"This report provides incidental take estimates for six marine mammal species taken in the 2006 Northeast Sink Gillnet (NESG) and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Gillnet (MACG) fisheries and documents the methodology used to produce the estimates. For the NESG fishery, the estimated take was 20 common dolphins (CV = 105%), 514 harbor porpoises (CV = 31 %), 41 Atlantic white-sided dolphins (CV = 71%), 248 gray seals (CV = 47%), 87 harbor seals (CV = 58%), and 65 harp seals (CV = 66%). For the MACG fishery, the estimated 2006 takes was 512 harbor porpoises (CV = 32%), 11 common dolphins (CV = 103%), and 26 harbor seals (CV = 98%)"--Document's home page.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)