CONTENTS 



Pase 



Introduction 1 



Fishing methods 3 



The catch 3 



Discarded portion 4 



Landed portion 4 



Length composition of catch 5 



Discarded portion 6 



Landed portion 6 



Age composition of catch 6 



Discarded portion 7 



Landed portion 7 



iA.bundance and effort 7 



Literature cited 7 



Appendix: Tables 9 



APPENDIX: TABLES 



1. Haddock discarded at sea, Subarea 5, 1956 haddock year, in hundreds 



of pounds 9 



Za. Landings by statistical area-units, 1956 haddock year. Subdivision 



5Y, hundreds of pounds, gutted weight 10 



2b. Landings by statistical area-units, 1956 haddock year, Subdivision 



5Z, hundreds of pounds, gutted weight 11 



3. Length composition of haddock discarded at sea, 5Z East and West, 



1956 haddock year, in hundreds of fish 12 



4. Summary of samples of landed haddock, 1956 haddock year 13 



5. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, February 1956, in hundreds of fish 14 



6. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, March 1956, in hundreds of fish 15 



7. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, April 1956, in hundreds of fish l6 



8. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, May 1956, in hundreds of fish.; , 17 



9. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed fro- i 5Z East 



and West, June 1956, in hundreds of fish 18 



10. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, July 1956, in hundreds of fish 19 



11. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, August 1956, in hundreds of fish 20 



12. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, September 1956, in hundreds of fish 21 



13. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, October 1956, in hundreds of fish 22 



14. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, November 1956, in hundreds of fish 23 



15. Length coinposition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, Decennber 1956, in hundreds of fish 24 



16. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Z East 



and West, January 1957, in hundreds of fish 25 



17. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed fron-i 5Z East 



and West, 1956 haddock year, in hundreds of fish 26 



18. Length composition of scrod and large haddock landed from 5Y North 



and South, spring 1956, in hundreds offish 27 



