Table 5.  Bycatch rates from the Mid-Coast and Massachusetts Bay Management Areas during the winter (January–May) and fall (September–December) under four different situations.  The highlighted and bold total bycatch rate is the 2-year average bycatch rate weighted by the number of observed hauls. 
A. Data actually observed during 2005 and 2006.
B. Assume year A has a bycatch rate that is two (2) times that observed in 2006.  Bycatch rate in year B is calculated assuming the number of observed hauls (“weighting”) is like that documented in 2006 and there is one observed take. 
C. Assume year A has a bycatch rate that is three (3) times that observed in 2006. Bycatch rate in year B is calculated assuming the number of observed hauls (“weighting”) is like that documented in 2006 and there are no observed takes.
D. Assume year A has a bycatch rate that is three (3) times that observed in 2006. Bycatch rate in year B is calculated assuming the number of observed hauls (“weighting”) is intermediate between that documented in 2005 and 2006 and there is one observed take.
As a reference point, the compliant bycatch rate value for these areas is 0.031.