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Table 5a. Discard estimates for Cape Cod yellowtail flounder, by fishery.

Large-mesh Trawl Fishery

year

half

observed
kept
(mt)

discard (mt)

d/k

total
landings

discards
(mt)

discard
lengths

1998

1

0.1551

0.0095

0.061

355

21.8

6

2

0.1810

0.0230

0.127

426

54.1

7

1999

1

0.0091

0.0014

0.150

282

42.3

48

2

2.2226

0.0945

0.043

564

24.0

0

2000

1

10.6743

0.4195

0.039

871

34.2

608

2

1.1785

0.0431

0.037

1079

39.4

45

2001

1

5.9789

0.6183

0.103

789

81.6

42

2

6.3832

1.6209

0.254

1311

332.8

890

Gillnet Fishery

year

half

observed
kept (mt)

discard (mt)

d/k

total
landings

discards
(mt)

1998

1

33.6627

0.5355

0.016

360

5.7

5101

2

1.1959

0.0290

0.024

23

0.5

159

1999

1

16.6555

0.3622

0.022

207

4.5

521

2

3.3086

0.0174

0.005

36

0.2

5

2000

1

29.5608

0.4748

0.016

295

4.7

426

2

0.1919

0.0095

0.050

32

1.6

3

2001

1

13.1767

0.1202

0.009

223

2.0

63

2

1.2431

0.0095

0.008

35

0.3

0

Small-mesh Trawl Fishery

year

half

observed
effort (d)

discard (mt)

mt/d

total
effort

discards
(mt)

1998

1

0.0000

0.0000

0.046

*

74

3.4

0

2

0.0000

0.0000

0.046

*

308

14.0

0

1999

1

0.0000

0.0000

0.046

*

39

1.8

0

2

0.4583

0.0209

0.046

214

9.7

0

2000

1

0.0000

0.0000

0.009

*

27

0.2

0

2

9.0417

0.0794

0.009

201

1.8

0

2001

1

0.8125

0.0123

0.015

51

0.8

0

2

1.0792

0.0014

0.001

121

0.2

0

Scallop Dredge Fishery

year

half

observed
effort (d)

discard (mt)

mt/d

total
effort

discards
(mt)

1998

1

0.6250

0.0302

0.048

1019

49.2

19

2

7.0833

0.5643

0.080

1379

109.8

296

1999

1

2.7917

0.0372

0.013

1092

14.6

23

2

6.7500

0.0445

0.007

1478

9.7

11

2000

1

0.0000

0.0000

0.045*

772

34.6

0

2

0.0000

0.0000

0.045*

1045

46.8

0

2001

1

0.2583

0.0116

0.045

284

12.7

0

2

0.0000

0.0000

0.045*

384

17.2

0

* assumed from adjacent cell


Table 5b. Discard estimates for the northern Gulf of Maine yellowtail flounder, by fishery.

Trawl Fishery

year

half

observed
kept

observed
discard

d/k

landings

discards

discard
lengths

1989

1

0.097

0.010

0.103

121

12

26

2

0.029

0.005

0.186

45

8

0

1990

1

0.034

0.010

0.294

117

34

8

2

0.007

0.002

0.265

80

21

0

1991

1

0.273

0.063

0.231

152

35

10

2

0.122

0.047

0.387

86

33

0

1992

1

0.196

0.055

0.282

129

36

0

2

0.720

0.017

0.024

56

1

0

1993

1

0.036

0.002

0.050

71

4

0

2

0.681

0.082

0.120

72

9

2

1994

1

0.000

0.000

0.235

220

52

0

2

0.000

0.000

0.501

55

28

0

1995

1

0.014

0.006

0.454

70

32

5

2

0.002

0.006

2.478

26

63

14

1996

1

0.013

0.004

0.311

82

26

11

2

0.000

0.060

0.501

13

7

147

1997

1

0.003

0.001

0.185

46

9

1

2

0.000

0.000

0.501

10

5

0

1998

1

0.038

0.012

0.314

45

14

38

2

0.000

0.000

0.501

17

8

0

1999

1

0.000

0.000

0.235

69

16

0

2

0.000

0.000

0.501

23

12

0

2000

1

0.660

0.079

0.119

78

9

102

2

0.186

0.066

0.353

44

15

27

2001

1

0.158

0.039

0.247

103

25

190

2

0.206

0.041

0.199

32

6

64

Shrimp Fishery

year

half

observed
effort

observed
discard

d/e

effort

discards

discard
lengths

1989

1

11

0.017

0.002

8200

13

18

2

4

0.014

0.004

1361

5

8

1990

1

19

0.067

0.004

8647

31

83

2

2

0.003

0.002

1111

2

0

1991

1

35

0.171

0.005

7402

36

222

2

5

0.020

0.004

566

2

0

1992

1

62

0.322

0.005

7413

39

175

2

3

0.002

0.001

385

0

2

1993

1

45

0.127

0.003

5666

16

394

2

1

0.003

0.003

492

1

0

1994

1

35

0.047

0.001

4777

6

86

2

4

0.010

0.002

1213

3

70

1995

1

34

0.052

0.002

8494

13

212

2

6

0.008

0.001

1971

3

29

1996

1

13

0.020

0.002

9656

15

88

2

2

0.004

0.002

2135

4

14

1997

1

6

0.003

0.000

9648

4

9

2

0

0.000

0.002

1086

3

0

1998

1

0

0.000

0.002

6295

15

0

2

0

0.000

0.002

311

1

0

1999

1

0

0.000

0.002

3811

9

0

2

0

0.000

0.002

0

0

0

2000

1

0

0.000

0.002

3382

8

0

2

0

0.000

0.002

0

0

0

2001

1

2

0.002

0.001

2963

3

0

2

0

0.000

0.002

0

0

0

Gillnet Fishery

year

half

observed
kept

observed
discard

d/k

landings

discards

discard
lengths

1989

1

0.000

0.000

0.323

25

8

0

2

0.013

0.004

0.323

2

1

0

1990

1

0.049

0.012

0.249

29

7

0

2

0.004

0.012

2.878

1

3

0

1991

1

0.074

0.011

0.147

12

2

1

2

0.069

0.075

1.099

1

1

3

1992

1

0.968

0.095

0.098

11

1

40

2

0.065

0.026

0.403

1

0

7

1993

1

1.292

0.098

0.076

13

1

31

2

0.010

0.003

0.308

1

0

1

1994

1

0.662

0.005

0.007

44

0

4

2

0.222

0.003

0.011

2

0

1

1995

1

2.794

0.015

0.005

27

0

36

2

0.083

0.001

0.008

1

0

1

1996

1

2.775

0.004

0.001

11

0

3

2

0.055

0.001

0.026

0

0

1

1997

1

7.112

0.008

0.001

17

0

7

2

0.067

0.000

0.000

1

0

0

1998

1

0.031

0.002

0.075

11

1

0

2

0.003

0.000

0.000

0

0

0

1999

1

0.076

0.000

0.000

23

0

0

2

0.003

0.002

0.500

6

3

0

2000

1

0.267

0.000

0.000

10

0

2

2

0.002

0.000

0.000

1

0

0

2001

1

0.047

0.007

0.145

6

1

0

2

0.003

0.000

0.000

2

0

0

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