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Figure 4 



Locations of groundfish fishery catches of Pacific cod tGadus macrocephalus) in the south- 

 eastern Bering Sea, January-April 2001. The cod target fishery is separated by gear type 

 (trawl = at least 20% of the haul by weight was cod). "All catches of cod" refers to bycatch in 

 trawl fisheries targeting other species. Area shading is the same as that seen in Figure 1. 



indicates that the vast majority of the fleet using pots 

 or longline gear were targeting Pacific cod. The total 

 catch of 350 of 351 observed hauls of pots and 777 of 

 797 observed hauls of longlines was composed of at least 



60% cod (Table 4). Therefore, use of a 20% threshold to 

 identify the cod fleet for the longline and pot vessels was 

 unnecessary. For the trawl fleet, however, more than 

 half the observed hauls had less than 10% cod, and 



