GAR: 2015 Discard Estimation, Precision, and Sample Size Analyses for 14 Federally Managed Species Groups in the Waters off the Northeastern United States

Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 15-04

2015 Discard Estimation, Precision,
and Sample Size Analyses for
14 Federally Managed Species Groups
in the Waters off the Northeastern United States

by SE Wigley, C Tholke, J Blaylock, PJ Rago, and G Shield

Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 15-04

2015 Discard Estimation, Precision,
and Sample Size Analyses for
14 Federally Managed Species Groups
in the Waters off the Northeastern United States
by SE Wigley1, C Tholke2, J Blaylock2, PJ Rago1, and G Shield1

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NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543
2

Integrated Statistics,16 Sumner Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
April 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. i
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ ii
List of Appendix Tables ............................................................................................................. ii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................... iv
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................1
Methods ......................................................................................................................................2
Data Sources ...........................................................................................................................2
Discard Estimation ..................................................................................................................4
Discard Reasons ......................................................................................................................5
Sample Size Analysis ..............................................................................................................5
Results ........................................................................................................................................7
Discussion.................................................................................................................................10
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................13
References Cited .......................................................................................................................14
Appendix: Equations used in discard estimation and sample size analysis ....………………....160

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. List of the 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, with species group abbreviations in
parentheses and scientific names in italics, and the species that compose these groups,
corresponding to the 13 federal fishery management plans implemented in the waters off the
northeastern Unites States .…………..…………………………………………………………..16
Table 2. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program and Vessel Trip Report trips, by fleet
and calendar quarter, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. ……………………….……17
Table 3. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program and Vessel Trip Report sea days, by
fleet and calendar quarter, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. ………….……………19
Table 4. Vessel Trip Report kept weight of all species, percentage of kept weight of all species
across all fleets, kept weight of all species with Northeast Fisheries Observer Program coverage
from statistical areas and quarters with at least 1 observed trip and at least 3 observed trips in the
fleet and quarter, and percentage of kept weight of all species with observer coverage, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.……………..………..…………….………………21
Table 5A. Total catch, Vessel Trip Report landings, estimated discards, associated coefficient of
variation, and standard error of the estimated discards for 14 fish and invertebrate species
groups, by fleet, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.……………….. ………..…….…23
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Table 5B. Total catch, Vessel Trip Report landings, estimated discards, associated coefficient of
variation, and standard error of the estimated discards for 23 individual species that compose the
14 species groups, by fleet, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.…………..…..……….51
Table 5C. Total catch, Vessel Trip Report landings, estimated discards, associated coefficient of
variation, and standard error of the estimated discards for the 14 species groups combined, by
fleet, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data…………………………………………..…...97
Table 6. The number of sea days needed to achieve a 30% coefficient of variation of the discard
estimate for each the 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, the number of pilot sea days, the
number of minimum pilot sea days, and the maximum number of sea days needed for each fleet
for fish and invertebrate species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data...………..99
Table 7. Number of sea days, trips, and percentage of trips needed to achieve a 30% coefficient
of variation of the discard estimate, by fleet and species group, based on July 2013 through June
2014 data. ………………………………………………..……..………………………………101

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1A. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings and estimated discards and the percentage
of estimated discards by fleet for each of the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June
2014 data. ………..……………………………………………………………………..............102
Figure 1B. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings and estimated discards and the percentage
of estimated discards by fleet for the 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. … ……………………………...…………...…...109
Figure 2. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings and estimated discards and the percentage of
estimated discards by species groups for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June
2014 data…… ……………………………………………………...……………………..……121
Figure 3. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. ………....133

LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES
Appendix Table 1. The number of fleets used in analyses and reported in the tables of this
report.……………..…………………………………………………………………………….141
Appendix Table 2. Discard reason categories used in Appendix Tables 3A and 3B and the
associated discard fish dispositions. …………………………………………...…………..…..142

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Appendix Table 3A. Estimated discards and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species
groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. ……………..……....….………………..143
Appendix Table 3B. Estimated discards and percentage by discard reason category for 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data …...………………………………… ………………………………………………….….149
Appendix Table 4. Fleet abbreviations used in Figures 1A, 1B, 2, and 3……….……….….....158

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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AA = Access area
ASM = At-Sea Monitoring Program
ASMFC = Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
CV = coefficient of variation
d/k = discard/kept
FED = finfish excluder device
FMP = fishery management plan
GEN = General category
lg = large mesh
LIM = Limited access category
MA = Mid-Atlantic
MRIP = Marine Recreational Information Program
NE = New England
NEFOP = Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
NEFSC = Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NMFS = National Marine Fisheries Service
OPEN = Nonaccess area
SBRM = Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology
SE = standard error of the estimate
sm = small mesh
VTR = Vessel Trip Report
xlg = extra large mesh

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report describes the analyses associated with the discard estimation of 14 federally
managed fish and invertebrate species groups during the July 2013 through June 2014 time
period and the expected coverage needed by at-sea observers for northeastern US fisheries for
the April 2015 through March 2016 period using the Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology.
An estimated 64,795 mt (142,848,902 lb) of federally regulated species were discarded
during the July 2013 through June 2014 time period. The predominant species groups discarded
are skates (Rajidae) and spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Across all species groups examined,
“No Market” is the reason reported for the majority of discards. Analyses also revealed that
observer coverage within a fleet corresponded with the spatial and temporal patterns of fishing
activity in terms of kept weight of all species for fleets with observer coverage. The discards
reported in this document may not necessarily correspond directly with the discard estimates
derived for individual stock assessments because of differences in stratification and data. Hence,
the discard estimates are not definitive, but indicative of where discarding is occurring among
commercial fleets and for which species groups.
The sea days needed to achieve a precision-based performance standard (30% coefficient
of variation of the discard estimate) were estimated to be 11,204 sea days for the 14 fish and
invertebrate species groups across 56 fleets. The sea day analyses used a standardized protocol to
account for the importance of the discarded species relative to the amount of discards by a fleet
and total fishing mortality.

INTRODUCTION
The Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Omnibus Amendment
(NEFMC 2007; NMFS 2008) was vacated by the US District Court of the District of Columbia
on 15 September 2011 because of a deficiency associated with the prioritization process, an
element of the amendment. The regulations implementing the SBRM were removed by the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 29 December 2011 (NMFS 2011). A revised
SBRM Omnibus Amendment was approved on 13 March 2015, and a final rule is pending. This
report provides some of the information required by the annual discard report specified in the
revised SBRM amendment.
The SBRM discard estimation methods described in Wigley et al. 2007 are still
applicable. Refinements to the procedure for filtering the needed sea days have been made based
on analyses conducted for the 2011 SBRM 3-year Review Report (Wigley et al. 2012a). The
analyses conducted for 2015 are similar to those conducted in 2014 (Wigley et al. 2014).
This document presents the estimated discards and associated precision as well as the
number of sea days needed to obtain a 30% coefficient of variation (CV) on the discard estimates
for the 14 species groups associated with federal fishery management plans (FMPs) in
northeastern US fleets 1. Additionally, discard reasons associated with the discarded species are
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“Fleet” is synonymous with “fishing mode.”

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summarized. This document and Wigley et al. (2012b, 2013, 2014) differ from previous SBRM
documents in that they do not include a sea day prioritization 2 and focus on fish and invertebrate
species groups; they do not include sea turtles.

METHODS
Data Sources
The data sets used include July 2013 through June 2014 data from the Northeast Fisheries
Observer Program3 (NEFOP) database, the Vessel Trip Report (VTR; including logbooks from
the surfclam [Spisula solidissima] and ocean quahog [Artica islandica] fishery) database, the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) commercial landings database, and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)
database.
The NEFOP is a comprehensive, multipurpose program that collects a broad range of
data including information on all species, by disposition (retained and discarded), that are
encountered during a fishing trip as well as gear characteristics data, economic information, and
biological samples (NEFOP 2013). The NEFOP employs trained sea-going observers and
monitors to collect these data. Fish and invertebrate species are recorded in weight. Conversion
factors were applied to convert any dressed weight data to live 4 weight equivalents.
For this analysis, only observed hauls from NEFOP trips with a “complete” sampling
protocol were used. A “complete” sampling protocol includes obtaining species weights for both
kept and discarded portions of all species in the catch. NEFOP training trips have been included
in the analysis. Aborted trips and “set only” trips were excluded from the analysis along with
trips fishing in statistical areas associated with the Southeast Region (statistical area ≥ “700” ),
trips landing outside the Greater Atlantic Region (e.g., trips landing in Canada), and “carrier”
trips (fleet_type = “050”; no fishing effort occurred on these trips). Hauls with no catch reported,
species hail weight with discard reason “039” (“previously discarded”), and catch of nonliving
matter (such as debris, shells, etc.; these items would not be kept and sold) were also excluded
for the analysis. Additionally, there were 1 observed tuna purse seine trip, 1 scallop beam trawl
trip, and 1 fish beam trawl trip for which there were no corresponding VTR trips for the gear
types and 1 observed Mid-Atlantic shrimp trawl trip with no corresponding VTR trip for the
calendar quarter; consequently these 4 observed trips were removed from the analysis.

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The observer sea day allocation documents are available online at: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/fsb/SBRM/
There were 1,168 At-Sea Monitoring Program (ASM) trips associated with NE hand line, longline, otter trawl,
Ruhle trawl, and gillnet fleets in the July 2013 through June 2014 data. A comparison of discard rates derived from
observer and at-sea monitor data in 2013 and 2014 revealed there were generally similar discard rates between the 2
data collection programs for the 18 fish species for 5 gear types (longline, large mesh otter trawl, large mesh Ruhle
trawl, large mesh gillnet, and extra large mesh gillnet) where at-sea monitor data exist, hence NEFOP and ASM data
were pooled. See Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (2013) for more information on ASM. The Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) funded 117 otter trawl trips (119 trips when stratified by gear type and
mesh size) in the July 2013 through June 2014 data. A comparison of discard rates derived from NEFOP-allocated
and ASMFC-allocated trips revealed there were generally similar discard rates for the 3 fleets where ASMFCallocated trips exist (MA small mesh otter trawl fleet [83 trips], MA large mesh otter trawl fleet [5 trips], and NE
small mesh otter trawl fleet [31 trips]); hence, these data have been pooled.
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In this document, “live” is equivalent to “round” grade (i.e., includes the weight of the shell for shellfish).
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The same broad stratification scheme used in previous SBRM analyses was employed in
this analysis, in which trips were partitioned into nonoverlapping fleets by using 5 classification
variables: geographic region, gear type, mesh, access area, and trip category. Calendar quarter
was used in the analyses and was based on landed date to capture seasonal variations in fishing
activity and discard rates. Two broad geographical regions were defined: New England (NE) and
Mid-Atlantic (MA) based on port of departure 5; ports in states from Maine to Rhode Island
constituted the NE region, and ports in states from Connecticut to northern North Carolina (35o
N) constituted the MA region. Gear type was based on Northeast gear codes (negear). Some gear
codes were combined: sink, anchored, and drift gillnets, and single and paired mid-water trawls.
Trips for which gear was unknown were excluded. Mesh size groups were formed for otter trawl
and gillnet gear types. For otter trawls, 2 mesh groups were formed: small (mesh less than 5.50
in) and large (5.50 in mesh and greater). For gillnets, 3 mesh groups were formed: small (mesh
less than 5.50 in), large (mesh from 5.50 to 7.99 in), and extra large (mesh 8.00 in and greater).
Two access area categories were formed: access area (AA) and open (OPEN). The sea scallop
fishery was divided into general (GEN) and limited (LIM) category trips. All other fisheries were
combined into a category called “all.” In the data set analyzed, there were also trips associated
with an exempted fishery where 100% observer coverage was required for trips. These exempted
trips using a haddock separator trawl with small mesh have been grouped together to form a
separator fleet.
Stratification abbreviations used are given below.
Abbreviation
MA
NE
sm
lg
xlg
LIM
GEN
OPEN
AA

Definition
Mid-Atlantic ports (CT and southward)
New England ports (RI and northward)
Small mesh (less than 5.50 in)
Large mesh (from 5.50 to 7.99 in for gillnet; 5.50 in and greater for otter trawl)
Extra large mesh (8.00 in and greater)
Limited access category
General category
Nonaccess area
Access area

The VTR data are used as a basis for defining the sampling frame, since all federally
permitted vessels are required to file a VTR for each fishing trip (See NMFS-Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/evtr/doc/vtr_inst.pdf
for guidance). These self-reported data6 constitute the basis of the fishing activity of the
commercial fleets. While dealer data are the preferred data to use because of more accurate
weights, VTR data are used as a surrogate because dealer data do not contain mesh size and area
fished information. The VTR data were thus used to expand the NEFOP discard ratios to total
discards. For this analysis, the commercial federal VTR trips were used. Conversion factors were
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Wigley et al. (2007) found that the majority (over 93%) of 2004 observed trips both originated and fished in the
same region and exhibited the same general pattern as in the VTR data. An updated analysis using July 2007
through June 2011 data found similar results (Wigley et al. 2012a).
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See Wigley et al. 2007 for more details on self-reported VTR data.

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applied to convert various units of measure to pounds and all weight to live weight. VTR trip
data were grouped into fleets as defined above. Trips participating in the US/Canada access area
and other special access programs could not be identified in the VTR data. These trips have been
grouped by the other stratification variables and have not been partitioned separately.
The clam fishery has a logbook system separate from the VTR logbook. The commercial
clam logbook data were used to augment the VTR data for the clam dredge fishery. The
commercial and recreational landings (in live weight) for the federally managed species were
used only in sample size analysis.
A list of the 14 federally managed fish and invertebrate species groups analyzed and the
individual species that compose each species groups is given in Table 1. Summaries of the data
used, in terms of number of trips and number of sea days, by fleet, calendar quarter, and data
source (NEFOP and VTR), are given in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.
The spatial and temporal patterns of observer coverage within a fleet were evaluated.
Rather than using number of trips (a trip-based metric), the kept weight of all species reported in
the VTR was used. The “kept weight with observer coverage” was derived as the kept weight of
all species reported in the VTR summed by fleet, statistical area, and quarter where at least 1
observed trip occurred in the fleet-quarter-statistical area cell and at least 3 observed trips 7
occurred in the fleet-quarter stratum. The “kept weight” was derived as the kept weight of all
species reported in the VTR summed over all statistical areas and quarters within a fleet. The
percentages of “kept weight with observer coverage” were calculated by dividing the “kept
weight with observer coverage” by the “kept weight.” These percentages were derived for the 56
fleets (reported as 50 individual fleets and 6 confidential fleets combined into “Confidential
fleets”), “Other minor fleets” (that also include 1 confidential fleet), and all fleets combined.
Additionally, as a relative measure of fleet activity among all fleets, the percentage of “kept
weight” was derived by dividing the “kept weight” by the sum of the “kept weight” across all
fleets.

Discard Estimation
Total discards of each of the 14 federally managed species groups were estimated for the
July 2013 through June 2014 time period by using a combined discard/kept (d/k) ratio estimator
(Cochran 1963), where d = discarded pounds of a given species group, and k = the kept pounds
of all species (i.e., any species retained during the trip). Total discards (in weight) were derived
by multiplying the estimated discard rate of each fleet by the corresponding fleet landings in the
VTR database and then summing over fleets. In this analysis, no survival ratios were applied to
discard estimates.
Simple imputation methods were used to fill quarterly cells for which there were fewer
than 3 observed trips. Data from adjoining strata were pooled to impute estimates for cells with
0, 1, or 2 trips. In this imputation only the temporal stratification (calendar quarter) was relaxed
to an annual aggregation even though seasonal variation can occur for some species. This simple
imputation could not be applied to fleets where observer coverage was low or missing
throughout the year (i.e., too few data to support the simple imputation approach). In these cases,
imputed values were not used, and the fleet was designated as a fleet in need of pilot coverage 8.
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The 3 trips for fleet-quarter correspond with a minimum threshold for allocating observer coverage.
Pilot coverage is defined as a minimum level of observer coverage necessary to acquire bycatch information with
which to calculate variance estimates that can then be used to further define the level of sampling needed (NMFS
2004).

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If some data were available, then discard estimates were derived, but these results were not used
in sample size analyses.
The variances and standard errors (SE) of the discard estimates were also derived. In this
document, CV is defined as the ratio of the standard error of the total discards divided by the
total discards. The appendix presents the equations used in the analysis.
For each species/species group and fleet, the landings from the VTR and clam logbook
are presented to provide perspective for the discard estimates.

Discard Reasons
For each species group and fleet, the fish dispositions associated with discarding (as
reported by the at-sea observer) have been grouped into the following 6 discard reason
categories: no market, regulation (size), regulation (quota), regulation (other), poor quality, and
other. The discard reason categories and the associated fish dispositions are summarized in
Appendix Table 2. The discard reasons “No Market” and “Poor Quality” are considered
economic discards and not regulatory discards.
The observed (nonextrapolated) discards associated with each of the 6 discard reason
categories were summed for each species group/species for the fleets where discards could be
estimated. For individual fleets, the percentage of observed discards by discard reason category
was derived by dividing the sum of the observed discards for each discard reason category by the
sum of the total observed discards for each species group/species and fleet. The discard reason
category percentages were taken from the observed discard reason category percentages. For
each fleet that composes the “Other fleets filtered out” (an aggregated fleet that represents fleets
where the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis), the
observed discard reason category percentages were then multiplied by the total estimated
(extrapolated) discards for each species group/species to derive the estimated discards by discard
reason category. The total estimated discards by discard reason category were summed over the
fleets that compose the fleet aggregation for each species group/species. The estimated discard
reason category percentage was derived by dividing the estimated discards for each discard
reason category by the sum of the total estimated discards for each species group/species and
fleet. In other words, the “Other fleets filtered out” represents the weighted percentage where the
weighting factor was the fleet extrapolated discards.

