Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program Analysis of landings and
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Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program Analysis of landings and
Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program Analysis of landings and effort data for 2008-present March 30, 2011 Landings by Statistical Area • During 2008-10 RSA landings spread across 11 statistical areas but bulk of these landings come from 3 areas: • 613 = 33 % • 537 = 32 % • 539 = 9 % • 2009 RSA landings as a proportion of total landings from area. • 613 = 18 % of landings from area • 537 = 10 % of landings from area • 539 = 7 % of landings from area 2 Northeast Statistical Areas 3 Gear quantity by Statistical Area • Inconsistent VTR reporting. Some individuals appear to report number of strings hauled while others appear to report amount of gillnet gear in water. • Vessels that appear to utilize the trip limit exemption under the EFP also appear to use more gillnet gear. • Frequency of gillnet quantity used on RSA trips appears skewed towards higher quantities of gear (75 nets or more) in areas 537 (46%) and 539 (20%) than in area 613 (11%). 4 Landings per Trip • In 2009, landing by gillnet vessels fishing under EFP totaled about 940,000 lbs live weight or 5% of total 2009 landings or 9 % of SMA landings. • Majority of RSA trips by vessels fishing under EFP (2008-10) average 550 lb tail weight per DAS or less. • ~ 34 % of trips above 550 lb per DAS • ~ 8 % of trips are above 1,100 per DAS (2 x limit for Category A or C vessel) • ~ 3 % of trips above 1,650 tail weight per DAS (3 x limit for Category A or C vessel) 5 In Conclusion…. • Landings per DAS and quantity of gear used on RSA trips in Statistical areas 537 and 539 appear to be higher than non-RSA trips. • Conversely, landings per DAS and quantity of gear used on RSA trips in Statistical area 613 appear to be the same as non-RSA trips. • Denotes two strategies for landing RSA monkfish 6