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| Table 6. Comparison of the Northeast Fisheries Observer
Program (NEFOP), Vessel Trip Reports (VTR), and Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
stock allocations of 2004 commercial landings based on 249 matched trips. Bold
text is used to indicate which method, VTR or VMS, achieve results closest to
NEFOP allocations. Stock areas are Gulf of
Maine
(GOM),
Georges Bank (GBK), southern New
England/mid-Atlantic (SNE), northern (NOR), and southern (SOU). Note:
allocations may not sum to 100 due to rounding. |
| Species |
Total Observer species landings (kg) |
Total VTR species landings (kg) |
Stock area |
NEFOP landings allocation (kg) |
VTR landings allocation (kg) |
VMS landings allocation (kg) |
NEFOP stock allocation (%) |
VTR stock allocation (%) |
VTR difference (%) |
VMS stock allocation (%) |
VMS difference (%) |
| Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) |
134,732 |
121,281 |
GBK |
121,143 |
110,140 |
109,975 |
89.9 |
90.8 |
-0.9 |
90.7 |
-0.8 |
| GOM |
13,588 |
11,141 |
11,306 |
10.1 |
9.2 |
0.9 |
9.3 |
0.8 |
| Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) |
507,806 |
501,287 |
GBK |
499,955 |
493,985 |
494,177 |
98.5 |
98.5 |
-0.1 |
98.6 |
-0.1 |
| GOM |
7,851 |
7,302 |
7,110 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
| Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) |
252,865 |
281,582 |
GBK |
247,173 |
271,682 |
274,809 |
97.7 |
96.5 |
1.3 |
97.6 |
0.2 |
| GOM |
5,582 |
9,900 |
6,684 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
-1.3 |
2.4 |
-0.2 |
| SNE |
109 |
|
88 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) |
170,741 |
203,914 |
GBK |
152,184 |
168,733 |
184,100 |
89.1 |
82.7 |
6.4 |
90.3 |
-1.2 |
| GOM |
5,362 |
4,452 |
4,727 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
| SNE |
13,194 |
30,729 |
15,087 |
7.7 |
15.1 |
-7.3 |
7.4 |
0.3 |
| Windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) |
153 |
66 |
NOR |
144 |
66 |
42 |
94.4 |
100.0 |
-5.6 |
64.3 |
30.0 |
| SOU |
9 |
0 |
23 |
5.6 |
0.0 |
5.6 |
35.7 |
-30.0 |
| Goosefish (Lophius americanus) |
380,531 |
71,311 |
NOR |
335,799 |
54,720 |
55,942 |
88.2 |
76.7 |
11.5 |
78.4 |
9.8 |
| SOU |
44,732 |
16,591 |
15,369 |
11.8 |
23.3 |
-11.5 |
21.6 |
-9.8 |
| Silver hake (Merluccius bilnearis) |
24,840 |
23,280 |
NOR |
4,614 |
3,685 |
5,031 |
18.6 |
15.8 |
2.7 |
21.6 |
-3.0 |
| SOU |
20,226 |
19,595 |
18,250 |
81.4 |
84.2 |
-2.7 |
78.4 |
3.0 |
| Red hake (Urophycis chuss) |
2,869 |
2,655 |
NOR |
1,252 |
797 |
850 |
43.6 |
30.0 |
13.6 |
32.0 |
11.6 |
| SOU |
1,617 |
1,858 |
1,805 |
56.4 |
70.0 |
-13.6 |
68.0 |
-11.6 |
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