CRD 07-15

Table 6. Total days fished by main speciesa for U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fishery, 1996–2004

Species 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Butterfish 495 484 257 214 157 261 115 71 91
Cod 4,863 3,875 2,955 2,026 2,443 3,139 2,934 2,419 1,482
Croaker, Atlantic 42 153 95 108 95 88 86 82 86
Dogfish 363 292 305 404 195 19 14 10 48
Flounder, Winter 2,543 2,477 2,560 2,037 2,277 2,493 1,799 1,732 1,527
Flounder, Witch 1,474 1,028 1,208 1,266 1,070 982 1,290 1,450 1,391
Flounder, Yellowtail 1,861 1,704 1,959 2,420 2,740 2,623 1,975 1,881 1,955
Fluke 3,787 2,096 2,920 2,596 2,291 2,050 3,068 2,685 2,807
Haddock 30 506 1,510 1,479 1,349 1,671 1,778 1,306 1,594
Hake, Silver 2,511 2,476 2,100 1,617 1,432 1,800 1,034 988 1,036
Herring, Atlantic 104 49 95 50 21 28 17 10 32
Mackerel, Atlantic 363 260 127 93 33 20 42 75 38
Monkfish 4,899 4,105 3,105 4,591 3,503 3,742 3,095 3,743 3,147
Plaice, American 4,517 3,216 3,133 2,887 2,715 2,296 1,525 711 424
Scup 403 198 256 243 122 166 360 432 378
Skate 1,640 1,154 1,534 1,230 1,297 1,205 1,083 1,145 1,347
Squid, Illex 480 250 359 267 260 103 98 147 285
Squid, Loligo 2,347 3,113 3,598 4,162 2,828 2,915 3,461 2,505 2,426
Other Finfish 459 381 322 307 221 221 227 121 138
Other Groundfish 2,749 2,106 2,210 1,593 1,445 1,361 1,105 1,323 1,394
Other Inverts 1,117 1,256 1,315 1,292 726 583 318 351 561
Other Species 335 239 232 217 122 103 103 126 137
TOTAL 37,381 31,417 32,154 31,095 27,341 27,869 25,528 23,312 22,324

a Main species for a trip is defined as the species with the largest total weight (live) of landings.

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