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Table 8. Average depth fished, number of lobster vessels, lower bound (LB) and upper bound (UB) estimate of the number of traps fished per vessel, assumed number of traps per trawl, and LB and UB estimates of the total number of lobster trap trawls by area.

Stratum Average
Depth 1
Vessels Traps/Vessel Traps per Trawl Total Trap Trawls
LB UB LB UB
N.Inshore 100 5,982 240 800 2 and 15 2 406,776 1,355,920
N.Nearshore 177 677 266 800 15 12,002 36,097
N.Offshore 419 172 854 1,800 40 3,670 7,735
GSCCH open 306 3 854 1,800 40 61 128
close 179 0 854 1,800 40 0 0
CCBCH open 144 160 279 800 15 2,976 8,533
close 164 5 334 800 15 111 267
Jeff/Stell 241 255 392 800 15 6,675 13,623
 
S.Nearshore 56 222 254 800 15 3,759 11,840
S.Offshore 336 63 374 1,800 40 589 2,835
    7,539       436,620 1,436,979
1 Average depth was estimated from NEFSC's 1999 observer data.
2 Following Wilson and Plantinga (1997), it is assumed that 50% of trap trawls are pairs and 50% are multiple trap trawls (15 traps)

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