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Table 3. Summary statistics
for the January-June 1994 experimental fishery. (Data are presented for
tows made inside and outside Area II. All catch data are based on observed
tows only. Fourteen trips were conducted
using 12 different vessels.) |
Statistic |
Inside
Area II |
Outside
Area II |
Total
|
| Number of tows observed |
305
|
140
|
445
|
| Number of tows unobserved |
33 |
44 |
77 |
| Total tows |
338 |
184 |
522 |
| Percent observed |
90 |
76 |
85 |
| Avg. tow time (hr)1 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
| Total effort (hr)1 |
1,147.7 |
466.2 |
1,613.9 |
Observed Tows |
| Total catch (lb) |
474,491 |
135,250 |
609,741 |
| Haddock |
60,934 |
8,098 |
69,032 |
| FMP species2 |
333,366 |
88,875 |
422,241 |
| Others |
141,125 |
46,375 |
187,500 |
| Total discards (lb) |
171,857 |
35,010 |
206,867 |
| Haddock |
59,863 |
6,189 |
66,052 |
| FMP species2 |
66,246 |
9,599 |
75,845 |
| Others |
105,611 |
25,411 |
131,022 |
| Haddock catch/total catch (%) |
12.8 |
6.0 |
11.3 |
| Haddock catch/FMP species catch (%)2 |
18.3 |
9.1 |
16.3 |
| Haddock discards/total discards (%) |
34.8 |
17.7 |
31.9 |
1From observed tows.
2Thirteen species in Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan: haddock, Atlantic cod, pollock, yellowtail flounder,
winter flounder, witch flounder, windowpane, American plaice, Acadian
redfish, white hake, red hake, silver hake, and ocean pout. |
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