Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service - NOAA

Date
1928
1929
1930
1931
1832
STUDIES ON THE STRIPED BASS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST 67
TABLE 6.—Total catch of striped bass by seine at Point Judith, R. I., 1928-37
Number
225
1,050
600
776
1,375
NOTE.—See figs, в and 7.
Founds
1,925
16,700
ï -4,825
6,200
8,800
Number of
days Ssblng
(equalizing
factor)
19 (X4.4)
83 (XI. 0)
70 (XI. 2)
48 (XI. 7)
60 (XI. 4)
Average
weight
(pounds)
8.5
5.4
8.0
6.6
6.4
Date
1933
1934
1935
1036
1937
Number
1,513
234
1,250
7,600
4,500
Founds
9,625
1,300
7,000
18,000
12,000
Number of
days fishing
(equalizing
factor)
66
31
58
49
44
X1.3)
X2.7)
XI. 4)
XI. 7)
XI. 8)
Average
weight
(pounds)
TABLE 7.—Length-frequency distribution of juvenile striped boss from the Hudson River, July S-Sept.
l, 19S6
Length (mm.)
20
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45 . .
46
47
48
Number
of individuals
at each
millimeter
1
1
1
2
4
2
2
2
4
8
7
g
10
15
10
16
Length (mm.)
49
60
61
52
63
64
66
66
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
Number
of individuals
at each
millimeter
16
14
16
23
16
17
19
22
18
17
19
28
17
17
19
13
10
17
10
18
12
Length (mm.)
70 .
71
72
73 ...
74
76
76
77
78
79
80 .. .
81
82
83
84
85
86 .
87 . . ..
88
89
90
NOTE.—See flg. 10 for length-frequency curve of this material smoothed by threes.
Number
of Individuals
at each
millimeter
18
12
11
10
12 75
13 7
11 g6866136843
Length (mm.)
91
92
93 .
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106 . .
107
Total .
Number
of individuals
at each
millimeter
TABLE 8.—Length-frequency distribution of juvenile TABLE 0.—Length-frequency distribution of juveand
yearling striped bass taken in the Delaware nilc striped bass taken in Ãlbemarle Sound, N. C.,
River, near Pennsville, N. J., Nov. 8, 1937 on May 11,1938
10
11
12
13
14.
16 . ..
16
17
18
19
20
21
22 .
23
24
25
Length (cm.)
Total
Number
of individuals
1
4 43
5
в
6
13
19 4
11
11
10
Non,—See flg. 11 for lenttb-frequency curve of this material
smoothed by threes.
2 1
104
Length (mm.)
20
21
22 ...
23
24
25 ï.
26
27
28
29
Total
2 1
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
628
Number
of Individuals
1 1
3 7
10 g
12
21
12g
85
6.2
6.6
5.6
2.4
2.7
NOTE.—Bee fig. 14 for length-frequency curves of this material
smoothed by threes.