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Table 6. Fish species assigned to each mesh size category, and the proportion of hauls from the NEFSC fishery sampling data that targeted a fish species using a net that had small mesh sizes (5.0 inches), medium mesh sizes (> 5.0 to < 7.0 inches), or large mesh sizes (7.0 inches).

Mesh size category target species Percent of hauls using mesh sizes of
small medium large
small mesh size Atlantic croaker 99 1 0
Atlantic mackerel 100 0 0
Spanish mackerel 99 1 0
Weakfish 96 4 0
Bluefish 62 38 0
Kingfish 100 0 0
Menhaden 100 0 0
Spot 100 0 0
Butterfish 100 0 0
medium mesh size King mackerel 14 86 0
Shad 15 85 0
Shark 30 60 10
Smooth dogfish 0 97 3
Spiny dogfish 2 98 0
Flounder 0 100 0
large mesh size Monkfish 0 0 100
Striped bass 1 16 83
Black drum 0 14 86

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