Table 5: FY 2020 Northeast Multispecies Estimated Discards (mt)
Stock	0								sub-components: No AMs
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	30.5	7.8	7.6	0.2					2.3	20.4
GOM Cod	151.5	150.7	7.5	0.7	142.4				0.1	0.7
GB Haddock	91.8	80.1	80.1	0.0		-			1.3	10.4
GOM Haddock	344.2	338.7	50.1	0.1	288.5	-			0.6	4.9
GB Yellowtail Flounder	4.5	1.2	1.2	-			1.5	1.8	-	0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.0			0.6		0.0	1.5
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder	53.6	31.7	31.4	0.3					0.2	21.6
Plaice	62.6	45.8	45.7	0.1					0.9	15.9
Witch Flounder	71.1	38.4	38.3	0.1					0.7	32.0
GB Winter Flounder	18.8	0.9	0.9	-					-	17.8
GOM Winter Flounder	7.5	3.5	3.4	0.0					0.3	3.7
SNE/MA Winter Flounder	118.3	2.2	2.0	0.1					0.6	115.5
Redfish	37.6	36.1	36.1	0.0					0.6	0.9
White Hake	34.2	15.8	15.8	-					0.3	18.1
Pollock	931.4	87.2	87.2	0.0					557.2	287.0
Northern Windowpane	59.0	10.2	10.2	0.0			34.8		0.1	13.9
Southern Windowpane	325.8	24.6	22.3	2.3			86.0		3.7	211.5
Ocean Pout	55.4	20.1	20.0	0.2					0.4	34.8
Halibut	19.2	18.6	18.6	0.0					0.3	0.3
Wolffish	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.0					0.0	0.0
1Discards include any FY 2012 carryover caught by sectors in FY 2013.
*Estimates not applicable.  Recreational amounts are not attributed to the ACL consistent with the most recent assessments for these stocks
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Values in metric tons of live weight
Sector and common pool include estimate of missing dealer reports
Source: NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
November 15, 2021, run date of September 15, 2021
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.