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CRD 08-10
Table 3. Description of the two cases when calculating the predicted total
bycatch if the compliant bycatch rates were realized.
|
| Region |
Time
period |
Assumptions made when calculating
the predicted total bycatch |
| Worst case |
Most realistic case |
| Bycatch
rate (number of harbor porpoise/mtons landed) |
Effort
(mtons landed) |
Bycatch
rate (number of harbor porpoise/mtons landed) |
Effort
(mtons landed) |
| Southern
Mid-Atlantic |
all year |
0 |
average
annual mtons landed |
0 |
average
annual mtons landed |
| New
Jersey |
Jan-Apr |
highest
annual rate of hauls that complied with the gear requirements (0.3074) |
average
annual mtons landed |
average
of annual rates of hauls that complied with the gear requirements (0.1537) |
average
annual mtons landed |
| New
Jersey |
May-Dec |
0 |
average
annual mtons landed |
0 |
average
annual mtons landed |
| Northeast
proposed Management Areas during the times managed |
winter
and fall |
0.031 for
GOM and 0.023 for Southern NE |
average
annual mtons landed |
0.031 for GOM and 0.023 for Southern NE only for years where the
managed times and areas had an observed bycatch. Zero bycatch rate for
managed times and areas where there were no observed bycatch. Then the average of the two years within
each managed time and area was used. |
average
annual mtons landed |
| Northeast
times and areas not in proposed times and areas of the Management Areas |
all year |
highest
bycatch rate from 2005 or 2006 for each time/area |
average
annual mtons landed |
average
bycatch rate from 2005 and 2006 for each time/area |
average
annual mtons landed |