Table 2. Estimated percentage of the
gillnet fishing fleet observed, 1990–2006
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Northeast
1
6
7
5
7
5
4
6
5
6
6
4
2
3
6
7
4
Mid-Atlantic
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
3
5
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
The first full year of observer coverage was 1990 in the
Northeast and 1995 in the Mid-Atlantic. 1990–2005 figures from Waring et al.
2007; 2006 figures from Belden and Orphanides 2007.