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Table 2. Total observed landings in tons (SS), total landings in tons (WO), and marine mammal observer coverage by percentage of landings observed (COV) in the Northeast sink gillnet fishery in 1996, by season, port group, and marine mammal closure strata

Season Data
Base & Cover
Ports

Off Shore
Marine Mammal Closures1 Season Total
Northern Maine Southern Maine New Hampshire North Boston South Boston East
Cape Cod
South
Cape
Cod
Mid-
Coast
Mass
Bay
South
Cape
Cod

Winter
SS - 2.8 15.7 30.5 6.6 5.6 36.3 5.0 9.5 13.1 7.3 132.4
WO 1.0 232.0 288.9 591.3 151.0 274.3 1474.7 85.02 82.0 14.2 50.3 3,244.7
Cov - 1.2 5.4 5.2 4.4 2.0 2.5 6.1 11.6 92.3 14.5 4.1
Summer SS 23.9 67.5 43.0 19.8 29.9 33.6 7.4 0 * * * 225.1
WO 261.9 732.2 1,164.0 1,564.1 3,674.2 2,405.8 1,601.3 1,306.5 * * * 12,710.0
Cov 9.1 9.2 3.7 1.3 0.8 1.4 0.5 - * * - 1.8
Fall SS 9.0 4.5 2.7 16.8 92.6 40.2 21.9 25.3 58.6 * * 271.6
WO 52.9 184.0 148.3 1,149.6 1,632.4 1,761.4 1,509.6 1,067.9 816.1 * * 8,322.2
Cov 17.0 2.4 1.8 1.5 5.7 2.3 1.5 2.4 7.2 * * 3.3
Total SS 32.9 74.8 61.4 67.1 129.1 79.4 65.6 30.3 68.1 13.1 7.3 629.1
WO 315.8 1,148.2 1,601.2 3,305.0 5,457.6 4,441.5 4,585.6 2,459.4 898.1 14.2 50.3 24,276.9
Cov 10.4 6.5 3.8 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.4 1.2 7.6 92.3 14.5 2.6

1 The Downeast Closure is not included here. No landings were reported from within this closure.
2 This only includes February landings. Total winter landings for the offshore area was 1,177.4 tons.
* No closure during this season
- No observer trips (SS) or WO landings recorded

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