| Table 15. Frequency of fixed (sink gillnet, benthic
longline) and mobile (bottom otter trawl, scallop dredge) gear types used on
trips fishing on multiple stocks based on Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
positional data from 2005. |
| Species |
Number of total trips |
Number of multiple stock area trips |
Percent of total trips (%) |
Gear category |
Number of Trips |
Percent of multiple stock area trips (%) |
Atlantic cod
(Gadus morhua) |
5,760 |
600 |
10.4 |
Fixed |
6 |
1.0 |
| Mobile |
594 |
99.0 |
Haddock
(Melanogrammus aeglefinus) |
4,615 |
562 |
12.2 |
Fixed |
4 |
0.7 |
| Mobile |
558 |
99.3 |
Yellowtail flounder
(Limanda ferruginea) |
3,263 |
352 |
10.8 |
Fixed |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mobile |
352 |
100.0 |
Winter flounder
(Pseudopleuronectes americanus) |
3,777 |
604 |
16.0 |
Fixed |
1 |
0.2 |
| Mobile |
603 |
99.8 |
Windowpane flounder
(Scophthalmus aquosus) |
236 |
24 |
10.2 |
Fixed |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mobile |
24 |
100.0 |
Goosefish
(Lophius americanus) |
6,084 |
511 |
8.4 |
Fixed |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mobile |
511 |
100.0 |
Silver hake
(Merluccius bilinearis) |
1,227 |
28 |
2.3 |
Fixed |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mobile |
28 |
100.0 |
Red hake
(Urophycis chuss) |
789 |
8 |
1.0 |
Fixed |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mobile |
8 |
100.0 |