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Table 3.1. Percentage of landings (1% or more by weight) by fishing gear type for federally managed species and species groups in the Northeast Region in 2004. (Does not include highly migratory species, i.e., tuna, sharks, swordfish, and billfish.)

Gear Species and Species Groups
American
Plaice
Atlantic
Cod
Atlantic
Halibut
Atlantic
Herring
Atlantic
Mackerel
Atlantic
Surfclam
Barndoor
Skate
Black Sea
Bass
By hand                
Dip net                
Dredge, clam           6.6    
Clam dredge, hydraulic                
Dredge, other           2.6    
Dredge, sea scallop                
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog           90.2    
Gill net, drift                
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink 1.8 30.0 13.2   9.5     1.7
Gill net, other                
Gill net, run-rround                
Gill net, set/stake                
Handline   3.9           5.1
Haul seine, beach                
Haul seine, long                
Longline, bottom   1.6 3.9          
Longline, pelagic                
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore                
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore                
Pots + traps, crab, other                
Pots + traps, fish               3.7
Pots + traps, other               28.0
Pound net, fish                
Pound net, other   1.0           1.2
Purse seine, herring       2.5        
Purse seine, other       9.3        
Rake, other                
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish 92.5 58.5 60.3 29.8 8.8     41.8
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop               1.4
Trawl, otter, bottom, other               2.0
Trawl, otter, midwater       30.0 43.0     2.4
Trawl, midwater, paired       25.1 38.1      
Troll line, other       2.2        
Troll and handline, combined                
Unknown 4.4 3.0 20.7       100 10.2
Gear Species and Species Groups
Bluefish Butterfish Clearnose
Skate
Cobia Goosefish Haddock Hake, Red & White King
Mackerel
By hand                
Dip net                
Dredge, clam                
Clam dredge, hydraulic                
Dredge, other   1.5     2.0      
Dredge, sea scallop         2.1      
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog                
Gill net, drift 1.0              
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink 44.4 4.1 66.2 28.4 53.7 2.3 6.3  
Gill net, other           2.5 5.6  
Gill net, run-rround                
Gill net, set/stake 14.4     34.9       19.8
Handline 3.5     14.0   3.2 3.5 5.1
Haul seine, beach                
Haul seine, long                
Longline, bottom           3.3 1.6  
Longline, pelagic       4.4        
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore                
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore                
Pots + traps, crab, other                
Pots + traps, fish                
Pots + traps, other 1.1              
Pound net, fish 1.4 7.1   3.7        
Pound net, other 1.4 1.1   2.2   1.2    
Purse seine, herring                
Purse seine, other                
Rake, other                
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish 13.8 69.3 32.3 1.3 35.8 82.4 21.0  
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop                
Trawl, otter, bottom, other 2.0     2.4        
Trawl, otter, midwater   1.2            
Trawl, midwater, paired       2.2        
Troll line, other   1.0         50.6 66.3
Troll and handline, combined               7.2
Unknown 14.8 13.4 1.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 5.4  
Gear Species and Species Groups
Little
Skate
Longfin
Inshore
Squid
Northern
Shortfin
Squid
Ocean
Pout
Ocean
Quahog
Offshore
Hake,
Unclassified
Pollock Red
Deepsea
Crab
By hand           17.1    
Dip net                
Dredge, clam                
Clam dredge, hydraulic         3.3      
Dredge, other 1.0 2.7 1.3     3.9    
Dredge, sea scallop                
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog         96.6      
Gill net, drift                
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink             37.5  
Gill net, other                
Gill net, run-around                
Gill net, set/stake                
Handline       12.2        
Haul seine, beach                
Haul seine, long                
Longline, bottom       6.2       1.8
Longline, pelagic                
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore       3.0        
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore                
Pots + traps, crab, other               18.7
Pots + traps, fish       7.1        
Pots + traps, other       3.3       79.5
Pound net, fish                
Pound net, other                
Purse seine, herring                
Purse seine, other                
Rake, other   1.8            
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish 98.2 83.3 93.4 63.7   46.2 59.2  
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop                
Trawl, otter, bottom, other                
Trawl, otter, midwater   3.4            
Trawl, midwater, paired                
Troll line, other   1.5            
Troll and handline, combined                
Unknown   5.7 4.4 2.9   32.0 1.1  
Gear Species and Species Groups
Red
Drum
Red
Hake
Redfish Rosette
Skate
Scup