Sample Size Analysis
The sample size analysis (also referred to as sea day analysis) was conducted to estimate
the number of baseline trips and sea days needed to monitor the 14 federally managed species
groups in each fleet. As described in Wigley et al. 2007 (and given in the appendix), the number
of trips and sea days needed to achieve a given precision level was based on the variance of the
total discard estimate for a species group. Sample size (trips and sea days) associated with the
precision standard for discard estimates (30% CV) were derived. The sample size analysis was
performed by using trips as the sampling unit and then converting the number of trips to sea days
by multiplying by the weighted mean trip length, where the weighting factor was the quarterly
number of VTR trips. The percentage of trips was derived by dividing the number of trips
needed by the number of VTR trips that occurred in the fleet. When total discards could not be
estimated because of little or no observer coverage (no data), or when total discards were zero
(no variance), the sample size (number of trips) was determined by using a pilot coverage level

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set to 2% of the quarterly VTR trips for a fleet, with a minimum of 3 trips per quarter (12 trips
per year) and a maximum of 100 trips per quarter (400 trips per year). The 2% pilot coverage
was the same as was used in previous sea day analyses (Wigley et al. 2012b, 2013, 2014) and the
SBRM analyses (Wigley et al. 2007, 2011). The quarterly trips were then multiplied by the
quarterly mean VTR trip length to derive quarterly sea days. The quarterly trips and quarterly sea
days were then summed for annual number of trips and sea days. It is recognized that pilot
coverage may result in too much coverage in cases where little or no observer coverage may
actually be needed, when effort changes sharply between years, or when the fleet comprises only
a few trips. Further refinements are performed during the sea day allocation 9.
Some fleet/species combinations contribute very little to the total fishing mortality or
discard of the species but may require significant resources to characterize the precision of the
estimate. For example, a high variance estimate for a rare event within a fleet would require high
levels of sampling, even though the total discard in that fleet was unimportant with respect to
either the total discard or total fishing mortality of the resource. To address this, a modification
of the filtering approach developed for the 2007 SBRM was employed 10. Similar to the SBRM
analyses (Wigley et al. 2007), importance filters were used to provide a standardized protocol to
further refine the number of baseline sea days based on: (a) the importance of the discarded
species relative to the total amount of discards by a fleet and (b) the total fishing mortality due to
discards.
The 2015 baseline sea days were filtered by using a 95% cut-point in the discard filter
and a 98% cut-point for the total mortality filter due to discards. In other words, estimates of sea
day coverage for a given species or species group were derived for those fleets where discards
constituted 95% of the discard mortality and catch constituted 98% of the total fishing mortality.
To determine the number of sea days (referred to as the “2015 sea days needed”) and
trips needed to achieve a 30% CV on the estimates of discards for each of the 14 species groups
within a fleet, the maximum number of sea days for the 14 species groups (i.e., the maximum
number of sea days in a row) was used. This approach ensures that all species groups will have a
30% CV or less. In the event that sea days for each species group within a fleet were filtered out,
then the number of sea days for the fleet was based on minimum pilot days to maintain
monitoring coverage for that fleet. Minimum pilot coverage represents a minimum threshold for
the allocation of sea days and is defined as 3 trips per quarter for each quarter with industry
activity. The quarterly number of trips is multiplied by the quarterly mean VTR trip length and
then summed over quarters to derive the annual minimum pilot days for the fleet. If the fleet was
designated as a pilot fleet, then pilot sea days were used. These fleets are indicated with a “P.”
The fleets with sufficient data to estimate sample size are referred to as nonpilot fleets.

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A description of the further refinements can be found in the sea day allocation documents; see
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/fsb/SBRM/ .
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In the 2007 SBRM analyses, the importance filter comprised 3 filters (i.e., unlikely cell filter, fraction of discard
filter, and fraction of total mortality due to discards filter) that were applied simultaneously. However, based on an
evaluation of the use of the unlikely filter over a 3-year period, it was found that no substantive changes in the
determination of sea days would have resulted had the unlikely filter been removed from the importance filter
(Wigley et al. 2012a). Thus, in this analysis and the 2014 analysis, all cells in the unlikely filter were set to 1 (all
cells are likely; this is equivalent to removing the unlikely filter from the importance filter).

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RESULTS
There were 56 fleets uniquely identified in the July 2013 through June 2014 data (Tables
2 and 3; Appendix Table 1). Based upon the industry activity during this time period, the MA
and NE twin trawl fleets (Rows 13 and 14, respectively) and the NE haddock separator trawl
small mesh exempted fleet (Row 56) were added to the collection of fleets analyzed (fleets that
have not been included in previous analyses are indicated with a “+” in Tables 2 and 3).
Compared to the 2014 sea day analysis, there were 2 fleets (NE LIM OPEN scallop trawl and NE
shrimp pot) that were not included in this analysis because of no industry activity. The other
minor fleets not uniquely identified in this analysis have been aggregated into a single fleet
labeled “Other minor fleets.” Because of confidentially rules, the landings associated with 5
unique fleets (MA GEN Access area scallop trawl [Row 9], MA LIM Access area scallop trawl
[Row 10], MA large mesh Ruhle trawl [Row 15], MA floating trap [Row 21], and NE beam
trawl [Row 52]) in Tables 2 and 3 have been aggregated into a single fleet labeled “Confidential
fleets” for reporting purposes in Tables 4 and 5. An additional confidential fleet, NE twin trawl
(Row 14; Tables 2 and 3), was not aggregated with the other confidential fleets because this fleet
was the only confidential fleet with some NEFOP data (confidential data would be exposed); this
fleet was aggregated into “Other minor fleets” in Tables 4 and 5. Hence, the fleet row numbers
within Tables 2, 3, and 6 are sequential, while the fleet row numbers in Tables 4, 5, and 7 are
ordered, but there are gaps in the row numbers.
Of the 56 fleets examined, 32 fleets had little or no observer data: 12 fleets had sparse
observer data across all quarters, while 20 fleets were missing observer data in all quarterly cells.
The fleets with no observer coverage were primarily pot and trap fisheries targeting particular
species (e.g., red deepsea crab [Chaceon quinquedens], whelk also known as conch [Busycon
carica, Busyotypus canaliculatus], shrimp [Pandalus borealis], and hagfish [Myxinidae]). No
discard estimation was performed for the 20 fleets with no observer coverage, and they were
designated as fleets in need of pilot coverage (Tables 2 and 3; Appendix Table 1). The 12 fleets
with sparse observer coverage were also designated as fleets in need of pilot coverage for the
sample size analysis; however, discard estimation was performed with the sparse observer data.
For the 24 remaining fleets (designated as nonpilot fleets), estimates of discards and their
associated variance were derived and used to determine the sample sizes needed for a 30% CV.
Of the 24 fleets, there were 11 fleets (Rows 2, 4, 11, 18, 23-25, 30, and 32-34) where the simple
imputation was applied (Tables 2 and 3).
Thus, for the discard estimation and precision analysis, 20 fleets had no discard
estimation, and 36 fleets had discards estimated. For the sample size analysis, 24 fleets had
sample sizes derived from the discard variances, and 32 fleets had sample sizes based upon pilot
coverage.
A total of 3,508 trips (10,800 days) was observed during the July 2013 through July 2014
period. When these trips were stratified, some trips were partitioned between strata resulting in
3,729 trips (11,335 days; Tables 2 and 3) in the NEFOP data set. The total number of trips and
days do not include 2 observed beam trawl trips in the MA and NE fish and scallop beam trawl
fleets because there were no reported VTR trips for these fleets. The information for these 2
fleets has been aggregated into “Other minor fleets.” Information regarding beam trawl gear code
and apparent misreporting of some gear types are further described in the discussion section of
this report.
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In terms of number of trips, the percentages of observed trips varied by fleet and calendar
quarter. On an annual basis, for the 36 fleets with some observer coverage, the percentage of
observed trips by fleet ranged between 0.03% (MA Hand Line, Row 3; Table 2) to 116% (NE
small mesh haddock separator trawl exempted fleet, Row 56; Table 2). It is unexpected to have
coverage percentages exceed 100%. In this case, the NEFOP observer reported 2 mesh sizes
(large and small mesh) were used on a trip while the VTR for that trip reported only large mesh
was used; hence more observed trips than VTR trips appeared in the data sets for this small mesh
fleet. For the 24 nonpilot fleets (excluding the NE small mesh haddock separator trawl exempted
fleet [Row 56] that required 100% observer coverage), the percentage of observed trips ranged
between 0.14% (NE Lobster Pot, Row 48) and 24% (NE mid-water trawl fleet, Row 41). Over
all fleets, the percentage of observed trips was 4.4% (Table 2).
In terms of kept weight of all species, the percentage of observer coverage over all fleets
was 52% (Table 4). For the 24 nonpilot fleets, the percentage of observer coverage ranged
between 19% and 100% with an average of 79% (Table 4). Twenty of the 24 fleets had a
percentage greater than or equal to 69% with an average of 89%. This finding indicates that the
majority of kept weight within the fleet was associated with statistical areas and quarters with
observer coverage. Additionally, these 20 fleets composed 54% of the total kept weight across all
fleets. The kept weight of all species was considered a surrogate for fishing effort; hence,
observer coverage spatially and temporally occurred where the majority of fishing effort
occurred.
The landings associated with the combined fleet “Other minor fleets” contributed 0.2% of
the total landings across all fleets (Table 4); thus, the 56 uniquely identified fleets account for
almost all of the total VTR landings.
Annual VTR landings for all fleets and estimated discards (live weight, in pounds) with
associated precision (CV and SE) for 35 individual fleets (Rows 2-8, 11, 13, 16-18, 23-25, 27,
28, 30-38, 40-42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, and 56 11) are summarized for each of the 14 species groups,
the individual species that composed those species groups, and the 14 species groups combined
(Tables 5A, 5B, and 5C; Figures 1A and 1B). There were 15 fleets (Rows 1, 12, 19, 20, 22, 26,
29, 39, 43, 46, 49, 51, and 53-55) with no discard estimation because of the lack of NEFOP
coverage; 2 combined fleets (“Confidential fleets,” and “Other minor fleets”) also have landings
only. Fleets with no discard estimation have dark shade in Tables 5A and 5B. In Table 5A, the
CVs associated with the cells (species group and fleet) that were not used in the sample size
analysis (i.e., cells filtered out via the importance filter) are indicated in light shading. Precision
of discards of individual species (Table 5B) and 14 species group combined (Table 5C) were not
used in the sample size analysis.
Based upon this analysis, 64,795 mt (142,848,902 lb; live weight) of discards for the 14
species groups occurred during the July 2013 through June 2014 period (Table 5C). The majority
(78%) of the discards comprises 2 species groups: skates (Rajidae; 63%) and spiny dogfish
(Squalus acanthias; 15%); the remaining species groups each accounted for less than or equal to
5% (Table 5A).
The percentage of discards to total catch varied among the 14 species groups (Table 5A;
Figure 1A) and individual species (Table 5B; Figure 1B). There were 3 species groups (SCOQ,
HERR, and TILE) where discards were less than 1% of total catch; 4 species groups (BLUE,
SCAL, RCRAB, and SBM) where percentages of discards ranged between 1% and 10% of total
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Discards were estimated rather than summed for the NE small mesh haddock separator trawl exempted fleet (Row
56) because unobserved hauls occurred on observed trips in this fleet.

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catch; 3 species groups (GFL, FSB, and GFS) where discards ranged between 11% and 25% of
total catch; and 4 species groups (MONK, DOG, SKATE, and SAL) where discards were greater
than 26% of total catch. The species groups with the highest percentage of total discards relative
to total catch were: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar; 100%), skates (76%), spiny dogfish (69%),
and monkfish (Lophius americanus; 28%; Figure 1A). Because of the no possession regulation
for Atlantic salmon, it is not surprising to have a discard percentage equal to 100%. For
individual species (Table 5B; Figure 1B), most notable are the high percentages of discards to
total catch for Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus; >99%), ocean pout (Zoarces americanus;
>99%), and windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus; >99%) because of the no possession
regulations for these 3 individual species and for Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus;
75%) because of a 1 fish per trip regulation. The NE large mesh otter trawl fleet (Row 8) had the
highest estimated discards (Table 5C).
The reasons for discarding varied among the 14 species groups (Appendix Table 3A) and
individual species (Appendix Table 3B). Overall, for the 14 species groups, the majority (84%)
of discards were attributed to “No Market.” “Regulation” (size, quota, and other), “Poor
Quality,” and “Other” contributed 14%, 1%, and 1%, respectively (Appendix Table 3A).
The percentages of discards to total catch by fleet were also summarized for the 24
nonpilot fleets (Figure 2). Discards of 1 or more of the 14 species groups that were filtered out
via the importance filter have been aggregated into a species group labeled 12 “Other SBRM.”
Discards of nonfederally managed species have been aggregated into a species group labeled
“Non-SBRM.” The percentages of discards to total catch varied by fleet (Figure 2). There were 2
fleets (Rows 30 and 41) where discards were less than 1% of the total catch in the fleet; 2 fleets
(Rows 24 and 32) where the percentages of discards ranged between 1% and 10%; 13 fleets
(Rows 2, 4, 7, 18, 23, 25, 28, 33, 34, 36-38, and 56) where the percentages of discards ranged
between 11% and 25% of total catch; 5 fleets (Rows 5, 8, 27, 35, and 48) where the percentages
of discards ranged between 26% and 50% of the total catch; and 2 fleets (Rows 6 and 11) where
discards were greater than 50% of the total catch (Figure 2).
The number of species groups discarded within a fleet also varied among fleets. The
majority of fleets (16 of the 24 fleets) comprised 2 or 3 discarded species groups. For 8 of these
fleets (Rows 2, 11, 18, 24, 32, 33, 36, and 56), the “Other SBRM” species group comprised the
majority of the discards. This finding indicates that the majority of discards were filtered out via
the importance filter. For one fleet (Row 25), “Other SBRM” species group comprised the
plurality of discards. There were 4 fleets (Rows 23, 30, 41, and 48) for which the “Non-SBRM”
species group comprised the majority of the discards and 1 fleet (Row 35) for which the “NonSBRM” species group comprised the plurality of the discards. There were another 2 fleets where
2 of the 3 discarded species groups were “Other SBRM” and “Non-SBRM,” and the third
represented at least 76% of the discards: Row 4 (large mesh groundfish) and Row 27 (spiny
dogfish; Figure 2). The remaining fleets (8 of the 24 fleets) had between 4 and 9 discarded
species groups. The skate species group dominated the discards in 4 of these fleets (Rows 6, 8,
28, and 34) while the “Non-SBRM” group dominated the discards in 3 fleets (Rows 7, 37, and
38) and 1 fleet (Row 5) for which these groups combined comprised the majority of discards.
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The labels used to reference the species groups have changed, however, the species groups have not changed. The
2012 – 2014 annual analyses used species group labels “Other FMP” and “non-FMP” because the regulations
associated with 2007 SBRM Omnibus Amendment had been removed. It is anticipated that the revised SBRM
Omnibus Amendment will be implemented in 2015, hence this report uses “Other SBRM” and “non-SBRM,” the
same labels used in the SBRM 3-year Review Report (Wigley et al. 2011).

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The dominant “Non-SBRM” species in the scallop dredge fleets (Rows 32-38) were: sand dollar
(Clypeasteroida), sponge (Porifera), and starfish (Asteroidea). “Fish, not known” was the
dominant “Non-SBRM” species in the NE purse seine fleet and the NE mid-water trawl fleet
(Rows 30 and 41). American lobster (Homarus americanus) and Jonah crab (Cancer borealis)
were the dominant “Non-SBRM” species in the NE lobster pot fleet (Row 48; Figure 2).
The precision of the discard estimates varied by species group and fleet (Table 5A). Of
the 14 species groups, 11 species groups (BLUE, FSB, GFL, MONK, SCAL, SKATE, GFS,
DOG, SBM, SCOQ, and TILE) had an overall CV that was less than 30%, and 3 species groups
(SAL, HERR, and RCRAB) had an overall CV that was greater than 30%. The discards of 6
species groups (SAL, BLUE, HERR, SCAL, SCOQ, and TILE) were filtered out in all fleets;
this finding indicates that the discards of these species groups were a minor component of the
total catch of these species (Table 5A; Figure 1A). The precision of the discard estimates for
individual species are given in Table 5B; these precision estimates were not used in the sample
size analysis.
The number of sea days needed for each species group and fleet, as well of the number of
pilot coverage days, minimum pilot coverage days, and the sea days needed for the fleet (referred
to as “2015 Sea Days Needed”), are summarized in Table 6. A total of 11,204 days are needed
for the 56 fleets. As mentioned previously, 32 fleets had insufficient observer information to
estimate discards and the sea days for these fleets were based on pilot coverage days. The
number of sea days needed for fleets with the pilot coverage designation was 1,300 days (12% of
11,204 days; Table 6). There are 9 fleets for which the sea days for all species groups were
filtered out via the importance filter, and minimum pilot coverage days were used to maintain
some coverage (Rows 2, 11, 23, 24, 30, 32, 36, 41, and 56; Table 6). There was a total of 204 sea
days associated with the fleets with minimum pilot coverage (2% of 11,204 days; Table 6). The
sea days needed for the remaining 15 fleets (9,700 days, representing 87% of the total sea days
needed) were derived by using the variance of the discard estimate (Tables 6). Of the 9,700 days,
4,647 days (48%) were associated with 1 fleet (NE large mesh otter trawl [Row 8]; Table 6).
The sample size (in terms of number of sea days, number of trips, and percentage of trips
based on the July 2013 through June 2014 VTR trips) needed to achieve a 30% CV of the discard
estimate in 15 fleets is given in Table 7. The relationship between sample size and precision,
over a range of sample sizes, is shown in Figure 3 for species groups and fleets. If the precision
standard (30% CV) was relaxed for the red crab species group in 1 fleet (Row 8), resulting in the
penultimate (next largest) value being used in the fleet (e.g., 731 days rather than 4,647 days for
Row 8), then the total number of sea days needed across the 56 fleets would be 7,288 days (a
35% decrease from the 11,204 days). When the penultimate value is used, the expected achieved
precision of red crab discards in Row 8 would be 81% CV.

