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Industry Report 79-2
COME NG
ACTIVITY A
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Charlotte, Collier, and Lee Counties
February, 1979
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ABSTRACT
Information on the commercial seafood industries of Charlotte,
Collier and Lee Counties was obtained from published reports and from a
mail survey of commercial fishermen and seafood dealers. Total seafood
landings in the three counties were valued at $6.8 million in 1971. By
1976, landings had increased in value to $14.9 million. About 650
people were engaged in commercial fishing and 25 firms were registered
as dealers. Registrations of commercial boats declined in the three
counties from 1963-64 to 1977-78, but pleasure boat registrations tripled.
Fishermen and dealers noted improvements they felt were needed in facilities
and services in the ports and landing areas used.
Key words: fish and shellfish landing trends, port improvements,
characteristics of Florida commercial fishermen and seafood dealers.
This research was supported in part by grants from the
Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, Inc. and from
the State University System of Florida Sea Grant College.
COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITY AND FACILITY NEEDS IN FLORIDA:
CHARLOTTE, COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES
a report by
Kary Mathis, James C. Cato, Robert L. Degner,
Paul D. Landrum and Fred J. Prochaska
a research project conducted for the.
Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries
Development Foundation, Inc. and Florida Sea Grant
The Florida Agricultural Market Research Center
a part of
The Food and Resource Economics Department
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611
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The Florida Agricultural Market Research Center
A Service of
the Food and Resource Economics Department
of the
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The purpose of this Center is to provide timely, applied research
on current and emerging marketing problems affecting Florida's agri-
cultural and marine industries. The Center seeks to provide research
and information to production, marketing, and processing firms, groups
and organizations concerned with improving and expanding markets for
Florida agricultural and marine products.
The Center is staffed by a basic group of economists trained in
agriculture and marketing. In addition, cooperating personnel from
other IFAS units provide a wide range of expertise which can be applied
as determined by the requirements of individual projects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLES ........................................ .......... iv
LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES ........................................ vi
LIST OF FIGURES.................................................. vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................. viii
SUMMARY .................................................... .. ix
INTRODUCTION ................................................ 1
Population Growth......................................... 5
COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE REGION ...................... 6
Boat Registrations ........................................ 7
Landings ................................................. 8
Charlotte County ...................................... 8
Collier County ........................................ 8
Lee County ............................................ 13
SURVEY RESULTS ...................................... .......... 17
Characteristics of Fishermen .............................. 19
Volumes Handled ....................................... 19
Distances Traveled .................................... 19
Landing Areas Used ................................... 23
Port Facilities: Use and Rating by Fishermen .............. 25
Charlotte County .................................. 26
Collier County ....................................... 26
Lee County .............. .................... ........ 31
Dealer Characteristics, Facilities Provided and Ratings .... 34
Charlotte County .................................... 34
Collier County ...................................... 36
Lee County .......................................... 36
CONCLUSIONS ...... ....... ................................ 37
APPENDIX ... ,.... ..... .. .. ..,........ .. ...................... 40
Questionnaires .................................. ... ....... 78
Mail Survey Procedures and Responses ...................... 82
Additional Information Sources ........................... 86
REFERENCES ................... ... ,....... .. ....... 87
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
1 Florida counties with fish and shellfish landings in excess
of $1 million, 1976, and rank in state, 1976................ 2
2 Population, Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, 1940, 1950,
1960, 1970, 1977, and projected 1980, 1990, 2000............ 5
3 Boats registered annually in Charlotte, Collier and Lee
Counties, 1963-1964 through 1977-78....................... 8
4 Volume and value of landings, Charlotte County, 1971-1976... 9
5 Volume and value of landings, Collier County, 1971-1976..... 10
6 Volume and value of landings, Lee County, 1971-1976.......... 14
7 Questionnaire disposition and responses, fisherman survey,
Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties........................ 18
8 Questionnaire dispositions and responses, dealer survey,
Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties........................ 20
9 Classification of commercial fishermen in Charlotte, Collier
and Lee Counties by volume of fish and shellfish sold in
1977 ....... .......... .... ................................. 21
10 Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Charlotte County commercial fishermen...................... 22
11 Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Collier County commercial fishermen........................ 22
12 Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Lee County commercial fishermen........................... 23
13 Landing areas used by commercial fishermen in Charlotte,
Collier and Lee Counties, 1978............................. 24
14 Groups of facilities and services evaluated by port users
in the central and south Florida survey, 1978.............. 25
15 Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Charlotte County, 1978............. 27
16 Ratings of seafood port facilities by commercial fishermen
in Charlotte County, 1978 ........ .................... 28
LIST OF TABLES Continued
Table Page
17 Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Collier County, 1978............... 29
18 Ratings of seafood port facilities by commercial fishermen
in Collier County, 1978..................................... 30
19 Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Lee County, 1978................... 32
20 Ratings of seafood port facilities by commercial fishermen
in Lee County, 1978 ...................................... 33
21 Classification of seafood dealers in Charlotte, Collier and
Lee Counties by volume of fish and shellfish handled in
1977................ ....... ............................... 34
22 Port facilities and services in Charlotte, Collier and Lee
Counties: Facilities offered and those needing improvement,
according to one or more dealers, 1978..................... 35
23 Port facilities and services needing improvement, as rated
by 50 percent or more commercial fishermen and dealers
responding from Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, 1978... 38
LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES
Table Page
1 Average monthly landings of fish and shellfish for Charlotte,
Collier and Lee Counties from 1971-1976 .......................... 41
2 Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months,
Charlotte County, 1971-1976.................... .. .............. 42
3 Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months,
Collier County, 1971-1976 ................. ..................... 54
4 Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months,
Lee County, 1971-1976............................... ....... ........ 66
5 Questionnaires mailed and responses or disposition, commercial
fishermen, all counties and Charlotte, Collier, and Lee Counties.. 83
6 Questionnaires mailed and responses or disposition, dealer survey,
all counties and Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties............. 84
7 Questionnaires sent, questionnaires returned, and estimated total
active commercial fishermen, 17 central and south Florida counties,
1978........................................ .................... 85
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
1 Value of fish and shellfish landings by county in Florida,
1976..... ................................... ...................... 3
2 Central and south Florida coastal counties included in study...... 4
3 Volume and value of seafood landings, Charlotte County, 1971-1976. 11
4 Average monthly landings of fish and shellfish, Charlotte County,
1971-1976 ..................................................... 11
5 Volume and value of seafood landings, Collier County, 1971-1976... 12
6 Average monthly landings of fish and shellfish, Collier County,
1971-1976 .. ..................................................... 15
7 Volume and value of seafood landings, Lee County, 1971-1976....... 15
8 Average monthly landings of fish and shellfish, Lee County,
1971-1976 .. ..................................................... 16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many people are due thanks for their help in the seafood port study
and in preparing this publication and the others in the series. Financial
support from the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation,
Inc., and assistance from its Executive Director, Dr. Roger Anderson,
are much appreciated. The Florida Sea Grant program also provided funds
partially supporting this study, and Dr. Hugh Popenoe, Program Director
is to be thanked.
Mr. Bob Jones of the Southeastern Fisheries Association provided
invaluable assistance, for which we are all grateful. The Florida
Department of Natural Resources was most helpful with a great deal of
valuable information.
Extension Agent Tom Ilurray was a valuable adviser throughout this
project. Several staff members of the Food and Resource Economics
Department provided valuable assistance. Mr. Scott Woolley was most
competent in performing statistical and computer work, and Mrs. Nancy
Melton provided invaluable expertise in computer programming. Ms.
Patricia Beville and Ms. Ellen Bishop were extremely efficient in
handling the typing and secretarial work, as were Miss Sarah Miller,
Mrs. Becky Hoover and Mrs. Shirley Harris. Miss Carolyn Almeter and
several other career service employees of the Food and Resource Economics
Department spent many hours preparing and mailing questionnaires.
Finally, all the Florida fishermen and seafood dealers who took the
time to complete questionnaires and add comments have our thanks.
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SUMMARY
This is one of a series of four reports on published data and
survey findings concerned with commercial fishing activity and needed
onshore facilities and services in 17 counties of central and south
Florida: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Dade, Hillsborough,
Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas,
St. Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia.
The three counties discussed here, Charlotte, Collier and Lee,
have experienced very rapid population growth since 1960 and further
increases are projected for the future.
The number of pleasure boats registered in these three counties has
increased from 5,980 in 1963-64 to 26,331 by 1976-77. Commercial boat
numbers declined from 2,341 to 2,206 during the same period.
Landings in the three counties declined from 1971 to 1976 in volume
but values are greater than in 1971. Total landings in all three counties
were valued at $14.9 million in 1976, with shellfish making up 70 percent
of that value.
Landings are highly seasonal in the region, averaging highest in
the winter, and dropping substantially during the summer months.
It is estimated there are about 650 commercial boat owners actively
fishing and 25 dealers operating in the three counties. About half of
all fishermen responding catch 5,000 pounds or less, with 20 percent of
Collier and Lee County fishermen landing 25,000 pounds or more. About
35 percent of Charlotte County fishermen handled over 25,000 pounds.
Most fishermen returning questionnaires from Charlotte County said
they landed at Placida, while the majority from Collier County landed at
Naples or Everglades City. About a third of Lee County fishermen used
Ft. Myers Beach, with a number of others landing at Bokeelia, St. James
City, Pine Island and Matlacha.
Fishermen use a variety of facilities and services at these landing
sites, but fish houses, ice and fuel sales and docks are used by the
greatest number of boat owners. Also, a sizeable number of Lee County
fishermen use repair and supply services.
Dealers offer most facilities for handling the catch and provide
consumable supplies such as bait, ice and fuel. Charlotte and Collier
County dealers offer very few repair facilities, but gear, engine,
electronics and hull repair services are offered by Lee County dealers.
Fishermen feel docking needs improvement in most landing sites,
along with gear and electronics repair freezer and cold storage, and
waste disposal facilities. Dealers also would like improved docking and
said they would like improved fish, shrimp and lobster houses, ice
plants, and freezer and cold storage facilities.
Information and assistance is available to groups or individuals
interested in improving commercial seafood facilities and services in
this region. The County Extension Office and other agencies should be
contacted by those desiring help.
COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITY AND FACILITY NEEDS IN FLORIDA:
CHARLOTTE, COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES
Kary Mathis, James C. Cato, Robert L. Degner,
Paul D. Landrum and Fred J. Prochaska
INTRODUCTION
The commercial seafood industry is an important source of income
and employment along Florida's extensive coastline. Values of marine
landings for coastal counties are shown in Figure 1. Of the 35 coastal
counties in Florida, 18 had seafood landings of $1 million or more in
1976. There are however, relatively few major seafood ports, and all of
these are in counties with $1 million or more in landings values (Table
1). Urban and recreational development in most coastal areas of central
and north Florida has put great pressure on commercial fishermen and
seafood dealers operating there. Counties with seafood landings under
$1 million have significant number of fishermen but port and landing
facilities are often limited. Even though the remaining counties have
substantial volumes of seafood and significant numbers of fishermen,
port and landing facilities are often limited. These limitations and
other restrictions may hamper the seafood industry in these areas.
This publication is one of a series of four which reports analysis
of data from published sources and from surveys of commercial fishermen
and seafood dealers in 17 counties of central and south Florida.
