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Table 5. Estimates of total marine mammal bycatch in 1996 in the Northeast sink gillnet fishery, by species, season, port group and marine mammal closure strata, with CV in parentheses and 95% confidence intervals below.

Species
and
Season
Ports Off Shore Marine Mammal Closures 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

Harbor
Porpoise
W - 83(106)
1-314
55(113)
3-220
78 (49)
18-160
0
-
0
-
366(51)
94-810
136(19)
90-163
60(43)
21-124
1(7)
1-2
0
-
779(29)
445-1286
S 11(69)
1-55
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * 11(69)
1-54
F 0 0 0 137(89)
2-476
36 (111)
2-137
0 138(120)
2-515
42(99)
1-136
42(70)
3-108
* * 395(53)
93-904

Harbor
Seal
W - 0 37(69)
2-95
19(98)
1-61
115(42)
38-221
0 122(61)
3-289
0 104(40)
31-193
0 0 397(25)
219-611
S 0 22(65)
2-52
108(91)
2-321
80(118)
1-315
0 0 0 0 * * * 210(65)
10-511
F 0 0 0 0 0 0 69(85)
1-175
127(123)
3-540
52(58)
3-122
* * 248(73)
28-663
White-sided
Dolphin
S 0 0 0 0 0 72(77)
1-168
0 0 * * * 72(77)
1-168
F 0 0 0 0 0 44(97)
1-143
0 0 0 * * 44(97)
1-143
Common
Dolphin
F 0 0 0 0 0 0 69(139)
1-324
0 0 * * 69(139)
1-329

Gray Seal
W - 0 0 19(104)
1-64
0 0 0 0 13(89)
1-41
0 0 32(72)
2-89
F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17(85)
1-50
* * 17(87)
1-50
Harp Seal W 0 0 37(110)
1-136
39(71)
2-102
0 0 0 0 13(82)
1-37
1(7)
1-3
0 90(55)
13-209

All Marine
Mammals
W - 83(106
1-313
129(64)
17-325
155(39)
43-281
115(42)
38-221
0 488(45)
159-983
136(19)
90-163
190(30)
97-316
2(5)
1-3
0 1298(21)
886-1962
S 11(69)
1-55
22(65)
2-52
108(91)
2-321
80(118)
1-315
0 72(77)
1-168
0 0 * * * 293(48)
68-614
F 0 0 0 137(108)
3-570
36(111)
2-135
44(97)
1-142
276(69)
4-702
169(96)
4-584
111(55)
21-250
* * 773(32)
391-1482
Total Marine
Mammals by
Port Group

11
105 237 372 151 116 764 305 301 2 0 2,364
* No closure during this season

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