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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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