Counties included are: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Dade,
Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Palm Beach,
Pasco, Pinellas, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia (Figure 2). The
Kary Mathis, James C. Cato and Fred J. Prochaska are associate pro-
fessors, Robert L. Degner is assistant professor and Paul D. Landrum is
assistant in food and resource economics, University of Florida.
Table l.--Florida counties with fish and shellfish landings in excess of
$1 million, and rank in state, 1978.
Value of landings
County Fish Shellfish Total Rank in state
$1,000
Bay 3,247 1,790 5,037 5
Brevard 1,120 1,496 2,616 9
Citrus-Pasco 471 1,018 1,489 14
Collier 666 732 1,398 15
Dade 520 2,463 2,984 7
Duval 687 1,702 2,388 10
Escambia 927 1,752 2,679 8
Franklin 431 7,837 8,268 3
Gulf 305 865 1,170 17
Hillsborough 107 2,933 3,103 6
Lee 3,434 9,284 12,718 2
Manatee 1,350 298 1,648 13
Martin 1,013 3 1,016 18
Monroe 3,640 19,965 23,605 1
Nassau 213 1,733 1,946 12
Pinellas 2,169 3,070 5,239 4
St. Lucie 2,353 12 2,365 11
Volusia 662 592 1,254 16
Source: Florida Department of Natural Resources, Summary of Commer-
cial Marine Landings, 1976.
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= Over $2,000,000
S= $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
S = $500,000 to $1,000,000
S-= Less than $500,000
Figure .--Value of fish and shellfish landings by county in Florida,
1976.
= Counties included in this
report.
= Counties included in other
reports in the series.
Figure 2.--Central and south Florida coastal counties included in study.
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research reported here was done as a continuation of a larger project
concerned with the feasibility of seafood industrial port development in
north Florida. Results of the more detailed study are reported in a
separate publication (See reference list).
This report is organized into four major sections: this introduction,
a discussion of the commercial fishing industry in the region, results
of the mail survey, and conclusions. Relevant published data were used
in the first two sections. Summaries of responses by fishermen and
dealers on the mailed questionnaires provided information for the third
section. Relevant information and survey findings are reviewed and
conclusions drawn in the final section.
Population Growth
All 17 counties included in this phase of the overall seafood port
study have experienced almost explosive population growth in the past
two decades. Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties have been one of the
fastest-growing regions in Florida and, indeed, in the entire United
States in recent years. Population in Charlotte and Collier Counties
more than doubled from 1960 to 1970, and grew almost as rapidly in Lee
County (Table 2).
Table 2.--Population, Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, 1940, 1950,
1960, 1970, 1977, and projected 1980, 1990, 2000.
Year Charlotte Collier Lee
1940 3,663 5,102 17,488
1950 4,286 6,488 23,404
1960 12,594 15,753 54,539
Table 2.--Continued
Year Charlotte Collier Lee
1970 27,559 38,040 105,216
1977 44,313 68,900 172,330
Projected
1980 51,100 83,800 200,800
1990 70,500 122,500 279,100
2000 81,600 141,800 323,100
Source: Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
By 1977, population in each county was more than three times the
1960 level. Moreover, the number of people in this three-county area
is projected to continue increasing to the year 2000.
THE COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE REGION
Population growth, and accompanying residential and recreational develop-
ment, has put heavy pressure on waterfront property used by the fishing
and seafood industry. Docking space has been converted from commercial
to recreational use as the number of pleasure boats has increased in the
region.
Boat Registrations
The number of commercial boats registered in each of the three
counties has declined over the past 15 years, while the number of pleasure
boats has more than quadrupled. Charlotte County pleasure boat regist-
rations increased from 1,145 in 1963-64 to 4,748 by 1976-77, while
commercial registrations dropped from 258 to 180 (Table 3). Commercial
boat numbers in Collier County were almost the same in 1976-77 as 15
years earlier, but pleasure boat registrations increased from 1,306 to
6,753. Lee County had the largest number of boats of the three
counties, with 1,345 commercial boats and 14,380 pleasure boats in
1976-77 (Table 3), The patterns of change were similar to those in the
other two counties.
Landings
Charlotte County
Fish make up most of the volume of seafood landings in Charlotte
County (Table 4). Total landings increased substantially from 1971 to
1972, but generally declined from 1972 through 1976. Values of total
landings increased steadily during the same period, however (Figure 3).
Average monthly landings in Charlotte County are highest in the
winter, with November, December and January the highest months. Landings
drop sharply in February, increase slightly, then drop to another low in
July (Figure 4 and Appendix Table 1). Major fish species landed in
Charlotte County are black mullet, spotted sea trout and red drum.
Blue crab and shrimp constituting virtually all of shellfish landings
(Appendix Table 2).
Collier County
Collier County landings are also mainly fish, though shellfish
frequently represent a greater proportion of value (Table 5). Total
landings declined from 1971 to 1973, jumped sharply in 1974, then dropped
to 1973 levels by 1976 (Figure 5).
Table 3.--Boats registered annually in Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, 1963-64 through 1977-78.
Boats registered
Charlotte Collier Lee
Year Commercial Pleasure Total Commercial Pleasure Total Commercial Pleasure Total
1963-64 258 1,145 1,403 686 1,306 1,992 1,397 3,529 4,926
1964-65 248 1,126 1,374 698 1,411 2,109 1,415 3,715 5,130
1965-66 282 1,248 1,530 791 1,670 2,461 1,703 4,106 4,809
1966-67 274 1,305 1,579 771 1,917 2,688 1,668 4,480 6,148
1967-68 222 1,324 1,546 615 2,226 2,841 1,387 4,053 6,440
1968-69 257 1,367 1,624 131 2,579 2,710 1,483 5,524 7,007
1969-70 261 1,496 1,757 766 3,178 3,944 1,476 6,182 7,658
1970-71 243 1,687 1,930 769 3,631 4,400 1,490 6,874 8,364
1971-72 198 1,952 2,150 648 3,951 4,599 1,295 7,706 9,001
1972-73 194 2,163 2,357 625 4,572 5,197 1,255 8,665 9,920
1973-74 139 2,355 2,494 557 4,784 5,341 1,121 9,304 10,425
1974-75 150 3,661b 3,811 624 6,227b 6,851 1,213 12,015b 13,228
1975-76 229 4,431 4,660 785 6,574 7,359 1,456 13,427 14,883
1976-77 180 4,748 4,928 681 6,753 7,434 1,345 14,830 16,175
1977-78 155 5,167 5,322 608 6,064 7,572 1,226 15,368 16,594
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registered.
to June 30.
January 1, 1975, pleasure boats with engines of less than 10 horsepower were not required to be
Source: Bureau of Boat Registration, Florida Department of Natural Resources.
Table 4.--Volume and value of landings, Charlotte County, 1971-1976.
Fish Shellfish Total
Year Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars
1971 2,525,981 310,667 808,073 157,048 3,334,054 467,715
1972 4,244,873 458,923 605,173 201,460 4,850,046 660,383
1973 3,667,500 524,800 528,740 218,151 4,196,240 742,951
1974 3,690,849 547,557 611,866 274,088 4,302,715 821,645
1975 2,939,408 525,913 455,636 261,709 3,395,044 787,622
1976 2,203,439 499,941 703,294 313,942 2,906,733 813,883
Source: FLorida Landings, monthly issues, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 5 .--Volume and value of landings, Collier County, 1971-1976.
Fish Shellfish Total
Year Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars
1971 5,330,211 740,176 719,317 374,499 6,049,528 1,114,675
1972 3,223,668 562,668 922,755 565,928 4,146,423 1,128,596
1973 2,891,920 405,964 1,046,616 724,492 3,938,536 1,130,456
1974 7,600,731 1,533,542 1,281,861 982,731 8,882,592 2,516,273
1975 3,910,711 825,062 1,056,379 872,144 4,967,090 1,697,206
1976 2,639,047 665,917 817,434 731,659 3,456,481 1,397,576
Source: FLorida Landings, monthly issues, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Both fish and shellfish landings show a pronounced seasonal pattern,
with December-March making up most of the year's total (Figure 6 and
Appendix Table 1). As in Charlotte County, black mullet is the leading
fish species landed, but king and Spanish mackerel and grouper are major
species in Collier County. Stone crab is the most important shellfish,
with some landings of spiny lobster (Appendix Table 3). The large
increase in landings in 1974 was due to larger than average volumes of
black mullet, king and Spanish mackerel and stone crab.
Lee County
Landings in Lee County are the largest of the three counties and also
the most stable over the 1971-76 period (Table 6). Volume increased
slightly to 1974 then dropped to the 1971 level by 1976, while value of
landings increased throughout (Figure 7).
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is highest in the winter, with December the peak month for both fish and
shellfish. There is somewhat less summer decline than in the other two
counties, however (Figure 8 and Appendix Table 1).
Black mullet is by far the leading fish species in Lee County
landings volume, with spotted sea trout and grouper next in importance.
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stone crab and blue crab make up shellfish landings in Lee County
(Appendix Table 4).
Table 6.--Volume and value of landings, Lee County, 1971-1976.
Fish Shellfish Total
Year Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars
1971 10,065,603 1,931,728 5,240,616 3,249,382 15,306,219 5,181,110
1972 11,696,862 2,452,932 5,162,315 4,343,213 16,859,177 6,796,145
1973 12,233,031 2,629,934 5,692,469 5,687,475 17,925,500 8,317,409
1974 13,052,575 3,372,722 6,027,135 5,603,121 19,079,710 8,975,843
1975 11,859,726 3,255,965 5,271,510 6,236,398 17,131,236 9,492,363
1976 10,260,332 3,434,445 5,347,905 9,283,720 15,608,237 12,718,165
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1971-1976.
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SURVEY RESULTS
The mail survey conducted during the fall of 1978 provided con-
siderable insight into fishing industry problems in Charlotte, Collier
and Lee Counties. Questionnaires were mailed to all residents in each
county having a commercial boat registered during 1977-78 with the
Florida Department of Natural Resources, and to all seafood dealers
listed with the National Marine Fisheries Service in 1976. Copies
of the questionnaires used are included in the Appendix.
A total of 1,059 questionnaires were sent to commercial boat owners
in all three counties, and 468 or 44 percent were returned (Appendix
Table 5). The largest number of questionnaires, 677, went to Lee County,
followed by Collier County and Charlotte County (Table 7). The largest
largest number and percentage of returns were also from Lee County, with
323 or 50 percent.
Of the individuals responding, 71 percent in Charlotte County and
60 percent in both Collier County and Lee County still owned one or more
boats and were actively fishing (Table 7). It was assumed that people
who did not return the questionnaire were or were not active commercial
fishermen in the same proportion as those completing the survey. The
percentage still fishing was multiplied times the total number of boat
registrations to provide the estimate of total active commercial fisher-
men in each county. Based on these returns, it was estimated that there
are 67, 176, and 406 commercial fishermen in Charlotte, Collier, and Lee
Counties, respectively (Table 7).
Nine of the 14 dealers responded from Lee County, which had the
largest number of dealers, with four of the six dealers responding from
Table 7.--Questionnaire disposition and responses, fisherman survey,
Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties.
