 0 $0 214 $54
SHARK, SANDBAR 0 $0 348 $1,044 0 $0
SHARK, THRESHER 130 $147 2,672 $5,198 0 $0
SHEEPSHEAD 6,657 $14,113 4,075 $8,639 23 $49
SKATE 6,265 $4,386 0 $0 0 $0
SKATE, CLEARNOSE 3,500 $280 8,000 $640 182 $15
SPADEFISH 220 $132 0 $0 4 $2
SPOT 1,295,233 $1,372,947 2,223 $2,823 0 $0
STARGAZERS 24 $24 116 $116 0 $0
STRIPED MULLET 414 $248 55 $33 2,606 $1,564
TAUTOG 658 $1,479 396 $891 73 $164
TILEFISH, BLUELINE 0 $0 558 $854 448 $685
TILEFISH, GOLDEN 0 $0 0 $0 300 $750
TILEFISH, SAND 530 $875 0 $0 0 $0
TOADFISH, OYSTER 3,490 $7,853 333 $749 0 $0
TRIGGERFISHES 967 $967 752 $602 310 $310
TUNA, ALBACORE 15 $2 0 $0 0 $0
TUNA, FALSE ALBACORE 4 $14 0 $0 0 $0
WHITING, KING 13,323 $8,022 7,809 $5,153 998 $668
Total Finfish: 3,179,347 $2,673,775 1,990,124 $1,330,128 1,790,685 $2,493,152

Shellfish October November December
Species Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value
BLOOD ARK, CLAM 0 $1 415 $6,223 41 $611
CONCHS 34,383 $50,988 232,867 $330,155 264,044 $348,437
CRAB, BLUE 3,758,006 $2,305,997 1,143,607 $871,318 1,360 $642
FINGERED KELP 2 $1 0 $0 0 $0
LOBSTER 0 $0 0 $0 76 $60
MUSSELS 0 $0 40 $99 0 $0
OYSTERS, PRIVATE 59,005 $247,225 11,290 $47,590 50,654 $206,847
OYSTERS, PRIVATE SEED 0 $2,160 0 $0 0 $0
OYSTERS, PUBLIC 51,967 $266,741 50,875 $238,098 148,390 $610,835
OYSTERS, PUBLIC SEED 0 $2,655 0 $0 0 $0
QUAHOG, PRIVATE 111,376 $900,208 71,012 $599,855 128,455 $1,130,694
QUAHOG, PUBLIC 2,631 $16,887 1,678 $11,633 4,667 $33,119
SCALLOP, SEA 407,730 $2,548,313 427,709 $2,673,181 336,151 $2,100,944
SHRIMP, NK 0 $0 4,698 $0 0 $0
SQUID (ILLEX) 0 $0 22 $2 4,178 $460
SQUID (LOLIGO) 48,129 $36,578 5,594 $4,248 8,982 $6,826
WHELK, KNOBBED 0 $0 362 $1,068 54 $138
Total Shellfish: 4,473,229 $6,377,754 1,950,168 $4,783,471 947,051 $4,439,612




Total Finfish: 3,179,347 $2,673,775 1,990,124 $1,330,128 1,790,685 $2,493,152
Total Shellfish: 4,473,229 $6,377,754 1,950,168 $4,783,471 947,051 $4,439,612
Total Shellfish and Finfish: 7,652,576 $9,051,529 3,940,293 $6,113,599 2,737,737 $6,932,764