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Table 3. Primary fishing gear used by the 297 vessels owned by the 286 owner respondents in the Social and Economic Survey administered during Round II of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Disaster Assistance Program, compared to the primary fishing gear used by all 3,714 vessels with a valid multispecies permit during fishing year 1999. (Data based on 1999 permit data, representing the last valid multispecies permit at the end of fishing year 1999.)

Gear Type
Vessels Owned by Survey Respondents
All Vessels with Permits
Number
of Vessels
Percentage
of Vesselsa
Number
of Vessels
Percentage
of Vesselsa
Bottom trawl
185
62.3
1,043
28.1
Gill net
78
26.3
364
9.8
Longline or setline
19
6.4
311
8.4
Handline
6
2
692
18.6
Other trawl
3
1
18
0.5
Rod and reel
3
1
1,120
30.2
Purse seine
1
0.3
5
0.1
Boat seine
1
0.3
2
0.1
Boat dredge
1
0.3
100
2.7
Pots and traps
0
0
46
1.2
Midwater trawl
0
0
7
0.2
Unknown
0
0
6
0.2
Total
297
100
3,714
100

aTotals may differ from sums of components due to rounding error of components.

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