Disposition or County
response Charlotte Collier Lee
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total mailed
Returned unable
to deliver
Individuals receiving
questionnaires
Individuals receiving
questionnaires
Questionnaires not
returned
Questionnaires
returned
Questionnaires
returned
5 15
95 273
273
54 169
46 104
100
No longer own boat
No longer in business
Still in business
Estimated active
commercial fishermen
12 11 11
17 30 29
71 63 60
50 15
80 25
406
a
Not fishing commercially but had commercial boat registration in 1977.
bEstimate is based on the proportion of the respondents still in
business of the total 1977-1978 commercial boat registrations. The number
shown in each county includes only boat owners and not crew members.
100
677
38
639
639
316
Charlotte and three of nine from Collier Counties (Table 8). The three
counties together had 29 dealers, 15 percent of the 190 dealers in the
17 coastal counties (Appendix Table 6). Of the 12 dealers returning
questionnaires, four were no longer in business (Table 8).
Characteristics of Fishermen
Volumes Handled
About half of the fishermen responding to the survey from each county
reported catching relatively small amounts of fish. In Charlotte and Collier
Counties, just under 50 percent of the fishermen catch 5,000 pounds or less
of fish, with 57 percent of respondents in Lee County landing in that volume
category (Table 9). About 35 percent of Charlotte County fishermen and
just over 20 percent of the fishermen in the other two counties are on
the other end of the volume range, catching over 25,000 pounds of fish
annually.
A higher percentage of fishermen selling shellfish in Collier and
Lee Counties handled over 25,000 pounds per year than did those handling
fish, but 25 percent of Charlotte County fishermen handled over 25,000 pounds
of shellfish (Table 9).
Distances Traveled
Most Charlotte County fishermen live relatively close to the port or
harbor where their boats are docked and, on the average, do not go far
offshore. Sixty percent of fishermen in Charlotte County live within three
miles of the port they use, and 79 percent fish within 25 miles of shore
(Table 10). Collier and Lee County fishermen live slightly farther away
from their ports, where 46 and 48 percent, respectively, are within three
Table 8 r-Questionnaire dispositions and responses, dealer survey, Charlotte,
Collier, and Lee Counties.
Disposition or County
response Charlotte Collier Lee
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total mailed 6 100 9 100 14 100
Returned unable
to deliver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Individuals receiving
questionnaires 6 100 9 100 14 100
Individuals receiving
questionnaires 6 100 9 100 14 100
Questionnaires not
returned 2 33 6 67 9 64
Questionnaires
returned 4 67 3 33 5 36
Questionnaires
returned 4 100 3 100 5 100
No longer in business 2 50 0 0 2 40
Still in business 2 50 3 100 3 60
Table 9.--Classification of commercial fishermen in Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties by volume of fish and shellfish sold in 1977.
Fishermen selling
Fish Shellfish
Charlotte Collier Lee Charlotte Collier Lee
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Under 5,000 11 48 24 47 77 57 5 62 5 31 10 21
5,000-10,000 3 13 10 20 18 13 0 0 3 19 5 11
10,000-25,000 1 4 6 12 12 9 1 12 1 6 7 15
Over 25,000 8 35 11 22 28 21 2 25 7 44 25 53
Total 23 100 51 100 135 100 8 100 16 100 47 100
Table lO.--Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Charlotte County commercial fishermen.
Port to fishing grounds
Miles
Number Percent
1 or less 13 52 10 or less
2-3 2 8 11-25
4-6 4 16 26-50
7-10 3 12 51-75
Over 10 3 12 Over 75
Total 25 100a
a
Percentage may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
H(
Mi les
Tablell .--Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Collier County commercial fishermen.
Home to port Port to fishing grounds
Fishermen
Miles Fishermen
Number Percent Number
1 or less 17 28 10 or less 27
2-3 11 18 11-25 19
4-6 13 21 26-50 11
7-10 8 13 51-75 2
Over 10 12 20 Over 75 0
Total 61 100a 59
a
Percentage may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Percent
46
32
19
3
0
100a
Fishermen
Number Percent
14 58
5 21
3 13
0 0
2 8
24 100a
me to Port
Fishermen
Miles
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Table 12--Distance from home to port and from port to fishing grounds,
Lee County commercial fishermen.
Home to port Port to fishing grounds
Miles Fishermen Miles Fishermen
Number Percent Number Percent
1 or less 56 34 10 or less 93 56
2-3 24 14 11-25 27 16
4-6 17 10 26-50 7 4
7-10 18 11 51-75 7 4
Over 10 52 31 Over 75 32 19
Total 167 100a 166 100a
a
Percentage may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
miles (Tables 11 and 12). About the same proportion as in Charlotte
County fish within 25 miles of shore, however, with 78 percent from Collier
and 72 percent from Lee County reporting that the usual range of fishing.
Landing dreas Used
Fishermen completing questionnaires indicated their usual landing
areas. Most of the Charlotte County fishermen used Placida (Table 13),
while most Collier Couty fishermen landed in either Naples or Everglades
City. Fishermen from Lee County reported the largest number of landing
places, but about one-third used Fort Myers Beach, with sizeable numbers
landing in Bokeelia, St. James City, Pine Island and Matlacha (Table
13),
24
Table 13.--Landing areas used by commercial fishermen in Charlotte,
Collier and Lee Counties, 1978.
Landing areas Fishermen Landing place Fishermen
Charlotte
Lee
Placida
Punta Gorda
Boca Grande
Total
Collier
Naples
Everglades City
Chokoloskee
Goodland
Bonita Springs
Ft. Myers Beach
Key West
Marathon
Tarpon Springs
Total
Ft. Myers Beach
Bokeelia
St. James City
Pine Island
Matlacha
Ft. Myers
Boca Grande
Piney Point
Estero Island
Punta Rassa
Everglades City
Nlapl es
Key West
Marco Island
Port Comfort
Port Salerno
St. Lucie
Total
48
25
23
17
13
8
5
2
1
1
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
155
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25
Port Facilities: Use and Rating by Fishermen
Inadequate, deteriorated or unsuited port facilities can seriously
hamper commercial fishing in a region and retard or prevent growth in
the commercial seafood industry. An important step in identifying
fishing port needs in the five counties studied was determining facilities
available in each port and how well those facilities serve the fishing
industry. The mail survey described earlier asked fishermen and dealers
to specify which facilities and services they used and to evaluate those
facilities.
Port services were grouped into five categories shown in Table 14.
The mail survey asked fishermen to indicate those facilities and services
used in their port and to rate them as satisfactory or needing improvement.
Dealers were asked which facilities and services they provided and to
indicate those needing addition or improvement. Both commercial fisher-
men and seafood dealers were given the opportunity to add comments.
Table 14.--Groups of facilities and services evaluated by port users in
the central and south Florida survey, 1978.
Handling and processing Docking and repair
Shrimp unloading house Docking facilities
Crab unloading house Gear storage
Lobster unloading house Gear repair
Fish house Gear supply
Processing unused fish Electronic service
Freezer and cold storage Engine repair
Marine railway
Supplies
Retail
Bait sales
Ice plant Restaurant
Fuel sales Retail seafood market
Groceries Fishermen's meeting room
Waste removal
Solid waste
Liquid waste
Charlotte County
The largest number of respondents in Charlotte County used fish
houses, with ice and fuel services being used heavily, as well (Table
15). Docking, marine railway, crab houses, gear supply and diesel
repair were used by significant percentages of fishermen. Only facilities
for processing unused fish and ice plants would be used by more than 20
percent of the fishermen responding, if those facilities were improved
(Table 15).
Docking was the only item needing improvement noted by a significant
share of fishermen. Nine rated docking facilities, with five or 56
percent saying improvement was needed (Table 16).
Collier Co unty
Facilities and services most used in Collier County were fish
houses, fuel and ice sales, and docking (Table 17). From 10 to 19
percent of fishermen responding would use gear storage, supply and
repair facilities, and electronics and diesel repair services if added
or improved (Table 17).
Docking was the item used by large numbers of Collier County fisher-
men that they rated most in need of improvement (Table 18). From one-
third to one-half of the fishermen who rated equipment supply and repair
said improvement was needed.
A number of Collier County fishermen made additional coimme;nts in
space provided on the questionnaires. Some of the items noted most
often were needs for more dock space and for channel improvement. These
were related to other concerns over waterfront development, river and
estuary pollution, and large numbers of sports fishermen. Commercial
27
Table 15.--Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Charlotte County, 1978.
Fishermen
Facility Currently use Would use
Number Percent Number Percen
Shrimp house 4 14 3 10
Crab house 7 24 2 7
Lobster house 0 0 0 0
Fish house 21 73 0 0
Processing unused fish 0 0 6 21
Freezer, cold storage 2 7 3 10
Bait supply 4 14 0 0
Ice plant 12 41 6 21
Fuel sales 14 48 2 7
Groceries 3 10 2 7
Docking 9 31 2 7
Gear storage 1 4 1 4
Gear supply 7 24 1 4
Gear repair 0 0 0 0
Electronics repair 0 0 1 4
Diesel repair 6 21 2 7
Marine railway 9 31 2 7
Restaurant 0 0 2 7
Retail seafood market 2 7 2 7
Fisherman's meeting room 1 4 3 10
Solid waste 3 10 0 0
Liquid waste 2 7 1 4
Total responses
__1~11~
Table 16.--Ratings of seafood port facilities by commercial fishermen
in Charlotte County, 1978.
Fishermen
Rating Saying needs
Facility facility improvement
Number Number Percent
Shrimp house 4 1 25
Crab house 6 1 17
Lobster house -- --
Fish house 20 5 25
Processing unused fish -- --
Freezer, cold storage 2 0 0
Bait supply 3 2 67
Ice plant 11 2 18
Fuel sales 12 2 17
Groceries 3 2 67
Docking 9 5 56
Gear storage 0 0 0
Gear supply 7 1 14
Gear repair -- --
Electronics repair -- --
Diesel repair 5 2 40
Marine railway 7 2 29
Restaurant -- --
Retail seafood market 2 0 0
Fishermen's meeting room 1 0 0
Solid waste 3 2 67
Liquid waste 2 1 50
C~
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Table 17.--Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Collier County, 1978.
Fishermen
Facility Currently use Would use
Number Percent Number Percent
Shrimp house 1 2 0 0
Crab house 15 24 1 2
Lobster house 3 5 1 2
Fish house 54 86 0 0
Processing unused fish 1 2 4 6
Freezer, cold storage 11 18 2 3
Bait supply 15 24 2 3
Ice plant 31 49 2 3
Fuel sales 36 57 0 0
Groceries 9 14 3 5
Docking 32 51 4 6
Gear storage 10 16 6 10
Gear supply 13 21 12 19
Gear repair 9 14 6 10
Electronics repair 11 18 8 13
Diesel repair 17 27 7 11
Marine Railway 14 22 4 6
Restaurant 7 11 3 5
Retail seafood market 4 6 3 5
Fisherman's meeting room 6 10 5 8
Solid waste 4 6 2 3
Liquid waste 3 5 1 2
Total responses
I __I_ ~ __~
Table l1.--Ratings of seafood port facilities by commercial fishermen
in Collier County, 1978.
Rating
facility
Fi shermen
-- Saying needs
improvement
Number
Slriiimp house
Crab house
Lobster house
Fish house
Processing unused fish
Freezer, cold storage
Bait supply
Ice plant
Fuel sales
Groceries
Docking
Gear storage
Gear supply
Gear repair
Electronics repair
Diesel repair
Marine railway
Restaurant
Retail seafood market
Fishermen's meeting room
Solid waste
Liquid waste
Number
0
6
0
12
0
1
3 0
Facility
Percent
0
__ --L-CI
______ _.~____l_-~ll--LII-- -r------ ---
___1____1_-11----1--- 1 I ------- ---
fishermen also stressed the need for more regulation and more enforcement
of measures aimed at conserving fishery resources.
