modifications to the harbor porpoise take reduction plan - Northeast ...

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1-1: U.S. Fishery-Related Mortality Estimates for the GOM/BOF Stock of Harbor Porpoises ........2
Table 3-1: Protected Species Found in New England and Mid-Atlantic Waters .......................................52
Table 3-2: Estimated Marine Mammal Mortalities in Northeast Sink Gillnet Fishery ..............................53
Table 3-3: Estimated Marine Mammal Mortalities in Mid-Atlantic Gillnet Fishery .................................53
Table 3-4: U.S. Fishery-Related Mortality Estimates for the GOM/BOF Stock of Harbor Porpoises ......61
Table 3-5: Estimates of abundance and the associated CV, minimum estimate, and PBR for the coastal
and offshore bottlenose dolphin management units ...........................................................................63
Table 3-6: Observed Sea Turtle Bycatch 1995 – 2006 in Mid-Atlantic Gillnet Fishery (all mesh sizes)
from January – April ..........................................................................................................................70
Table 3-7: Number of vessels using sink or anchored gillnet gear to land seafood in a given port group..
............................................................................................................................................................76
Table 3-8: Percentage of Northeast fisheries vessels, live weight landings and value accounted for by
gillnet vessels, by port group, average for 2002-2006 .......................................................................77
Table 3-9: Number of gillnet vessels by principle port, based on port with highest portion of annual
revenues..............................................................................................................................................78
Table 3-10: Total live weight landings (mtons) by port group for gillnet vessels .....................................78
Table 3-11: Total revenues (in thousands of constant 2002 dollars) by port group for gillnet gear ..........79
Table 3-12: Average price per metric ton (in constant 2002 dollars) by port group, for landings by gillnet
gear.....................................................................................................................................................79
Table 3-13: Average (2002-2006) distribution of monetary value within a port group by species ...........80
Table 3-14: Average (2002-2006) distribution of live weight landings within a port group by species....81
Table 4-1: A summary of average bycatch estimates, by season and fishery (Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
gillnets), under the actual conditions data were collected during 2005 and 2006 and under the
average situations for each alternative as reported in Palka and Orphanides (2008b).. .....................83
Table 4-2: Maximum number of nets fished and total pinger cost by vessel type and fishing location. ...98
Table 4-3: Total number of potentially affected gillnets vessels by port group and size class, and
percentage included in CAM model.................................................................................................100
Table 4-4: Average revenues per vessel for status quo (2006) and percent change in revenues by
alternative compared to Alternative 1 by port and vessel size .........................................................104
Table 4-5: Percent change in profits for affected vessels by port, vessel length and alternative .............105
Table 4-6: The percent of a port’s landings caught in the Gulf of Maine (GOM), Georges Bank (GB),
southern New England Management Area (SNE), south of southern New England (SSNE), Waters
Off New Jersey (WONJ), and the Mid-Atlantic (MA) under Alternative 1 (No Action). ...............106
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