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Table 11. Estimated bycatch rate (number of coastal bottlenose dolphin takes/metric tons of fish landed) and coefficient of variation (CV) for each seasonal management unit, mesh size category (small, medium, and large), and distance from shore (state waters, federal waters within the coastal bottlenose dolphin habitat).
A. Bycatch rate
Management
Unit 		Body of water Bycatch rate
Small mesh
(5.0 inches) 		Medium mesh
(> 5.0 to < 7.0) 		Large mesh
(7.0 inches)
NC mixed stock -
winter		 state 0.0159 0.0504 0.3222
federal 0.0014 0.0047 0.0403
VA mixed stock -
winter 		state 0.0075 0.0243 0.1825
federal 0.0007 0.0022 0.0193
N. Migratory -
summer		 state 0.0266 0.0824 0.4458
federal 0.0024 0.0079 0.0663
N. NC -
summer 		state 0.0698 0.1979 0.6885
federal 0.0066 0.0213 0.1632
S. NC -
summer 		state 0.0006 0.0020 0.0173
federal 0.0001 0.0002 0.0016
B. Coefficient of variation (CV)
Management
Unit		 Body of water %CV
Small mesh
(5.0 inches) 		Medium mesh
(> 5.0 to < 7.0) 		Large mesh
(7.0 inches)
NC mixed stock -
winter 		state 87.9 46.5 64.8
federal 114.7 89.3 92.7
VA mixed stock -
winter 		state 120.0 126.5 107.1
federal 146.4 160.5 129.9
N. Migratory -
summer 		state 64.9 70.7 64.7
federal 111.5 113.6 109.6
N. NC -
summer 		state 100.3 94.1 92.4
federal 171.1 159.3 134.3
S. NC -
summer 		state 111.8 146.6 206.3
federal 146.8 527.2 184.8

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