| Yellowtail Flounder Sub-ACL for the Directed Scallop
Fishery Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Stock Area |
Report run on: | August 22, 2018 | |||||||||||
| For data reported through: | July 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Quota period: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Quota period dates: | 03/01/17 to 3/31/18 | ||||||||||||
| Date | Limited Access Fleet* | Limited Access General Category IFQ Fleet | Monthly total catch (lb) | Cumulative catch (lb) | Percent of sub-ACL (9,039 lb) |
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| Nantucket Lightship |
Southern New England | Mid-Atlantic | Nantucket Lightship |
Southern New England | Mid-Atlantic | ||||||||
| Discards (lb) | Discards (lb) | Discards (lb) | Dredge discards (lb) | Trawl discards (lb) | Dredge discards (lb) | Trawl discards (lb) | Dredge discards (lb) | Trawl discards (lb) | |||||
| March-17 | 78 | 316 | - | 9 | - | 42 | - | 2 | - | 448 | 448 | 5.0 | |
| April-17 | 513 | 274 | - | 51 | - | 89 | - | 5 | - | 932 | 1,379 | 15.3 | |
| May-17 | 357 | 1,031 | - | 56 | - | 147 | - | 3 | - | 1,593 | 2,973 | 32.9 | |
| June-17 | 183 | 827 | - | - | - | 225 | - | 2 | - | 1,238 | 4,210 | 46.6 | |
| July-17 | 169 | 858 | - | - | - | 163 | - | 3 | - | 1,193 | 5,403 | 59.8 | |
| August-17 | 268 | 629 | - | - | - | 228 | - | 3 | - | 1,128 | 6,531 | 72.3 | |
| September-17 | 119 | 200 | - | - | - | 206 | - | 2 | - | 526 | 7,058 | 78.1 | |
| October-17 | 140 | 363 | - | - | - | 207 | - | 1 | - | 712 | 7,770 | 86.0 | |
| November-17 | 195 | 115 | - | - | - | 63 | - | 1 | - | 373 | 8,143 | 90.1 | |
| December-17 | 180 | 74 | - | - | - | 72 | - | 1 | - | 326 | 8,469 | 93.7 | |
| January-18 | 133 | 58 | - | - | - | 67 | - | 1 | - | 259 | 8,728 | 96.6 | |
| February-18 | 69 | 184 | - | - | - | 117 | - | 1 | - | 372 | 9,100 | 100.7 | |
| March-18 | 16 | 175 | - | - | - | 116 | - | 1 | - | 308 | 9,408 | 104.1 | |
| Total | 2,421 | 5,104 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 1,743 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 9,408 | |||
| *The limited access fleet is not split into dredge and trawl components because there is insufficient observer coverage for such a stratification. | |||||||||||||
| 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 2017 - March 2018) for limited access trips into Nantucket Lightship; audited observer data (March 2017 - March 2018) for limited access general category IFQ trips into Nantucket Lightship; and the most recent 12 months of audited observer data (March 2017 - March 2018) for both fleets in Southern New England and Mid-Atlantic. | |||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||