Table 24. Summary statistics from the NMFS exploratory fishing around PR and the USVI between
1980 - 1984. Species composition and catch per unit effort (kgs/100 hooks) at the various
depth zones fished.
Species
Common Name
Depth Zones (meters)
90 - 180
181 - 271
272 - 362
363 - 454
Apsilus dentatus
Black snapper
Etelis oculatus
Queen snapper
1.38
1.93
1.03
Lutjanus analis
Mutton snapper
0.99
L. apodus
Schoolmaster snapper
L. buccanella
Blackfin snapper
0.17
L. jocu
Dog snapper
0.57
0.03
L. synagris
Lane snapper
0.04
L. vivanus
Silk snapper
0.21
1.04
0.23
0.05
Ocyurus chrysusrus
Yellowfin snapper
Pristipomoides aquilonaris
Wenchman
0.06
0.22
0.07
P. macropthalmus
Wenchman
0.29
0.88
0.82
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Vermilion snapper
0.06
0.03
0.03
Epinephelus flavolimbatus
Yellowedge grouper
1
0.94
1.51
0.16
E. guttatus
Red Hind
1
0.01
E. morio
Red grouper
0.14
E. mystacinus
Misty grouper
1.87
4.54
3.68
E. niveatus
Snowy grouper
0.13
0.50
E. striatus
Nassau grouper
0.23
Mycteroperca venenosa
Yellowfin grouper
0.28
0.03
Cephalopholis cruentatus
Coney
Sharks
Mustelis canis
Smooth dogfish
Hexanchus griseus
Sixgill shark
Squalus cubensis
Cuban dogfish
Centroscyllium fabricii
Black dogfish
Carcharhinus falciformis
Silky shark
Heptranchias perlo
Sevengill shark
2.80
9.28
15.82
17.88
Others
Seriola dumerili
Great Amberjack
Ophicthus ocellatus
Pale spotted eel
Caranx lugubris
Black Jack
Brotula barbata
Bearded brotula
Haemulon album
Margate
Gymnothorax moringa
Spotted moray
Remora remora
Remora
Holocentrus ascensionis
Squirrelfish
Xyphias gladius
Swordfish
2.20
1.44
1.34
0.54
Totals
9.52
16.54
26.66
24.73
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