1999 



OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Table 1-1 



Productivity in metric tons 

 and status of Northeast de- 

 mersal fisheries resources. 



'1995-97 average (including foreign and recreational landings) 

 'Includes more than 100 t/year of foreign (Canadian) landings 

 ^Includes more than 100 l/year of recreational landings 

 ■■For cod. U S portion of RAY is 15.200 t (88% of total) 

 ^For pollock, U S portion of RAY is 3,800 t (27% of total) 



'For haddock. U S portion of RAY is 900 I (24% of total) 

 'For yellowtail flounder. U S ponion of RAY is 2.400 t (83% of total) 

 "For goosefish. U S portion of RAY is 27,600 t 199% of total) 

 'For white hake. U S portion of RAY is 3.300 t (87% of total) 

 '"For cusk, U S RAY is 600 t (86% of total) 



east Mtiltispecies Fishery Management Plan, as 

 well as peripherally under provisions ol the 

 ASM PC's Northern Shrimp Fishery Management 

 Plan. Slimmer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 

 are managed under a joint ASMFC-MAFMC fish- 

 ery management plan, and weaktish is managed 

 under an ASMFC' fishery management plan. IK- 

 mersal fisheries in New England were tradition- 

 ally managed primarily by indirect methods such 

 as mesh sizes, minimum frsh lengths, and some 

 area closures. I'he principal regulatory measures 

 currently in place for the major New England 

 groundfish stocks are allowable days at sea tor fish- 

 ing coupled with closed areas, trip limits (h)r cod 



and haddock), and target total allowable catch cor- 

 responding to target fishing mortality rates. The 

 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Bl.ick Sea Bass Fish- 

 ery Management Plan includes provisions tor catch 

 quota targets aimed at restoring these stocks. 



F.xtensive historical data hir the Northeast de- 

 mers.il fisheries have been derived from both fish- 

 ery-dependent (i.e. catch and efiort monitoring) 

 and fishery-independent (e.g. Natioii.il (keanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration research vessel) 

 sampling programs (since 1963). Since 1989, a 

 sea sampling program has been conducted aboard 

 commercial fishing vessels for documenting dis- 

 card rales and collecting high qu.ilit\', high resolii- 



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