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Table 20. Size composition
data (total length; cm) of groundfish FMP species sampled (retained and
discarded) in the January-June 1994 experimental fishery. Goosefish samples
are also presented. (Data are presented for tows made inside and outside
Area II. All data are based on observed tows
only.) |
Species
|
Retained Catches
|
Minimum
Legal
Size (cm)
|
Retained Catches
|
Total
Number
Measured
|
N
|
Total Length (cm) |
N
|
Total Length (cm)
|
Min
|
Max
|
Mean
|
Min
|
Max
|
Mean
|
Inside Area II
|
Haddock |
84
|
55
|
83
|
71.1
|
48
|
3884
|
32
|
88
|
62.1
|
3968
|
Atlantic cod |
787 |
47 |
117 |
70.5 |
48 |
156 |
27 |
49 |
43.4 |
943 |
Pollock |
29 |
61 |
105 |
81.4 |
48 |
3 |
44 |
52 |
48.3 |
32 |
Yellowtail flounder |
354 |
32 |
48 |
36.4 |
33 |
152 |
24 |
48 |
33.7 |
506 |
Winter flounder |
97 |
30 |
55 |
41.9 |
30 |
1 |
29 |
29 |
29.0 |
98 |
Witch flounder |
187 |
35 |
58 |
43.0 |
36 |
17 |
31 |
37 |
33.2 |
204 |
Windowpane |
65 |
28 |
38 |
31.7 |
- |
70 |
24 |
30 |
28.5 |
135 |
American plaice |
128 |
31 |
59 |
47.3 |
36 |
92 |
25 |
36 |
33.4 |
220 |
White hake |
260 |
42 |
83 |
62.9 |
- |
2 |
36 |
36 |
36.0 |
262 |
Goosefish |
341 |
30 |
92 |
57.0 |
- |
15 |
18 |
31 |
24.7 |
356 |
Total |
2332 |
|
|
|
|
4392 |
|
|
|
6724 |
Outside Area II
|
Haddock |
269 |
46 |
84 |
58.8 |
48 |
564 |
23 |
80 |
49.4 |
833 |
Atlantic cod |
823 |
48 |
111 |
68.9 |
48 |
254 |
29 |
49 |
41.0 |
1077 |
Pollock |
128 |
52 |
106 |
78.5 |
48 |
3 |
39 |
47 |
41.7 |
131 |
Yellowtail flounder |
55 |
33 |
44 |
35.2 |
33 |
2 |
30 |
31 |
30.5 |
57 |
Winter flounder |
38 |
32 |
60 |
43.4 |
30 |
5 |
30 |
33 |
31.2 |
43 |
Witch flounder |
82 |
35 |
58 |
43.7 |
36 |
1 |
34 |
34 |
34.0 |
83 |
Windowpane flounder |
24 |
31 |
36 |
32.4 |
- |
92 |
23 |
30 |
27.3 |
116 |
American plaice |
140 |
33 |
59 |
43.3 |
36 |
26 |
20 |
34 |
28.8 |
166 |
White hake |
57 |
43 |
76 |
59.7 |
- |
21 |
29 |
51 |
39.8 |
78 |
Goosefish |
66 |
31 |
88 |
54.0 |
- |
34 |
15 |
30 |
24.6 |
100 |
Total |
1682 |
|
|
|
|
1002 |
|
|
|
2684 |
|