Yellowtail and Windowpane Bycatch Estimates in the Scallop Fishery

Report Run on: 2021-07-19

For data reported through 2021-07-18

Quota Period: 2020

Quota period dates: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Georges Bank Yellowtail

Georges Bank Yellowtail (sub-ACL 41,006 pounds)
Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
Limited Access
LA-CAI-Dredge 2 2 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA-CAII-Dredge 0 169 759 461 412 0 0 0 43 34 17 32
LA-OPEN-Dredge 0 0 174 430 166 77 14 1 1 23 17 373
Limited Access General Category
LAGC-CAI-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-OPEN-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month Total 2 171 937 891 586 77 14 1 44 57 34 405
Cumulative Total 2 173 1,110 2,001 2,587 2,664 2,678 2,679 2,723 2,780 2,814 3,219
Percent of Sub-ACL 0.0% 0.4% 2.7% 4.9% 6.3% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.6% 6.8% 6.9% 7.9%
1 Abbreviations: CAI = Closed Area I, CAII = Closed Area II, OPEN = Open Areas
2 For Closed Area I, only Statistical Areas 522 and 525 are used for this report
3 The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification
4 This report uses audited observer data.
5 Due to lack of coverage in 2020 all discard rates were derived using two-years (2019, 2020) of observer information.
6 Due to lack of coverage, in both 2019 and 2020, Closed Area II, LAGC Open Dredge and LA Closed Area I were assigned the overall broad stock discard rate from 2019

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail (sub-ACL 4,409 pounds)
Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
Limited Access
LA-MID-MAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA-MID-OPEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA-NLSS 28 30 21 12 14 10 7 1 0 0 1 5
LA-NLSW 9 11 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA-SNE 32 29 126 198 164 135 76 17 2 37 15 26
LA-SNE-NLSN 4 41 42 38 57 69 44 14 2 9 16 16
Limited Access General Category
LAGC-MID-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-MID-Trawl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-NLSN-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-NLSW-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-SNE-Dredge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-SNE-Trawl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month Total 73 111 195 254 236 214 127 32 4 46 32 47
Cumulative Total 73 184 379 633 869 1,083 1,210 1,242 1,246 1,292 1,324 1,371
Percent of Sub-ACL 1.7% 4.2% 8.6% 14.4% 19.7% 24.6% 27.4% 28.2% 28.3% 29.3% 30.0% 31.1%
1 Abbreviations: MID = Mid-Atlantic; Open Areas within the Southern New England yellowtail Broad Stock Area and within statistical areas > 613
, MAA = Mid-Atlantic Access Area
, NLSS = Nantucket Lightship South
, NLSW = Nantucket Lightship West
, SNE = Southern New England; Open Areas within the Southern New England yellowtail Broad Stock Area and within statistical areas < 614 as well as Statistical Area 526 within Closed Area I
2 Due to lack of coverage in 2020 all discard rates were derived using two-years (2019, 2020) of observer information.
3 LA-NLS-N received the overall broadstock rate from the previous fishing year (2019)
4 The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification
5 This report uses audited observer data.

Georges Bank Windowpane

Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank/Scotian Shelf Stock Area Windowpane (sub-ACL 26,455 pounds)
Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
Limited Access
LA-CAI-Dredge 109 290 155 28 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
LA-CAII-Dredge 0 1,821 8,171 4,968 4,435 0 0 0 467 364 180 339
LA-NLSN-Dredge 0 34 0 0 0 42 27 33 0 0 1 65
LA-OPEN-Dredge 0 55 4,279 11,291 5,448 2,619 530 281 1,553 2,810 7,395 13,189
Limited Access General Category
LAGC-CAI-Dredge 1 8 20 15 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-NLSN-Dredge 2 9 29 29 34 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-OPEN-Dredge 285 216 19 23 18 280 343 499 454 1,166 905 1,225
Month Total 397 2,433 12,673 16,354 10,065 2,959 901 813 2,474 4,340 8,481 14,829
Cumulative Total 397 2,830 15,503 31,857 41,922 44,881 45,782 46,595 49,069 53,409 61,890 76,719
Percent of Sub-ACL 1.5% 10.7% 58.6% 120.4% 158.5% 169.7% 173.1% 176.1% 185.5% 201.9% 233.9% 290.0%
1 Abbreviations: CAI = Closed Area I, OPEN = Open Areas
2 For Closed Area I, only Statistical Areas 521, 522, and 525 are used for this report
3 Due to lack of coverage in 2020 all discard rates were derived using two-years (2019, 2020) of observer information.
4 Stratifications where there are < 5 observed trips use previous years final discard rate
5 Strata that did not exist the previous year (Closed Area II, Nantucket Lightship North) received the broad stock rate for the previous year
6 The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification
7 This report uses audited observer data.

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Windowpane

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Windowpane (sub-ACL 315,261 pounds)
Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
Limited Access
LA-MID 3,168 3,081 2,362 1,204 1,612 2,239 3,644 2,232 1,442 616 284 662
LA-NLSN 600 6,794 7,058 6,279 9,419 11,481 7,376 2,347 309 1,510 2,647 2,613
LA-NLSS 8,342 8,786 6,327 3,405 4,233 2,867 2,132 349 34 71 173 1,414
LA-NLSW 199 233 134 137 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA-SNE 1,978 1,793 7,697 12,098 9,994 8,219 4,632 1,033 96 2,247 887 1,586
Limited Access General Category
LAGC-MID-Dredge 295 807 1,077 688 382 277 244 152 115 106 102 330
LAGC-MID-Trawl 3 14 31 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAGC-NLSN-Dredge 149 415 505 638 568 338 44 2 0 0 0 0
LAGC-SNE-Dredge 742 747 916 1,283 1,114 934 783 241 465 517 1,057 1,012
LAGC-SNE-Trawl 52 25 66 37 0 46 48 0 0 133 21 22
Month Total 15,528 22,695 26,173 25,781 27,341 26,405 18,903 6,356 2,461 5,200 5,171 7,639
Cumulative Total 15,528 38,223 64,396 90,177 117,518 143,923 162,826 169,182 171,643 176,843 182,014 189,653
Percent of Sub-ACL 4.9% 12.1% 20.4% 28.6% 37.3% 45.7% 51.6% 53.7% 54.4% 56.1% 57.7% 60.2%
1 Abbreviations: MID = Mid-Atlantic; Open Areas within the Southern New England yellowtail Broad Stock Area and within statistical areas > 613
, MAA = Mid-Atlantic Access Area
, NLSS = Nantucket Lightship South
, NLSW = Nantucket Lightship West
, SNE = Southern New England; Open Areas within the Southern New England yellowtail Broad Stock Area and within statistical areas < 614 as well as Statistical Area 526 within Closed Area I
2 Due to lack of coverage in 2020 all discard rates were derived using two-years (2019, 2020) of observer information.
3 Stratifications where there are < 5 observed trips use previous years final discard rate. In cases where there was no fishing within the strata in the previous year, the most most closely related discard rate is used
4 The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification
5 This report uses audited observer data.