Bochenek et ai.: Assessment of Stenotomus chrysops and Centropnstas striata discards in the Mid-Atlantic Bight 



Landed 



Landed, less ihs^ 



D 



Landed, more disc 



25 Mean 50 75 100 



Discarded 



o 25 



I Discarded, less disc. 

 I Discarded, more disc. 



Figure 4 



Percentiles of scup {Stenotomus chrysops) lengths (FL) for those tows in which 

 discards exceeded or failed to exceed landings for landed and discarded scup. 

 Codends included the composite (10.16 + 11.43 cm), 11.43 cm, and &12.7 cm 

 meshes. Landed, less disc. = for scup landed, tows with less discarded scup 

 than landed scup. Discarded, less disc. = for scup discarded, tows with less 

 discarded scup than landed scup. Landed, more disc. = for scup landed, tows 

 with more discards of scup than landed scup. Discard, more disc. = for scup 

 discarded, tows with more discards of scup than landed scup. l = smallest 

 size. 100 = largest size. 



