Tacle 9 



Weight (kilograms) and Number for Fish and Shellfish Species Collected 

 during the 1984 Spring and Autumn Bottom Trawl Surveys, Massachusetts 

 Territorial Waters. The Asterisk Indicates Some of the Commercially 

 Important Species (from Howe et al; 1985). 



Species 



Sp 



ring 





Auti 



:r,n 







Wt. 





No. 



Wt. 





No. 



Ocean pout 



4,447.8 



7 



,674 



59. 



.9 





178 



Winter skate 



4,243.9 



2 



,859 



1,425. 



, 1 





685 



Winter flounder* 



1,494.3 



4, 



,983 



565, 



,9 



1 



,890 



Spiny dogfish 



1, 190.9 





657 



21,631, 



, 



12 



,730 



Tautog 



989.7 





677 



99, 



, 3 





75 



Little skate 



985.5 



1, 



,765 



758, 



,1 



1 



,283 



Longhorn sculpin 



634.9 



5, 



,032 



49, 



,6 





461 



Silver hake 



457.4 



2, 



,613 



135, 



,0 





838 



Windowpane 



389.9 



1, 



,309 



72, 



.3 





318 



Yellowtail flounder 



377.2 



1, 



,494 



57, 



,1 





320 



Atlantic cod* 



370.3 





619 



6, 



,5 





489 



Northern searobin 



366.5 



1, 



,627 



68, 



,2 





522 



Scup* 



343.9 





890 



1,102, 



,7 



86. 



,922 



American plaice 



272.5 



2, 



,946 



119, 



,4 



1 



,158 



Longfin squid* 



232.5 



3, 



,314 



182. 



,8 



13, 



,510 



Red hake 



224.2 



1, 



,051 



265, 



,5 





845 



Sea Raven 



.107.5 





105 



20, 



.6 





39 



American lobster 



106.0 





338 



324, 



,7 



1, 



,647 



Goosef ish 



78.8 





14 



116, 



,9 





25 



Rock crab 



76.4" 





516 



249, 



,0 



2 



, 065 



Sand lance 



69.1 



6, 



,426 





,5 





84 



Smooth dogfish 



65.6 





20 



395. 



.2 





718 



Fourspot flounder 



65.3 





318 



26, 



,4 





148 



Atlantic herring 



56.6 



1, 



,107 



76, 



,8 





646 



Moonsnail 



53.5 





525 



74, 



,5 





675 



Spider crab 



47.1 





267 



30, 



,0 





322 



Witch flounder 



41.6 





72 



14, 



,7 





23 



Alewife 



40.0 





851 



9, 



,3 





151 



Summer flounder 



38.8 





30 



80, 



,5 





83 



Black sea bass" 



35.6 





84 



80, 



,4 



10, 



-219 



Wolffish 



35.4 





7 



— 







— 



Snakeblenny 



35.4 





784 





, 4 





15 



Butterf ish 



26.5 





256 



137, 



,7 



7 



,188 



Cunner 



16.1 





115 



2, 



.2 





53 



Channeled whelk 



15.6 





60 



17, 



.8 





62 



Sea scallop 



15.1 





50 



22, 



.6 





161 



Haddock 



14.1 





17 





.2 





1 



Knobbed whelk 



11.8 





34 



20 



.4 





42 



Thorny skate 



9.3 





24 



21 



. 5 





20 



Horseshoe crab 



8.3 





5 



29 



.9 





21 



Blueback herring 



7.5 





285 



1 



.0 





26 



Mackerel 



6.8 





8 



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