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Table 10.  Summary of monthly retained catches (lb) taken inside Area II during the January-June 1994 experimental fishery. (All data are based on observed tows only.)
Statistic/Species
Month
Total
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
No. of observed tows
15
32
61
97
37
63
305
Fishing effort (hr) 71.5 75.9 230.0 421.5 110.1 238.7 1147.7
Haddock1 0 0 0 500 71 500 1,071
Atlantic cod1 4,460 8,749 18,097 100,697 8,081 20,795 160,879
Pollock1 968 21 20,009 29,372 843 3,360 54,573
Yellowtail flounder1 92 141 657 14,747 326 1,133 17,096
Winter flounder1 128 403 354 99 491 2,139 3,614
Witch flounder1 199 0 1,001 1,120 411 1,034 3,765
Windowpane1 0 38 81 110 9 70 308
American plaice1 390 113 1,082 5,337 3,945 5,575 16,442
Acadian redfish1 0 0 144 9 1 0 154
White hake1 341 30 2,019 1,905 602 3,545 8,442
Red hake1 0 0 2 0 0 560 562
Silver hake1 0 0 78 3 0 28 109
Ocean pout1 0 0 0 105 0 0 105
Cusk 97 0 1,399 1,827 678 730 4,731
Atlantic wolffish 24 2 95 114 116 125 476
Goosefish 3,350 102 6,415 3,144 2,096 1,920 17,027
Skates 530 768 967 1,080 2,080 4,190 9,615
Spiny dogfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other fishes2 70 0 112 361 95 12 650
American lobster 380 125 1,324 756 194 224 3,003
Other invertebrates3 0 0 0 10 2 0 12
Total 11,029 10,492 53,836 161,296 20,041 45,940 302,634
Total FMP species1 6,578 9,495 43,524 154,004 14,780 38,739 267,120
Haddock landings as a % of:
All species 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.4
FMP species1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.4

1Thirteen 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.
2Other fishes comprised 23 species. (See Table 1.)
3Other invertebrates comprised eight species. (See Table 1.)

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