Table B-3. Estimated catch and effort in Gulf of Mexico recreational reef fishery for


selected years


 1960 1965 1970

Species group Number Pounds Percent Number Number Pounds Percent Number Number Pounds Percent Number
 of of of total of of of of total of of of of total of
 fish fish pounds anglers fish fish pounds anglers fish fish pounds anglers

 -- thousands -- -------- thousands -------- -------- thousands -------- thousands-
Groupers 9,346 74,770 61 238 2,153 15,913 20 222 3,576 16,856 22 301
Grunts 1,877 1,310 1 106 2,440 1,502 2 110 20,645 11,430 15 203
Jacks 4,324 24,200 20 183 314 724 1 29 1,291 4,592 6 183
Porgies 2,550 12,700 10 317 9,360 9,197 13 550 15,202 26,995 35 706
Sea bass 1,260 1,786 2 28
Snappers 3,414 9,560 8 183 5,675 25,166 35 156 1,341 2,644 4 71

Snappers, Red -a -a a a 4,434 18,288 26 205 3,676 11,638 15 315
Snappers, b b
 Yellowtail 20 30 -- 3 135 135 1 34 581 814 1 51

 TOTAL 27,531 122,640 100 ---c 24,511 70 100 100 -c 47,572 76,755 100 --c

 aNot listed separately in the 1960 survey, Red Snapper is probably included in the snapper category.
 bThis number is low in that some interviewees included Yellowtail Snapper in the snapper category.
 CThe number of anglers is not additive because of duplication of anglers among species groups.


SOURCES: Clark (1963); Duel (1973); Duel and Clark (1968).