"An assessment of the status of the Atlantic stock of red drum is conducted using recreational and commercial data from 1986 through 1991. This assessment updates data and analyses from the 1989 and 1991 stock assessments. on Atlantic coast red drum (Vaughan and Helser 1990, Vaughan 1992). Since 1980, coastwide recreational catches ranged between 513,500 pounds in 1990 and 2,179,400 pounds in 1984, while commercial landings ranged between 127,800 pounds in 1991 and 439 , 900 pounds in 1980. In numbers of fish caught, Atlantic red drum constitute predominantly a recreational fishery (generally 87 to 94% in recent years). Commercially, red drum continue to be harvested as part of mixed species fisheries"--Executive summary, paragraph 1.

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