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Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2009 New England sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
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Alternative Title:Cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2009 New England sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
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Description:"This report provides incidental take estimates for five marine mammal species observed taken in the 2009 New England sink gillnet (NESG) and Mid-Atlantic gillnet (MAG) fisheries and documents the methodology used to produce the estimates. The estimated incidental takes in the 2009 NSEG fishery were 43 (CV = 77%) common dolphins (Delphinis delphis), 591 (CV = 23%) harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), 1063 (CV = 26%) gray seals (Halichoerus grypus), 516 (CV = 28%) harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), and 415 (CV = 27%) harp seals (Phoca groenlandica). For the MAG fishery, the estimated 2009 incidental takes were 201 (CV = 55%) harbor porpoises, 70 (CV = 69%) harp seals, and 47 (CV = 68%) harbor seals"--Abstract.
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Content Notes:by Christopher D. Orphanides.
"Print publication date April 2011; web version posted May 12, 2011"--Document's home page at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd1108.
"April 2011."
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Internet web browser; Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-11).
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