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Table 4. Distribution of large-mesh
groundfish landings by gear type, by multispecies permit category, and
by homeport state for all 3,714 vessels with a valid multispecies permit
during calendar year 1999. (Data based on logbooks and permits. Only values
of 2.5% or more are shown. Large-mesh groundfish include all of the species
in the Northeast multispecies fishery complex except ocean pout, offshore
hake, and silver hake.) |
Gear
Type |
Landings
(lb) |
Percentage
of total |
Permit
Category |
Landings
(lb) |
Percentage
of total |
Homeport
State |
Landings
(lb) |
Percentage
of total |
| Bottom trawl |
47,407,740 |
73.7 |
B |
30,444,151 |
47.3 |
MA |
37,563,794 |
58.4 |
| Sink gill net |
10,993,992 |
17.1 |
A |
29,666,838 |
46.1 |
ME |
11,700,584 |
18.2 |
| Bottom longline |
3,171,839 |
4.9 |
E |
1,589,261 |
2.5 |
RI |
5,689,393 |
8.8 |
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NH |
3,076,254 |
4.8 |
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NY |
2,610,770 |
4.1 |
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