Lee County
Fish houses, ice and fuel sales and docking were most used by Lee
County fishermen, while significant numbers used supply and repair
services (Table 19). From 11 to 17 percent of those currently using
each of the facilities said they would use fish processing, freezer and
cold storage, gear storage and a meeting room, if these were added or
improved.
Docking was in need of improvement, according to 44 percent of the
Lee County fishermen who rated those facilities (Table 20). Marine
railway facilities are particularly needed, along with gear and diesel
repair and gear storage. Added ice, freezer and cold storage capacity
would be useful, according to fishermen.
A large number of respondents from Lee County -- 37 percent of the
193 active fishermen -- made comments on the questionnaires. Many of
these were similar to those from Collier County: development and population
pressures resulting in loss of dock space and location for fish houses,
pollution and excessive pressure on fishery resources; the need for greater
conservation measures affecting seasons, size and habitat.
Two other areas were noted by many Lee County fishermen. One of
these was to require licenses for all salt-water fishing with considerably
higher fees for out-of-state residents, and requiring commercial fishermen
to participate regularly in professional improvement programs. The
other area expressed by many respondents was the need for improved
marketing and distribution of mullet.
Table 19 .--Current and projected use of seafood port facilities by
commercial fishermen in Lee County, 1978.
Fi shermlen
Facility Cuirrently use Would use
Number Percent lumber Perce
Chr imp house 41 21 4 2
Crab house 14 7 10 5
Lobster house 2 1 1 1
Fish house 143 74 2 1
Processing unused fish 5 3 32 17
Freezer, cold storage 24 12 23 12
Bait supply 40 21 9 5
Ice plant 97 50 12 6
Fuel sales 110 57 7 4
Groceries 51 26 6 3
Docking 99 51 9 5
Gear storage 15 8 21 11
Gear supply 52 27 11 6
Gear repair 34 18 14 7
Electronics repair 45 23 9 5
Diesel repair 71 37 14 7
Marine railway 52 27 10 5
Restaurant 27 14 6 3
Retail seafood market 23 12 3 2
Fisherman's meeting room 21 11 22 11
Solid waste 10 5 10 5
Liquid waste 8 4 13 7
Total responses
193
Table 20.--Ratings of seafood port
in Lee County, 1978.
facilities by commercial fishermen
Fishermen
Rating Saying needs
Facility facility improvement
Number Number Percent
Shrimp house 40 11 28
Crab house 14 5 36
Lobster house 2 1 50
Fish house 125 36 28
Processing unused fish 4 2 50
Freezer, cold storage 21 10 50
Bait supply 37 9 6
Ice plant 88 31 35
Fuel sales 101 21 21
Groceries 42 5 12
Docking 92 40 44
Gear storage 12 10 83
Gear supply 48 15 30
Gear repair 30 11 38
Electronics repair 42 7 17
Diesel repair 64 21 33
Marine railway 49 27 55
Restaurant 22 2 9
Retail seafood market 19 5 26
Fishermen's meeting room 17 4 24
Solid waste 10 2 20
Liquid waste 8 3 38
Dealer Characteristics, Facilities Provided and Ratings
As noted earlier, eight dealers who are still in business in the
three-county region returned questionnaires (Table 8). Six of those
dealers handled fish and all eight handled shellfish. Five of the six
fish dealers reported volumes of over 300,000 pounds for 1977, while six
of the shellfish dealers had volumes of 100,000 pounds or more (Table
21).
Table 21.--Classification of seafood dealers in Charlotte, Collier and
Lee Counties by volume of fish and shellfish handled in 1977.
Dealers
Pounds handled FishD- Shellfish
----------- Number -------------------
Under 50,000 1 0
50,000-100,000 0 2
100,000-300,000 0 4
Over 300,000 5 2
Total 6 8
Dealers' responses concerning facilities and services are summarized
in Table 22 indicating where one or more dealers in each county offer
each of the items, and where one or more dealers felt facilities needed
improvement.
Charlotte County
Charlotte County dealers completing the questionnaire handled
shrimp, crab and fish, provided freezer and cold storage facilities and
Table 22.--Port facilities and services in Charlotte, Collier and Lee
Counties: Facilities offered and those needing improvement,
according to one or more dealers, 1978.
Charlotte Collier Lee
Need Need Need
Facility Offer improving Offer improving Offer improving
Shrimp house X X X
Crab house X X
Lobster house X
Fish house X X X X
Processing unused fish X X
Freezer, cold storage X X X X X
Bait supply X X
Ice plant X X X X
Fuel sales X X X
Groceries
Docking X X X X X
Gear storage X X X
Gear supply X X X
Gear repair X
Electronics repair X
Diesel repair X X
Marine railway X X X
Restaurant X
Retail seafood market X X X X
Solid waste X X
Liquid waste X X
sold bait, ice and fuel. They also provided docking and qear supply,
and operated a retail seafood market (Table 22). One or more of the
dealers noted improvements were needed in shrimp and fish houses, pro-
cessing for bycatch, docking and the retail market.
Collier County
Dealers responding from Collier County did not handle shrimp but
did handle lobster, and provided the same facilities and services as in
Charlotte County, except for gear supply. In addition, Collier County
dealers offered gear storage, marine railway, a restaurant and liquid
waste disposal (Table 22). Freezer and cold storage and ice plants were
the only items noted as needing improvement by the Collier County dealers.
Lee Count9
Lee County dealers handled shrimp and fish, had freezer and cold
storage, and sold fuel but not bait or ice. Docking and all repair and
supply services were offered by one or more dealers in Lee County, in
contrast to those in the other two counties (Table 22). Solid waste
disposal was also available.
Improvements were felt to be needed by the dealers in freezer and
cold storage facilities, ice supply, docking and marine railway (Table
22). There are more dealers operating in Lee County than in the other two
counties discussed here, and they handle more seafood from more fishermen
than in Charlotte or Collier Counties.
CONCLUSIONS
Commercial fishing is an important industry in the three-county
area of Florida's lower west coast covered in this report. Total
landings in Lee County were valued at over $12.7 million in 1976,
placing that county second in Florida, while Collier County ranked 15th
with $1.4 million in landings. Charlotte County, with smaller numbers
of fishermen, still had over $813,000 in landings in 1976. Landings
volumes in 1976 were about 1971 levels but values increased considerably
during the 1971-76 period as average prices for fish and shellfish rose.
About 650 commercial fishermen operate one or more boats from the
three counties, with Lee County having over 400 fishermen. About 25
dealers operate in the area, 12 in Lee County, nine in Collier County
and four in Charlotte County. The number of commercial boats registered
in the three counties has declined during the last 15 years while
pleasure boat registrations have increased more than threefold.
The rapid rise in pleasure boat numbers is a result of population
growth in the west coast area. Total population in the three-county
region more than tripled from 1960 to 1976, and population projected
for 2000 is more than double the 1976 level. This growth has benefitted
the seafood industry of the area in many ways but problems have also
developed. Heavy pressure on fishery resources, pollution, destruction
of habitat and competition for waterfront property have affected the
fishing industry adversely.
Shore facilities and services for the commercial fishing and seafood
industry are generally available in ports and landings areas used by
fishermen in the three counties. However, docking space is restricted,
particularly in Charlotte and Lee Counties, according to users (Table 23).
Table 23.--Port facilities and services needing improvement, as rated by
50 percent or more commercial fishermen and dealers responding
from Charlotte, Collier, and Lee Counties, 1978.a
Charlotte Collier Lee
Facility Fishermen Deaers Fishmen Fisherm Fis en Deale
Shrimp house X
Crab house
Lobster house X
Fish house X
Processing unused fish X X
Freezer, cold storage X X
Bait supply X X
Ice plant X
Fuel sales X
Groceries X
Docking X X X
Gear storage X
Gear supply
Gear repair X
Electronics repair X
Diesel repair
Marine railway X X
Restaurant
Retail seafood market
Fishermen's meeting room
Solid waste X
Liquid waste X
a
See tables 15 and 20 for numbers of fishermen using and rating each item
in each county.
Processing for underutilized fish is needed in Charlotte and Lee
County, and both fishermen and dealers agree that freezer and cold
storage facilities are needed in Lee County. Dealers in Lee County feel
ice supply needs improving, and both fishermen and dealers there feel
marine railway facilities could be improved (Table 23). The only repair
services noted as needing improvmenet were gear and electronics repair
in Collier County.
Groups or individuals interested in improving conditions in the
seafood industry in these counties can use this report as a starting
point for identifying problems and for working toward possible solutions.
The County Extension Director in each county can assist groups in organizing
to solve problems and in contacting other groups and agencies for assist-
ance, Sources for marine economics information and publications are
listed in.the Appendix.
APPENDIX
Appendix Table l.--Average monthly landings of fish and shellfish for Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties from 1971-1976.
Charlotte Collier p__ Three county total
Month Fish Shellfish Total Fish Shellfish Total Fish Shellfish Total Fish Shellfish Total
--------------- ---------------------------- -- 1,O00 pounds -------------------------------------- --
January 511 156 667 889 152 1,041 1,044 692 1,736 2,444 1,000 3,444
February 131 105 236 458 140 598 721 721 1,442 1,310 966 2,276
March 221 127 348 820 145 965 809 603 1,412 1,850 875 2,725
April 179 126 305 167 97 264 714 638 1,352 1,060 861 1,921
May 204 111 315 86 30 116 819 542 1,361 1,109 683 1,792
Jume 145 99 244 97 1 98 714 342 1,056 956 442 1,398
July 129 104 233 119 1 120 760 155 915 1,008 260 1,268
August 204 95 300 156 14 170 919 114 1,033 1,279 224 1,503
September 240 99 339 177 12 189 947 94 1,041 1,364 205 1,569
October 273 88 361 169 66 235 929 218 1,147 1,371 372 1,743
November 390 115 505 259 132 391 1,184 555 1,739 1,833 802 2,635
December 395 125 520 781 146 927 1,581 651 2,232 2,757 922 3,679
Source: Florida Landings, monthly issues, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976.
