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Table 4.2. Fishing activity reported by federally-permitted fishing vessels using mobile, bottom-tending gears in the Northeast Region (35-45ºN) during 1995-2001. (Data shown as ranges in number of 24-hr days per 10′ square (TMS) of latitude and longitude, and as cumulative number of 24-hr days (in parentheses), associated with percentiles of total reported fishing activity that are mapped in Figures 4.2-4.6. Number in last column is the total number of days at sea in all TMSs in the region for that gear type, as calculated from the time absent from port for each reported trip. Note: Not all trips in fishing vessel trip database could be assigned to TMSs (see Table 4.1).)

Gear Activity Metric Percentile of Fishing Activity
50% 75% 90% 95% 100%
Otter trawls (fish) Days absent
from port
603-5,058
(175,907)
333-602
(263,176)
136-331
(315,582)
63-135
(333,105)
348,841
Otter trawls (shrimp) Days absent
from port
409-1,677
(11,837)
137-399
(17,986)
32-136
(21,591)
--- 23,891
Otter trawls (scallops) Days absent
from port
183-653
(5,888)
66-175
(8,816)
16-66
(10,596)
--- 11,720
Scallop dredges Days absent
from port
732-3,371
(78,831)
338-724
(118,850)
95-333
(142,493)
34-93
(150,392)
157,507
Hydraulic clam dredges Days fishing 133-517
(8,027)
64-126
(11,990)
31-63
(14,412)
--- 15,951

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