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Table 17. Summary of monthly discard percentages (discard weight/total catch weight) of catches taken outside Area II during the January-June 1994 experimental fishery. (All data are based on observed tows only.)
Species
Month
 Total
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Haddock1
2.7
26.4
32.7
100.0
34.9
91.3
76.4
Atlantic cod1 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.4 2.6 0.0 1.3
Pollock1 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4
Yellowtail flounder1 0.0 0.0 25.7 2.1 13.3 0.0 2.7
Winter flounder1 0.0 3.4 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8
Witch flounder1 11.4 1.0 10.7 0.0 8.8 0.0 9.3
Windowpane1 - 17.6 75.2 - 97.2 - 74.3
American plaice1 4.2 1.5 9.5 0.0 4.6 0.0 5.7
Acadian redfish1 0.0 16.9 86.9 - 35.0 0.0 21.8
White hake1 0.6 2.6 8.6 - 8.3 0.0 5.6
Red hake1 73.7 - - - - - 73.7
Silver hake1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
Ocean pout1 100.0 - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cusk 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atlantic wolffish 0.0 0.0 0.4 - 0.0 0.0 0.3
Goosefish 2.7 0.0 7.1 13.3 5.2 0.0 3.9
Skates 47.9 92.3 77.4 89.5 82.5 63.2 80.3
Spiny dogfish 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Other fishes2 89.5 100.0 72.8 98.9 96.6 88.2 89.3
American lobster 23.3 2.9 21.3 20.7 28.2 0.0 18.9
Other invertebrates3 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 71.6 - 96.6
Total 8.4 30.8 14.0 36.0 40.3 45.1 25.9
Total FMP species1 6.5 4.7 3.6 11.5 10.4 41.9 10.8
Total FMP species1
(excluding haddock)		 6.6 3.4 3.2 6.5 8.6 0.9 4.2

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.)
4Total = total discards during January-June/total catches during January-June.

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