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Table 3 



Comparisons (paired Mest) between shrimp CPUE (heads-off 

 lbs/h/100 ft headrope) of standard (STD) and Super Shooter- 

 equipped nets with accelerator funnel. N = number of tows. 



* Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), Sum- 

 mer (June—August), Fall (September-November). 

 ** Areas 1-8 (West Florida), 9-12 (Florida Panhandle, Ala- 

 bama, Mississippi), 13-17 (Louisiana), 18-21 (Texas), 28 

 (Cape Canaveral), 30-31 (East Florida and Georgia), and 

 34-35 (North Carolina). 



Table 4 



Comparisons (paired Mest) between shrimp CPUE (heads-off 

 lbs/h/100 ft headrope) of standard (STD) and Georgia TED- 

 equipped nets with accelerator funnel. N = number of tows. 



"Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), Sum- 

 mer (June-August), Fall (September-November). 



'Areas 1-8 (West Florida), 9-12 (Florida Panhandle, Ala- 

 bama, Mississippi), 13-17 (Louisiana), 18-21 (Texas), 28 

 (Cape Canaveral), 30-31 (East Florida and Georgia), and 

 34-35 (North Carolina). 



Table 5 



Comparisons (paired /-test) between shrimp CPUE (heads-off 

 lbs/h/100 ft headrope) of standard (STD) and Georgia TED- 

 equipped nets without accelerator funnel. TV = number of tows. 



* Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), Sum- 

 mer (June-August), Fall (September-November). 

 ** Areas 1-8 (West Florida), 9-12 (Florida Panhandle, Ala- 

 bama, Mississippi), 13-17 (Louisiana), 18-21 (Texas), 28 

 (Cape Canaveral), 30-31 (East Florida and Georgia), and 

 34-35 (North Carolina). 



gia TED-equipped nets were 6.42 lb/h (TED with fun- 

 nel) and 5.84 lb/h (TED without funnel). Paired stan- 

 dard nets caught 6.66 lb/h and 6.77 lb/h, respectively, 

 exhibiting statistically-significant gains of 0.24 and 0.93 

 lb/h. Comparison of standard and Super Shooter TED- 

 equipped nets showed a mean shrimp CPUE of 11.41 

 lb/h and 11.25 lb/h, respectively, for a statistically-non- 

 significant loss of 0.16 lb/h with the Super Shooter 

 TED. 



Seasons CPUEs varied among seasons, just as abun- 

 dance of shrimp on the fishery grounds varied among 

 seasons. Shrimp CPUEs from standard nets and nets 

 equipped with Super Shooter TEDs were not signifi- 

 cantly different (Table 3). However, differences in 

 shrimp CPUE between standard nets and nets with 

 Georgia TEDs were significant during winter, spring, 

 and summer. These values ranged from a gain of 0.34 

 lb/h to a loss of 0.67 lb/h by Georgia TED-equipped 

 nets with a funnel (Table 4) and a loss of 0.70-1.13 lb/ 

 h by Georgia TED-equipped nets without a funnel 

 (Table 5). CPUE differences due to TEDs were so small 

 that they were likely masked by natural variations in 

 shrimp CPUE. 