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
-----------------------------------Pounds------------------------------------
1971 January 10,759 14,786 116,915 15 2,945 12,978 4,573
February 9,392 6,119 49,162 1,009 746 10,048 5,309
March 6,523 13,855 100,641 440 8,557 7,987 3,554
April 6,352 8,149 78,232 7,650 25,290 9,727 1,160
May 2,177 10,308 141,949 2,521 27,336 7,593 1,024
June 5,320 19,985 109,120 1,719 7,008 8,053 2,446
July 8,717 16,613 100,657 1,817 4,022 4,487 2,288
August 8,637 13,036 108,993 673 .1,935 9,752 4,031
September 21,864 4,778 212,956 2,771 1,715 8,448 2,254
October 11,869 10,753 114,853 4,997 2,548 22,467 2,044
November 3,593 1,747 266,908 4,770 1,264 7,362 1,752
December 1,198 8,161 316,400 2,971 1,369 5,397 4,080
96,401 128,290 1,716,786 26,353 84,735 114,299
34,515
Total
Appendix Table Z--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Blue Total
Year Month mackerel crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
1971 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
----------------------------------Pounds--------------------------------------
3,050 79,824 4,301 173,446 84,125 257,571
31 51,212 8,200 90,083 59,412 149,495
35,090 86,581 7,435 192,387 94,016 286,403
41,415 95,207 7,086 198,489 102,293 300,782
1,507 50,255 6,384 209,800 56,639 266,439
166 39,573 13,844 173,078 53,417 226,495
45 29,520 5,742 154,542 35,262 189,804
445 30,109 0 160,971 30,109 191,080
36 32,604 0 268,008 32,604 300,612
375 52,318 2,476 185,277 54,794 240,071
37,560 59,084 32,093 336,506 91,177 427,683
31,437 58,137 48,275 383,394 106,412 489,806
151,157 664,424 135,836 2,525,981 800,260 3,326,241
- -
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
------------------------------------Pounds---------------
1972 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
8Augu1 S t
September
October
November
December
11,850
8,604
6,727
2,545
3,448
5,270
0
8,418
19,559
10,230
4,151
4,126
2,481
1,043
6,940
7,082
4,086
10,839
8,460
11,608
9,432
5,083
1,428
549
1,483,929
138,690
108,513
93,775
252,396
123,341
0
173,710
227,574
206,085
373,224
255,928
706
937
6,176
8,393
3,939
1,508
0
1,733
2,300
5,751
2,163
5,890
592
3,442
1,777
15,076
11,839
9,675
0
5,043
5,265
1,427
1,453
438
14,102
11,929
11,183
7,692
9,148
5,682
229
7,534
17,032
10,601
9,887
17,084
69,031 3,437,165 39,496 56,027 122,103
6,076
5,471
3,013
1,539
831
1,708
0
1,409
1,690
1,816
1,890
5,191
30,634
Total 84,928
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Blue Total
Year Month mackerel crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------Pounds- ------------------------------------
1972 January 3,275 39,533 43,651 1,527,629 83,184 1,610,813
February 138 36,011 14,019 174,040 50,030 224,070
March 18,371 36,664 21,280 170,677 57,944 228,621
April 19,640 36,485 17,939 173,976 54,424 228,400
May 231 30,754 12,325 296,315 43,124 339,439
June 125 21,207 15,330 166,281 36,537 202,818
July 0 46,096 13,589 9,348 59,685 69,033
August 102 35,293 10,581 217,477 45,874 263,351
September 40 37,377 13,529 299,803 50,936 350,739
October 21,489 36,590 7,672 275,807 44,280 320,087
November 2,123 33,380 6,873 402,661 40,288 442,949
December 27,580 29,895 4,699 326,059 34,594 360,653
Total 93,114 419,285 181,487 4,040,073 600,900 4,640,973
Apnerdlix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
-------------------------------------Pounds-----------------------------------
1973 January 18,142 2,255 274,753 2,697 1,873 27,294 7,501
February 19,167 3,450 137,761 722 2,606 16,481 5,010
March 11,220 2,423 285,542 5,005 3,836 18,871 4,313
April 4,215 2,745 189,125 6,975 4,738 11,028 1,969
May 3,098 7,679 154,217 7,617 27,713 15,266 2,103
June 4,876 6,200 170,942 2,664 27,176 10,847 1,996
July 12,168 4,840 172,002 1,248 5,602 10,724 1,502
Auqust 15,901 3,798 252,779 752 4,288 16,684 1,510
September 18,882 351 276,472 445 2,583 16,413 1,965
October 6,860 393 275,181 327 3,467 12,161 2,437
November 3,344 1,258 434,071 441 1,534 9,381 3,325
December 13,608 30 274,812 19 659 24,167 7,593
35,422 2,897,657 28,912 86,075 189,317
41,224
Total 131,481
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Total
Year Month mackerel Blue crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------Pounds-------------------------------------
1973 January 2,416 27,007 10,045 351,372 37,052 388,424
February 29 23,391 10,770 194,955 34,161 229,116
March 40,126 21,910 9,392 397,188 31,302 428,490
April 295 21,481 8,349. 244,368 30,026 274,394
May 696 31,201 11,544 236,298 43,445 279,743
June 65 34,081 16,629 243,359 50,710 294,069
July 40 38,764 11,077 224,539 49,841 274,380
August 65 42,927 5,688 307,996 48,653 356,649
September 1,463 43,608 1,382 331,029 45,001 376,030
October 10,715 27,517 10,088 322,390 48,899 371,289
November 8,253 34,150 19,661 484,646 61,678 546,324
December 296 26,097 6,147 329,360 47,972 377,332
Total 64,459 372,134 120,772 3,667,500 528,740 4,196,240
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
------------------------------------Pounds--------------------------------------
1974 January 10,904 2,454 396,886 927 57 31,820 8,717
February 6,754 572 114,580 1,447 946 8,980 4,434
March 42,218 5,804 299,394 4,176 1,076 35,488 17,732
April 2,198 685 102,175 5,369 10,595 6,719 4,690
May 6,307 221 110,544 3,413 10,808 5,198 4,212
June 1,178 711 86,462 1,950 10,022 6,131 4,176
July 64 1,902 115,178 2,105 4,646 310 2,928
August 11,863 141 138,018 1,530 3,847 7,159 5,216
September 10,356 756 150,332 4,913 3,204 3,344 3,708
October 8,841 278 421,660 5,774 7,029 19,069 7,083
November 4,271 532 432,748 14,828 5,798 19,995 3,902
December 4,351 176 4;3,387 187 863 9,307 5,750
14,232 2,851,364 46,619 58,891
153,520 72,548
Total 109,305
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Total
Year Month mackerel Blue crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------Pounds-----------------------------------
1974 January 325 41,674 19,570 473,000 65,974 538,974
February 2,487 13,479 24,240 144,369 59,250 203,619
March 41,866 32,734 25,925 476,844 79,055 555,899
April 2,546 27,242 31,030 152,534 63,370 215,904
May 553 17,042 14,946 156,098 34,978 191,076
June 25 13,537 18,866 115,537 32,403 147,940
July 18 32,328 16,501 145,755 48,836 194,591
August 21 41,084 4,749 173,400 45,833 219,233
September 631 29,805 10,126 194,333 39,967 234,300
October 15,774 20,774 7,003 548,335 33,680 582,015
November 37,734 26,789 21,877 599,411 55,406 654,817
December 559 31,773 15,729 511,233 53,114 564,347
Total 102,539 328,261 210,562 3,690,849 611,866 4,302,715
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued .
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
-----------------------------------Pounds- ----------------------------------
1975 January 8,953 1,567 227,398 163 249 12,412 5,439
February 4,132 425 49,732 4,254 0 15,127 5,748
March 1,147 285 43,374 6,152 1,629 6,944 2,547
April 4,022 1,033 116,097 2,758 21,933 9,681 2,625
May 1,283 2,823 125,416 3,497 25,739 14,186 4,258
June 1,489 6,327 112,038 4,489 9,614 11,799 1,955
July 2,613 1,514 69,282 2,884 3,122 9,283 1,543
August 2,611 3,308 176,586 1,167 4,533 12,565 2,258
September 10,447 3,650 194,776 1,027 3,929 14,302 1,998
October 7,349 2,959 212,529 3,898 3,539 13,568 3,222
November 4,552 3,489 382,602 5,943 1,715 22,998 4,201
December 4,833 2,536 528,724 8,604 650 22,025 2,736
29,916 2,238,554 44,836 76,652
I
164,890 38,530
Total 53,431
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Total
Year Month mackerel Blue crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
---------------------------------P-ounds------------------------------------
1975 January 3,831 27,825 22,984 272,899 52,347 325,246
February 12,925 26,684 29,515 108,729 62,291 171,020
March 9,476 28,428 20,131 78,596 54,751 133,347
April 9,116 15,315 5,962 185,747 24,125 209,872
May 2,133 9,965 13,337 192,371 23,774 216,145
June 50 8,610 18,289 159,978 27,743 187,721
July 492 10,916 9,369 106,446 21,691 128,137
August 41 6,320 10,481 224,268 18,695 242,963
September 1,809 7,104 8,032 241,356 17,791 259,147
October 11,846 43,593 10,290 279,680 55,421 335,101
November 33,621 33,642 4,627 480,132 47,178 527,310
December 10,076 35,643 7,264 609,206 46,965 656,171
Toa 546 25,4 6,8 2994842,7 ,9,8
160,281 2,939,408
452,772 3,392,180
Total 95,416
254,045
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Black Sand Spotted
Year Month Red drum Grouper mullet Pompano perch sea trout Sheepshead
----------------------------------P-ounds- -----------------------------------
1976 January 22,143 1,285 259,651 427 4,268 37,999 16,364
February 16,341 933 67,455 77 2,686 27,108 3,835
March 1,524 1,368 115,466 22,456 6,104 9,772 1,692
April 199 7,005 119,929 4,395 10,005 60,685 1,928
May 1,470 4,767 87,335 1,999 13,140 9,005 3,158
June 1,579 4,103 52,159 2,794 6,416 10,021 1,938
July 4,620 3,923 133,686 948 3,718 13,314 3,572
August 7,036 4,768 101,608 2,561 3,696 13,164 3,061
September 7,181 3,854 144,088 2,460 3,991 15,269 2,612
October 6,542 520 98,526 4,428 3,219 11,912 2,881
Novmeber 4,344 11 153,966 9,681 2,275 10,207 5,002
December 4,514 1,071 715,865 71 1,869 12,418 5,486
33,608 2,049,734 52,297 61,387
Total 77,493
230,874 51,529
Appendix Table 2.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Charlotte County,
1971-1976--Continued .
