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Table 14. Summary of monthly
catches (lb; retained catches and discards combined) taken outside 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 |
9
|
26
|
53
|
5
|
36
|
11
|
140
|
| Fishing effort (hr) |
39.8 |
71.9 |
166.7 |
19.3 |
126.1 |
42.4 |
466.2 |
|
Haddock1 |
182 |
231 |
736 |
319 |
871 |
5,759 |
8,098 |
| Atlantic cod1 |
2,672 |
1,123 |
31,277 |
2,186 |
5,404 |
4,610 |
47,272 |
| Pollock1 |
456 |
916 |
12,504 |
810 |
1,810 |
430 |
16,926 |
| Yellowtail flounder1 |
2 |
9 |
70 |
2,266 |
30 |
180 |
2,557 |
| Winter flounder1 |
2 |
58 |
153 |
11 |
61 |
575 |
860 |
| Witch flounder1 |
297 |
198 |
1,040 |
15 |
261 |
25 |
1,836 |
| Windowpane1 |
0 |
17 |
157 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
210 |
| American plaice1 |
382 |
261 |
1,158 |
43 |
1,556 |
115 |
3,515 |
| Acadian redfish1 |
4 |
313 |
130 |
0 |
489 |
290 |
1,226 |
| White hake1 |
326 |
982 |
892 |
0 |
1,942 |
655 |
4,797 |
| Red hake1 |
175 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
175 |
| Silver hake1 |
90 |
41 |
129 |
11 |
48 |
0 |
319 |
| Ocean pout1 |
7 |
0 |
338 |
300 |
374 |
65 |
1,084 |
| Cusk |
347 |
268 |
691 |
40 |
859 |
65 |
2,270 |
| Atlantic wolffish |
8 |
17 |
894 |
0 |
603 |
25 |
1,547 |
| Goosefish |
2,930 |
2,346 |
2,526 |
90 |
3,834 |
300 |
12,026 |
| Skates |
163 |
1,955 |
7,293 |
2,200 |
7,090 |
1,945 |
20,646 |
| Spiny dogfish |
44 |
544 |
428 |
60 |
4,234 |
440 |
5,750 |
| Other fishes2 |
76 |
164 |
580 |
446 |
524 |
153 |
1,943 |
| American lobster |
463 |
208 |
347 |
29 |
386 |
170 |
1,603 |
| Other invertebrates3 |
53 |
376 |
93 |
1 |
67 |
0 |
590 |
|
Total |
8,679 |
10,027 |
61,436 |
8,827 |
30,479 |
15,802 |
135,250 |
| Total FMP species1 |
4,595 |
4,149 |
48,584 |
5,961 |
12,882 |
12,707 |
88,875 |
| Haddock catches as a % of: |
| All species |
2.1 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
36.4 |
6.0 |
| FMP species1 |
4.0 |
5.6 |
1.5 |
5.4 |
6.8 |
45.3 |
9.1 |
| Haddock |
| Catch/tow (lb) |
20.2 |
8.9 |
13.9 |
63.8 |
24.2 |
523.5 |
57.8 |
| CPUE (lb/hr) |
4.6 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
16.5 |
6.9 |
135.8 |
17.4 |
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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