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

Number/minute
Number/minute
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0
July - <strong>Trawl</strong>ed July - Control October -
<strong>Trawl</strong>ed
July - <strong>Trawl</strong>ed July - Control October -
<strong>Trawl</strong>ed
Mud Hole
October -
Contol
Little Tow
October -
Contol
November -
<strong>Trawl</strong>ed
Novem ber -
<strong>Trawl</strong>ed
November -
Control
November -
Control
Other fish
Silver Hake
Red Hake
Flounder
Other fish
Silver Hake
Red Hake
Flounder
Figure 3.3-4. Standardized number of fish species observed per minute of video footage in
control and experimentally trawled lanes in Mud Hole and Little Tow during July, early October
and November 2002