Spanish Total
Year Month mackerel Blue crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
-----------------------------------Pounds--------------------------------------
1976 January 142 49,023 8,535 346,821 64,544 411,365
February 596 52,418 9,382 141,299 67,725 209,024
March 33,289 45,598 6,785 207,609 59,183 266,792
April 1,713 54,570 0 170,221 66,224 236,445
May 186 58,046 10,666 137,154 73,204 210,358
June 133 57,322 17,329 89,501 74,651 164,152
July 160 52,721 12,589 122,749 65,310 188,059
August 23 46,157 3,855 155,624 50,012 205,636
September 42 42,389 8,266 196,466 51,889 248,355
October 1,799 30,331 7,373 148,562 38,393 186,955
November 8,379 38,773 4,195 208,628 46,338 254,966
December 0 30,284 7,158 278,806 45,821 324,627
Total 46,462 557,632 96,133 2,203,440 703,294 2,906,734
Source: Florida Landings, monthly issues,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
1971 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
'overember
December
Total
--------------------------------Pounds--- ---------------------------------
19,422 8,320 7,461 370,059 29,863 211
21,112 5,411 10,065 35,823 19,968 869
6,812 10,358 489,280 35,109 42,374 6,179
9,280 3,681 518,843 15,941 12,750 6,006
6,799 9,698 414 47,039 963 5,385
3,887 4,432 0 45,140 164 2,018
8,051 3,132 0 35,330 1,392 4,928
7,032 11,152 140 158,016 3,244 16,388
35,697 6,324 0 216,134 1,318 4,839
17,335 8,805 33 196,394 2,781 7,363
5,096 3,437 1,878 140,189 2,132 23,855
12,729 5,913 408,779 662,472 8,149 17,020
153,252 80,663 1,436,893 1,957,646 125,098 95,061
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month Crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
-------------------------------PPounds--- --------------------------------
1972 January 3,517 10,251 63,421 299,555 8,886 11,316
February 6,598 4,957 0 66,882 31,196 3,989
March 9,880 12,171 231,885 65,138 29,314 8,120
April 7,732 7,376 12,471 67,126 23,468 10,680
May 1,632 18,459 85 63,889 2,953 15,399
June 2,923 1,339 65 28,248 339 9,966
July 12,082 4,729 97 85,247 1,025 3,838
August 5,739 9,384 0 88,717 593 18,514
September 12,238 11,875 0 105,456 854 20,894
October 4,803 6,736 212 98,464 1,614 33,465
November 11,413 2,456 2,209 41,951 825 18,123
December 1,865 1,835 7,365 316,326 9,995 10,672
Total 80,422 91,568 317,810 1,326,999 111,062 164,976
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Stone Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
--------------------------------Pounds---- -------------------------------
1971 January 11,633 114,644 1,032 472,284 127,940 600,224
February 96,436 113,028 186 219,145 121,510 340,655
March 167,831 76,526 0 781,505 82,438 863,943
April 5,036 84,790 0 601,785 84,790 686,575
May 1,053 12,850 0 103,780 14,566 118,346
June 457 0 0 104,196 1,690 105,886
July 1,035 0 0 85,467 2,570 88,037
August 5,596 0 1,047 212,329 6,140 218,469
September 1,737 0 507 313,114 2,907 316,021
October 33,004 15,588 11,331 295,990 26,919 322,909
November 88,750 70,974 6,184 289,272 77,176 366,448
December 424,042 129,160 1,445 1,568,351 130,765 1,699,116
Total 836,610 617,560 21,732 5,047,218 679,411 5,726,629
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Stone Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
--------------------------------Pounds--- --------------------------------
1972 January 413,079 158,508 1,226 835,616 162,198 997,814
February 344 178,184 227 133,127 179,452 312,579
March 20,772 177,462 723 410,785 178,185 588,970
April 4,095 97,862 0 154,258 97,862 252,120
May 943 17,032 0 128,275 17,461 145,736
June 629 0 0 52,344 2,891 55,235
July 2,005 0 0 131,520 3,019 134,539
August 406 0 855 147,151 1,847 148,998
September 2,867 0 2,482 171,318 6,619 177,937
October 2,666 32,536 5,970 161,015 38,692 199,707
November 32,090 76,772 2,561 119,842 81,901 201,743
December 270,738 136,980 180 635,185 140,834 776,019
Total 750,634 875,336 14,224 3,080,436 910,961 3,991,397
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
1973 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November,
member
Total
-------------------------------------Pounds------------------------------------
8,328 4,957 857 272,805 2,603 10,724
12,624 1,077 281 23,386 11,039 4,675
3,657 7,563 2,957 54,766 15,297 4,739
1,247 2,192 1,246 35,283 3,019 7,239
2,404 12,119 45 40,247 1,513 6,059
7,640 12,399 0 58,214 4,926 3,501
7,809 9,247 0 73,129 6,799 3,654
14,544 5,721 0 135,620 18,248 11,317
10,954 1,598 0 76,151 1,620 539
5,663 2,115 450 84,048 5,846 5,085
12,963 1,815 4,010 110,496 93 17,763
14,721 1,595 434 805,929 0 806
102,554 62,398 10,280 1,770,074 71,003 76,101
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel Stone crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
-------------------------------------Pounds- -------------------------------------
1973 January 69,966 126,444 1,594 396,878 128,038 524,916
February 1,083 145,998 477 70,243 148,894 219,137
March 102,373 112,164 184 213,125 114,897 328,022
April 174 126,656 0 73,136 128,374 201,510
May 649 42,514 0 88,136 44,562 132,698
June 763 0 0 124,287 2,262 126,549
July 525 0 0 114,823 2,558 117,381
August 312 0 8,684 202,529 9,108 211,637
September 2,876 0 1,633 116,692 1,633 118,325
October 21,126 63,678 3,566 133,526 67,296 200,822
November 289,870 140,468 997 470,271 143,731 614,002
December 2,660 143,370 2,442 837,904 146,519 984,423
Total 492,377 901,292 19,577 2,841,550 937,872 3,779,422
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
1974 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
-----------------------------------Pounds ------------------------------------
5,844 9,044 149,473 2,140,858 5,682 12,010
1,907 3,051 341,565 89,606 5,050 7,330
3,590 30,672 2,172,834 116,584 5,974 19,748
5,459 2,763 216 26,535 2,761 3,394
4,527 9,131 26 32,606 715 3,772
8,471 14,433 0 37,515 504 4,154
2,399 19,380 0 32,368 737 7,807
4,853 10,625 0 58,223 10,321 21,633
22,861 4,349 0 64,388 4,089 17,755
8,954 1,730 123 81,264 6,646 16,171
4,544 3,389 696 58,174 710 32,300
13,604 6,320 170 458,320 136 1,021
87,013 114,887 2,665,103 3,196,441 43,325 147,095
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel Stone crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------P-ounds------------------------------------
1974 January 461,839 114,290 50,569 2,819,879 168,339 2,988,218
February 184,163 156,806 576 647,785 158,380 806,165
March 283,912 274,572 106 2,678,502 277,795 2,956,297
April 1,503 111,596 0 50,123 113,171 163,294
May 3,387 55,302 0 70,379 56,593 126,972
June 11,733 0 0 103,828 128 103,956
July 269 0 0 77,522 0 77,522
August 876 0 24,572 123,018 25,839 148,857
September 878 0 22,555 130,308 30,085 160,393
October 23,939 57,186 15,413 155,626 72,839 228,465
November 52,425 143,656 1,844 177,355 145,743 323,098
December 8,074 198,506 424 513,486 198,930 712,416
Total 1,032,998 1,111,914 116,059 7,547,811 1,247,842 8,795,653
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
------------------------------------Pounds -----------------------------------
1975 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
9,875
4,925
1,871
5,422
1,776
2,294
2,405
3,538
10,181
3,287
4,526
5,149
55,249
6,375
15,850
10,917
3,896
12,402
29,250
41,920
22,225
20,921
12;189
2,516
4,107
182,568
5,832
967,223
10,917
471
0
0
0
0
0
1,413
17,579
24,340
1,027,775
310,570
39,805
10,495
13,532
11,295
20,711
43,511
65,724
62,731
53,279
65,547
455,693
1,152,893
11,045
10,993
4,965
4,444
412
1,543
6,561
15,286
13,529
635
298
7
69,718
17,036
60,359
8,884
5,440
5,139
4,014
9,873
19,558
11,663
11,609
7,586
11,709
172,870
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Stone Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------Pounds------------------------------------
1975 January 259,619 174,809 829 657,276 176,827 834,103
February 351,913 138,671 0 1,482,583 138,671 1,621,254
March 4,182 157,998 72 68,677 158,070 226,747
April 1,197 83,682 152 59,155 83,834 142,989
May 212 18,648 0 61,312 18,648 79,960
June 85 0 0 89,875 0 89,875
July 115 0 0 132,906 0 132,906
August 804 0 32,237 152,975 32,237 185,212
September 4,054 0 21,549 149,798 21,549 171,347
October 12,322 64,044 12,082 115,266 76,126 191,392
November 224,939 171,090 13,426 339,256 184,516 523,772
December 81,316 125,282 3,795 601,632 129,077 730,709
Total 940,758 934,224 84,142 3,910,711 1,019,555 4,930,266
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Jack King Black Silver
Year Month crevalle Grouper mackerel mullet mullet Pompano
1976 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
-August
September
October
Novemberr
December
Total
------------------------------------Pounds-----------------------------------
3,327 8,086 11,556 81,424 22,400 1,227
2,133 7,138 10,861 104,214 46,177 2,751
3,482 8,478 427,129 24,032 34,088 43,792
5,872 5,337 1,302 0 15,587 3,875
2,347 13,087 60 24,303 5,820 1,537
2,312 48,796 33 23,920 2,728 1,148
9,878 41,796 0 50,527 11,593 2,660
12,966 42,974 0 18,930 18,930 2,497
7,404 42,106 5 97,102 4,098 8,019
5,022 17,419 55 94,410 711 10,112
4,640 12,516 3,215 111,656 5,246 3,659
3,215 6,734 25 498,160 1,476 931
62,598 254,467 454,241 1,128,678 168,854 82,208
Appendix Table 3.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Collier County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Spanish Stone Spiny Total
Year Month mackerel crab lobster Total fish shellfish Total
1976 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
------------------------------------Pounds -----------------------------------
1,520 149,372 698 150,301 150,070 300,371
5,265 90,036 235 197,374 90,271 287,645
189,593 56,780 300 767,385 57,080 824,465
285 73,722 173 62,735 73,895 136,630
119 27,996 0 62,465 27,998 90,463
429 0 0 107,820 0 107,820
249 0 0 168,792 0 168,792
749 0 7,984 98,828 7,984 106,812
723 0 9,110 180,722 9,110 189,832
6,742 97,544 15,461 155,960 113,005 268,965
2,142 144,860 11,980 159,237 156,840 316,077
242 127,932 3,249 527,428 131,181 658,609
208,058 768,242 49,190 2,639,047 817,434 3,456,481
monthly issues U.S. Department of Commerce.