DISCUSSION
A broad stratification was used to support the deployment of observers on commercial
fishing trips among various fleets by using attributes known prior to the trip departure. As
discussed in previous discard estimation analyses (Wigley et al. 2007, 2011), species-specific
stock assessment discard estimation may differ from this report because of differences in
stratification and data used (calendar year versus 12-month [July through June] time period; area
fished versus region [port of departure]; discard mortality assumptions, and VTR landings versus
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dealer landings). Region, based on port of departure, was used for the deployment of observers.
It is recognized that area fished would provide a better stratification for discard estimation. It is
expected, however, that when uncertainty in the estimates is taken into account estimates would
be in the same order of magnitude. The discard estimates presented here are not definitive
estimates but rather are indicative of where discarding occurred among the commercial fleets for
the 14 federally managed species groups.
No survival ratios were applied to the discard estimates; we do not account for potential
survival of organisms returned to the water. When comparing discard estimates from this study
with those from stock assessments, it is useful to note that survival ratios are applied in stock
assessments for Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine stocks of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua),
Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), spiny dogfish, fluke (Paralichthys dentatus),
southern New England and Gulf of Maine stocks of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes
americanus), and southern New England yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
These analyses have used VTR data. Dealer (CFDERSyyyy) data do not contain mesh or
area fished information until the trip-based allocation is performed (Wigley et al. 2008). The tripbased allocation of dealer (CFDETT/SyyyyAA) data is conducted annually and was not available
when this analysis was initiated. Given that the VTR landings estimates are usually less (VTR
reports the good faith hails) than the dealer records for a given fleet, the corresponding estimates
of discards will also be underestimated. The magnitude of the underestimation will vary by fleet
and year.
During the data preparation for these analyses, some possible misreported gear types
were encountered. Some of the possible misreporting was associated with the seasonal switch
between fishing for groundfish and shrimp. For example, captains reported using a shrimp trawl
(“OTS”) with 6.5 in mesh catching groundfish (in these cases, one would expect “OTF,” otter
trawl fish). Conversely, captains reported “OTF” with 1 7/8 in mesh catching shrimp (in these
cases, one would expect “OTS”). Generally, there are only a few trips with these possible
reporting errors.
There also appeared to be some confusion in the proper use of the VTR gear code “OTS”
(shrimp trawl), “OTC” (scallop trawl), and “OTF” (otter trawl). Some of the “OTS” trips have
either squid or scallops (species that start with the letter “S”) as the predominant species reported
(no shrimp reported), and it is not certain whether or not these trips used a shrimp trawl, scallop
trawl, otter trawl, or twin trawl. Caution should be used when interpreting results associated with
these otter trawl gear types as the implications of changed and/or misreported gear types are
variable among fleets, and the true magnitude is unknown. Continued outreach and education to
industry members emphasizing proper reporting of gear types is a critical need as well as
improved VTR database management.
In 2014, the northern shrimp fishery was closed. Since the northern shrimp fishery is
traditionally closed during the calendar quarter 3, the VTR trips associated with NE shrimp trawl
fleet (Row 20, Qtr 3; Tables 2 and 3) were investigated in the 2013 analysis. These trips used 2
in mesh, and most trips reported catching herring while a few trips reported catching squid. The
captains of these vessels indicated that a finfish excluder device (FED) was not used. The
northern shrimp fishery requires a FED; however, other small mesh exempted fisheries do not
require a FED. Currently, there is no data element within the VTR database that indicates
whether or not a FED or other bycatch reduction device was used. Because of this limitation, the
trips within the NE shrimp trawl fleet (Row 20) represent trips using a shrimp trawl with and
without a FED (Tables 2 - 7; Figures 2 and 3). Stratifying the data by quarter reduces some of the
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uncertainty in the discard estimates that are related to this data limitation. An additional data
element within the VTR database is needed to partition these trips into separate fleets.
The analysis conducted for the spatial and temporal observer coverage used live weight.
As a result, fleets using scallop dredge and clam dredge targeting species with shells have higher
kept weight percentage than other fleets because of the use of “live” weight rather than “landed
meat” weight. However, the use of live weight does not distort the observed percentage (spatial
or temporal pattern) within a fleet. It is important to remember that percent observer coverage is
an indicator of where observed kept weight (or trips) occurred relative to unobserved kept weight
(or trips). The percentage observed should not be confused with the precision of the discard
estimate, which is the metric used to describe discard variability and to determine the sample size
needed for monitoring purposes.
The use of minimum pilot coverage represents a refinement over the 2012 (and prior)
analyses when pilot coverage was used. As depicted in Figure 4 of Wigley et al. 2012a, there
were 2 cases in which pilot coverage had been invoked in the sample size analysis: (1)
insufficient or no NEFOP data (no discard information is available) and (2) when all sea days
were filtered out (discard information is available and discards found to be low relative to other
fleets). By utilizing the minimum pilot coverage, the numbers of trips needed to monitor the
fleets in the upcoming year are based upon the information obtained via the data analysis. It is
important to note that in many cases, there are only minor differences in the number of the pilot
days versus the minimum pilot days because of the low number of industry trips in the fleets
where all species are filtered out. Thus, the use of minimum pilot coverage represents only a
minor refinement in the sea day analysis.
For fleets with low overall trip activity, the use of pilot coverage results in designating
either more observed trips than the number of trips that occurred in a fleet or observer coverage
that could exceed fleets with coverage derived from observer data. Pilot coverage needs further
refinement.
There is 1 fleet with high sea day requirements (>2,000 sea days). The NEFOP data
associated with the trips within this fleet were reviewed to rule out any data “irregularities.” The
high monitoring coverage for New England large mesh otter trawl fleets (Row 8; Table 6) was
because of high variability of red deepsea crab discards. In this analysis, as well as in previous
analyses (NEFSC 2011a, 2011b; Wigley et al. 2011, 2012b, 2013, 2014), the high variability
arose from observing some trips that were fishing in deep-water portions of statistical areas as
well as observing other trips that were fishing in shallower portions of the same statistical areas.
Red deepsea crabs were encountered during trips fishing in deep water. Although the discard
reason reported for this fleet was “No Market” (Appendix Table 3A), these vessels do not
generally have permits to land red deepsea crabs, thus the red deepsea crabs must be discarded.
Currently, the analysis does not stratify these fleets further to account for depth because
statistical area is the finest spatial resolution that defines a subtrip within the Vessel Trip Report
(a subtrip within the VTR is a unique gear, mesh, and statistical area). While depth is a data
element in the VTR, depth is not always reported, and there are few quality checks on this data
element.
Fish may be discarded for economic reasons (e.g., “No Market” or “Poor Quality”) or for
regulatory reasons (size, quota, or other). When considering mechanisms to reduce discards, it
may be useful to know why discarding is occurring. It is important to note that large discard
percentages may be associated with a small quantity of discards. Additionally, it is important to
note that for many species, the discards are associated with fleets that have been filtered out by
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the importance filter. Observers classify the discards by fish disposition based upon the NEFOP
protocol (NEFOP 2013) in which the observer asks the captain/crew why species are being
discarded. Thus, these data should be considered a form of self-reported data, and as such, these
data are difficult to verify and should be interpreted cautiously.
This analysis does not address the coverage needed for individual sectors or multiple
stock components of a species. The analytical basis for the allocation of future sea day coverage
in this analysis is a specified level of precision (i.e., 30% CV), and an expectation that the pattern
of fishing activity observed in the prior year will be similar to that in the upcoming year.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank all the NEFOP observers and at-sea monitors for their diligent efforts to collect
the data used in this report. We thank our reviewers for their helpful comments on this report.

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Table 1. List of the 14 fish and invertebrate species groups (in bold), with species group
abbreviations in parentheses and scientific names in italics, and the species that compose these
groups, corresponding to the 13 federal fishery management plans implemented in the waters off
the northeastern United States.

ATLANTIC SALMON (SAL)
Salmo salar
BLUEFISH (BLUE)
Pomatomus saltatrix
FLUKE - SCUP - BLACK SEA BASS (FSB)
Black sea bass
Centropristis striata
Fluke
Paralichthys dentatus
Scup
Stenotomus chrysops
HERRING, ATLANTIC (HERR)
Clupea harengus
LARGE MESH GROUNDFISH (GFL)
American plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Atlantic wolffish
Anarhichas lupus
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Ocean pout
Zoarces americanus
Pollock
Pollachius virens
Redfish
Sebastes fasciatus
White hake
Urophycis tenuis
Windowpane flounder
Scophthalmus aquosus
Winter flounder
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Witch flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowtail flounder
Limanda ferruginea
MONKFISH (MONK)
Lophius americanus
RED DEEPSEA CRAB (RCRAB) 13
Chaceon quinquedens
SEA SCALLOP (SCAL)
Placopecten magellanicus
SKATE COMPLEX 14 (SKATE)
Rajidae
Barndoor skate
Dipturus laevis
Clearnose skate
Raja eglanteria
Little skate
Leucoraja erinacea
Rosette skate
Leucoraja garmani
Smooth skate
Malacoraja senta
Thorny skate
Amblyraja radiata
Winter skate
Leucoraja ocellata
SMALL MESH GROUNDFISH (GFS)
Offshore hake
Merluccius albidus
Red hake
Urophycis chuss
Silver hake
Merluccius bilinearis
SPINY DOGFISH (DOG)
Squalus acanthias
SQUID15 - BUTTERFISH - MACKEREL (SBM)
Atlantic mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Butterfish
Peprilus triacanthus
Northern shortfin squid
Illex illecebrosus
Longfin inshore squid
Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii
SURFCLAM - OCEAN QUAHOG (SCOQ) 16
Surfclam
Spisula solidissima
Ocean quahog
Artica islandica
TILEFISH (TILE)
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
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In previous documents (e.g., Wigley et al. 2014; Wigley et al. 2013) red deepsea crab was referred to as red crab.
Skate complex is composed of 7 species as well as skate, unknown, and little/winter mixed skate. Individual species are not
summarized separately.
15
Squid, unclassified is included in this species group. Longfin inshore squid and northern shortfin squid are also known as
Loligo squid and Illex squid, respectively.
16
In this analysis, surfclams and ocean quahogs compose the species group and are not reported separately.
14

16

Table 2. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) trips, by fleet and calendar quarter (Q) based
on July 2013 through June 2014 data. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

NEFOP
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Q3

Q4

Q1

VTR

Q2

TOTAL

Q3

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

4

20

6

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

1

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

8

3

.

Q4

Q1

Q2

TOTAL
69

Pilot

194

62

26

37

30

203

160

56

73

492

1

1,562

722

70

754

3,108

1

12

1,377

377

6

435

2,195

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

106

83

49

119

357

1,472

900

394

1,073

3,839

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

50

34

48

47

179

1,625

733

810

1,015

4,183

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

99

55

32

93

279

1,386

745

420

1,037

3,588

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

199

250

203

346

998

2,127

1,523

1,348

1,667

6,665

all

P

P

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

13

13

P

10

Scallop Trawl

AA

LIM

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

2

.

3

P

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

8

3

2

11

24

119

20

6

134

279

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

10

4

5

6

25

P

13+

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

1

.

1

2

9

9

29

49

P

14+

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

2

.

.

2

5

6

6

2

19

P

15

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

MA

lg

.

.

.

.

.

6

.

2

.

8

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

2

2

1

.

14

3

18

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

.

.

.

1

1

2

.

1

6

9

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4

3

1

20

28

14

25

12

73

124

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

249

152

4

.

405

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

78

4

.

49

131

P

21

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

42

5

.

38

85

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

9

.

.

1

10

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2

6

.

5

13

663

452

363

460

1,938

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1

4

.

5

10

534

720

308

453

2,015

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

.

8

7

19

34

98

714

244

1,064

2,120

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

.

.

1

3

.

1

5

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

279

174

80

182

715

1,546

990

257

828

3,621

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

210

48

24

111

393

1,194

556

252

931

2,933

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

105

.

.

124

229

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

24

4

1

5

34

218

39

2

37

296

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

2

.

.

1

3

9

13

8

37

67

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

6

.

.

1

7

59

6

2

4

71

9

Scallop Trawl

AA

See text for fleet abbreviations; "+" = new fleets in 2015.

GEN

MA

17

P

P

P

Table 2, continued. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) trips, by fleet and calendar
quarter (Q) based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.
Fleet

NEFOP

Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

10

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

20

8

2

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

31

27

18

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

45

14

10

Q3

Q4

Q1
2

VTR

Q2
3

TOTAL

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

TOTAL

Pilot

18

92

4

34

168

83

18

59

328

29

105

703

391

349

783

2,226

44

113

866

669

1,090

972

3,597

115

54

59

221

449

3

25

23

60

200

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

10

6

7

25

48

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

36

11

22

57

126

353

93

171

426

1,043

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

24

.

.

61

85

P

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

1

.

1

.

2

1

.

12

.

13

P

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

37

21

28

19

105

127

112

140

60

439

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

4

4

387

253

61

270

971

P

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

707

112

1

103

923

P

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

2

2

225

528

96

258

1,107

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

1

.

1

2

401

362

.

356

1,119

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

17

14

4

12

47

P

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

2

2

800

398

93

401

1,692

P

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

9

9

10

9

37

11,982

7,823

1,773

4,590

26,168

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

10

5

6

33

54

P

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

1

.

1

14

17

27

23

81

P

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

36

28

11

39

114

P

52

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

30

5

.

12

47

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

.

41

183

64

288

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

506

365

454

499

1,824

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

823

571

563

769

2,726

P

56+

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

7

7

.

.

.

6

6

1,197

780

570

1,182

3,729

33,165

20,854

9,772

20,493

84,284

Total

See text for fleet abbreviations; "+" = new fleets in 2015.

18

Table 3. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) sea days, by fleet and calendar quarter (Q)
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

NEFOP
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Q3

Q4

Q1

VTR

Q2

TOTAL

Q3

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

4

24

6

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

1

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

9

3

.

263

250

223

Q4

Q1

Q2

272

TOTAL

457

Pilot

1,303

347

227

34

203

178

67

92

540

1

1,728

781

101

785

3,395

1

13

1,500

432

6

447

2,385

257

993

2,880

2,166

1,789

1,989

8,824
9,156

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

74

96

156

99

425

2,342

1,652

3,330

1,832

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

262

177

95

201

735

3,094

2,068

1,637

2,519

9,318

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

906

808

787

1,363

3,864

4,789

4,496

4,558

4,968

18,811

all

P

P

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

26

26

P

10

Scallop Trawl

AA

LIM

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

.

7

14

.

21

P

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

14

6

4

25

49

240

27

14

254

535

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

45

32

30

33

140

P

13+

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

9

.

9

11

70

52

31

164

P

14+

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

14

.

.

14

28

47

36

18

129

P

15

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

MA

lg

.

.

.

.

.

8

.

15

.

23

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

12

12

8

.

33

17

58

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

.

.

.

9

9

20

.

5

46

71

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

32

29

6

156

223

112

213

83

582

990

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

1,302

825

30

.

2,157

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

79

4

.

52

135

P

21

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

42

5

.

38

85

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

9

.

.

6

15

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2

6

.

5

13

703

456

372

463

1,994

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1

5

.

5

11

553

733

321

513

2,120

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

.

10

12

26

48

113

859

303

1,203

2,478

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

.

.

1

3

.

1

5

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

371

240

154

323

1,088

2,113

1,525

502

1,251

5,391

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

247

53

51

214

565

1,417

765

525

1,659

4,366

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

105

.

.

126

231

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

48

9

3

13

73

447

81

8

82

618

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

4

.

.

1

5

22

23

21

80

146

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

14

.

.

3

17

120

14

6

12

152

9

Scallop Trawl

AA

See text for fleet abbreviations; "+" = new fleets in 2015.

GEN

MA

19

P

P

P

Table 3, continued. Number of Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) sea days, by fleet and calendar
quarter (Q) based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.
Fleet

NEFOP
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

VTR

Row

Gear Type

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

82

18

19

23

142

810

196

144

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

156

67

18

26

267

1,307

675

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

49

47

36

53

185

1,102

699

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

62

25

18

63

168

1,174

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

TOTAL

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

TOTAL

430

1,580

139

458

2,579

676

1,339

3,816

885

1,256

1,347

4,662

1,096

457

452

2,048

4,053

Pilot

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

91

55

58

227

431

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

364

108

194

604

1,270

3,420

799

1,503

4,579

10,301

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

24

.

.

61

85

P

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

5

.

4

.

9

7

.

44

.

51

P

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

203

77

107

68

455

573

270

371

212

1,426

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

4

4

392

263

70

280

1,005

P

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

726

120

7

103

956

P

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

2

2

327

587

131

296

1,341

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

1

.

1

2

401

365

.

356

1,122

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

116

113

22

87

338

P

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

2

2

1,043

531

152

544

2,270

P

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

29

29

46

29

133

14,435

10,083

3,468

6,409

34,395

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

53

5

14

36

108

P

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

8

.

8

99

137

175

139

550

P

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

132

95

33

64

324

P

52

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

30

6

.

19

55

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

.

41

183

84

308

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

.

.

.

.

.

1,032

703

945

1,054

3,735

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

.

.

.

.

.

936

747

704

843

3,230

P

56+

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

.

.

.

56

56

.

.

.

