Table B-6.


Catch of reef fish by handline vessels in the Gulf of Mexico
Reef Fish Fishery, 1957-1975


 State

Year
 Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas
 West Coast


1957 12,069.5a 1,025.8 563.5 12.8 1,451.9
1958 9,999.1 1,534.5 1,100.0 26.9 1,372.3
1959 11,150.1 2,020.3 1,090.5 263.1 1,741.2
1960 11,369.5 1,918.1 1,581.0 394.1 1,183.9

1961 11,816.1 1,981.3 2,284.4 440.5 1,853.0
1962 12,351.7 2,090.9 2,421.9 552.7 1,817.7
1963 12,468.6 2,597.5 2,153.2 327.7 2,267.0
1964 14,090.0 2,678.1 2,106.1 254.8 2,320.2
1965 14,278.0 2,821.1 2,672.0 161.1 2,257.1

1966 12,340.0 2,971.3 3,002.5 100.7 1,640.9
1967 11,411.9 2,435.0 3,056.7 120.8 1,366.8
1968 10,436.6 1,191.5 3,975.4 146.4 1,130.5
1969 11,315.4 1,270.1 3,201.4 61.2 820.9
1970 10,716.7 1,009.3 2,749.0 29.0 827.0

1971 10,186.4 930.5 2,607.9 23.9 1,046.6
1972 10,165.0 1,048.7 2,474.2 62.4 1,107.3
1973 8,784.7 835.2 2,523.2 177.8 741.7
1974 10,722.3 694.4 2,007.3 173.8 707.0
1975 11,421.5 814.6 1,780.9 -37.6 650.6


 aCatch is measured in thousands of pounds.

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