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Table 18. Summary
statistics for the July 1994 sea sampling trips on Georges Bank. (Data
are presented for tows made inside and outside Area II. All catch data
are based on observed tows only. Two trips were conducted using two different
vessels.) |
|
Statistic
|
Inside
Area II
|
Outside
Area II
|
Total
|
| Number of tows observed |
37
|
36
|
73
|
| Number of tows unobserved |
11 |
4 |
15 |
| Total tows |
48 |
40 |
88 |
| Percent observed |
77 |
90 |
83 |
| Avg. tow time (hr)1 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
| Total effort (hr)1 |
118.8 |
145.4 |
264.2 |
|
Observed Tows
|
| Total catch (lb) |
24,792 |
18,877 |
43,699 |
| Haddock |
22 |
798 |
820 |
| FMP species2 |
12,037 |
12,410 |
24,447 |
| Others |
12,755 |
6,467 |
19,222 |
| Total discards (lb) |
12,225 |
4,782 |
17,007 |
| Haddock |
0 |
287 |
287 |
| FMP species2 |
1,448 |
653 |
3,549 |
| Others |
10,077 |
3,842 |
13,919 |
| Haddock catch/total catch (%) |
0.1 |
4.2 |
1.9 |
| Haddock catch/FMP species catch (%)2 |
0.2 |
6.4 |
3.4 |
| Haddock discards/total discards (%) |
0.0 |
6.0 |
1.8 |
1From observed tows.
2Thirteen 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. |
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