49

49

3,288

2,137

2,032

3,878

11,335

53,616

35,467

24,620

40,419

154,121

Totals

See text for fleet abbreviations; "+" = new fleets in 2015.

20

Table 4. Vessel Trip Report kept weight of all species (live mt), percentage of kept weight of all species
across all fleets, kept weight of all species (live mt) with Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP)
coverage from statistical areas and quarters with at least 1 observed trip and at least 3 observed trips in
the fleet and quarter, and percentage of kept weight of all species with observer coverage, by fleet based
on July 2013 through June 2014 data.
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Kept Weight
(mt)

Percentage of
Kept Weight

Kept Weight
with NEFOP
coverage (mt)

Percentage of
Kept Weight
with NEFOP
coverage

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

806

0.1

0

0.0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

592

0.1

222

37.4

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

237

<0.1

0

0.0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

495

0.1

366

73.8

17,863

3.1

16,611

93.0

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

6,555

1.1

6,061

92.5

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

25,319

4.4

22,709

89.7

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

26,350

4.6

26,024

98.8

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

452

0.1

395

87.4

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

302

0.1

0

0.0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

525

0.1

0

0.0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

410

0.1

0

0.0

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

33

<0.1

0

0.0

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,097

0.2

962

87.7

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

567

0.1

0

0.0

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

168

<0.1

0

0.0

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

9

<0.1

0

0.0

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,638

0.3

312

19.1

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

2,363

0.4

493

20.9

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

3,115

0.5

2,574

82.6

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

<1

<0.1

0

0.0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,669

0.6

3,423

93.3

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

6,901

1.2

6,532

94.7

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

17,554

3.0

0

0.0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

21,999

3.8

21,926

99.7

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

164

<0.1

0

0.0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

204

<0.1

142

69.4

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

7,063

1.2

5,508

78.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

14,313

2.5

12,391

86.6

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

4,503

0.8

4,298

95.5

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

4,090

0.7

3,388

82.8

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

25,093

4.4

23,330

93.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

76,139

13.2

72,551

95.3

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,736

0.3

0

0.0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

2,537

0.4

0

0.0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

67,143

11.6

63,195

94.1

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

241

<0.1

14

5.7

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

153

<0.1

0

0.0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,545

0.3

0

0.0

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

313

0.1

0

0.0

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

675

0.1

0

0.0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

810

0.1

0

0.0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

13,094

2.3

4,933

37.7

See text for fleet abbreviations.

21

Table 4, continued. Vessel Trip Report kept weight of all species (live mt), percentage of kept weight of
all species across all fleets, kept weight of all species (live mt) with Northeast Fisheries Observer
Program (NEFOP) coverage from statistical areas and quarters with at least 1 observed trip and at least 3
observed trips in the fleet and quarter, and percentage of kept weight of all species with observer
coverage, by fleet based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Kept Weight
(mt)

Percentage of
Kept Weight

Kept Weight
with NEFOP
coverage (mt)

Percentage of
Kept Weight
with NEFOP
coverage

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

105

<0.1

0

0.0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,293

0.2

0

0.0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

336

0.1

0

0.0

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

161

<0.1

0

0.0

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

116,296

20.2

0

0.0

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

98,098

17.0

0

0.0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

92

<0.1

92

100.0

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

22

338

0.1

0

0.0

1,285

0.2

0

0.0

576,836

100.0

298,451

51.7

Table 5A. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of variation (CV),
and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July 2013 through
June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the annual analysis.
Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no
discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

33

0

33

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

23

0.896

30

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

33

0

Total

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

24

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

33

0.896

30

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: BLUEFISH (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

140

140

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

100,432

100,432

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

47,625

47,625

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

161,029

145,729

15,300

0.451

6,901

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

60,490

59,536

954

0.500

477

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

89,149

82,119

7,030

0.311

2,186

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

32,836

31,979

857

0.355

304

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

90

90

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

320

320

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

130

130

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

458

458

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

190

190

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

424,647

424,335

312

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,114,123

1,114,123

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

25,918

18,213

7,705

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

168

168

0.707

221

0.618

4,764
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

226,140

225,889

251

0.538

135

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

20,773

10,792

9,981

0.179

1,788

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

25

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: BLUEFISH (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

130

130

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

145

0

145

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

116

0

116

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

536

536

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

125

125

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,601

1,601

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

81

81

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

7,149

7,149

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

135,713

135,713

17,867

17,867

2,468,121

2,425,470

Confidential fleets

Total

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

26

Kept

Discarded

CV

0.947

SE

Pilot

137
P
P

0.828

96
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

42,651

0.208

8,872

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus) - SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops) - BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

215

215

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

184,426

184,426

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

38,106

38,106

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

7,591,056

6,369,190

1,221,866

0.227

277,694

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

9,762,122

9,013,703

748,419

0.217

162,370

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

5,243,177

4,690,466

552,711

0.299

165,285

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,701,554

2,636,434

1,065,120

0.146

155,956

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

43,758

31,424

12,334

0.477

5,889

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

52,020

52,020

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

19,571

4,331

15,240

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

114,586

60,700

53,886

0.048

2,584

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

6,500

6,500

0
833

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,173

340

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,148

2,148

0.664

554
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,882

9,882

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,649

9,649

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,830

1,529

301

0.512

154

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

14,720

12,579

2,141

0.887

1,900

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

43,847

14,910

28,937

0.744

21,526

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

178

178

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

145,324

145,204

120

0.322

39

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

73,545

14,852

58,693

0.222

13,053

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

2,136

2,136

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

323

0

323

See text for fleet abbreviations.

27

P
0
P
0.572

185

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus) - SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops) - BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

27,995

2,854

25,141

0.376

9,459

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

74,222

410

73,812

0.285

21,030

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

49,021

14,468

34,553

0.159

5,502

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

10,168

302

9,866

0.399

3,940

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

169,368

5,461

163,907

0.201

32,887

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

681,606

448

681,158

0.116

79,042

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

1,300

1,300

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

474,717

363,060

111,657

0.215

23,975

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

319,654

319,654

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,545

416

2,129

0.145

309

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

42,794

0

42,794

0.000

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

149,987

118,844

31,143

0.332

10,324

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

14,264

13,298

966

0.971

938

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

543

543

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

57,597

57,597

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

113

5

Confidential fleets

39,705

39,705

Other minor fleets

30,926

30,926

29,208,374

24,270,213

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

28

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
108

0.153

17

4,938,161

0.082

405,448

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: HERRING, ATLANTIC (Clupea harengus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

222

222

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,350

1,350

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

399,239

379,795

19,444

0.635

12,356

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

6,050

5,533

517

0.530

274

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

11,403,867

11,285,362

118,505

0.645

76,426

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

53,877

36,231

17,646

0.196

3,456

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

804,076

804,000

76

0.060

5

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4

0

4

0.000

0

P

304

0.366

111

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

304

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

141,250

141,250

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

347

347

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

147

147

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

2,162

500

1,662

0

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

48,499,512

48,499,422

90

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

29

0.197

328

0.158

14

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: HERRING, ATLANTIC (Clupea harengus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

14

0

14

0.875

12

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

11

0

11

0.874

9

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

40

0

40

0.421

17

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

3,152,003

3,152,000

3

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

140,448,579

140,445,741

2,838

0.722

2,049

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

12

0

Total

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Kept

Discarded

6,813

6,813

440,000

440,000

205,359,879

205,198,713

30

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
12

0.212

3

161,166

0.481

77,523

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: LARGE MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

19

19

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

123,223

74,974

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

5,123

5,123

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

282,228

55,852

SE

Pilot
P

48,249

0.494

23,851

226,376

0.518

117,168

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

443,462

5,704

437,758

0.187

81,678

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

731,374

274,358

457,016

0.126

57,465

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

353,875

9,891

343,984

0.193

66,270

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

37,895,421

34,940,438

2,954,983

0.096

283,717

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

19,593

34

19,559

0.242

4,732

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

4,399

2,948

1,451

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

40,949

23,638

17,311

0.060

1,044

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

96,056

65,401

30,655

0.000

0

P

189,720

0.226

42,829

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,559,825

2,370,105

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

114

64

50

0.506

25

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,679

266

1,413

1.256

1,776

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

1,679

728

951

0.771

734

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4,875,131

4,662,822

212,309

0.055

11,770

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

230,414

203,770

26,644

0.202

5,378

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

1,631

50

1,581

See text for fleet abbreviations.

31

P
0
P
0.846

1,337

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: LARGE MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

41,671

499

41,172

0.318

13,093

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

133,157

4,776

128,381

0.278

35,725

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

63,658

27

63,631

0.161

10,216

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

51,455

72

51,383

0.189

9,702

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

128,006

380

127,626

0.125

15,994

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

677,012

2,380

674,632

0.100

67,441

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

165,783

125,860

39,923

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

362

362

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

50

50

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

15

15

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

82,584

430

82,154

0.234

19,214

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

301,727

302

301,425

1.042

314,174

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

25

25

209,238

199,427

Confidential fleets

13

13

Other minor fleets

31

31

49,520,989

43,030,840

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

32

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.681

27,190
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
9,811

0.065

639

6,490,149

0.072

466,319

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: MONKFISH (Lophius americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

64

64

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

172

172

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

81

81

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

228,649

106,035

122,613

0.310

37,959

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

554,716

321,365

233,350

0.425

99,262

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

153,795

125,516

28,279

0.679

19,202

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

6,993,676

6,071,426

922,250

0.079

72,850

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

24,534

4,392

20,142

0.270

5,436

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

5,648

5,648

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

4,443

4,306

137

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

330

252

78

0.060

5

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0
369

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

19,189

18,820

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.686

253
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

498

498

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

476

476

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

13,136

13,136

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

4,018,170

3,762,104

256,066

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0.492

126,064
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

258,464

248,423

10,041

0.097

970

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

3,856,707

3,620,186

236,520

0.147

34,691

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

3,754

1,139

2,615

0.367

961

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

4,377

1,954

2,423

0.727

1,761

See text for fleet abbreviations.

33

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: MONKFISH (Lophius americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

296,071

29,282

266,789

0.314

83,654

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

491,981

153,843

338,137

0.136

45,932

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

160,440

86,879

73,561

0.146

10,743

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

59,598

15,764

43,834

0.240

10,525

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

732,546

141,674

590,872

0.154

90,727

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

3,057,051

416,364

2,640,687

0.107

282,444

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

44

0

44

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

214

214

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

103

103

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

60

60

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

18

18

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

3,899

3,899

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

19,346

19,346

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

4,930

4,930

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

164

161

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

205

205

7,050

7,050

20,974,598

15,185,788

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

34

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.916

40
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
3

0.376

1

5,788,810

0.063

362,546

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: RED DEEPSEA CRAB (Chaceon quinquedens)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

5,750

0

5,750

0.743

4,272

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

4,461

0

4,461

0.559

2,494

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

10

0

10

1.887

18

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

81,977

0

81,977

0.399

32,720

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

2

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2.196

4
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

179

0

179

0.325

58

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

38

0

38

1.027

39

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

35

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: RED DEEPSEA CRAB (Chaceon quinquedens)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

17

0

17

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,045

0

9,045

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

176,182

176,182

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

2,201,196

2,201,196

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

2,478,856

2,377,378

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Total

36

Kept

Discarded

CV

1.039

SE

Pilot

17

P
P

P
P

P
P
1.312

11,871
P

0

P

P
0

101,478

0.346

35,157

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SEA SCALLOP (Placopecten magellanicus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

178,490

77,910

100,579

0.329

33,088

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,228,781

1,091,432

137,349

0.359

49,352

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

59,106

11,071

48,035

0.402

19,308

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

149,637

80,734

68,902

0.251

17,322

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

994,119

902,980

91,139

0.383

34,916

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

600,485

600,485

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

21,736

21,736

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

27

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

27

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.551

15
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

369

42

327

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0.952

312
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

692

0

692

0.558

386

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

443

0

443

0.271

120

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

361,240

355,408

5,832

0.159

929

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

450,439

447,513

2,926

0.889

2,601

See text for fleet abbreviations.

37

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SEA SCALLOP (Placopecten magellanicus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

16,516,766

15,537,872

978,895

0.529

517,416

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

32,023,849

31,345,190

678,659

0.356

241,918

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

9,914,091

9,777,988

136,103

0.223

30,312

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

9,184,413

8,966,054

218,359

0.284

62,121

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

55,293,187

55,171,776

121,411

0.269

32,619

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

170,136,761

167,486,862

2,649,900

0.206

546,400

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

63,791

63,791

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

739,879

739,879

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

223,234

223,234

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

83,033

83,033

Other minor fleets

34,782

34,782

298,259,352

293,019,773

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

38

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

5,239,579

0.152

797,540

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SKATE COMPLEX (Rajidae)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,879

2,879

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

111,203

964

110,238

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

298

298

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

71

71

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.547

60,347
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

6,759,957

281,677

6,478,280

0.174

1,130,214

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

18,684,124

2,082,956

16,601,168

0.140

2,322,619

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,448,045

201,307

1,246,738

0.248

309,195

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

47,515,960

12,540,933

34,975,028

0.094

3,279,502

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

758,537

53,440

705,097

0.210

148,107

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

11,650

11,395

255

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

6,662

0

6,662

0.060

402

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,590

200

3,390

0.000

0

P

197,922

0.346

68,472

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

215,544

17,622

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2,582

1,280

1,301

8.844

11,510

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

223,741

95,463

128,278

0.597

76,567

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

3,325,525

2,908,944

416,582

0.180

74,904

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

303,992

197,949

106,043

0.081

8,626

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

12,614,809

10,550,501

2,064,308

0.100

207,408

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

5,760

0

5,760

1.398

8,054

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

11,474

0

11,474

0.869

9,975

See text for fleet abbreviations.

39

P
0
P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SKATE COMPLEX (Rajidae)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

905,482

0

905,482

0.204

184,656

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

1,880,014

0

1,880,014

0.188

353,112

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,730,208

6,722

1,723,487

0.116

200,415

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

563,211

36

563,175

0.159

89,507

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

4,354,455

1,314

4,353,141

0.098

427,043

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

17,901,753

75

17,901,678

0.074

1,317,100

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

277

227

50

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

57

57

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

14,677

0

14,677

0.332

4,865

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

595

4

591

4.349

2,571

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

27,094

27,094

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

406

406

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

0

0
629

3,580

3,580

419

419

119,399,039

28,988,443

Other minor fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

10,408

Confidential fleets

TOTAL

Kept

40

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.616

31
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
9,779

0.050

485

90,410,596

0.049

4,442,063

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SMALL MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

26

26

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

740

1

739

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

4,400

4,400

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

421

421

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.627

464
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

5,735,315

4,837,352

897,963

0.237

212,634

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

221,103

130,800

90,303

0.440

39,710

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

11,324,135

9,756,035

1,568,100

0.236

369,297

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

947,854

204,982

742,872

0.079

58,929

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

5,334

3,420

1,914

0.468

895

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

12,890

122

12,768

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

11,768

0

11,768

0.059

695

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

897

3

894

0.000

0

P

16,715

0.371

6,205

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

18,395

1,680

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,641

2,641

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

67,070

67,070

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,600

1,600

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

208

208

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

2,123

2,014

109

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0.617

67
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

101,320

85,358

15,962

0.149

2,385

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

5,762

5,019

743

0.234

174

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

11

0

11

0.818

9

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

367

0

367

0.109

40

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

100

0

100

0.421

42

See text for fleet abbreviations.

41

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SMALL MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

24,202

0

24,202

0.411

9,946

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

57,464

15

57,449

0.244

13,999

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

5,014

67

4,947

0.251

1,239

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

5,620

0

5,620

0.395

2,218

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

15,335

5

15,330

0.239

3,657

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

107,301

77

107,224

0.207

22,230

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

4

0

4

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

3,951

0

3,951

0.912

3,604

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,592

2,592

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

34

34

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,915

2,915

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

23,453

18,799

4,654

0.332

1,543

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

12,393

11,307

1,086

1.505

1,634

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

128

128

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

0

0

4,060

1,800

559

559

5,706

5,706

18,735,217

15,147,162

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

42

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
2,260

0.106

240

3,588,055

0.121

433,031

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SPINY DOGFISH (Squalus acanthias)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

152,690

152,690

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,245,197

1,212,546

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

51

51

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

719,174

705,289

SE

Pilot
P

32,651

0.475

15,524

13,885

1.671

23,204

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

3,853,454

142,984

3,710,470

0.204

757,578

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

5,106,394

205,954

4,900,440

0.222

1,088,310

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

906,210

67,738

838,472

0.264

221,451

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

7,423,410

263,924

7,159,486

0.073

525,776

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

119,521

0

119,521

0.600

71,682

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

18,749

0

18,749

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

111,012

0

111,012

0.058

6,450

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

12,789

200

12,589

0.000

0

P

308,898

0.353

109,075

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

313,298

4,400

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

939,449

909,132

30,317

1.930

58,517

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

2,804,975

2,675,897

129,078

0.818

105,561

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

290,297

116,367

173,930

0.513

89,241

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,709,445

2,386,266

3,323,179

0.085

281,283

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

1,137,488

767,545

369,943

0.183

67,787

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

14,377

0

14,377

0.517

7,439

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

43

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SPINY DOGFISH (Squalus acanthias)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

16,056

0

16,056

0.387

6,215

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

35,885

0

35,885

0.246

8,824

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

9,233

0

9,233

0.218

2,010

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

5,610

0

5,610

0.883

4,956

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

56,845

0

56,845

0.295

16,789

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

177,743

1,200

176,543

0.132

23,259

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

8,951

0

8,951

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

24,466

20

24,446

0.429

10,477

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

9

9

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

25

25

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

4,595

170

4,425

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,237

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,700

2,700

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

0

0
0

189

189

0

0

31,265,249

9,615,296

Other minor fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

43,723

Confidential fleets

TOTAL

Kept

44

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P
1.185

5,242
P

1,237

0.000

0

P

P
43,723

0.064

2,788

21,649,953

0.069

1,486,303

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii, Illex illecebrosus)- BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus) - MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

423

423

P

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

17

17

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

88,931

88,160

771

1.242

958

0
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

22,023,879

19,294,254

2,729,625

0.242

661,618

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

403,049

374,825

28,224

0.263

7,428

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

30,111,454

28,594,426

1,517,028

0.418

633,535

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

479,167

426,066

53,101

0.161

8,552

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

959

465

494

0.386

191

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

282

282

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,166,409

1,103,757

62,652

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

14,550

13,800

750

0.047

35

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2

2

0
4,710

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4,710

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

3,139

3,139

0.679

3,200
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

151,257

151,257

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

6,555

6,555

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

15,271

14,959

312

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,083

1,083

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

538

227

311

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

30

30

0.742

232

0.824

256
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,506

4,059

1,447

0.276

399

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

288

164

124

0.426

53

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

40

0

40

0.542

22

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

2,034

2,000

34

0.138

5

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

14

0

14

1.030

14

See text for fleet abbreviations.

