Figure 4.15. Proportion of area fished [all 10' squares] at the 90th percentile, an index of how evenly distributed the days or trips were among 10' squares, during 1995-2001 by gear type. (Note: For gears at the high end, most of the fishing activity was concentrated in a relatively small percentage of the total area fished (aggregated), and for gears at the low end, fishing activity was more evenly dispersed among TMSs. Key: drs = New Bedford-style scallop dredge; gns = sink gill net; hyd = hydraulic clam dredge; llb = bottom longline; otc = otter trawl (scallop); otf = otter trawl (fish); ots = otter trawl (shrimp); ptc = pots & traps (crab); ptf = pots & traps (fish); pth = pots & traps (hagfish); ptl = pots & traps (lobster); and ptw = pots & traps (whelk).)
