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Mullet taken in experimental gill net

Description

Mullet taken in experimental gill net. Four species of mullet are abundant incoastal and estuarine waters throughout tropic, semitropic, and temperatezones. These food fish - now caught in limited amounts - are a largely untapped resource in the West-Central Atlantic.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 381 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Display Date

1969 circa

Location

Mississippi, Pascagoula

Collection

Historic Fisheries