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Table 5 
Characteristics and other details for depletion experiments that were conducted in the field and targeted 
ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) and Atlantic surfclams (Spisula solidissima) between 1997 and 2011 
off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The regions are Long Island (LI) in New York; New Jersey 
(NJ); Southern New England (SNE); and the Delmarva Peninsula in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. 
Experiments with an error estimate at or above the 80th percentile are denoted with an asterisk (*) 
followed by the number of the error term (1, 2, 3, or 4). The overlap score describes the overlap of tows 
of the dredge in an experiment. 
Dredge No.of Overlap 
Experiment ID Region width (m) tows score Latitude Longitude 
SC1997-2 (*3,*4) NJ 2.54 0.5237 40.05317 -73.83917 
SC1997-3 NJ 3.30 1.2586 39.39317 —73.91033 
SC1997-4 (*1) NJ 3.30 0.9197 39.39317 —73.91033 
SC1997-5 NJ 2.54 0.7535 39.36500 —73.89833 
SC1997-6 (*1) NJ 2.54 0.6972 39.36500 —-73.89833 
SC1999-2 NJ 3.30 1.4151 39.68133 —73.74667 
SC1999-3 (*2) NJ 3.30 1.1389 39.68133 -—73.74667 
SC1999-4 NJ 3.30 1.7098 39.52133 —73.77867 
SC1999-5 (*1) DMV 3.30 0.7257 36.90200  -74.97583 
SC1999-6 (*2) NJ 3.30 1.1338 39.56333  -73.91167 
SC1999-7 NJ 3.30 0.7994 39.76800  -73.91633 
OQ00-01 (*2) LI 3.81 0.6107 40.60217 -71.98750 
OQ00-02 (*1) LI 3.81 0.6647 40.39450 —-72.54300 
OQ00-03 (*2,*3,*4) LI 3.05 0.4191 40.58300 -72.79683 
OQ02-01 (*3,*4) LI 3.05 0.7954 40.72762 -71.73730 
OQ02-02 LI 3.05 0.6755 40.10312 -73.19108 
0Q02-03 NJ 3.05 0.7304 38.81491 —73.81335 
OQ02-04 (*3*4) DMV 3.05 0.7645 37.88755 —74.64486 
SC02-02 NJ 3.30 0.7788 40.10908  -73.84423 
SC02-03 (*3*4) NJ 3.30 1.0199 39.26923 —73.78116 
SC02-04 DMV 3.30 0.7992 38.85791 —-74.02778 
SC04-01 NJ 3.30 0.9250 39.28611 -73.87778 
SC04-02 NJ 3.30 0.8534 39.58278  -74.02778 
SC04-03 (*1) DMV 3.05 1.0088 38.27075  -74.37920 
OQ05-01 (*1*2*3*4) LI 3.05 1.2952 40.51903 -72.07617 
O0Q05-02 (*1) LI 3.05 1.3401 40.38957  -72.38950 
0Q05-03 (*2*3*4) LI 3.05 1.1380 40.64220 -72.65170 
OQ05-04 (*2) LI 3.05 1.1259 40.68170 -72.18147 
O0Q05-06 (*2*3*4) LI 3.05 1.0803 40.05550 -72.41673 
SC05-01 NJ 3.05 1.1754 39.26530 -74.37947 
SC05-02 NJ 3.05 1.0985 39.56383 -73.90364 
SC05-03 (*1*2) NJ 3.05 1.0094 39.89733 -73.90591 
SC05-04 (*3*4) DMV 3.05 1.2129 39.56972  -73.54946 
SC05-05 NJ 3.05 1.0779 39.43615 -73.37320 
0Q08-01 LI 3.05 0.8493 40.93762 -72.04765 
OQ08-02 LI 3.05 0.8783 40.27445 —72.84397 
0Q08-03 3.81 0.7940 41.02307 —70.85472 
SC08-01 NJ 3.81 0.8097 39.30475  -74.05158 
SC08-02 NJ 3.81 1.2103 39.18136 -74.07645 
SC08-03 (*1) NJ 3.81 0.8772 39.60343 -—73.42194 
SC08-04 NJ 3.81 0.9867 39.81033 -73.9149 
SC08-09 NJ 3.81 0.9607 39.31328 -74.05285 
OQ11-01 (*2) NJ 3.81 1.0210 39.03003 —74.05774 
O0Q11-02 NJ 3.81 0.9027 39.89356  -73.48104 
0Q11-02S NJ 3.81 1.1519 39.8925 —73.47500 
OQ11-05 LI 3.81 0.9783 40.13542 -72.12010 
SC11-02 (*4) NJ 3.81 0.9027 39.89356  -73.48104 
SC11-02S NJ 3.81 0.9543 39.89250 -73.47500 
SC11-03 (*1) LI 3.81 1.0206 40.56700 -73.08100 
SC11-04 LI 3.81 0.9260 40.64100  -73.03600 