45

P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii, Illex illecebrosus)- BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus) - MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

149

32

117

0.420

49

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

983

0

983

0.440

433

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

3,177

2,145

1,032

0.252

260

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

146

0

146

0.580

85

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

1,383

10

1,373

0.324

445

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

5,418

0

5,418

0.253

1,373

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

11,510

11,000

510

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

7,452,531

7,450,772

1,759

0.884

1,555

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

18

18

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

1

1

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

513,286

513,286

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

5

0

Total

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Kept

Discarded

2,082

2,082

1,264,212

1,264,212

63,734,488

59,323,508

46

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
5

0.300

1

4,410,980

0.208

916,105

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SURFCLAM (Spisula solidissima) - OCEAN QUAHOG (Artica islandica)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2,994

0

2,994

0.515

1,543

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

6,063

0

6,063

0.518

3,141

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

904

0

904

0.332

301

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,766

41

2,724

0.335

914

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

64

0

64

1.043

67

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

3

0

3

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

47

0.879

3
P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: SURFCLAM (Spisula solidissima) - OCEAN QUAHOG (Artica islandica)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

1,832

0

1,832

0.941

1,724

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

6,369

0

6,369

0.702

4,468

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

763

0

763

1.105

843

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

1,478

0

1,478

0.568

839

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

18

0

18

0.949

17

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

255,607,665

255,607,665

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

215,583,883

215,583,883

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Total

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Kept

Discarded

0

0

466,340

466,340

471,681,142

471,657,929

48

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

23,214

0.264

6,126

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: TILEFISH (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,555,586

1,555,586

Discarded

CV

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,259

9,259

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,269

1,269

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

9,727

8,668

1,059

0.491

520

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

768

687

81

0.562

46

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

12,891

11,835

1,056

0.780

824

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,900

1,454

446

0.651

290

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

40

40

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

50

50

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

25

25

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

5

5

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

70

70

0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

3,710

2,317

1,393

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

49

0.410

571
P

P

Table 5A, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 fish and invertebrate species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. Light shading indicates that the variance of the discard estimate was not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV
indicates either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species Group: TILEFISH (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

42

0

42

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

283

283

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

25

25

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

0

0

17,575

17,575

1,613,226

1,609,148

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

50

CV

1.009

SE

Pilot

42
P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

4,078

0.286

1,168

Table 5B. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of variation (CV),
and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program trips in the
annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or discards
equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

215

215

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

71,663

71,663

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,368

9,368

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,002,505

639,464

363,041

0.268

97,274

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

591,837

396,410

195,427

0.358

69,901

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

321,522

82,812

238,710

0.431

102,824

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

52,797

33,171

19,626

0.174

3,407

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

509

318

191

0.423

81

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

2,920

2,920

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

310

310

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

13,978

0

13,978

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0
15

P
P
0.048

670

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

15

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.883

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

339

339

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

928

380

548

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

2,171

2,171

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

1.719

13

942

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

8,515

8,495

20

0.943

19

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

471

295

176

0.628

110

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

51

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

136

73

63

0.793

50

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

145

0

145

0.741

107

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

742

78

664

0.346

230

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

137

0

137

0.635

87

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

3,340

58

3,282

0.437

1,435

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

17,528

0

17,528

0.241

4,229

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

50

50

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

458,329

353,082

105,247

0.214

22,477

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

99,704

99,704

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,523

394

2,129

0.145

309

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

42,794

0

42,794

0.000

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

148,313

117,170

31,143

0.332

10,324

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

12,276

11,621

655

1.119

733

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

453

453

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

8,900

8,900

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

6,395

6,395

Other minor fleets

2,788

2,788

2,884,615

1,849,097

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Total

52

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

1,035,518

0.154

159,895

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

70,338

70,338

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

12,578

12,578

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

868,510

621,553

246,957

0.248

61,233

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

7,245,681

6,827,970

417,711

0.229

95,715

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

739,868

645,722

94,146

0.268

25,184

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,416,854

1,409,275

1,007,579

0.154

154,723

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

43,033

30,977

12,056

0.486

5,865

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

48,100

48,100

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,707

2,091

616

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,700

1,700

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

819

P
0.000

0.675

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,159

340

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,148

2,148

553
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

132

132

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,500

1,500

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,425

1,124

301

0.512

154

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

12,607

11,014

1,593

0.641

1,021

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

41,576

12,639

28,937

0.744

21,526

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

64

64

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

18,471

18,378

93

0.305

28

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

72,565

14,068

58,497

0.223

13,055

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

2,136

2,136

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

323

0

323

See text for fleet abbreviations.

53

P
0
P
0.572

185

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

27,858

2,781

25,077

0.377

9,449

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

74,014

410

73,604

0.285

20,980

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

47,525

13,920

33,605

0.162

5,454

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

9,912

232

9,680

0.402

3,896

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

165,872

5,403

160,469

0.205

32,838

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

660,923

448

660,475

0.116

76,556

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

300

300

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,564

567

997

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,205

1,205

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

154

154

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

364

53

311

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

47,000

47,000

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

113

5

Confidential fleets

33,019

33,019

Other minor fleets

3,268

3,268

12,676,571

9,842,618

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

54

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

0.036

36

P
P

P
P
0.969

301
P

0

P

P
108

0.153

17

2,833,953

0.075

213,700

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

42,425

42,425

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

16,160

16,160

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

5,720,041

5,108,173

611,868

0.271

165,969

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,924,605

1,789,323

135,282

0.307

41,480

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

4,181,787

3,961,932

219,855

0.342

75,232

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,231,903

1,193,988

37,915

0.283

10,745

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

216

129

87

0.667

58

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

1,000

1,000

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

16,554

1,930

14,624

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

98,908

59,000

39,908

0.048

1,914

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

6,500

6,500

0
0

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

9,750

9,750

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

8,149

8,149

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

66

66

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,185

1,185

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

100

100

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

114

114

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

118,339

118,331

8

0.683

5

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

510

489

21

1.355

28

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

55

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

64

0

64

0.865

55

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

754

470

284

0.612

174

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

120

70

50

1.061

53

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

156

0

156

0.826

129

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

3,155

0

3,155

0.456

1,439

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

950

950

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

14,825

9,411

5,414

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

218,745

218,745

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

16

16

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,520

1,520

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,624

1,624

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

90

90

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,697

1,697

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

291

291

24,870

24,870

13,647,188

12,578,498

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

56

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

0.319

1,730

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

1,068,690

0.175

187,218

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: AMERICAN PLAICE (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

918

918

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

1

1

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

714

563

151

0.849

128

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

5,321

242

5,079

0.641

3,255

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

26,793

399

26,394

0.201

5,299

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,803,760

2,603,469

200,291

0.071

14,316

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

18

0

18

0.249

4

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

14

5

9

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

21

21

0
2,703

P
P
0.060

1

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

11,026

8,323

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.382

1,032
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

65

65

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

46,127

43,310

2,817

0.143

403

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

1,730

1,626

104

0.453

47

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

57

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: AMERICAN PLAICE (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

484

0

484

0.884

428

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

3,142

25

3,117

0.348

1,086

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

543

0

543

0.453

246

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

6,958

0

6,958

0.466

3,242

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

61

31

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

2,907,695

2,658,998

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

58

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
30

0.275

8

248,697

0.064

16,025

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

14

14

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

61,902

22,241

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

3,747

3,747

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

106,678

22,154

SE

Pilot
P

39,661

0.500

19,814

84,524

0.228

19,266

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

964

320

644

0.473

305

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

4,526

3,904

622

0.724

450

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

7,698

276

7,422

0.247

1,836

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,754,564

3,652,235

102,329

0.122

12,451

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,956

7

1,949

1.072

2,089

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

3

3

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

34

34

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

718

718

0

P

2,577

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

91,860

89,283

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.319

823
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

5

5

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

80

80

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

898

591

307

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0.878

270
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

635,403

604,423

30,980

0.067

2,067

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

30,213

25,367

4,846

0.230

1,113

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

4

0

4

See text for fleet abbreviations.

59

P

P
0.973

4

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

362

15

347

0.652

226

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

1,167

65

1,102

0.591

651

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

72

0

72

0.928

67

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

429

0

429

0.623

267

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

369

73

296

0.589

174

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

5,717

70

5,647

0.266

1,501

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

163

120

43

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

341

341

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

43

43

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

167

167

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

93,565

85

93,480

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

1,028

1,012

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

4,804,698

4,427,399

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

60

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.839

36
P
P

P
P
0.840

78,522
P

0

P

P
16

0.143

2

377,299

0.223

84,271

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC HALIBUT (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

2,287

2,287

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

175

175

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

446

0

446

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

35

35

0

0.962

429

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,083

0

1,083

0.436

472

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

87,897

19,901

67,996

0.098

6,653

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

1,030

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,945

915

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.425

438
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

95

95

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

10,230

2,723

7,507

0.137

1,031

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

13,583

2,731

10,852

0.229

2,481

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

61

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC HALIBUT (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

220

0

220

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

216

216

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

48

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

118,260

29,078

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

62

CV

0.857

SE

Pilot

189
P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
48

0.186

9

89,182

0.081

7,219

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC WOLFFISH (Anarhichas lupus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

2,369

0

2,369

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.565

1,339
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

28,886

0

28,886

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

2,428

0.094

2,714

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,428

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.411

997
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,992

0

3,992

0.128

511

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

548

0

548

0.540

296

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

63

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC WOLFFISH (Anarhichas lupus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

517

0

517

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

6

0

Total

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

64

Kept

Discarded

0

0

31

31

38,777

31

CV

0.591

SE

Pilot

305
P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
6

0.316

2

38,746

0.084

3,255

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

50,200

45,546

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

29,154

2,244

SE

Pilot
P

4,654

0.520

2,422

26,910

0.804

21,630

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

50,419

0

50,419

0.486

24,522

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

3,232

6

3,226

0.615

1,983

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

90,718

2,432

88,286

0.329

29,090

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,202,703

4,677,964

524,739

0.117

61,486

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

22

0

22

1.051

23

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

40,328

23,416

16,912

0.060

1,020

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

92,791

62,136

30,655

0.000

0

P

166,569

0.230

38,355

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,053,710

1,887,141

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

4

4

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

51,872

42,486

9,386

0.096

905

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

1,826

1,285

541

0.517

280

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

5

0

5

See text for fleet abbreviations.

65

P

P
1.030

6

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

375

0

375

0.982

368

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

3,786

0

3,786

0.869

3,290

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

24

0

24

0.564

14

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

138

0

138

0.935

129

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

7

0

7

1.011

7

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

4,829

0

4,829

0.244

1,177

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

163,024

124,355

38,669

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,245

0

1,245

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

204,428

195,189

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

8,044,848

7,064,210

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

66

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.695

26,887
P
P

P
P
0.545

679
P

0

P

P
9,239

0.071

652

980,638

0.091

88,966

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: OCEAN POUT (Zoarces americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,259

0

1,259

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.700

882
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

50,653

0

50,653

0.481

24,375

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

14,250

0

14,250

0.795

11,326

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

3,611

0

3,611

0.742

2,678

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

73,449

0

73,449

0.145

10,622

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

284

2

282

0.948

267

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

546

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

546

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

15

15

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

33

0

33

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

28

0

28

67

240

P

28

See text for fleet abbreviations.

0.439

0.492

16

P
0
P
0.454

13

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: OCEAN POUT (Zoarces americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

276

0

276

0.976

269

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

220

0

220

0.386

85

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

142

0

142

0.615

87

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

6

0

6

0.978

6

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

104

0

104

0.627

65

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

1,592

0

1,592

0.201

320

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

82,154

0

82,154

0.234

19,214

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,353

0

1,353

0.646

874

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

115

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

230,090

17

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

68

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
115

0.148

17

230,073

0.151

34,834

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: POLLOCK (Pollachius virens)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

292

163

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,041

1,041

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

145,654

30,712

SE

Pilot
P

129

0.910

118

114,942

0.925

106,275

0.737

125

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

234

65

169

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

6,156

640

5,516

0.994

5,481

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,913,791

5,783,357

130,434

0.129

16,819

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

123

0

123

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,005

1,005

0
8,500

P
P
0.060

7

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

74,116

65,616

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

1.983

16,857
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

267

0

267

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

1.174

313
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,068,827

2,949,248

119,579

0.070

8,342

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

82,033

76,657

5,376

0.296

1,590

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

69

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: POLLOCK (Pollachius virens)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

1

0

1

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

450

0

450

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

15

15

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

7

7

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

177

0

177

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

53

34

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

9,294,242

8,908,560

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

70

CV

1.006

SE

Pilot

1
P
P

0.589

265
P
P

P
P
1.576

278
P

0

P

P
19

0.118

2

385,682

0.284

109,379

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: REDFISH (Sebastes fasciatus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

5

5

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

301

185

116

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

450

450

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.590

69
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,730

0

1,730

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

0.893

1,545

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

2,804

529

2,275

0.647

1,471

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

9,416,670

8,450,348

966,322

0.276

266,506

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

1,692

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

166,139

164,447

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.332

562
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

25

25

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

22

22

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

109,141

103,450

5,691

0.235

1,340

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

4,154

4,153

1

0.880

1

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

71

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: REDFISH (Sebastes fasciatus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

86

0

86

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

1,248

625

623

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

250

250

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

2,930

0

2,930

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

9,705,954

8,724,489

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Total

72

Kept

Discarded

CV

0.770

SE

Pilot

66
P
P

0.650

405
P
P

P
P
3.290

9,639
P

0

P

P
0

981,465

0.272

266,693

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WHITE HAKE (Urophycis tenuis)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

149

87

62

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

104

104

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

84

84

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.866

54
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

3,969

1,351

2,618

0.695

1,819

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

724

134

590

0.622

367

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

3,904

1,710

2,194

0.737

1,617

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,359,407

2,342,805

16,602

0.250

4,155

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

25

25

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

13

13

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

30

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

19,150

19,120

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.412

12
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

12

12

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

713,612

685,319

28,293

0.125

3,549

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

83,938

80,332

3,606

0.345

1,244

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

73

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WHITE HAKE (Urophycis tenuis)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

302

0

302

0.957

289

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

516

70

446

0.922

411

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

164

0

164

0.604

99

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

711

0

711

0.392

279

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

13

0

13

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

15

15

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

201,847

0

201,847

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

74

68

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

3,388,739

3,131,255

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

74

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.916

12
P
P

P
P
1.208

243,733
P

0

P

P
6

0.350

2

257,484

0.947

243,811

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WINDOWPANE FLOUNDER (Scophthalmus aquosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

2

2

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

177,911

830

177,081

0.192

34,006

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

340,704

3,517

337,187

0.150

50,668

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

42,180

10

42,170

0.468

19,727

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

634,876

0

634,876

0.111

70,165

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

6,610

0

6,610

0.300

1,980

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

12

0

12

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0
1,389

P
P
0.060

1

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,389

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.326

453
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

69

19

50

0.506

25

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,507

94

1,413

1.256

1,776

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

70

7

63

1.217

76

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

765

95

670

0.323

216

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

149

0

149

0.257

38

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

209

0

209

See text for fleet abbreviations.

75

P
0
P
0.575

120

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WINDOWPANE FLOUNDER (Scophthalmus aquosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

13,800

0

13,800

0.381

5,260

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

41,515

0

41,515

0.462

19,170

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

47,522

0

47,522

0.174

8,246

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

16,578

0

16,578

0.340

5,638

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

76,025

0

76,025

0.173

13,174

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

236,075

0

236,075

0.152

35,851

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

125

0

125

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

145

0

Confidential fleets

4

4

Other minor fleets

0

0

1,638,242

4,578

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

76

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.920

115
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
145

0.178

26

1,633,664

0.064

104,867

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WINTER FLOUNDER (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

3,255

3,255

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

230

230

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

25

25

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

82,092

2,202

79,890

0.261

20,883

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

124,296

87,930

36,366

0.269

9,785

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

132,462

2,121

130,341

0.236

30,711

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4,966,642

4,910,391

56,251

0.134

7,517

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

6,064

0

6,064

0.344

2,086

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

185

185

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

135

135

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,329

1,329

0

P

336

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

123,297

122,961

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.540

182
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

314

0

314

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

1.174

369
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

58,526

57,697

829

0.174

144

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

2,233

1,854

379

0.724

275

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

855

0

855

See text for fleet abbreviations.

