Table 5: FY 2021 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 37.9 7.2 6.9 0.3         7.5 23.3
GOM Cod 99.3 95.5 7.4 0.6 87.6       0.1 3.7
GB Haddock 47.6 45.3 45.3 0.0   0.0     0.9 1.4
GOM Haddock 175.8 175.1 46.2 0.2 128.7 -     0.7 0.1
GB Yellowtail Flounder 29.9 0.1 0.1 0.0     29.1 0.8 - 0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder 3.6 0.1 0.1 0.0     1.2   0.0 2.3
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder 89.5 35.2 34.8 0.4         0.3 53.9
Plaice 61.3 49.8 49.8 0.0         1.2 10.3
Witch Flounder 46.0 26.6 26.6 0.0         0.7 18.7
GB Winter Flounder 3.6 0.9 0.9 0.0         - 2.6
GOM Winter Flounder 14.5 3.5 3.5 0.0         1.2 9.7
SNE/MA Winter Flounder 165.1 2.5 2.5 0.0         1.2 161.4
Redfish 39.8 38.3 38.2 0.0         1.0 0.5
White Hake 21.6 13.9 13.8 0.1         0.3 7.3
Pollock 885.0 73.0 72.9 0.1         248.9 563.1
Northern Windowpane 139.5 10.3 10.3 0.0     123.5   0.1 5.6
Southern Windowpane 142.3 12.5 11.0 1.5     26.4   2.7 100.7
Ocean Pout 44.9 24.6 24.6 0.0         0.5 19.7
Halibut 18.1 17.4 17.4 0.0         0.4 0.2
Wolffish 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.0         0.0 0.0
                   
1Discards include any FY 2012 carryover caught by sectors in FY 2013.
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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
September 12, 2022, run date of August 10, 2022
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, at-sea monitors, and electronic monitoring via the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program. Differences with previous reports are due to corrections made to the database.