Sea
Scallop

Silver
Hake
Skates
By hand                
Dip net                
Dredge, clam                
Clam dredge, hydraulic                
Dredge, other   2.4       56.7 11.2  
Dredge, sea scallop           33.9    
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog                
Gill net, drift 1.4              
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink 7.9     4.2 2.9     17.7
Gill net, other 1.5             8.0
Gill net, run-around 3.3              
Gill net, set/stake 79.8              
Handline     2.3   4.5      
Haul seine, beach 1.2              
Haul seine, long 2.7              
Longline, bottom     78.4         1.1
Longline, pelagic                
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore                
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore                
Pots + traps, crab, other                
Pots + traps, fish                
Pots + traps, other     3.7   1.8      
Pound net, fish                
Pound net, other         13.7     6.2
Purse seine, herring                
Purse seine, other                
Rake, other                
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish   84.7 12.5 95.8 54.0 6.2 76.9 62.1
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop           1.2    
Trawl, otter, bottom, other         1.2      
Trawl, otter, midwater                
Trawl, midwater, paired                
Troll line, other         1.7      
Troll and handline, combined                
Unknown   10.2 3.2   15.8 1.5 10.4 3.7
Gear Species and Species Groups
Smooth
Skate
Spanish
Mackerel
Spiny
Dogfish
Squids,
Unclassified
Summer
Flounder
Thorny
Skate
Tilefish White
Hake
By hand                
Dip net                
Dredge, clam                
Clam dredge, hydraulic                
Dredge, other         1.3      
Dredge, sea scallop                
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog                
Gill net, drift                
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink 97.6 3.4 75.1   1.3 46.7 6.5 24.2
Gill net, other     2.6          
Gill net, run-around                
Gill net, set/stake   79.2            
Handline     2.2   1.5   3.6  
Haul seine, beach                
Haul seine, long                
Longline, bottom 1.7   1.5       60.9 1.4
Longline, pelagic                
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore       1.6        
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore                
Pots + traps, crab, other                
Pots + traps, fish                
Pots + traps, other                
Pound net, fish 13.7              
Pound net, other                
Purse seine, herring                
Purse seine, other                
Rake, other                
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish   1.0 13.7 71.3 81.2 51.9 19.2 71.5
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop                
Trawl, otter, bottom, other       1.9        
Trawl, otter, midwater                
Trawl, midwater, paired                
Troll line, other     1.6          
Troll and handline, combined                
Unknown   1.1 1.6 23.6 7.5   9.4 2.3
Gear Species and Species Groups
Windowpane Winter
Flounder
Winter
Skate
Witch
Flounder
Yellowtail ALL SPECIES
By hand           0.05
Dip net   1.0       0.02
Dredge, clam           0.56
Clam dredge, hydraulic           0.18
Dredge, other         1.6 5.78
Dredge, sea scallop           3.03
Dredge, surfclam + ocean quahog           12.82
Gill net, drift           0.01
Gill net, fixed or anchored, sink 1.5 4.6 9.7 1.2 2.8 5.87
Gill net, other           0.21
Gill net, run-around           0.00
Gill net, set/stake           0.23
Handline           0.35
Haul seine, beach           0.00
Haul seine, long           0.02
Longline, bottom           0.36
Longline, pelagic           0.00
Pot/trap, lobster, inshore           0.01
Pot/trap, lobster, offshore           0.03
Pots + traps, crab, other           0.10
Pots + traps, fish           0.04
Pots + traps, other           0.61
Pound net, fish         4.8 0.05
Pound net, other 1.6 9.5       0.68
Purse seine, herring           0.61
Purse seine, other           2.25
Rake, other           0.07
Trawl, otter, bottom, fish 91.2 76.2 82.7 89.8 81.7 35.81
Trawl, otter, bottom, scallop           0.19
Trawl, otter, bottom, other           0.39
Trawl, otter, midwater           14.29
Trawl, midwater, paired           12.16
Troll line, other           0.74
Troll and handline, combined           0.01
Unknown 3.9 6.6 6.9 7.1 8.1 2.41

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