Smooth Bottom Net Trawl Fishing Gear Effect on - New England ...

Number/minute
Number/minute
4
3
4
2
1
0
November
3
2
1
0
November
October
October
Fish - Mud Hole
July
Fish - Little Tow
July
MH-4B Control Lane
MH-3B <strong>Trawl</strong>ed Lane
MH-4A Control Lane
MH-3A <strong>Trawl</strong>ed Lane
MH-2B Control Lane
MH-1B <strong>Trawl</strong>ed Lane
LT-4A Control Lane
LT-3A Traw led Lane
LT-2B Control Lane
LT-1B Traw led Lane
LT-4B Control Lane
LT-3B Traw led Lane
Figures 3.3-3a. and 3.3-3b. Standardized number of fish observed in Mud Hole (top) and Little
Tow (bottom) per minute of video footage for each of the paired lanes during the baseline survey
July 2002 and subsequent post-trawl surveys in early October and November 2002.