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Commercial Shark Fishery Observer Program

Catch Per Unit Effort
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE*) of All Sharks, Large Coastal and Small Coastal, By Region 1994-2003


South Atlantic
Florida East Coast



Eastern Gulf of Mexico (no data for 2000 season)
Florida Gulf Coast



Mid_Atlantic Bight (no data for 2000 season)
North Carolina

*CPUE (catch per unit effort) is the number of shark caught per 10,000 hook hours. One "hook hour"=one hook fishing for one hour.

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Final Report Abstracts

· 1994-1995
· 1996-1997
· 1997-1998
· 1999
· 2000-2002
· 2002-2003

Species Composition of Catch, 1994-2003

· All Regions
· By Region

Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE), 1994-2003

· All Regions
· By Region
· By Species, All Regions

Disposition of Catch, 1994-2000

· All Regions
· South Atlantic
· Eastern Gulf of Mexico
· Mid-Atlantic Bight

Fin-Carcass Weights of Catch, 1994-2000

Shark Fishery Observer Training Program

A Day in the Life of a Shark Observer

Shark Fishing in U.S. Territorial Waters