STOCK ASSESSMENT OF WHITE GRUNT FROM THE WEST ...

Table 4. Annual commercial landings (lbs) of ‘grunts’ and estimates of white grunt landings within regions of
Florida on the Atlantic and Gulf coast during 1986-1998.
Atlantic coast
Nassau - Brevard Indian R. – Martin Palm Beach - Dade Atlantic coast
White
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grunts grunt grunts grunt grunts grunt grunts grunt
1986 2,423 20 5,303 47 23,700 0 31,426 67
1987 12,504 101 5,246 46 57,389 0 75,139 147
1988 10,752 87 1,334 12 45,132 0 57,218 99
1989 7,152 58 4,256 37 37,025 0 48,433 95
1990 3,151 26 6,316 56 77,316 0 86,783 82
1991 4,743 38 13,915 122 67,365 0 86,023 160
1992 3,273 27 4,973 44 30,052 0 38,298 71
1993 1,972 16 6,400 56 28,406 0 36,778 72
1994 8,105 66 12,683 112 27,364 0 48,152 178
1995 19,050 154 13,874 122 44,474 0 77,398 276
1996 21,979 178 34,120 300 29,996 0 86,095 478
1997 15,208 123 43,653 384 57,910 0 116,771 507
1998 1,972 16 24,589 216 46,569 0 73,130 232
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