77

P
0
P
1.067

913

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WINTER FLOUNDER (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

9,433

0

9,433

0.711

6,704

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

13,708

44

13,664

0.269

3,672

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

3,709

0

3,709

0.259

960

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

15,931

10

15,921

0.162

2,586

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

8,601

0

8,601

0.293

2,516

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

189,102

438

188,664

0.158

29,738

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

320

320

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

7

7

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

312

1

311

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

2,500

2,492

Confidential fleets

9

9

Other minor fleets

0

0

5,745,574

5,193,636

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

78

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P
0.968

301
P

0

P

P
8

0.215

2

551,938

0.090

49,938

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WITCH FLOUNDER (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

6

6

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

54,550

205

54,345

0.468

25,454

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

33,931

4,464

29,467

0.291

8,583

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

9,979

274

9,705

0.256

2,484

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,286,787

1,206,938

79,849

0.080

6,386

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

240

0

240

0.691

166

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,451

0

1,451

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

10

3

7

0.060

<1

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

10

10

0
1,326

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

10,156

8,830

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.729

967
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

11,131

10,814

317

0.129

41

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

9,175

9,172

3

0.857

3

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

79

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: WITCH FLOUNDER (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

808

0

808

0.600

485

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

12,312

42

12,270

0.531

6,514

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,029

0

1,029

0.417

429

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

1,889

0

1,889

0.971

1,835

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

4,182

0

4,182

0.254

1,063

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

30,387

238

30,149

0.206

6,209

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

10

10

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

1,468,043

1,241,006

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

80

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

227,037

0.129

29,247

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (Limanda ferruginea)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

286

286

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

6

6

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

19,779

168

19,611

0.337

6,617

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

204,354

174,126

30,228

0.364

10,993

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

26,487

1,500

24,987

0.203

5,062

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,365,990

1,293,030

72,960

0.162

11,855

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

4,372

0

4,372

0.263

1,152

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,760

2,760

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

280

32

248

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

182

182

0
593

P
P
0.060

15

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4,062

3,469

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.333

198
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

5

5

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

19

19

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

165,471

163,257

2,214

0.145

320

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

831

593

238

0.312

74

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

529

50

479

See text for fleet abbreviations.

81

P
0
P
0.878

421

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (Limanda ferruginea)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

15,831

484

15,347

0.553

8,486

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

56,792

4,530

52,262

0.254

13,269

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

11,160

27

11,133

0.204

2,275

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

15,940

62

15,878

0.198

3,141

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

38,555

307

38,248

0.273

10,442

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

200,818

1,634

199,184

0.142

28,344

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

440

440

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

83

0

83

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

25

25

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

770

591

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

2,135,827

1,647,583

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Total

82

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P
0.969

80
P

0

P

P
179

0.092

16

488,244

0.080

38,833

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: OFFSHORE HAKE (Merluccius albidus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

14

14

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

23,388

11,375

12,013

0.557

6,697

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

2,070

1,216

854

0.601

513

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

10,339

9,625

714

0.628

448

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,850

1,141

709

0.663

470

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

13

13

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

184

184

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

40

40

0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

83

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: OFFSHORE HAKE (Merluccius albidus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

85

27

58

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

77

77

0

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

4

0

4

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

38,065

23,712

Total

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

84

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

0.928

54

0.000

0

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

14,353

0.470

6,748

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: RED HAKE (Urophycis chuss)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

26

26

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

740

1

739

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

4,397

4,397

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

54

54

0

SE

Pilot
P

0.627

464
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

891,441

419,972

471,469

0.324

152,571

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

56,259

36,175

20,084

0.527

10,577

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,669,752

796,201

873,551

0.258

225,296

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

208,095

21,476

186,619

0.075

14,047

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,120

600

520

0.489

254

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

812

0

812

0.060

49

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

255

0

255

0.000

0

P

5,228

0.471

2,463

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,228

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

110

110

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

10,335

10,335

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

200

200

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2

2

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,966

144

2,822

0.100

282

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

40

0

40

0.746

30

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

367

0

367

0.109

40

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

95

0

95

0.423

40

See text for fleet abbreviations.

85

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: RED HAKE (Urophycis chuss)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

16,609

0

16,609

0.517

8,594

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

36,016

0

36,016

0.190

6,857

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

2,559

0

2,559

0.312

798

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

3,336

0

3,336

0.460

1,534

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

8,692

0

8,692

0.332

2,883

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

65,326

0

65,326

0.229

14,957

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

3

0

3

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,551

2,551

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

34

34

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,915

2,915

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

23,453

18,799

4,654

0.332

1,543

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

12,393

11,307

1,086

1.505

1,634

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

128

128

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

0

0
0

540

540

0

0

3,027,281

1,325,967

Other minor fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

432

Confidential fleets

TOTAL

Kept

86

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.926

3
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
432

0.110

47

1,701,314

0.161

273,337

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: SILVER HAKE (Merluccius bilinearis)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

3

3

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

353

353

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

4,820,485

4,406,005

414,480

0.311

129,059

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

162,773

93,409

69,364

0.426

29,549

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

9,644,044

8,950,209

693,835

0.337

233,656

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

737,910

182,365

555,545

0.092

51,369

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

4,215

2,820

1,395

0.473

659

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

12,890

122

12,768

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

10,956

0

10,956

0.059

646

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

642

3

639

0.000

0

P

11,487

0.349

4,014

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

13,167

1,680

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,518

2,518

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

56,735

56,735

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,400

1,400

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

22

22

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

2,123

2,014

109

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0.617

67
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

98,314

85,174

13,140

0.178

2,340

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

5,722

5,019

703

0.240

169

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

11

0

11

0.818

9

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

5

0

5

0.816

4

See text for fleet abbreviations.

87

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: SILVER HAKE (Merluccius bilinearis)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

7,593

0

7,593

0.514

3,905

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

21,448

15

21,433

0.383

8,213

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

2,370

40

2,330

0.228

531

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

2,284

0

2,284

0.342

781

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

6,642

5

6,637

0.255

1,695

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

41,898

0

41,898

0.197

8,250

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

3,948

0

3,948

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

41

41

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

0

0

3,628

1,800

19

19

5,706

5,706

15,669,872

13,797,483

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

88

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P
0.913

3,604
P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
1,828

0.106

194

1,872,389

0.146

273,776

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

SE

Pilot

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

423

423

P

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

4

4

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

87,716

86,945

771

1.242

958

0
P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

110,540

75,883

34,657

0.557

19,316

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

1,657

1,306

351

1.015

356

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,101,045

1,081,758

19,287

1.753

33,816

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,615

265

2,350

0.378

889

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

4,650

4,650

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

172

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

172

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0.459

79
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

5

5

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

170

170

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

43

43

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

739

739

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

532

221

311

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

30

30

0

0.824

256
P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

5,374

4,009

1,365

0.292

399

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

258

164

94

0.523

49

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

34

0

34

0.546

18

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

89

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: ATLANTIC MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

89

0

89

0.707

63

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

11,003

11,000

3

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

7,450,307

7,450,242

65

0.192

12

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

Total

Confidential fleets

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

0

0

8,098

8,098

8,785,503

8,725,955

Other minor fleets
TOTAL

Kept

90

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
0

59,548

0.654

38,970

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

13

13

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

66

66

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,573,012

614,053

958,959

0.276

264,613

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

76,087

68,967

7,120

0.313

2,226

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

5,105,183

4,378,775

726,408

0.269

195,506

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

48,201

45,683

2,518

0.452

1,139

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

307

200

107

0.666

71

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,850

235

1,615

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

848

100

748

0.047

36

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0
16

P

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

16

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

2,596

2,596

0.367

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

3,097

3,097

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

280

280

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

15,213

14,901

312

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

288

288

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

6

6

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0.742

6

232

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

101

20

81

0.313

25

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

30

0

30

0.607

18

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

6

0

6

0.936

6

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

See text for fleet abbreviations.

91

P

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

26

0

26

0.778

20

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

37

1

36

0.716

26

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

9

0

9

0.996

9

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

8

0

8

1.023

9

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

362

0

362

0.514

186

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

10

0

10

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

961

90

871

0.919

801

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

14

14

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

1

1

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

5,000

5,000

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

<1

0

Confidential fleets

2,054

2,054

Other minor fleets

3,344

3,344

6,839,028

5,139,784

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

92

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
<1

0.367

<1

1,699,244

0.194

329,013

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: NORTHERN SHORTFIN SQUID (Illex illecebrosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

6,816,179

5,962,991

853,188

0.363

309,862

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

840

741

99

0.813

81

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

5,372,371

4,832,637

539,734

0.682

368,019

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

20,130

1,496

18,634

0.112

2,081

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

61,037

0

61,037

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

8,200

8,200

0

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

P

400

P
0.000

2.076

0

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

400

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

829
P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1

0

1

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

4

0

4

1.944

9

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

14

0

14

1.030

14

See text for fleet abbreviations.

93

0.886

1

P
0
P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: NORTHERN SHORTFIN SQUID (Illex illecebrosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

57

0

57

0.508

29

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

34

0

34

0.679

23

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

10

0

10

0.934

9

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

457

0

457

0.521

238

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

453

0

453

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

53

0

53

0.869

46

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

107,000

107,000

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

Total

Kept

Discarded

0

0

<1

0

Confidential fleets

0

0

Other minor fleets

0

0

12,387,239

10,913,065

TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

94

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
<1

0.338

<1

1,474,174

0.326

481,101

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: LONGFIN INSHORE SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

Discarded

CV

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,149

1,149

0

SE

Pilot
P

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

13,524,138

12,641,317

882,821

0.317

279,539

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

324,336

303,811

20,525

0.332

6,814

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

18,525,840

18,301,256

224,584

0.698

156,656

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

408,007

378,622

29,385

0.274

8,055

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

652

265

387

0.472

183

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

282

282

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,103,522

1,103,522

0

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

852

850

2

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2

2

0
4,122

P
P
0.060

<1

P
P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

4,122

0

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

543

543

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

148,155

148,155

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

6,105

6,105

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

15

15

0

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

56

56

0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

30

30

0

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

2,030

2,000

30

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

95

3,160

P

28

See text for fleet abbreviations.

0.767

P

0.128

4

P

Table 5B, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 23 individual species that compose the 14 species groups, by fleet,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no discards estimated or
discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: LONGFIN INSHORE SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

93

32

61

0.478

29

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

924

0

924

0.462

427

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

3,134

2,138

996

0.246

245

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

127

0

127

0.625

79

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

1,375

10

1,365

0.327

446

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

4,511

0

4,511

0.283

1,279

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

43

0

43

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

1,210

440

770

0.920

709

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

4

4

0

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

401,286

401,286

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

4

0

Total

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Kept

Discarded

28

28

1,252,770

1,252,770

35,715,345

34,544,688

96

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
0

P

P
4

0.350

1

1,170,657

0.274

320,635

Table 5C. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of variation (CV),
and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) species groups
combined, by fleet, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast Fisheries
Observer Program trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates either no
discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: 14 SBRM SPECIES GROUPS COMBINED
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Total

Kept

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,711,479

1,711,479

Discarded

CV

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,490,357

1,298,479

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

296,320

296,320

0

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

1,177,906

936,874

SE

Pilot
P

191,878

0.348

66,722

241,032

0.496

119,447

P

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

47,393,001

31,649,299

15,743,702

0.099

1,555,892

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

36,769,493

13,561,150

23,208,344

0.111

2,573,438

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

61,106,617

54,835,765

6,270,852

0.135

848,933

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

105,280,035

57,234,642

48,045,393

0.069

3,338,657

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,966,509

996,246

970,264

0.174

168,466

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

658,754

658,754

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

1,260,016

1,148,765

111,251

0.000

0

P

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,103,933

902,390

201,543

0.035

7,072

P

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

119,838

72,306

47,532

0.000

0

P

719,501

0.189

135,902

P

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,132,468

2,412,967

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

8,386

8,386

P

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

369,649

369,649

P

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

18,352

18,352

P

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,384,925

1,352,331

32,594

1.830

59,639

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

4,173,630

3,912,719

260,911

0.500

130,431

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

7,708,472

6,823,553

884,919

0.196

173,070

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

376

376

P

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

11,628,459

7,956,540

3,671,919

0.077

281,674

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

17,943,981

15,175,147

2,768,834

0.080

221,403

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

48,513,940

48,499,422

14,518

0.512

7,439

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

375,290

360,682

14,608

0.559

8,164

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

468,359

449,517

18,842

0.560

10,545

See text for fleet abbreviations.

97

P

P

Table 5C, continued. Total catch (live lb), Vessel Trip Report landings (kept; live lb), estimated discards (live lb), associated coefficient of
variation (CV), and standard error of the estimated discards (SE; live lb) for 14 Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) species
groups combined, by fleet, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Dark shading indicates fleets not considered or with no Northeast
Fisheries Observer Program trips in the annual analysis. These CVs were not used in the annual sample size analysis. Blank CV indicates
either no discards or discards equals 0. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation.

Species: 14 SBRM SPECIES GROUPS COMBINED
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

17,830,225

15,570,539

2,259,686

0.246

556,073

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

34,703,924

31,504,235

3,199,689

0.135

432,822

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

11,935,749

9,888,426

2,047,323

0.099

203,326

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

9,881,711

8,982,229

899,483

0.122

110,096

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

60,751,142

55,320,621

5,430,521

0.081

439,652

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

192,744,890

167,907,405

24,837,485

0.059

1,457,709

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

3,172,468

3,163,000

9,468

0.000

0

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

148,097,047

148,023,920

73,127

0.403

29,474

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

478,506

366,848

111,657

0.215

23,975

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

319,991

319,991

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

5,475

3,346

2,129

0.145

309

P

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

42,794

0

42,794

0.000

0

P

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

272,646

140,018

132,628

0.169

22,401

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

342,744

25,205

317,539

0.990

314,458

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

176,310

176,310

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

2,202,976

2,201,739

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

675,527

675,527

P

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

0

0

P

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

256,367,297

256,367,297

P

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

215,812,072

215,812,072

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

267,724

202,022

Confidential fleets
Other minor fleets
TOTAL

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Total

Kept

Discarded

271,892

271,892

2,284,907

2,284,907

1,314,698,562

1,171,849,660

98

CV

SE

Pilot

P
P

P
P

P
P

P
1,237

0.000

0

P

P
65,702

0.044

2,911

142,848,902

0.034

4,911,669

Table 6. The number of sea days needed to achieve a 30% coefficient of variation of the discard estimate for each of the 14 fish and invertebrate
species groups, the number of pilot sea days, the number of minimum pilot sea days, and the maximum number of sea days needed for each
fleet (2015 Sea Days Needed) for fish and invertebrate species groups based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Bold red font indicates basis
for fleet sea days. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation. Species group abbreviations are given in Table 1.

Fleet
Gear Type

Access
Area

Row

Trip
Category

Region

Mesh
Group BLUE

HERR

SAL

RCRAB

SCAL

SBM

MONK

GFL

GFS

SKATE

DOG

FSB

SCOQ

Pilot
Days
85
85

TILE

2015
Sea
Days
Needed Pilot

Min
Pilot
Days

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

14

14

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

14

70

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

48

0

0

0

0

0

0

51

13

48

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

0

0

556

0

336

531

294

402

493

0

0

176

32

556

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

0

0

0

744

72

0

89

220

210

0

0

183

29

744

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0

0 1,311

0

313

460

0

571

720

0

0

186

34

1,311

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0 4,647

0

0

228

349

231

316

192

731

0

0

376

35

4,647

9

Scallop Trawl

AA

GEN

MA

all

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

P

10 Scallop Trawl

AA

LIM

MA

all

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

6
42

42

42

P

11 Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

23

23

23

12 Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

P

OPEN

all

MA

all

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

P

14 Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

NE

all

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

85

P

15 Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

MA

lg

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

P

16 Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

P

17 Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

72
60
85
27
48
68

72

13 Otter Trawl, Twin

68

68

P

18 Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

302

0

0

0

94

94

302

19 Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

P

OPEN

all

NE

all

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

P

21 Floating Trap

OPEN

all

MA

all

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

P

22 Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

65
9
9
21

54

20 Shrimp Trawl

21

21

P

23 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

12

24 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

42

12
13

25 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

0

0

0

0

0

0

122

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

51

14

122

26 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

27 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

108

19

103
240

28 Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

0

0

0

0

0

0

152

0

0

73

0

0

0

87

19

29 Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

30 Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

34

31

31

31 Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

32 Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

31

31

31

33 Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

153

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

90

90

153

34 Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

65

0

0

0

0

0

0

97

94

121

35 Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

121
28

0

0

0

0

76

21

28

36 Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

93

16

16

37 Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

123

0

0

51

0

0

0

0

118

105

123

99

P

13

103
240

See text for fleet abbreviations.

P

P

P

P

Table 6, continued. The number of sea days needed to achieve a 30% coefficient of variation of the discard estimate for each of the 14 fish and
invertebrate species groups, the number of pilot sea days, the number of minimum pilot sea days, and the maximum number of sea days needed
for each fleet (2015 Sea Days Needed) for fish and invertebrate species groups based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Bold red font
indicates basis for fleet sea days. "P" indicates fleets with "pilot" designation. Species group abbreviations are given in Table 1.

Fleet
Gear Type

Access
Area

Row

Trip
Category

Region

Mesh
Group BLUE

HERR

SAL

RCRAB

SCAL

SBM

MONK

GFL

GFS SKATE
84
630

DOG

FSB

SCOQ

Pilot
Days

TILE

2015
Sea
Days
Needed Pilot

Min
Pilot
Days

38 Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

176

155

0

207

0

0

216

113

39 Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

P

40 Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

6
32

32

32

P

41 Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

39

39

39

42 Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

P

OPEN

all

NE

all

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

30

42

P

44 Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

15

28

P

45 Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

9

22

P

46 Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

P

47 Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

47

22
42
28
22
83
47

13

43 Pots and Traps, Fish

17

47

P

48 Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

572

0

0

0

0

0

0

447

18

572

49 Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

P

OPEN

all

NE

all

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

P

51 Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

P

52 Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

P

53 Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

11

P

54 Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

24

75

P

55 Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

65

29
83
35
11
11
75
65

29

50 Pots and Traps, Crab

14

65

P

56 Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25

25

25

1,300

1,300

1,300

5,947

1,300

3,167

3,063

3,145

3,152

2,356

3,330

3,661

1,300

1,300

3,998

1,987

11,204

Totals

See text for fleet abbreviations.

