Table 18. Number of vessels and annual percent landings by port for Study Fleet vessels, New England (NE) groundfish trip vessels, NE fishing fleet (both directed groundfish trips and all trips) and New England groundfish fleet based on 2004 dealer weighout reports from NE (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island) ports. The groundfish fleet includes all vessels taking at least one groundfish trip in 2004. Groundfish trips were defined as any trip where the cumulative sum of groundfish landings exceeded all other species (> 50%). Groundfish are defined as any of the 12 large mesh species covered by the Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), pollock (Pollachius virens), white hake (Urophycis tenuis), Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), ocean pout (Zoarces americanus), yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus), American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus).

Study Fleet

NE Groundfish Trips

NE Groundfish Fleet

NE Fleet

Vessels
(number)

Vessels
(number)

Vessels
(number)

Vessels
(number)

Vessels
(number)

Annual landings (%)

Vessels
(number)

Annual landings (%)

New Bedford, MA

7

28.0

208

39.4

180

38.9

476

55.2

Chatham, MA

11

17.9

104

2.6

80

4.9

196

1.5

Point Judith, RI

6

14.9

82

2.2

59

13.4

221

4.5

Newport, RI

3

13.7

26

0.9

14

2.6

72

0.9

Portland, ME

6

10.5

122

19.3

108

13.2

157

6.4

Confidential

9

6.3

40

0.7

35

1.5

44

0.7

Gloucester, MA

7

5.8

240

19.8

227

11.6

311

12.2

Harwich Port, MA

3

2.9

56

1.0

43

0.6

100

0.2

Other ports not used by Study Fleet participants

14.1

13.3

18.4