Table 5: FY 2022 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 48.5 5.8 5.8 0.0         12.6 30.1
GOM Cod 152.7 152.0 9.4 0.7 141.8       0.1 0.7
GB Haddock 77.4 74.7 74.7 -   0.0     0.0 2.7
GOM Haddock 161.5 161.4 82.2 0.4 78.8 -     0.0 0.1
GB Yellowtail Flounder 8.0 0.1 0.1 -     7.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.0     0.2   0.0 1.1
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder 73.5 42.0 41.2 0.8         0.2 31.3
Plaice 60.3 52.3 52.3 0.0         0.4 7.6
Witch Flounder 65.8 35.5 35.3 0.2         1.1 29.2
GB Winter Flounder 61.7 1.5 1.5 -         0.0 60.1
GOM Winter Flounder 9.1 4.7 4.6 0.0         1.8 2.6
SNE/MA Winter Flounder 104.1 2.0 1.4 0.7         9.2 92.8
Redfish 43.5 43.3 43.3 0.0         0.0 0.2
White Hake 21.0 17.8 17.8 -         0.2 3.0
Pollock 1,286.5 125.1 125.1 0.0         743.3 418.1
Northern Windowpane 109.9 8.2 8.2 0.0     101.1   0.1 0.5
Southern Windowpane 116.2 12.0 8.4 3.6     10.5   0.2 93.5
Ocean Pout 55.5 32.4 29.8 2.7         0.7 22.4
Halibut 12.7 12.1 12.1 0.0         0.0 0.6
Wolffish 1.1 1.1 1.1 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 26, 2023, run date of September 10, 2023
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.