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Description
Investigation of the distribution and abundance of swordfish along the AtlanticContinental Shelf and slope has helped establishing a new longline fishery forswordfish. This longline catch of 18 swordfish on the BCF ship DELAWARE was the result of one night's fishing at the edge of the continental shelf south ofCape Cod.
Display Date
1963 June 8
Location
Massachusetts, offshore Atlantic Ocean
Collection
Historic Fisheries