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Table 3.3. Fishing gears and techniques used in the Northeast Region, categorized by the waters in which they are used, by whether or not they contact the bottom, and by whether or not their use is regulated by federal FMPs. (Includes all gears that accounted for 1% or more of any state’s total landings, and all gears that harvested any amount of any federally managed species, based upon 2004 landings data and an ASMFC report on gear impacts to submerged aquatic vegetation (Stephan et al. 2000).)

Gear Water Type Contacts Bottom Federally Regulated
Estuary
or Bay		 Coastal
(0-3 mi)		 Offshore
(3-200 mi)
By hand X X     X
Diving X X X    
Dredge, clam X X X X X
Dredge, crab X X   X  
Dredge, mussel X X   X  
Dredge, oyster X     X  
Dredge, bay scallop X     X  
Dredge, sea scallop   X X X X
Dredge, sea urchin   X X X  
Dredge, whelk X     X  
Floating trap X X   X X
Fyke and hoop net, fish X X   X  
Gill Net, drift     X   X
Gill Net, run-around X     X  
Gill Net, sink/anchor X X X X X
Gill Net, stake X X X X X
Handline X X X   X
Haul seine, beach X X   X  
Haul seine, long X X   X  
Haul seine, long (Danish)   X X X X
Hoe X     X  
Longline, bottom   X X X X
Longline, pelagic   X X   X
Otter trawl, bottom, crab X X X X  
Otter trawl, bottom, fish X X X X X
Otter trawl, bottom, scallop   X X X X
Otter trawl, bottom, shrimp X X X X X
Otter trawl, midwater   X X   X
Pots and traps, crab, blue X X   X  
Pots and traps, crab, other X X X X X
Pots and traps, eel X X   X  
Pots and traps, fish X X X X X
Pots and traps, lobster, inshore X X   X  
Pots and traps, lobster, offshore     X X X
Pots and traps, whelk X X   X  
Pound nets, crab X X   X  
Pound nets, fish X X   X  
Purse seines, herring   X X   X
Purse seines, menhaden   X X    
Purse seines, tuna   X X   X
Rakes X     X  
Reel, electric or hydraulic   X X   X
Rod and reel X X X   X
Scottish seine   X X X X
Scrapes X     X  
Spears X X X    
Stop seines X     X  
Tongs and grabs, oyster X     X  
Tongs, patent, clam, other X     X  
Tongs, patent, oyster X     X  
Trawl, midwater, paired   X X   X
Troll line, other   X X   X
Trot lines, with bait   X X   X
Weirs X     X  

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