100

630

Table 7. Number of sea days, trips, and percentage of trips (based upon previous industry activity)
needed to achieve a 30% coefficient of variation of the discard estimate, by fleet and species group,
based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations.
Fleet
Row

4
5

6

7

Gear Type

Access
Area

Hand Line
Otter Trawl

Otter Trawl

Otter Trawl

OPEN
OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all
all

all

all

NE
MA

MA

NE

Mesh
Group

Species
Group

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

Trips

% of Trips

all

GFL

48

45

2

sm

SBM

556

242

6

GFS

531

231

6

FSB

493

214

6

DOG

402

175

5

GFL

336

146

4

SKATE

293

128

3

MONK

744

340

8

DOG

220

100

2

FSB

210

96

2

SKATE

89

40

1

GFL

72

33

1

SBM

1,311

505

14

FSB

720

277

8

DOG

571

220

6

GFS

460

177

5

lg

sm

GFL
8

Sea Days

lg

313

120

3

4,647

1,646

25

FSB

730

259

4

GFL

349

124

2

SKATE

316

112

2

GFS

231

82

1

MONK

228

81

1

RCRAB

DOG

192

68

1

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

DOG

302

38

30

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

MONK

121

104

5

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

DOG

103

69

2

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

DOG

240

161

5

MONK

152

102

3

73

49

2

SKATE
33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

MONK

153

19

10

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

SKATE

121

15

5

MONK

65

8

3

28

16

1

123

14

3

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

SKATE

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

MONK

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

SKATE

51

6

1

GFS

629

64

6

FSB

207

21

2

MONK

175

18

2

GFL

155

16

2

84

9

1

572

435

2

SKATE
48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

See text for fleet abbreviations.

OPEN

all

NE

101

all

GFL

Figure 1A. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards (Total, left pie)
and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of the 14 species
groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have been rounded,
they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); bottom: bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

102

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: fluke (Paralichthys dentatus) - scup (Stenotomus chrysops) - black sea bass (Centropristis
striata); bottom: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).

103

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: large mesh groundfish; bottom: monkfish (Lophius americanus).

104

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: red deepsea crab (Chaceon quinquedens); bottom: sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus).

105

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: skate complex (Rajidae); bottom: small mesh groundfish.

106

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias); bottom: squid (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii, Illex
illecebrosus ) – butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus) – Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus).

107

Figure 1A, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for each of
the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations.
Top: surfclam (Spisula solidissima) - ocean quahog (Artica islandica); bottom: tilefish
(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps).

108

Figure 1B. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards (Total, left pie)
and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23 individual
species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.
Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix Table
4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: black sea bass (Centropristis striata); bottom: fluke (Paralichthys
dentatus).

109

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: scup (Stenotomus chrysops); bottom: American plaice
(Hippoglossoides platessoides).

110

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: cod (Gadus morhua); bottom: Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus
hippoglossus).

111

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus); bottom: haddock
(Melanogrammus aeglefinus).

112

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: ocean pout (Zoarces americanus); bottom: pollock
(Pollachius virens).

113

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: redfish (Sebastes fasciatus); bottom: white hake (Urophycis
tenuis).

114

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus); bottom:
winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus).

115

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus); bottom:
yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

116

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: offshore hake (Merluccius albidus); bottom: red hake
(Urophycis chuss).

117

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis); bottom: Atlantic mackerel
(Scomber scombrus).

118

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus); bottom: northern shortfin
squid (Illex illecebrosus).

119

Figure 1B, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by fleet (Discards, right pie) for the 23
individual species that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014
data. Because percentages have been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Top: Longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii).

120

Figure 2. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards (Total, left pie)
and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie) for 24 selected
fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have been rounded, they
may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations; see text and Appendix
Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) species
groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have been aggregated and labeled
“Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled “Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected
fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and 56; these represent fleets
where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

121

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

122

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

123

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

124

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

125

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

126

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

127

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

128

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

129

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

130

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

131

Figure 2, continued. Percentage of Vessel Trip Report landings (kept) and estimated discards
(Total, left pie) and the percentage of estimated discards by species groups (Discards, right pie)
for 24 selected fleets, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data. Because percentages have
been rounded, they may not always sum to 100%. See Table 1 for species group abbreviations;
see text and Appendix Table 4 for fleet abbreviations. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM) species groups that were filtered out through the importance filter have
been aggregated and labeled “Other SBRM;” non-SBRM species have been grouped and labeled
“Non-SBRM.” Note: Selected fleets include Rows 2, 4-8, 11, 18, 23-25, 27, 28, 30, 32-38, 41, 48, and
56; these represent fleets where discards were estimated in 2015 (Table 5A).

132

Figure 3. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship between the
coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that was not
filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4, respectively.

133

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that
was not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4,
respectively.

134

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that
was not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4,
respectively.

135

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that
was not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4,
respectively.

136

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that
was not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4,
respectively.

137

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that
was not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4,
respectively.

138

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that was
not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4, respectively.

139

Figure 3, continued. Results from the 2015 sample size analysis conducted for selected fleets. The curves represent the relationship
between the coefficient of variance (CV) and the sample size (sea days, trips, and percent of trips) for each of the species groups that was
not filtered out. The dash line is the 30% CV. For species group and fleet abbreviations, see Table 1 and Appendix Table 4, respectively.

140

Appendix Table 1. The number of fleets used in analyses and reported in the tables of this report.

56 fleets uniquely identified in Tables 2 & 3
20 fleets with no observer coverage
discard estimation not conducted
pilot fleet designation for sample size analysis
5 confidential fleets (Rows 9, 10, 15, 21, and 52)
aggregated into “Confidential fleets” in Tables 4 & 5
15 nonconfidential fleets
12 fleets with sparse observer coverage
discard estimation conducted
pilot fleet designation for sample size analysis
1 confidential fleet (Row 14)
aggregated into with “Other minor fleets” in Tables 4 & 5.
(This fleet is the only confidential fleets with some
observer data, therefore this fleet cannot be aggregated into
“Confidential fleets” [confidential information would be
exposed])
11 nonconfidential fleets
24 fleets with sufficient observer coverage
discard estimation conducted
variance of discard used for sample size analysis
nonpilot fleets
0 confidential fleet
aggregated into “Confidential fleets” in Tables 4 & 5
24 nonconfidential fleets

Other minor fleets
not uniquely identified
includes 1 confidential fleet with sparse observer coverage
aggregated into “Other minor fleets” in Tables 4 & 5

141

Appendix Table 2. Discard reason categories used in Appendix Tables 3A and 3B and the associated
discard fish dispositions.
Discard Reason Category

No Market

FISH DISPOSITIION
Code

FISH DISPOSITIION Description

001

NO MARKET, REASON NOT SPECIFIED

002

NO MARKET, TOO SMALL

003

NO MARKET, TOO LARGE

005

NO MARKET, WONT KEEP UNTIL TRIP END

006

NO MARKET, BUT RETAINED BY VESSEL FOR ALTERNATE PROGRAM

007

NO MARKET, BUT RETAINED FOR OBSERVER FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

008

NO MARKET, BROUGHT ONBOARD ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBSERVER
SAMPLING

012

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, TOO SMALL

013

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, TOO LARGE

004

NO MARKET, QUOTA FILLED

014

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, QUOTA FILLED

015

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, NO QUOTA IN AREA

025

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY RETENTION

011

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, REASON NOT SPECIFIED

022

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, V-NOTCHED

023

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, SOFT-SHELL

024

REGULATIONS PROHIBIT RETENTION, WITH EGGS

031

POOR QUALITY, REASON NOT SPECIFIED

032

POOR QUALITY, SANDFLEA DAMAGE

033

POOR QUALITY, SEAL DAMAGE

034

POOR QUALITY, SHARK DAMAGE

035

POOR QUALITY, CETACEAN DAMAGE

036

POOR QUALITY, HAGFISH DAMAGE

037

POOR QUALITY, SHELL DISEASE

038

POOR QUALITY, GEAR DAMAGE

000

DISCARDED, UNKNOWN REASON

040

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, OPERATIONAL DISCARDS

041

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, REASON NOT SPECIFIED

042

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, GEAR DAMAGE PREVENTED CAPTURE

043

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, FELL OUT/OFF OF GEAR

044

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, CONSIDERED TO HAVE NO MARKET VALUE

045

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, SAFETY REASON

046

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, MECHANICAL FAILURE

047

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, SPINY DOG CLOGGING PUMP

048

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, VESSEL CAPACITY FILLED

049

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, NOT ENOUGH FISH TO PUMP ABOARD

052

INCIDENTAL TAKE (MAMMAL, SEA TURTLE, SEA BIRD)

053

DEBRIS

054

EMPTY SHELLS

062

UPGRADED

063

RETAINING ONLY CERTAIN SIZE BETTER PRICE TRIP QUOTA IN EFFECT

070

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, QUALITY OF FISH

071

NOT BROUGHT ON BOARD, CLOGGED PUMP OTHER

099

DISCARDED, OTHER

Regulation (Size)

Regulation (Quota)

Regulation (Other)

Poor Quality

Other

Note: Fish disposition code '039' = POOR QUALITY, PREVIOUSLY DISCARDED has been excluded from this report.

142

Appendix Table 3A. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July 2013
through June 2014 data.

Species Group: ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

33

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

33

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Species Group: BLUEFISH (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

42,651

44.3

6.2

2.5

0.2

35.5

11.3

100.0

42,651

44.3

6.2

2.5

0.2

35.5

11.3

100.0

Species Group: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus) - SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops) - BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

1,221,866

10.3

60.1

20.7

1.4

0.3

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

748,419

4.6

48.7

40.6

0.2

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

552,711

9.6

36.1

42.5

0.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,065,120

6.5

6.9

79.9

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

681,158

65.2

0.0

668,887

41.4

Total

4,938,161

20.3

38

30 Other fleets filtered out

See text for fleet abbreviations.

143

Other

Total
7.2

100.0

1.2

4.7

100.0

1.4

10.3

100.0

1.1

0.1

5.5

100.0

33.6

1.2

0.0

0.0

100.0

14.0

32.7

0.1

3.5

8.3

100.0

29.7

42.3

0.8

0.9

6.0

100.0

Appendix Table 3A, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data.

Species Group: HERRING, ATLANTIC (Clupea harengus)
Fleet
Row

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

161,166

40.8

0.0

53.2

0.0

5.2

0.8

100.0

161,166

40.8

0.0

53.2

0.0

5.2

0.8

100.0

Species Group: LARGE MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

4

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area
OPEN

all

NE

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

all

226,376

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

437,758

22.8

5.0

71.6

0.6

0.0

0.0

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

457,016

37.9

3.9

57.3

0.2

0.0

0.7

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

343,984

3.1

7.2

89.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Hand Line

Trip
Region
Category

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,954,983

23.0

57.3

18.6

0.0

0.6

0.5

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

674,632

74.9

1.6

21.0

2.5

0.0

0.0

100.0

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

301,425

58.4

0.0

41.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

1,093,975

33.4

34.2

18.2

0.1

14.0

0.1

100.0

6,490,149

31.0

36.5

29.3

0.3

2.6

0.3

100.0

28 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

144

Appendix Table 3A, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data.

Species Group: MONKFISH (Lophius americanus)
Fleet
Row

6
8

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

233,350

13.4

43.7

38.7

0.0

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

0.0

4.1

100.0

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

922,250

4.6

95.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

100.0

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

256,066

0.0

3.2

6.4

0.0

90.4

0.0

100.0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

236,520

1.3

0.9

0.1

0.0

95.4

2.4

100.0

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

266,789

63.8

15.6

20.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

338,137

74.5

23.3

1.9

0.0

0.4

0.0

100.0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

590,872

73.1

26.2

0.1

0.0

0.7

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

2,640,687

79.2

16.2

2.7

0.0

0.5

1.3

100.0

304,138

39.7

35.7

19.6

2.5

2.0

0.5

100.0

5,788,810

54.3

31.1

5.2

0.1

8.3

0.9

100.0

27 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species Group: RED DEEPSEA CRAB (Chaceon quinquedens)
Fleet
Row

8

Gear Type

Otter Trawl

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area
OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

NE

Mesh
Group
lg

34 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

81,977

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

19,501

71.4

0.0

28.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

101,478

94.5

0.0

5.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Species Group: SEA SCALLOP (Placopecten magellanicus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5,239,579

77.8

0.0

7.2

0.2

12.3

2.5

100.0

5,239,579

77.8

0.0

7.2

0.2

12.3

2.5

100.0

145

Appendix Table 3A, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data.

Species Group: SKATE COMPLEX (Rajidae)
Fleet
Row

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

6,478,280

91.4

0.0

7.7

0.3

0.0

0.5

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

16,601,168

93.2

0.3

4.2

0.0

0.0

2.4

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

34,975,028

90.0

0.1

9.6

0.0

0.0

0.3

100.0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

2,064,308

44.3

0.6

38.8

0.0

14.5

1.8

100.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

1,880,014

97.6

0.0

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

1,723,487

80.7

0.0

19.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

4,353,141

97.4

0.0

2.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

17,901,678

97.4

0.0

2.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

4,433,493

87.1

0.0

12.6

0.0

0.3

0.0

100.0

90,410,596

91.3

0.1

7.6

0.0

0.3

0.6

100.0

27 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species Group: SMALL MESH GROUNDFISH
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

897,963

95.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

1.8

2.6

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,568,100

71.3

4.9

14.1

0.0

5.3

4.4

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

742,872

95.1

2.2

0.4

2.0

0.3

0.0

100.0

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

107,224

94.4

0.0

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

271,896

92.6

0.2

3.8

0.0

3.3

0.0

100.0

Total

3,588,055

84.6

2.6

6.7

0.4

3.1

2.6

100.0

38

31 Other fleets filtered out

See text for fleet abbreviations.

146

Appendix Table 3A, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data.

Species Group: SPINY DOGFISH (Squalus acanthias)
Fleet
Row

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

3,710,470

85.5

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.0

13.8

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

4,900,440

99.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

838,472

99.2

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

7,159,486

98.1

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.3

0.1

100.0

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

308,898

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,323,179

88.9

0.0

8.9

0.0

1.8

0.4

100.0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

28 Other fleets filtered out
Total

369,943

75.0

0.0

2.4

0.0

17.2

5.3

100.0

1,039,064

88.7

0.1

8.6

0.0

0.4

2.1

100.0

21,649,953

94.1

0.0

2.5

0.1

0.7

2.7

100.0

Species Group: SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii, Illex illecebrosus)- BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus) - MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

2,729,625

84.9

13.9

0.1

0.0

1.0

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

1,517,028

77.3

8.4

2.6

0.0

1.7

10.1

100.0

164,327

92.3

2.6

4.2

0.3

0.6

0.0

100.0

Total

4,410,980

82.6

11.6

1.1

0.0

1.2

3.5

100.0

33 Other fleets filtered out

Species Group: SURFCLAM (Spisula solidissima) - OCEAN QUAHOG (Artica islandica)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

23,214

94.4

0.0

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

23,214

94.4

0.0

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

147

Appendix Table 3A, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 14 species groups, based on July
2013 through June 2014 data.

Species Group: TILEFISH (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

4,078

51.6

8.5

15.7

0.0

24.2

0.0

100.0

4,078

51.6

8.5

15.7

0.0

24.2

0.0

100.0

148

Appendix Table 3B. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species that compose the
14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: BLACK SEA BASS (Centropristis striata)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

363,041

4.5

55.0

22.4

2.2

0.0

15.8

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

195,427

0.2

61.7

37.1

0.8

0.0

0.1

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

238,710

1.2

18.7

66.5

0.0

0.0

13.7

100.0

238,340

29.6

17.2

30.5

0.3

0.0

22.3

100.0

1,035,518

8.7

39.2

37.2

1.0

0.0

13.9

100.0

32 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: FLUKE (Paralichthys dentatus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

246,957

1.3

21.9

65.4

1.7

0.6

9.1

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

417,711

2.0

37.2

50.5

0.0

1.9

8.5

100.0

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

1,007,579

4.5

2.8

85.6

1.1

0.1

5.9

100.0

37

8

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

160,469

63.3

2.8

33.8

0.0

0.1

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

660,475

64.6

0.0

34.2

1.2

0.0

0.0

100.0

340,763

33.3

9.6

47.4

0.2

7.7

1.8

100.0

2,833,953

24.6

9.7

59.2

0.8

1.3

4.4

100.0

30 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: SCUP (Stenotomus chrysops)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

611,868

17.1

77.7

2.7

0.9

0.4

1.3

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

219,855

19.6

62.4

8.3

0.0

0.4

9.3

100.0

236,967

24.8

63.6

8.6

0.0

2.9

0.0

100.0

1,068,690

19.3

71.4

5.1

0.5

0.9

2.7

100.0

33 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

149

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: AMERICAN PLAICE (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Fleet
Row

8

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Otter Trawl

OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

NE

Mesh
Group
lg

34 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

200,291

1.8

96.4

0.0

0.0

1.8

0.0

100.0

48,407

26.0

12.0

60.8

0.0

1.2

0.0

100.0

248,697

6.6

80.0

11.8

0.0

1.6

0.0

100.0

Species: ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua)
Fleet
Row

4
8
48

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Hand Line

OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

NE

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

all

84,524

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

102,329

0.0

99.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

100.0

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

93,480

56.4

0.0

43.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

96,965

6.0

57.9

11.9

0.2

23.6

0.4

100.0

377,299

15.5

64.1

13.9

0.0

6.3

0.1

100.0

32 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: ATLANTIC HALIBUT (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Fleet
Row

8

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

67,996

0.5

74.6

22.8

0.3

0.1

1.6

100.0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

7,507

0.0

83.7

13.4

0.2

1.5

1.1

100.0

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

10,852

4.0

75.2

0.0

0.0

16.9

3.9

100.0

2,827

11.9

45.1

43.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

89,182

1.3

74.5

19.9

0.2

2.3

1.8

100.0

32 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

150

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: ATLANTIC WOLFFISH (Anarhichas lupus)
Fleet
Row

2
8

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Longline

OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

NE

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

all

2,369

5.5

0.0

94.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

28,886

3.5

0.0

96.4

0.0

0.0

0.1

100.0

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

2,428

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

3,992

3.5

0.0

96.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

1,071

48.2

0.0

51.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38,746

4.6

0.0

95.3

0.0

0.0

0.1

100.0

31 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

18

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

50,419

42.1

22.9

34.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

sm

88,286

0.3

15.6

84.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

lg

524,739

0.2

99.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

100.0

lg

166,569

0.0

99.4

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

100.0

150,624

7.3

64.6

25.0

0.0

3.0

0.0

100.0

980,638

3.4

82.4

13.2

0.0

1.0

0.0

100.0

31 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: OCEAN POUT (Zoarces americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

50,653

15.5

0.0

84.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

14,250

83.6

0.0

16.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

73,449

43.3

0.0

56.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

91,721

94.4

0.0

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Total

230,073

60.0

0.0

40.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

32 Other fleets filtered out

See text for fleet abbreviations.

