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Table 4. Distribution of USA commercial landings (metric tons, live) of Atlantic cod from Georges Bank and South (NAFO Division 5Z and Subarea 6), by gear type, 1965-1999. The percentage of total USA commercial landings of Atlantic cod from Georges Bank, by gear type, is also presented for each year. Data only reflect Georges Bank cod landings that could be identified by gear type.

 Year
Landings (metric tons, live)
Percentage of Annual Landings
Otter
Trawl		 Sink
Gill Net		 Line
Trawl		 Handline Other
gear		 Total Otter
Trawl		 Sink
Gill Net		 Line
Trawl		 Handline Other
gear		 Total
1965 10251 0 582 505 9 11347 90.3 - 5.1 4.5 0.1 100.0
1966 10206 0 787 757 19 11769 86.7 - 6.7 6.4 0.2 100.0
1967 10915 0 894 704 9 12522 87.2 - 7.1 5.6 0.1 100.0
1968 12084 0 936 524 <1 13544 89.2 - 6.9 3.9 - 100.0
1969 13194 0 1371 387 <1 14952 88.2 - 9.2 2.6 - 100.0
1970 11270 0 1676 404 <1 13350 84.4 - 12.6 3.0 - 100.0
1971 12436 0 2334 230 2 15002 82.9 - 15.6 1.5 - 100.0
1972 10179 0 2071 217 10 12477 81.6 - 16.6 1.7 0.1 100.0
1973 12431 3 2185 206 21 14846 83.7 - 14.7 1.4 0.2 100.0
1974 14078 3 2548 11 9 16649 84.6 - 15.3 0.1 - 100.0
1975 12069 0 2435 84 4 14592 82.7 - 16.7 0.6 - 100.0
1976 12257 4 1519 153 5 13938 88.0 - 10.9 1.1 - 100.0
1977 18529 30 912 83 22 19576 94.7 0.2 4.7 0.4 0.1 100.0
1978 20862 81 1569 1180 59 23751 87.8 0.3 6.6 5.0 0.3 100.0
1979 26562 620 2707 860 159 30908 85.9 2.0 8.8 2.8 0.5 100.0
1980 32479 4491 1102 0 273 38345 84.7 11.7 2.9 - 0.7 100.0
1981 27694 3515 120 584 197 32110 86.2 10.9 0.4 1.8 0.6 100.0
1982 33371 2935 385 624 210 37525 88.9 7.8 1.0 1.7 0.6 100.0
1983 30981 1812 831 441 81 34146 90.7 5.3 2.4 1.3 0.3 100.0
1984 26161 2573 366 753 197 30050 87.1 8.6 1.2 2.5 0.6 100.0
1985 21444 2482 436 284 163 24809 86.4 10.0 1.8 1.1 0.7 100.0
1986 13576 1679 692 305 95 16347 83.0 10.3 4.2 1.9 0.6 100.0
1987 13711 1522 1636 222 71 17162 79.9 8.9 9.5 1.3 0.4 100.0
1988 20296 1864 1950 232 116 24458 83.0 7.6 8.0 0.9 0.5 100.0
1989 17946 3150 1583 119 91 22889 78.4 13.8 6.9 0.5 0.4 100.0
1990 21707 2316 1252 395 133 25803 84.1 9.0 4.9 1.5 0.5 100.0
1991 17892 2171 1919 286 180 22448 79.7 9.7 8.5 1.3 0.8 100.0
1992 11696 1747 1709 186 114 15452 75.7 11.3 11.1 1.2 0.7 100.0
1993 10893 1321 1316 62 78 13670 79.7 9.7 9.6 0.4 0.6 100.0
1994 7139 1318 1372 - 21 9850 72.5 13.4 13.9 - 0.2 100.0
1995 3780 1300 1660 - 18 6758 55.9 19.2 24.6 - 0.3 100.0
1996 4047 1552 1413 - 6 7018 57.7 22.1 20.1 - 0.1 100.0
1997 4583 1595 1331 - 28 7537 60.8 21.2 17.7 - 0.3 100.0
1998 4083 858 1995 - 23 6959 58.6 12.3 28.7 - 0.4 100.0
1999 4760 1452 1831 - 18 8061 59.1 18.0 22.7 - 0.2 100.0
2000 4227 1635 1238 - 18 7617 62.1 21.5 16.3 - 0.2 100.0
Otter trawl includes tonnage from pair trawls in 1990 (849 t), 1991 (1068 t), 1992 (1149 t) and 1993 (1352 t).
Handline included with line trawl, 1994-2000.

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