Table 5: FY 2016 Northeast Multispecies Estimated Discards (mt)
 
Stock Total Discards Groundfish Fishery Sector Common Pool Recreational Midwater Trawl Herring Fishery  Scallop Fishery  Small Mesh Fisheries State Water Other
A to H A+B+C A B C D E F G H
GB Cod                66.9                24.6                24.6                  0.1                          9.5                    32.8
GOM Cod              200.2              196.6                  9.9                  0.3                  186.4                        0.4                      3.3
GB Haddock           1,210.4              945.6              945.6                  0.0                    3.6                    14.0                  247.2
GOM Haddock              510.5              411.0                83.6                  0.6                  326.8                    -                       3.6                    95.8
GB Yellowtail Flounder                  7.3                  0.5                  0.5                    -                       2.1                      4.8                    -                       0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder                22.0                  3.0                  1.4                  1.5                    10.7                    0.3                      8.0
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder                62.2                15.7                14.3                  1.3                          0.5                    46.1
Plaice              122.5                94.6                93.0                  1.5                          3.1                    24.9
Witch Flounder              117.4                64.4                63.9                  0.5                          1.9                    51.1
GB Winter Flounder                  5.0                  1.2                  1.2                    -                             -                       3.8
GOM Winter Flounder                17.3                  5.0                  5.0                  0.0                          7.3                      5.0
SNE/MA Winter Flounder              111.6                  9.6                  7.7                  1.8                          1.7                  100.3
Redfish                55.9                51.7                51.7                  0.0                          1.6                      2.7
White Hake                43.6                35.4                35.4                    -                           0.9                      7.4
Pollock              693.3                74.7                74.7                  0.0                      347.4                  271.1
Northern Windowpane                83.7                45.0                45.0                  0.0                          0.7                    37.9
Southern Windowpane              404.0              126.7              108.3                18.4                    84.4                  14.8                  178.1
Ocean Pout                43.3                17.1                16.3                  0.8                          0.4                    25.8
Halibut                39.0                36.6                36.6                  0.0                          1.3                      1.1
Wolffish                  0.8                  0.6                  0.6                  0.0                          0.0                      0.1
                   
1Discards include any FY 2012 carryover caught by sectors in FY 2013.
Values in metric tons of live weight
Sector and common pool include estimate of missing dealer reports
Source:  NMFS Northeast Regional Office
Source:  NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
October 17, 2017, run dates of June 25, 2017 and September 19, 2017.  State waters catch updated February 8, 2018
These data are the best available to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Data sources for this report include: (1) Vessels via VMS; (2) Vessels via vessel logbook reports; (3) Dealers via Dealer Electronic reporting; (4) Observers and at-sea monitors via the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program. Differences with previous reports are due to corrections made to the database.