West Coast Groundfish Observer Program Manual, Part2 - NOAA

CHAPTER 5
• Weight Method - Document the weight method
used to estimate the species weight.
1-Actual Weight
2-Bin/Trawl Alley Estimate
3-Basket Volume Determination
4-Visual Estimate
5-OTC-Retained
6-Other
7-Vessel Estimate
8-Extrapolation
• Discard Reason - Record the skipper’s/crew’s
reason of discard for each species.
1-Prohibited – Only Salmon, Pacific Halibut,
and Dungeness crab.
2-Size – High-graded fish.
3-Market – Any market driven reason such
as size (too big or small), no market, market
price is too low to retain.
4-Regulation – Any regulatory reason
including size, over quota, etc.
5-Other – Document in comments actual
reason for discard.
7 – Predation – Caught fish that are eaten by
any predator including marine mammals,
seabirds, or sand fleas.
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