------
Source: Florida Landings,
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
-------------------------------------Pounds-------------
1971 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
28,338
36,145
13,836
18,023
16,342
28,149
24,011
31,879
22,229
29,052
26,463
15,327
69,476
61,715
65,518
89,584
87,323
56,763
97,547
41,672
61,014
51,708
24,372
59,573
56,301
0
79,896
109,258
32,206
32,874
18,896
3,620
23,924
13,906
13,851
49,086
479,403 5,991
186,466 8,755
109,802 21,036
122,651 35,942
205,597 32,380
211,416 35,011
397,862 38,428
468,439 55,860
504,325 46,846
356,160 34,065
637,184 83,002
1,187,909 54,348
289,794 766,265 433,818 4,867,214 451,664
68,261
89,938
51,181
58,964
75,120
61,636
58,040
46,804
59,091
80,438
69,615
49,377
7,601
11,194
9,674
9,120
13,989
9,228
11,125
6,089
9,944
10,457
11,749
14,102
7,407
11,409
11,813
17,053
25,688
10,509
28,914
7,568
14,639
9,922
12,765
13,347
Total
768,465 124,272 171,034
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-76--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Blue Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
-----------------------------------Pounds----------------------------------------
1971 January 1,810 19,498 96,571 0 406,499 820,058 512,698 1,332,756
February 8,154 1,672 228,288 362 520,387 517,957 760,085 1,278,042
March 824 115,291 133,375 634 514,729 576,430 658,429 1,234,859
April 7,951 65,851 62,524 608 630,409 691,867 699,730 1,391,597
May 40,306 37,506 37,758 804 522,007 683,780 563,920 1,247,700
June 9,764 16,326 33,623 0 210,695 583,895 245,024 828,919
July 5,045 22,568 41,438 0 43,088 801,408 84,526 885,934
August 3,010 34,028 26,590 0 19,527 754,570 46,117 800,687
September 5,893 25,989 15,249 0 38,131 854,071 65,495 919,566
October 5,431 66,558 74,317 0 285,896 729,259 367,309 1,096,568
November 5,760 85,676 74,620 0 427,179 1,074,712 507,701 1,582,413
December 6,446 82,474 74,696 0 652,676 1,638,421 742,949 2,381,370
Total 100,394 573,437 899,049 2,408 4,271,223 9,726,428 5,253,983 14,980,411
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
---------------------------------- Pounds-- ---------------------------------
1972 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
29,532
40,420
17,399
25,139
23,089
27,374
33,453
43,812
38,772
27,450
34,056
24,067
55,909
58,322
42,250
74,938
62,819
49,241
86,575
39,240
59,625
74,597
26,590
62,782
81,578
59,106
106,947
84,198
39,867
37,940
21,587
14,963
29,262
25,432
27,714
142,062
563,134
359,770
202,804
236,744
354,178
261,696
442,674
515,094
599,428
543,817
837,976
1,000,834
14,745
40,459
43,706
49,307
61,459
35,126
46,761
59,306
43,827
30,112
71,683
112,472
69,228
66,545
52,579
54,072
75,643
55,006
79,932
76,494
75,986
73,839
67,259
84,885
10,665
12,681
12,776
11,152
14,902
11,811
12,601
10,470
13,602
13,243
14,957
19,140
7,590
11,130
19,367
20,114
28,565
11,279
27,429
9,255
14,263
13,724
12,075
15,573
364,563 692,888 670,656 5,918,149 608,963
831,468 158,000 190,364
Total
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Blue Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
------------------------------------Pounds-- ------------------------------------
1972 January 3,975 21,021 46,265 560 711,057 944,478 763,491 1,707,969
February 8,764 20,069 25,774 1,136 808,806 792,164 836,244 1,628,408
March 9,783 107,429 19,670 0 908,092 745,815 940,735 1,686,550
April 8,861 71,020 23,439 118 548,389 755,426 571,946 1,327,372
May 38,905 42,060 24,788 0 518,677 859,055 543,465 1,402,520
June 9,871 16,950 11,062 0 256,089 626,528 267,151 893,679
July 5,436 23,578 12,645 0 112,106 882,271 124,751 1,007,022
August 2,994 49,373 12,104 0 70,840 897,684 82,944 980,628
September 5,099 29,559 4,319 0 69,089 1,044,791 82,096 1,126,887
October 5,904 82,409 18,220 634 125,216 972,175 146,418 1,118,593
November 6,547 95,207 26,407 0 242,537 1,308,746 273,180 1,581,926
December 5,428 104,917 8,491 8,168 435,248 1,693,637 462,557 2,156,194
Total 111,567 663,592 233,184 10,616 4,806,146 11,522,770 5,094,978 16,617,748
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
------------------------------------Pounds-------
1973 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
27,202
34,384
28,424
24,588
36,684
37,804
18,136
45,274
37,692
29,518
35,791
42,128
44,921
50,716
53,618
54,668
72,985
67,517
59,263
40,212
50,935
56,018
38,195
107,710
85,135
6,807
45,520
80,728
47,631
43,358
24,412
19,751
39,348
19,046
28,305
127,312
640,123
252,222
246,265
269,286
373,646
337,346
479,698
535,538
789,330
626,197
738,058
1,075,769
42,747
24,126
35,696
34,985
65,956
35,265
40,470
50,822
46,723
35,792
64,300
96,941
91,273
64,457
66,116
54,071
77,751
79,443
66,478
75,933
86,349
94,626
86,808
135,335
13,112
14,993
12,682
12,514
21,104
14,450
15,852
16,653
24,741
17,209
17,628
25,901
10,863
10,866
17,200
18,404
33,001
35,265
22,557
7,727
17,565
12,466
10,224
14,886
397,625 696,758 567,353 6,353,478
573,823 978,640 206,839 211,024
Total
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Blue Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
------------------------------------Pounds---------- --------------------------------
1973 January 4,380 35,790 10,329 12,820 643,719 1,077,077 667,878 1,744,955
February 5,438 47,611 8,477 19,418 556,346 598,577 585,026 1,183,603
March 8,956 105,677 9,110 26,478 446,510 724,910 482,193 1,207,103
April 7,983 30,982 9,575 41,752 519,933 682,510 571,260 1,253,770
May 35,214 45,293 13,991 12,806 658,165 941,934 684,962 1,626,896
June 8,974 18,830 6,547 0 414,627 802,733 421,174 1,223,907
July 8,053 23,207 5,306 0 113,435 859,249 118,741 977,990
August 2,784 47,520 8,073 0 111,603 973,527 119,676 1,093,203
September 5,547 44,144 8,831 0 143,179 1,241,047 161,655 1,402,702
October 5,783 58,205 9,025 8,036 285,652 1,044,543 302,729 1,347,272
November 5,983 139,066 5,478 16,524 925,798 1,308,055 947,800 2,255,855
December 6,542 59,219 5,586 48,890 574,899 1,978,869 629,375 2,608,244
Total 105,637 655,544 100,328 186,724 5,393,866 12,233,031 5,692,469 17,925,500
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
-----------------------------------Pounds----- --------------------------------
1974 January 29,785 45,263 103,442 850,068 27,322 85,723 16,374 12,764
February 6,754 44,927 103,708 341,661 33,694 50,072 19,152 12,749
March 64,402 110,448 300,960 393,374 102,016 142,080 25,392 33,630
April 28,490 69,764 84,396 239,751 58,894 58,861 15,753 23,333
May 51,897 78,046 49,795 325,725 83,689 87,651 24,437 27,445
June 41,647 78,029 48,088 302,748 55,677 75,862 18,756 37,383
July 37,687 48,775 21,939 436,643 52,997 74,346 19,754 12,646
August 11,863 59,634 28,891 517,847 53,128 91,842 18,539 23,556
September 51,721 57,750 22,092 431,800 38,039 75,956 20,860 5,155
October 31,535 87,507 25,401 466,154 38,736 89,320 22,011 12,965
November 41,197 45,195 25,082 602,927 59,550 88,630 19,310 9,768
December 30,465 63,022 99,331 819,512 101,280 95,269 3,950 6,197
427,443 788,360 913,125 5,728,210
705,022 1,015,612 224,288 217,591
Total
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
----------------------------------Pounds----------------------------------------
1974 January 5,893 49,777 26,612 906,534 1,343,599 936,098 2,279,697
February 8,763 28,209 71,218 623,318 768,522 697,488 1,466,010
March 21,968 386,744 45,396 674,998 1,849,134 720,394 2,569,528
April 9,983 36,945 0 521,541 733,094 560,161 1,293,255
May 29,741 47,943 14,288 514,001 953,964 529,274 1,483,238
June 19,851 21,323 0 361,713 830,323 364,396 1,194,719
July 3,217 47,121 0 323,192 860,730 324,985 1,185,715
August 8,903 25,044 0 232,568 999,915 233,538 1,233,453
September 6,548 28,522 0 85,019 857,242 87,155 944,397
October 6,783 59,600 392 208,396 986,290 210,772 1,197,062
November 7,684 92,448 0 612,151 1,153,922 617,241 1,771,163
December 8,749 19,060 0 738,258 1,399,401 742,585 2,141,986
Total 138,083 842,736 157,906 5,801,689 12,736,136 6,024,087 18,760,223
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
-----------------------------------Pounds----------------------------------------
1975 January 21,260 59,738 90,675 560,902 26,176 67,728 20,164 19,154
February 21,298 72,037 88,956 256,327 51,904 55,909 31,735 28,048
March 47,542 65,102 103,089 181,250 51,883 50,301 19,829 23,963
April 35,163 111,610 67,442 159,573 41,411 64,488 16,719 18,877
May 30,176 49,664 52,154 304,346 36,541 82,540 27,358 24,716
June 36,866 61,789 49,958 279,716 38,099 80,716 25,527 31,770
July 32,412 40,826 0 222,193 64,727 80,948 23,255 11,694
August 19,495 58,262 0 698,065 55,327 93,652 20,481 22,203
September 49,470 64,223 24,790 404,067 38,018 72,399 17,112 7,559
October 30,379 66,194 24,593 482,955 36,763 97,406 26,339 11,557
November 40,192 44,953 30,553 542,538 59,080 83,608 20,999 10,084
December 23,416 63,967 102,780 917,550 95,032 85,718 6,186 8,553
387,669 758,365 634,990 5,009,432 594,961
915,413 255,704 218,178
Total
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Blue Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
------------------------------------Pounds-----------------------------------------
1975 January 8,972 21,427 0 26,612 534,121 1,031,563 606,391 1,637,954
February 6,965 42,083 0 1,754 617,712 784,434 709,364 1,493,798
March 4,573 48,954 0 1,744 720,737 78,596 54,751 133,347
April 9,894 22,763 0 548 539,572 733,703 566,392 1,300,095
May 3,968 50,296 0 0 463,095 817,946 473,435 1,291,381
June 2,673 12,630 0 0 414,624 745,181 415,623 1,160,804
July 4,983 50,344 0 0 150,438 612,948 153,900 766,848
August 7,031 28,722 0 0 131,660 1,148,488 134,207 1,282,695
September 5,328 33,561 0 0 89,546 830,707 93,636 924,343
October 8,564 62,128 0 0 171,475 970,069 189,682 1,159,751
November 10,843 110,358 9,637 0 337,628 1,128,256 429,504 1,557,760
December 8,674 27,659 17,200 0 683,827 1,487,218 723,713 2,210,931
Total 82,468 510,925 26,837 30,658 4,854,435 10,369,109 4,550,598 14,919,707
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
King Black Spotted Mangrove Red
Year Month Red drum Grouper mackerel mullet Pompano sea trout snapper snapper
------------------------------------Pounds----------------------------------------
1976 January 34,259 89,463 87,862 477,231 1,482 101,219 22,110 23,314
February 38,755 94,967 85,794 276,768 34,018 81,360 34,107 29,429
March 51,447 85,213 88,530 282,327 58,295 53,658 23,262 25,683
April 36,019 74,229 76,372 191,954 44,584 10,280 21,489 22,352
May 36,058 86,480 29,911 163,018 35,148 69,024 32,540 32,402
June 38,081 89,766 53,268 171,739 38,476 77,421 28,016 37,936
July 38,182 63,665 791 68,119 64,992 80,012 30,526 20,170
August 20,770 78,348 62 261,300 60,628 76,618 32,076 35,016
September 54,373 53,235 24,161 382,504 41,486 89,033 23,034 11,498
October 28,623 72,556 30,741 387,334 38,474 86,863 57,522 19,283
November 48,220 81,086 32,817 481,819 54,615 92,635 28,933 15,577
December 22,202 61,794 36,782 249,702 53,431 86,579 25,502 12,800
446,989 930,802 547,091 3,393,815
525,629 904,702 359,117 285,460
Total
Appendix Table 4.--Total landings of selected fish and shellfish species by months, Lee County,
1971-1976--Continued.
