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Table 3.3-1. Cumulative Raw Counts from Video-Sled Footage<br />

Mud Hole Little Tow Total<br />

Minutes of video 201.42 150.15 351.57<br />

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent<br />

Fish<br />

Juvenile Macrozoarces americanus (ocean pout) 5 1.8 2 1.3 7 1.6<br />

Macrozoarces americanus (ocean pout) 9 3.2 8 5.2 17 3.9<br />

Juvenile Flounder 1 0.4 3 1.9 4 0.9<br />

Flounder 76 27.3 41 26.6 117 27.1<br />

Juvenile Urophycis chuss (red hake) 2 0.7 1 0.6 3 0.7<br />

Urophycis chuss (red hake) 137 49.3 45 29.2 182 42.1<br />

Juvenile Myoxocephalus spp. (sculpin) 1 0.4 6 3.9 7 1.6<br />

Myoxocephalus spp. (sculpin) 8 2.9 17 11.0 25 5.8<br />

Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake) 17 6.1 16 10.4 33 7.6<br />

unidentified juvenile fish 21 7.6 12 7.8 33 7.6<br />

unidentified fish - - 1 0.6 1 0.2<br />

Sea Robin - - 1 0.6 1 0.2<br />

Skate 1 0.4 1 0.6 2 0.5<br />

Total Fish 278 154 432<br />

Invertebrates<br />

Sea star 2018 71.4 1823 58.5 3841 64.7<br />

Cancer spp. (rock crab) 95 3.4 78 2.5 173 2.9<br />

Placopecten magellanicus (sea scallop) 15 0.5 36 1.2 51 0.9<br />

Myxicola infundibulum (slime worm) 2 0.1 - - 2 0.0<br />

Solaster endeca (purple sunstar) 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0<br />

Hermit crab 1 0.0 10 0.3 11 0.2<br />

Cerianthus borealis 2 0.1 1 0.0 3 0.1<br />

Corymorpha pendula (solitary hydroid) 1 - - - 1 0.0<br />

Echinarachnius parma (sand dollar) - - 61 2.0 61 1.0<br />

Homarus americanus (american lobster) 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0<br />

Crossaster papposus (spiny sunstar) - - 1 0.0 1 0.0<br />

Shrimp 674 23.8 1037 33.3 1711 28.8<br />

sp<strong>on</strong>ge - - 47 1.5 47 0.8<br />

Henrica Sanguinolenta (Blood Star) 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0<br />

Asterius vulgaris (Northern Starfish) 7 0.2 11 0.4 18 0.3<br />

Hermit Crab 2 0.1 2 0.1 4 0.1<br />

Squid 6 0.2 1 0.0 7 0.1<br />

Hydroids - - 4 0.1 4 0.1<br />

Stalked Hydroid 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0<br />

Brachiopod - - 1 0.0 1 0.0<br />

Total Invertebrates 2827 3114 5941

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