Table 5: FY 2019 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 20.6 7.9 7.7 0.2         1.0 11.7
GOM Cod 71.3 70.1 12.2 1.4 56.5       0.3 0.9
GB Haddock 242.7 223.2 223.2 0.0   -     4.7 14.7
GOM Haddock 229.8 213.7 91.9 0.1 121.6 -     2.2 14.0
GB Yellowtail Flounder 1.9 0.1 0.1 -     1.7 0.0 - 0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder 4.2 0.2 0.2 0.0     2.1   0.0 1.8
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder 57.3 14.8 14.0 0.8         0.2 42.3
Plaice 68.7 49.4 49.1 0.4         1.4 17.9
Witch Flounder 81.5 37.9 37.9 0.1         1.1 42.5
GB Winter Flounder 23.0 0.9 0.9 -         - 22.1
GOM Winter Flounder 5.1 1.7 1.7 0.1         0.5 2.9
SNE/MA Winter Flounder 142.0 2.6 2.5 0.2         0.2 139.1
Redfish 43.1 41.5 41.5 0.0         1.1 0.4
White Hake 31.9 9.6 9.6 -         0.3 22.0
Pollock 359.8 73.8 73.7 0.0         84.3 201.7
Northern Windowpane 68.0 21.8 21.7 0.0     25.4   0.2 20.7
Southern Windowpane 339.3 32.7 30.0 2.7     57.7   5.2 243.6
Ocean Pout 65.7 18.6 18.4 0.2         0.5 46.6
Halibut 48.9 47.1 47.1 0.0         1.2 0.5
Wolffish 2.6 2.4 2.4 0.0         0.1 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
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Source: NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
October 20, 2020, run date of September 17, 2020
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.