Table B-5.


Estimated catch of reef fish per handline vessel in the
Gulf of Mexico, 1957-1975


 State
Year
 Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas
 West Coast


1957 122.7a 95.5 113.8 14.0 64.3
1958 93.3 145.2 163.6 100.6 68.5
1959 41.3 172.3 137.1 28.8 36.1
1960 70.8 163.3 121.9 36.4 52.0

1961 60.4 156.2 190.6 23.4 47.4
1962 61.1 143.1 201.8 20.9 48.0
1963 50.4 120.5 165.9 14.1 46.8
1964 47.9 128.0 151.2 14.3 48.9
1965 43.4 150.9 192.0 11.4 47.6

1966 50.9 144.7 177.1 17.5 56.7
1967 50.5 141.2 153.9 51.0 55.7
1968 52.0 136.3 193.1 56.8 59.6
1969 57.6 128.8 161.7 27.6 61.1
1970 52.4 120.1 146.6 44.3 59.5

1971 46.2 105.5 131.4 23.9 52.0
1972 42.0 113.3 119.0 24.0 46.3
1973 34.8 110.6 134.2 28.3 39.8
1974 38.2 95.4 112.8 22.2 40.7
1975 27.0 86.1 99.9 11.1 20.5


 aCatch is measured in thousands of pounds.

SOURCE: U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (1957-1975).