Table 3 Monthly catch per unit effort for wood and wire pots during gear comparibilily study 



Year Month Total CPUE LegaTcPUF 



Wood Wire Wood Wire 



f978 Aug 055 2T5 (108 n 18 



Sept 0.96 1.77 0.14 0.19 



Oct 0.54 1.32 0.08 0.15 



Nov 0.98 1.62 0.16 0.12 



1979 May 0.86 1.32 0.06 0,06 

 June 1.03 1.83 0.18 0.15 

 July 1.24 1.95 023 25 

 Aug 0.95 1.64 0.15 0.12 

 Sept 0.69 1.51 0.10 0.09 

 Oct 0.55 1.12 0.09 009 



1980 M^ 079 Tio oTs 0.15 

 June 0.65 1.70 0.14 12 

 July 0.69 1.77 0.18 0.17 

 Aug 0.56 131 0.13 0.12 

 Sept 0.69 0.84 0.12 0.08 

 Oct 0.78 0.74 0.06 0.03 



ml May US 134 o!o8 0.08 



June 1.53 1.16 0.15 0.08 



July 1.57 1.24 0.21 0.13 



Aug 1.22 1.00 O.J 3 0.11 



Sept 1.22 0.73 0.11 0,10 



Oct 1.12 0.66 0.13 O.m 

 Summary of Wilcoxon 2-sample tests for equal catch regardless of pot type. 



z-statistics' for total CPUE z-statistics' for legal CPUE 



7, = -1.31 (p = 0.19) 

 7. = 0.24 (p = 0.8 1) 

 z = 0.65 (p = 0.52) 

 z= 1.63 (p = 0.10) 

 The 7.-statistic corresponds to the standard nonnal distribution. 



A special study was initiated during 1982 to investigate the lower catch of wire pots used in 1981 and 

 to examine trap efficiency in relation to the construction of parlor entry funnels in wood and wire pots. 

 The wire pots used in the 1981 study (5 from each station) were fished with 15 newly constructed wire 

 pots during the 1982 sampling period. The old wire pots (used in 1981) were fished without any modifi- 

 cation during the first 6 weeks of the study. These old pots were then removed for 1 week to install new 

 parlor and entry funnels. They were then deployed as before and fished for the remainder of the study. 



