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Recreational Commercial Gear Landings 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
For more information on N.C. Recreational Commercial Gear Harvest Statistics contact:
Chris Wilson - email: Chris.Wilson@ncmail.net
| 2003 Landings | ||
| Species | Number | Pounds |
| American shad | 9,382 | 32,158 |
| Atlantic menhaden | 7,432 | 3,526 |
| Atlantic croaker | 19,548 | 12,136 |
| Black drum | 2,224 | 3,821 |
| Bluefish | 11,573 | 15,156 |
| Catfishes | 1,430 | 4,998 |
| Flounders | 41,301 | 80,509 |
| Hickory shad | 8,641 | 13,159 |
| Pigfish | 349 | 226 |
| Red drum | 1,167 | 4,582 |
| River herring | 47,410 | 29,415 |
| Sharks and rays | 204 | 572 |
| Sheepshead | 298 | 1,123 |
| Spanish mackerel | 1,445 | 2,185 |
| Spot | 418,992 | 255,060 |
| Spotted seatrout | 6,347 | 11,592 |
| Striped bass | 2,083 | 10,199 |
| Striped mullet | 28,757 | 24,774 |
| Weakfish | 220 | 576 |
| White perch | 70,929 | 34,950 |
| Finfish (misc.) 1 | 2,925 | 6,041 |
| Total Finfish | 687,539 | 555,541 |
| Shellfish | ||
| Blue crab | 354,425 | 157,942 |
| Shrimp | 1,266,673 | 50,961 |
| Shellfish (misc) 2 | 2,759 | 455 |
| Total Shellfish | 1,623,858 | 209,357 |
| Grand Total | 2,311,397 | 764,898 |
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1- Finfish (miscellaneous) includes: American eel, bowfin, butterfish, cobia, gar, gizzard shad, grunt, killifishes, minnow, mullets, oyster toad, pinfish, puffer (blow toad), sea bass, sea mullet (whiting), and sunfish |
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| NOTE: The number and pounds of finfish and shellfish listed represent estimated harvested and discarded. Recreational estimates presented are only from Recreational Commercial Gear License holders and do not include hook-and-line angling or commercial fishing activities. | ||