Table 5: FY 2018 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 15.5 4.7 4.4 0.2         0.7 10.2
GOM Cod 152.4 151.1 6.4 2.2 142.6       0.2 1.0
GB Haddock 560.6 435.1 435.1 0.0   -     6.5 119.0
GOM Haddock 291.3 221.2 50.0 0.1 171.1 -     1.4 68.7
GB Yellowtail Flounder 13.1 0.2 0.2 -     12.7 0.1 - 0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder 7.3 1.1 1.1 0.0     2.6   0.1 3.4
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder 49.5 21.4 20.8 0.6         0.4 27.7
Plaice 105.1 58.7 56.7 2.0         1.5 44.9
Witch Flounder 127.2 58.5 46.9 11.6         1.5 67.1
GB Winter Flounder 45.3 0.6 0.6 -         - 44.8
GOM Winter Flounder 8.4 2.4 2.4 0.0         1.0 5.0
SNE/MA Winter Flounder 128.3 3.0 2.3 0.8         1.2 124.0
Redfish 70.0 67.8 67.7 0.2         1.6 0.6
White Hake 24.7 11.0 10.9 0.1         0.3 13.4
Pollock 545.5 106.8 106.6 0.2         293.9 144.8
Northern Windowpane 56.6 33.3 33.0 0.3     22.3   0.4 0.7
Southern Windowpane 435.9 66.5 49.7 16.8     157.1   7.3 205.0
Ocean Pout 53.7 17.1 17.0 0.1         0.4 36.2
Halibut 45.1 43.7 43.7 0.0         0.9 0.5
Wolffish 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.1         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
November 22, 2019, run date of July 22, 2019
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.