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Table 3.   Loggerhead sea turtle bycatch in Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl gear 1994-2004. Species targeted are: sufl = summer flounder; croa = croaker; weak = weakfish; lfsq = long-finned squid; sfsq = short-finned squid; mxgr = mixed groundfish. An “Unk” flynet code means it was unknown whether a flynet was used.
 Trip No. Turtles Animal Condition
Year
Month
Depth (m)
SST (° C)
Tow speed
Head rope length (m)
TED Used
Working TED Used
Gross Tonnage
Mesh Size (in)
Haul Duration (hours)
Target spp.
Flynet
Latzone
A 1 Alive, not injured 1994
10
28
17.3
3.5
15.2
0
No
116
5.5
4.0
sufl
Unk
lat3438
B 5 3 Alive, cond unk; 2 Alive, not injured 1994
12
24
19.8
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
2.5
croa
Yes
lat3438
B 1 Alive, injured 1994
12
26
21.2
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.3
croa
Yes
lat3438
B 3 3 Alive, not injured 1994
12
23
21.2
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.3
croa
Yes
lat3438
B 1 Dead 1994
12
24
21.2
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
2.2
croa
Yes
lat3438
B 2 2 Alive, not injured 1994
12
15
21.5
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
2.2
croa
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, cond.unk. 1994
12
24
19.2
3.0
12.8
1
Yes
159
5.2
3.4
sufl
Unk
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
21
21.0
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
0.9
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
12
20.9
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.7
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
23
20.9
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.7
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
21
21.0
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.6
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
23
20.9
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
1.9
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
14
20.9
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
2.3
weak
Yes
lat3438
C 1 Alive, not injured 1994
12
20
19.1
3.0
32.6
0
No
159
3.1
2.0
weak
Yes
lat3438
D 1 Alive, cond.unk. 1995
6
20
18.3
3.0
20.7
0
No
42
2.0
1.1
lfsq
Unk
lat3438
E 1 Alive, not injured 1995
9
174
22.0
3.0
46.9
0
No
246
2.4
1.9
sfsq
Unk
lat3941
F 1 Alive, not injured 1995
10
19
20.0
3.1
22.9
0
No
129
5.9
4.2
sufl
Unk
lat3438
G 1 Alive, not injured 1995
11
26
19.7
3.0
19.8
0
No
129
5.5
4.0
sufl
No
lat3438
G 2 2 Alive, not injured 1995
11
28
20.0
3.0
19.8
0
No
129
5.5
4.0
sufl
No
lat3438
H 2 1 Alive, injured; 1 Alive, not injured 1996
8
7
22.0
2.0
18.9
0
No
38
2.0
2.6
mxgr
Unk
lat3941
I 1 Alive, not injured 1996
8
29
22.4
3.0
30.5
0
No
86
1.9
3.3
lfsq
Unk
lat3941
J 1 Dead 1996
9
20
23.2
3.5
54.9
0
No
170
3.3
1.5
croa
Yes
lat3438
K 1 Alive, not injured 1996
10
24
17.7
2.9
18.3
0
No
128
6.6
4.3
sufl
Unk
lat3438
K 1 Alive, injured 1996
10
30
17.6
3.7
18.3
0
No
128
6.6
4.2
sufl
Unk
lat3438
K 1 Dead 1996
10
30
17.6
3.2
18.3
0
No
128
6.6
4.5
sufl
Unk
lat3438
L 1 Alive, not injured 1997
7
19
23.9
2.8
33.5
0
No
137
1.9
3.6
lfsq
Unk
lat3941
M 1 Dead 1998
12
15
18.5
3.0
25.9
0
No
115
1.9
1.6
croa
Yes
lat3438
M 1 Alive, not injured 1998
12
23
19.9
2.9
25.9
0
No
115
1.9
0.9
croa
Yes
lat3438
N 1 Alive, injured 1998
12
9
17.0
3.1
25.9
0
No
95
1.9
1.4
croa
Yes
lat3438
O 1 Alive, not injured 1999
1
27
17.3
3.1
15.8
1
No
114
5.6
3.4
sufl
No
lat3438
O 1 Alive, not injured 1999
1
20
16.8
3.1
15.8
1
No
114
5.6
4.7
sufl
No
lat3438
O 2 2 Dead 1999
1
25
17.0
3.1
15.8
1
No
114
5.6
4.4
sufl
No
lat3438
P 1 Alive, not injured 1999
1
25
17.3
3.1
21.3
1
No
196
5.5
4.2
sufl
Unk
lat3438
P 2 1 Alive,not injured; 1 Dead 1999
1
23
17.1
3.1
21.3
0
No
196
5.5
2.5
sufl
Unk
lat3438
P 1 Alive, injured 1999
1
31
16.2
3.1
21.3
0
No
196
5.5
3.1
sufl
Unk
lat3438
P 1 Alive, cond.unk. 1999
1
23
14.9
3.0
21.3
1
No
196
5.5
3.2
sufl
Unk
lat3438
Q 1 Dead 1999
1
27
17.3
2.8
21.3
1
No
179
5.5
5.1
sufl
Unk
lat3438
Q 2 1 Alive, cond.unk.; 1 Alive, injured 1999
1
30
15.8
2.8
21.3
0
No
179
5.5
5.5
sufl
Unk
lat3438
R 3 2 Alive, cond.unk.; 1 Alive, not injured 1999
2
26
18.2
3.5
15.8
0
No
134
5.1
3.4
sufl
Unk
lat3438
S 1 Alive, not injured 2002
1
34
13.1
3.0
19.5
0
No
196
5.0
3.8
sufl
Unk
lat3438
T 1 Alive, not injured 2002
9
21
21.4
3.0
21.3
0
No
137
5.1
2.4
sufl
Unk
lat3941
U 2 1 Alive, not injured; 1 Resuscitated 2002
9
20
23.0
3.0
21.3
0
No
140
5.1
2.3
sufl
Unk
lat3438
V 1 Dead 2002
10
76
20.0
2.8
26.5
0
No
99
2.0
2.4
lfsq
Unk
lat3941
W 1 Alive, cond.unk. 2003
6
19
20.4
2.9
18.3
0
No
32
5.0
1.9
sufl
Unk
lat3438
X 1 Dead 2003
11
30
14.8
3.1
23.2
0
No
108
5.5
2.1
sufl
Unk
lat3438
X 1 Alive, not injured 2003
11
31
15.1
2.9
23.2
0
No
108
5.5
2.9
sufl
Unk
lat3438
X 1 Alive, not injured 2003
11
30
15.0
2.9
23.2
0
No
108
5.5
3.2
sufl
Unk
lat3438
Y 1 Resuscitated 2004
7
30
19.6
3.5
21.3
0
No
71
1.7
1.8
lfsq
Unk
lat3941
Z 1 Alive, not injured 2004
10
22
18.7
2.7
18.3
0
No
26
5.3
1.3
sufl
Unk
lat3438
AA 1 Alive, not injured 2004
10
17
19.2
3.0
24.4
0
No
146
4.6
0.5
croa
Unk
lat3438
AA 1 Alive, not injured 2004
10
16
19.6
2.9
24.4
0
No
146
4.6
1.1
croa
Unk
lat3438

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