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Table 8. Top ten species (ranked by number of
missing records) omitted from the retained catch records of Fishing Vessel Trip
Report (FVTR), Study Fleet, and Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP)
records based on comparative catch record analyses. |
Study Fleet and FVTR kept catch record reporting
comparison |
Not reported to Study Fleet |
Not reported to FVTR |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
American lobster (Homarus americanus) |
131 |
146 |
89.7 |
Silver hake |
28 |
166 |
16.9 |
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) |
30 |
295 |
10.2 |
Monkfish |
25 |
383 |
6.5 |
Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) |
21 |
94 |
22.3 |
White hake (Urophycis tenuis) |
25 |
129 |
19.4 |
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) |
20 |
389 |
5.1 |
Red hake (Urophycis chuss) |
24 |
94 |
25.5 |
Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) |
20 |
231 |
8.7 |
Haddock |
20 |
274 |
7.3 |
Monkfish (Lophius americanus) |
19 |
383 |
5 |
Yellowtail flounder |
18 |
231 |
7.8 |
Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) |
15 |
97 |
15.5 |
Witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) |
16 |
215 |
7.4 |
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) |
14 |
274 |
5.1 |
Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) |
16 |
26 |
61.5 |
Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) |
14 |
166 |
8.4 |
American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) |
15 |
236 |
6.4 |
Skates (Rajidae) |
14 |
126 |
11.1 |
Pollock (Pollachius virens) |
14 |
185 |
7.6 |
Study Fleet and NEFOP kept catch record reporting
comparison |
Not reported to Study Fleet |
Not reported to NEFOP |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
American lobster |
18 |
19 |
94.7 |
White hake |
2 |
11 |
18.2 |
Monkfish |
7 |
29 |
24.1 |
Silver hake |
2 |
10 |
20 |
Winter flounder |
5 |
18 |
27.8 |
Atlantic wolfish (Anarhichas lupus) |
2 |
3 |
66.7 |
Yellowtail flounder |
5 |
15 |
33.3 |
Monkfish |
1 |
29 |
3.4 |
Pollock |
5 |
14 |
35.7 |
American plaice |
1 |
18 |
5.6 |
Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) |
4 |
16 |
25 |
Winter flounder |
1 |
18 |
5.6 |
Acadian redfish |
4 |
10 |
40 |
Skates |
1 |
18 |
5.6 |
Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) |
4 |
8 |
50 |
Pollock |
1 |
14 |
7.1 |
Witch flounder |
3 |
19 |
15.8 |
Acadian redfish |
1 |
10 |
10 |
White hake |
3 |
11 |
27.3 |
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) |
1 |
7 |
14.3 |
FVTR and NEFOP kept catch record reporting
comparison |
Not reported to FVTR |
Not reported to NEFOP |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
Species |
Missing Records |
Total Species Records |
Percent Omission (%) |
American lobster |
34 |
63 |
54 |
Atlantic wolffish |
14 |
16 |
87.5 |
Atlantic sea scallop |
27 |
29 |
93.1 |
Red/white hake (Urophycis spp.) |
11 |
11 |
100 |
White hake |
22 |
63 |
34.9 |
American plaice |
5 |
54 |
9.3 |
Monkfish |
18 |
108 |
16.7 |
White hake |
5 |
63 |
7.9 |
Skates |
18 |
56 |
32.1 |
American lobster |
5 |
63 |
7.9 |
Acadian redfish |
15 |
55 |
27.3 |
Cusk (Brosme brosme) |
4 |
59 |
6.8 |
Winter flounder |
14 |
68 |
20.6 |
Silver hake |
4 |
18 |
22.2 |
American plaice |
11 |
54 |
20.4 |
Winter flounder |
3 |
68 |
4.4 |
Pollock |
10 |
46 |
21.7 |
Acadian redfish |
3 |
55 |
5.5 |
Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) |
9 |
12 |
75 |
Pollock |
3 |
46 |
6.5 |