151

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: POLLOCK (Pollachius virens)
Fleet
Row

8
27

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

130,434

0.3

98.9

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.1

100.0

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

119,579

0.0

28.1

0.0

0.0

71.9

0.0

100.0

135,669

0.4

91.2

4.3

0.0

4.1

0.0

100.0

385,682

0.2

74.2

1.5

0.0

24.0

0.0

100.0

33 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: REDFISH (Sebastes fasciatus)
Fleet
Row

8

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Otter Trawl

Trip
Region
Category

OPEN

all

NE

Mesh
Group
lg

34 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

966,322

44.2

54.8

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.9

100.0

15,144

24.8

43.6

29.9

0.0

1.7

0.0

100.0

981,465

43.9

54.6

0.5

0.0

0.2

0.9

100.0

Species: WHITE HAKE (Urophycis tenuis)
Fleet
Row

48

Percentage by Discard Reason Category

Gear Type

Access
Area

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

NE

Mesh
Group

No Market

all

201,847

61.1

0.0

55,637

23.1

Total

257,484

52.9

34 Other fleets filtered out

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

Regulation
(Size)

152

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

38.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

14.9

3.6

0.0

58.3

0.2

100.0

3.2

31.3

0.0

12.6

0.0

100.0

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: WINDOWPANE FLOUNDER (Scophthalmus aquosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

177,081

28.3

1.0

70.1

0.6

0.0

0.0

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

337,187

37.8

0.0

62.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

42,170

9.5

0.2

90.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

634,876

20.9

0.0

79.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

41,515

59.8

0.0

40.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

47,522

53.9

0.0

46.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

76,025

88.2

0.0

11.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

236,075

81.3

0.0

18.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

41,213

59.4

0.2

40.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

1,633,664

39.7

0.1

60.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

100.0

27 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: WINTER FLOUNDER (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

79,890

10.8

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

130,341

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

56,251

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

38

31 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

0.5

87.4

1.2

0.1

0.0

100.0

2.4

6.7

90.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

5.3

75.8

9.2

0.0

8.6

1.1

100.0

188,664

72.7

0.1

18.8

8.5

0.0

0.0

100.0

96,791

46.6

1.9

48.1

0.8

0.6

2.1

100.0

551,938

35.7

9.7

49.9

3.2

1.0

0.5

100.0

153

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: WITCH FLOUNDER (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

54,345

19.1

0.3

80.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

29,467

57.6

8.4

33.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

79,849

2.6

95.3

1.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

100.0

34

8

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

12,270

48.1

0.0

51.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

30,149

81.4

0.0

18.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

20,957

29.5

12.1

58.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

100.0

227,037

29.1

35.8

34.6

0.1

0.4

0.0

100.0

30 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (Limanda ferruginea)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

30,228

0.0

30.3

67.0

0.3

0.0

2.5

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

24,987

0.3

0.5

99.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

72,960

2.8

91.3

1.2

0.0

0.7

3.9

100.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

52,262

53.8

14.5

31.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

38,248

62.0

1.4

36.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

199,184

69.0

4.5

25.7

0.8

0.0

0.0

100.0

70,375

38.8

15.4

43.4

1.6

0.7

0.0

100.0

488,244

44.8

21.3

32.4

0.6

0.2

0.7

100.0

29 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

154

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: OFFSHORE HAKE (Merluccius albidus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

12,013

87.9

12.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

854

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

714

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

709

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

62

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

14,353

89.9

10.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

31 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: RED HAKE (Urophycis chuss)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

471,469

95.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

873,551

66.4

7.2

18.8

0.0

0.0

7.6

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

186,619

95.9

3.0

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

36,016

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

65,326

91.9

0.0

8.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

68,333

91.4

0.3

8.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

100.0

Total

1,701,314

80.2

4.1

10.4

0.0

0.0

5.3

100.0

30 Other fleets filtered out

Species: SILVER HAKE (Merluccius bilinearis)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

414,480

96.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

3.8

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

693,835

77.3

2.0

8.5

0.0

11.8

0.4

100.0

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

555,545

94.9

2.0

0.2

2.6

0.4

0.0

100.0

208,529

93.0

0.2

2.5

0.1

4.3

0.0

100.0

1,872,389

88.4

1.4

3.5

0.8

5.8

0.2

100.0

32 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

155

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: ATLANTIC MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

35 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

59,548

71.2

0.0

26.6

0.1

2.2

0.0

100.0

59,548

71.2

0.0

26.6

0.1

2.2

0.0

100.0

Species: BUTTERFISH (Peprilus triacanthus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

5

Otter Trawl

7

Otter Trawl

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

OPEN

all

MA

sm

958,959

62.3

37.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

OPEN

all

NE

sm

726,408

72.5

17.1

2.5

0.0

0.2

7.7

100.0

13,876

88.5

7.6

0.5

3.4

0.0

0.0

100.0

1,699,244

66.9

28.5

1.2

0.1

0.1

3.3

100.0

33 Other fleets filtered out
Total

Species: NORTHERN SHORTFIN SQUID (Illex illecebrosus)
Fleet
Row

Gear Type

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

853,188

98.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.4

0.0

100.0

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

539,734

98.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.7

0.0

100.0

81,252

99.8

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

1,474,174

98.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.4

0.0

100.0

33 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

156

Appendix Table 3B, continued. Estimated discards (live lb) and percentage by discard reason category for 23 individual species
that compose the 14 species groups, based on July 2013 through June 2014 data.

Species: LONGFIN INSHORE SQUID (Doryteuthis [Amerigo] pealeii)
Fleet
Row

5

Gear Type

Otter Trawl

Percentage by Discard Reason Category
Access
Area
OPEN

Trip
Region
Category
all

MA

Mesh
Group
sm

34 Other fleets filtered out
Total

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Discarded

No Market

Regulation
(Size)

Regulation
(Quota)

Regulation
(Other)

Poor
Quality

Other

Total

882,821

97.2

0.8

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

100.0

287,836

56.2

2.4

3.1

0.0

4.8

33.7

100.0

1,170,657

87.1

1.2

0.8

0.0

2.7

8.3

100.0

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Appendix Table 4. Fleet abbreviations used in Figures 1A, 1B, 2, and 3. Fleets that were filtered out
through the importance filter and fleets designated as in need of pilot coverage have been aggregated
into "Other fleets."

Fleet
Gear Type
Row

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Fleet Abbreviation

1

Longline

OPEN

all

MA

all

LL MA (Row 1)

2

Longline

OPEN

all

NE

all

LL NE (Row 2)

3

Hand Line

OPEN

all

MA

all

HL MA (Row 3)

4

Hand Line

OPEN

all

NE

all

HL NE (Row 4)

5

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

sm

OT sm MA (Row 5)

6

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

lg

OT lg MA (Row 6)

7

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

sm

OT sm NE (Row 7)

8

Otter Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

lg

OT lg NE (Row 8)

9

Scallop Trawl

AA

GEN

MA

all

SCT AA GEN MA (Row 9)

10

Scallop Trawl

AA

LIM

MA

all

SCT AA LIM MA (Row 10)

11

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

SCT OPEN GEN MA (Row 11)

12

Scallop Trawl

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

SCT OPEN LIM MA (Row 12)

13

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

MA

all

OTT MA (Row 13)

14

Otter Trawl, Twin

OPEN

all

NE

all

OTT NE (Row 14)

15

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

MA

lg

OTR lg MA (Row 15)

16

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

sm

OTR sm NE (Row 16)

17

Otter Trawl, Ruhle

OPEN

all

NE

lg

OTR lg NE (Row 17)

18

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

lg

OTH lg NE (Row 18)

19

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

SHT MA (Row 19)

20

Shrimp Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

SHT NE (Row 20)

21

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

MA

all

FT MA (Row 21)

22

Floating Trap

OPEN

all

NE

all

FT NE (Row 22)

23

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

sm

GN sm MA (Row 23)

24

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

lg

GN lg MA (Row 24)

25

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

MA

xlg

GN xlg MA (Row 25)

26

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

sm

GN sm NE (Row 26)

27

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

lg

GN lg NE (Row 27)

28

Sink, Anchor, Drift Gillnet

OPEN

all

NE

xlg

GN xlg NE (Row 28)

29

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

PS MA (Row 29)

30

Purse Seine

OPEN

all

NE

all

PS NE (Row 30)

31

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

MA

all

SCD AA GEN MA (Row 31)

32

Scallop Dredge

AA

GEN

NE

all

SCD AA GEN NE (Row 32)

33

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

MA

all

SCD AA LIM MA (Row 33)

34

Scallop Dredge

AA

LIM

NE

all

SCD AA LIM NE (Row 34)

35

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

MA

all

SCD OPEN GEN MA (Row 35)

36

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

GEN

NE

all

SCD OPEN GEN NE (Row 36)

37

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

MA

all

SCD OPEN LIM MA (Row 37)

38

Scallop Dredge

OPEN

LIM

NE

all

SCD OPEN LIM NE (Row 38)

39

Danish Seine

OPEN

all

MA

all

DS MA (Row 39)

40

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

MA

all

MWT MA (Row 40)

41

Mid-water Paired & Single Trawl OPEN

all

NE

all

MWT NE (Row 41)

42

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

MA

all

FPT MA (Row 42)

43

Pots and Traps, Fish

OPEN

all

NE

all

FPT NE (Row 43)

See text for fleet abbreviations.

158

Appendix Table 4, continued. Fleet abbreviations used in Figures 1A, 1B, 2, and 3. Fleets that were
filtered out through the importance filter and fleets designated as in need of pilot coverage have been
aggregated into "Other fleets."

Fleet
Gear Type
Row

Access
Area

Trip
Region
Category

Mesh
Group

Fleet Abbreviation

44

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

MA

all

CPT MA (Row 44)

45

Pots and Traps, Conch

OPEN

all

NE

all

CPT NE (Row 45)

46

Pots and Traps, Hagfish

OPEN

all

NE

all

HPT NE (Row 46)

47

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

MA

all

LPT MA (Row 47)

48

Pots and Traps, Lobster

OPEN

all

NE

all

LPT NE (Row 48)

49

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

MA

all

CRPT MA (Row 49)

50

Pots and Traps, Crab

OPEN

all

NE

all

CRPT NE (Row 50)

51

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

MA

all

BT MA (Row 51)

52

Beam Trawl

OPEN

all

NE

all

BT NE (Row 52)

53

Dredge, Other

OPEN

all

MA

all

DRO MA (Row 53)

54

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

MA

all

CDR MA (Row 54)

55

Ocean Quahog/Surfclam Dredge

OPEN

all

NE

all

CDR NE (Row 55)

56

Otter Trawl, Haddock Separator

OPEN

all

NE

sm

OTH sm NE (Row 56)

Other fleets filtered out

See text for fleet abbreviations.

Other fleets

159

APPENDIX: EQUATIONS USED IN DISCARD ESTIMATION AND
SAMPLE SIZE ANALYSES
Total discarded pounds for species j is defined as:
Q

(1)

Dˆ j = ∑ K h rc , j
h =1

where
Q

(2)

rc , j =

nh

∑ Nh ∑

d jih

nh
k
N h ∑ ih
∑
h =1
i =1 nh

h =1
Q

i =1
nh

ˆ is total discarded pounds for species j; Kh is vessel trip report (VTR) total kept pounds of all species in
Where D
j
stratum h; rc,j is the combined ratio of species j; djih is discards of species j from trip i in stratum h; kih is kept pounds of
all species on trip i in stratum h; Nh is the number of VTR trips in stratum h; nh is the number of observed trips in
stratum h. A stratum represents a fleet (i.e., gear type, access area, trip category, region, mesh group combination). In
Eq. 2 the summation over strata h = 1 to Q is over calendar quarters, and the other strata values are held constant.
Equation 3 (below) requires a more explicit definition of the stratum designation since the summation over quarter
relies on an annual average ratio defined in Eq. 2.

ˆ for species j is defined as:
Variance of D
j

(

 nqh 2
2 2
 ∑ d jiqh + (rc , j ) kiqh − 2rc , j d jiqh kiqh
4


N
n
−
1
qh
ˆ ) = ∑ K 2  qh
(3) V ( D

 i =1
j
qh 
2

n
nqh − 1
q =1
 
 nqh N qh   qh
kiqh  
∑
 i =1
 
 n

 qh 



)






ˆ is total discarded pounds for species j; Kqh is VTR total kept pounds of all species in quarter q and stratum
where D
j
h; rc,j is the combined ratio of species j ; djiqh is discards of species j from trip i in quarter q and stratum h; kiqh is kept
pounds of all species on trip i in quarter q and stratum h; Nqh is the number of VTR trips in quarter q and stratum h; nqh
is the number of observed trips in quarter q and stratum h.
Standard Error of the discard estimate is defined as:

(4)

SE ( Dˆ j ) = V ( Dˆ j )
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ˆ is defined as:
Coefficient of variation (CV) of D
j
(5)

ˆ )
V (D
j
ˆ
D

ˆ )=
CV ( D
j

j

The number of sea days and trips needed to achieve a 30% coefficient of variation (CV) is derived based on the
variance of the total discards using the combined ratio method and the d/k discard ratio (Eq. 3).
From Eq. 3, let

(

 nqh 2
2 2
− 2rc , j d jiqh k iqh
d jiqh + (rc , jh ) k iqh
 i∑
=  =1
nqh − 1



(6)

Sˆ 2jqh

(7)

δ qh =

)




and

nqh
4

∑ nqh

q =1

where δqh is the fraction of the trips in quarter q in stratum h; rc,jh is the combined annual ratio of species j in stratum h;
djiqh is discards of species j from trip i in stratum h in quarter q; kiqh is kept pounds of all species on trip i in stratum h in
quarter q; and nqh is the number of observed trips in stratum h in quarter q. The rc,jh in Eq. 6 is defined in Eq. 2 where the
summation is over quarters within a given stratum defined by gear, region, access area, trip type, and so forth.
The number of trips necessary to achieve a 30% CV based on the variance of the composite annual total discards for
species group j in stratum h is defined as:

 K qh2 2 1 


Sˆ jqh
∑
2

δ qh 
q =1  k qh
=
4 K2
qh ˆ 2
S jqh
∑
2
q =1 k qh
2
(0.09) Dˆ jh +
Nh
4

(8)

TˆD30 jh

where 0.09 = 0.302, the square of the 30% CV, the given precision level.

The number of sea days necessary to achieve a 30% CV based on the variance of the composite annual total discards for
species group j in stratum h is defined as:
(9)

SˆD30 jh = TˆD30 jh * DAh

where D Ah is the weighted average trip length of VTR trips in stratum h (weighted by the number of VTR trips in
each quarter).

161

When total discards could not be estimated because of little or no observer coverage (no data) or when total discards are
zero (no variance), sample size was determined by pilot cover, where 2% of the quarterly VTR trips for a fleet were
multiplied by the quarterly mean VTR trip length.
(10) Sˆ30, jhq = Tˆhq * DAhq
where Tˆhq is 2% of the VTR trips in stratum h and quarter q, and 3 <= Tˆhq <= 100 trips; D Ahq is the average trip
length of VTR trips in stratum h and quarter q. The quarterly trips and sea days were then summed for annual number
of trips and sea days.

The achieved precision resulting from the number of funded sea days can be derived by converting funded sea days into
funded trips. The number of funded trips, TˆFh for stratum h is defined as:
(11)

TˆFh = SˆFh / DAh

where SˆFh is the number of funded sea days in stratum h and D Ah is the weighted average trip length of VTR trips in
stratum h (weighted by the number of VTR trips in each quarter).

ˆ is based on the variance of the composite annual total discards for
The achieved coefficient of variation (CV) of D
j
species group j in stratum h and the number of funded trips in stratum h and rewriting Eq. 8.
From Eq. 8, let

 4  K qh2 2  
 ∑  2 Sˆ jqh  
4  K2
k


ˆ 2 1  − TˆF  q =1  qh
 qh
S
∑
jqh
h
2



δ qh 
Nh
q =1  k qh






ˆ )=
(12) CV ( D
jh
2
ˆ
ˆ
TFh ∗ D jh

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