Yellowtail Spanish Blue Stone Total
Year Month snapper mackerel crab crab Shrimp Total fish shellfish Total
-----------------------------------P-ounds----------------------------------------
1976 January 8,743 22,396 949 12,164 623,410 1,045,921 664,053 1,709,974
February 7,893 27,671 0 12,164 654,083 863,922 738,272 1,602,194
March 4,783 68,758 39,349 12,165 666,359 880,333 762,833 1,643,166
April 12,347 27,738 31,406 12,168 797,169 687,579 860,215 1,547,794
May 5,461 18,530 0 7,000 449,480 655,439 461,118 1,116,557
June 3,471 11,447 0 0 333,399 694,571 338,327 1,032,898
July 6,898 146 0 0 123,026 544,495 125,678 670,173
August 6,500 28,564 408 0 65,479 738,505 67,537 806,042
September 7,771 30,758 2,087 0 69,610 854,712 75,505 930,217
October 11,015 31,664 554 9,810 80,421 873,174 92,025 965,199
November 17,912 98,118 0 8,606 541,397 1,133,222 555,759 1,688,981
December 15,443 94,355 0 9,632 581,394 1,288,459 606,583 1,895,042
Total 108,237 460,145 74,753 83,709 4,985,227 10,260,332 5,347,905 15,608,237
Source: Florida Landings, monthly issues, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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or improved port facilities and possible locations for
them.
Your opinions are important to us. Even if you are not now a seafood dealer, please complete the part
of the form that pertains to you and return it to us today it will only take a few minutes. Your answers
will show whether or not commerical fishing port improvements are needed.
Your prompt attention is appreciated.
Sincerely,
James C. Cato
Marine Economist
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1. You were a seafood dealer and/or processor in 1977
according to our records. Are you still in this business?
Ye----- please continue
SNo -- if no, please return today so we will
know you received the questionnaire.
(NO POSTAGE REQUIRED).
Thank you.
2. If you are in the seafood business please check the most
important products you handle.
FISH
O Grouper
O Spanish mackerel
D King mackerel
O Pompano
O Red snapper
[ Al: other snapper
O Sea trout
O Bait
O Othr fish (list)
SHELLFISH
O Blue crabs
E Stone crabs
O Scallops
0 Shrimp
I Spiny lobster
D Other shellfish
IisislI
3. Please complete the following about your seafood business.
A. In column A, check the facilities and services you now offer. Then,
B. In column B, check the facilities and services you would like added or improved.
Column A Column B
Those ou Those you would like
Facilities or services now offer added or improved
4. What other items are needed to improve your seafood
business, or to help you meet government requirements?
Comments:
Needed improvements
More seafood from fishermen
More workers
Better trained workers
Better roads or trucking
Financial assistance to meet
sanitation or pollution
control requirements
1. Shrimp unloading house [
2. Crab unloading 0
3. Lobster house [
4. Fish house Q
5. Processing of unused fish 0
6. Bait sales and supply ]
7. Docking facilities 0
8. Freezer and cold storage 0
9. Ice house 3
10 Gear storage area ]
11. Gear supply 0
12. Gear repair service l
13. Electronics service O
14 Engine repair service J
15. Marine railway 0
16 Fuel sales 0
17 Groceries 0
18. Restaurant 0
19 Retail seafood market D
20. Liquid waste disposal 0
21. Solid waste disposal (shrimp heads. O
fish scrap, etc.)
22. Other (listti
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5. How many pounds did you sell in 1977'
(CONFIDENTIAL)
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Are commercial fishing facilities adequate in .
your area? The Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries -
Development Foundation and your industry associa-
tions have asked us to determine the need for new
or improved port facilities and possible locations for
them.
Your opinions are important to us. Even if you are not engaged in commercial fishing, please complete
the part of the form that pertains to you and return it to us today it will only take a few minutes. Your
answers will show whether or not commercial fishing port improvements are needed.
Your prompt attention is appreciated.
Sincerely,
James C. Cato
Marine Economist
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1. You owned a commercaoi fishing boot n 1977 according to state boat registration records. Do you still own one or more commercial boats?
SYes-- Pleose continue O No If no, please return today so we will know you received the questionnaire (NO POSTAGE REQUIRED). Thank you.
2. Do you use your boat for commercial fishing?
[ Yes Please continue [ No If no, please return today so we will know you received the questionnaire (NO POSTAGE REQUIRED). Thank you.
A. In column A. check and rate the facilities and services that you now use.
B. In column 8, check which facilities or services you would use if available or improved.
3. Check if you are also a dealer -
4. What Florida port do you use most'
or a supplier .
5. How for is it from your home to 'his port?
Miles
6. On the average, how for is this pot from your usual fishing
grounds? .... Miles
7. How many pounds did you sell in 1977? CONFIDENTIAL)
Facilities or ser ces
1. Shrimp un loadng house
2. Crab unloading
3. Lobster house
4. Fish house
5. Processing of unused f:sh
6. Bait sales and supply
7. Docking ftciltes
8. Freezer and cold storage
9. Ice house
10. Gear storage area
11. Gear supply
12. Gear repair service
13. Electronics service
14. Engine repo' service
15. Marine roa.way
16. Fuel sales
17. Croceries
18. Restaurant
19. Retail seafood 'arke'
20. Fishermens meeting room
21. Liquid waste disposal
22. Solid waste disoosoa
23. Other :i'sr
Check only
those you use
Column A
Rating
Column B
Check those you would use
Needs improving if available or improved
Comments
FISH
O 0- 5,000 Ibs
O 5,000-10,000 Ibs
O 10,000-25,000 lbs
O 25,000 or more
SHELLFISH
] 0- 5,000 lbs
O 5,000-10,000 Ibs
O 10,000-25,000 1 bs
O 25,000 or more
Comments'
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Mail Survey Procedures and Responses
Each of the two questionnaires shown previously were sent to
commercial fishermen or seafood dealers, as appropriate, in thel7
county area of central and south Florida (Figure 2). The questionnaire
to commercial boat owners was sent to 6,114 holders of 1977-78 Florida
commercial boat registrations listed with the Florida Department of
Natural Resources (Appendix Table 5). A total of 190 seafood whole-
salers and/or processors listed with the National Marine Fisheries
Service in 1976 received the dealer questionnaire (Appendix Table 6).
A second copy of the appropriate questionnaire was sent to those who had
not responded in each group approximately four weeks after the first
mailing.
The response from commercial boat owners, considered commercial
fishermen in this study, was about 16 percent from the first mailing
with a slightly higher rate of return from the second questionnaire.
Total return was 2,487 completed questionnaires from fishermen or about
41 percent of the initial number mailed. Of the 2,487 respondents,
1,454 were still active commercial fishermen (Appendix Table 5).
It is assumed that boat owners not replying after the second mailing
were active commercial fishermen in the same proportion as boat owners
returning the questionnaires. Applying the percentage that active fisher-
men still active of the 6,114 registered commercial boat owners in this
county region (Appendix Table 7).
About 27 percent of the total number of seafood dealers in the
17-county area replied to the first mailing. At the end of the second
mailing, 45 percent or 86 dealers returned questionnaires (Appendix
Table 6). Of these 86 respondents, 77 were still active dealers.
Appendix Table 5.--Questionnaires mailed and responses or
commercial fishermen, all counties and
Collier, and Lee Counties.
disposition,
Charlotte,
The three
Disposition or Charlotte, Collier counties as a
response All counties and Lee Counties share of total
Number Percent Number Percent Percent
Total mailed 6,114 100 1,059 100 17
Unable to deliver 410 7 58 6 14
Individuals receiving
questionnaires 5,704 93 1,001 95 18
Questionnaires not
returned 3,217 53 553 50 17
Questionnaires
returned 2,487 41 468 44 19
Respondents:
No longer own boat 350 6 66 6 19
No longer fishinga 683 11 117 11 17
Still active 1,454 24 285 27 20
aNot fishing commercially, but had commercial boat registration in
1977.
Appendix Table 6.--Questionnaires mailed and responses or disposition,
dealer survey, all counties and Charlotte, Collier
and Lee Counties.
Disposition or
response
All counties
Charlotte
and Lee
?, Collier
Counties
The three
counties as a
share of total
Number Percent Number
Percent
Percent
Total mailed
Unable to deliver
Individuals receiving
questionnaires
Questionnaires not
returned
Questionnaires
returned
Respondents:
No longer dealer
77 40 8
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Still active
27 10
Appendix Table 7.--Questionnaires sent, questionnaires returned, and
estimated total active commercial fishermen, 17 central
and south Florida counties, 1978.
Questionnaires Estimated total
Returned active commercial
County Sent Total Active fishermen
Brevard
Broward
Charlotte
Collier
Dade
Hillsborough
Indian River
Lee
Manatee
Martin
Monroe
Palm Beach
Pasco
Pinellas
St. Lucie
Sarasota
Volusia
371
161
94
288
577
328
173
677
146
144
1,604
253
142
521
214
179
242
Number -----
163
72
41
104
177
119
68
323
59
55
565
116
69
239
120
87
110
Total 6,114 2,487 1,454 58 3,574
Number
104
28
29
63
93
52
44
193
39
31
334
74
44
139
89
49
49
Percent
64
39
71
60
52
44
65
60
66
56
59
64
64
58
74
56
45
Number
237
63
67
176
306
144
112
406
96
81
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Additional Information Sources
Research and extension education in marine economics constitutes an
important program segment of the Food and Resource Economics Department at
the University of Florida. A large number of publications relating to
economic activity in the general area of Florida commercial fishing as well
as specific publications on mullet, shrimp, spiny lobster, snapper, grouper,
blue crabs, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel are available on request.
For a listing of Publications in Marine Economics write:
James C, Cato
1170 McCarty Hall
Food and Resource Economics
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
The Marine Advisory Program of the SUS Sea Grant Program also provides
educational services through the Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
For a Florida Sea Grant Program Directory write:
Mr. Tom Leahy
G-022 McCarty Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
or contact your local county Cooperative Extension Service Office.
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Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Florida Statistical Abstract.
University of Florida Press, Gainesville.
Florida Department of Natural Resources.
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1976.
"Commercial Boat Registrations
Summary of Florida Commercial Marine Landings, 1971 through
Tallahassee.
Mathis, Kary, James C. Cato, Robert L. Degner, Paul
J. Prochaska. Commercial Fishing Activity and
Florida: Citrus County. Industry Report 78-2,
Market Research Center, University of Florida,
D. Landrum and Fred
Facility Needs in
Florida Agricultural
Gainesville, July 1978.
Commercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in Florida:
Clay, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties. Industry Report 78-3, Florida
Agricultural Market Research Center, University of Florida, Gaines-
ville, July 1978.
SCommercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in Florida:
Dixie and Levy Counties, Industry Report 78-4, Florida Agricultural
Market Research Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, July 1978.
SCommercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in Florida:
Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties. Industry Report 78-5, Florida
AgriculturaT Market Research Center, University of Florida, Gaines-
ville, July 1978.
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Report 78-6, Florida Agricultural Market Research Center, University
of Florida, Gainesville, July, 1978.
Commercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in Florida:
Brevard, Broward, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach,'St. Lucie, and
Volusia Counties. Industry Report 79-1, Florida Agricultural
Market Research Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, February
1979.
Commercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in Florida:
Charlotte, Collier, and Lee Counties. Industry Report 79-2, Florida
Agricultural Market
February 1979.
Research Center, Unviersity of Florida, Gainesville,
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J. Prochaska. Commercial Fishing Activity and Facility Needs in
Florida: Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pasco Counties. Industry Report
79-4, Florida Agricultural Market Research Center, University of
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National Marine Fisheries Service. "Processors of Fishery Products in
the U.S., 1976." U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
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