| Yellowtail Flounder Sub-ACL for
the Directed Scallop Fishery Georges Bank Stock Area |
Report run on: | September 8, 2017 | |||||||||
| For data reported through: | June 25, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Quota period: | 2016 | ||||||||||
| Quota period dates: | 03/01/16 to 02/28/17 | ||||||||||
| Date | Limited Access Fleet* | Limited Access General Category IFQ Fleet | Monthly total catch (lb) | Cumulative catch (lb) | Percent of sub-ACL (4,850 lb) |
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| Open Areas | Closed Area
I (522, 525)** |
Closed Area II | Open Areas | Closed Area I (522, 525)** |
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| Discards (lb) | Discards (lb) | Discards (lb) | Dredge discards (lb) | Trawl discards (lb) | Dredge discards (lb) | Trawl discards (lb) | |||||
| March-16 | 249 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 249 | 249 | 5.1 | |
| April-16 | 141 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 141 | 390 | 8.0 | |
| May-16 | 1,133 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,133 | 1,523 | 31.4 | |
| June-16 | 1,048 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,048 | 2,571 | 53.0 | |
| July-16 | 679 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 679 | 3,250 | 67.0 | |
| August-16 | 775 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 775 | 4,025 | 83.0 | |
| September-16 | 351 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 351 | 4,377 | 90.2 | |
| October-16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4,377 | 90.2 | ||
| November-16 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 4,403 | 90.8 | |
| December-16 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | 4,457 | 91.9 | |
| January-17 | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 91 | 4,548 | 93.8 | |
| February-17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4,548 | 93.8 | ||
| Total | 4,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,548 | |||
| *The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification. | |||||||||||
| **The Georges Bank yellowtail stock area does not include statistical areas 521 and 526. Data reported here are for statistical areas 522 and 525 only. | |||||||||||
| For more information on the methodology used to estimate yellowtail flounder catch click | here | ||||||||||
| In order to comply with data confidentiality requirements, discards for areas and/or gear types that only have 1 - 2 trips in a month will be aggregated with discards from preceding month(s) until the 3 trip minimum is met. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: This report uses audited observer data (March 2013 - February 2017) and preliminary observer data (March 2017 - present) for Closed Area I; audited observer data (March 2014 - February 2017) and preliminary observer data (March 2017 - present) for Closed Area II; and the most recent 12 months of audited observer data (March 2016 - February 2017) for open areas. | |||||||||||
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| These data are the best available to NOAA's National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) when this report was compiled. Data for this report are supplied to NMFS from vessels via Vessel Trip Reporting and the Vessel Monitoring System, and dealers via Dealer Electronic Reporting. Data may be preliminary. Discrepancies with previous reports are due to corrections made to the database. | |||||||||||