2004 List of Fisheries (LOF)
Table 1 - Commercial Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean
| Fishery Description | Estimated # of vessels/ persons | Marine mammal species/stocks incidentally killed/injured | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Category I |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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CA angel shark/halibut and other species set gillnet (>3.5 in. mesh) |
58 |
Harbor porpoise, Central CA |
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LONGLINE/SET LINE FISHERIES: |
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HI swordfish, tuna, billfish, mahi mahi, wahoo, oceanic sharks longline/set line |
140 |
Humpback whale, Central North Pacific |
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Category II |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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AK Bristol Bay salmon drift gillnet |
1,903 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Bristol Bay salmon set gillnet |
1,014 |
Harbor seal, Bering Sea |
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AK Cook Inlet salmon drift gillnet |
576 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Kodiak salmon set gillnet |
188 |
Harbor seal, GOA |
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AK Metlakatla/Annette Island salmon drift gillnet |
60 |
None documented |
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AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands salmon drift gillnet |
164 |
Northern fur seal, Eastern Pacific |
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AK Peninsula/ Aleutian Islands salmon set gillnet |
116 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Prince William Sound salmon drift gillnet |
541 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Southeast salmon drift gillnet |
481 |
Steller sea lion, Eastern U.S. |
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AK Yakutat salmon set gillnet |
170 |
Harbor seal, Southeast AK |
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CA/OR thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (= 14 in. mesh) |
113 |
Steller sea lion, Eastern U.S. |
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CA yellowtail, barracuda, white seabass, and tuna drift gillnet fishery (mesh size > 3.5 inches and < 14 inches) |
24 |
None documented |
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WA Puget Sound Region salmon drift gillnet (includes all inland waters south of US-Canada border and eastward of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line-Treaty Indian fishing is excluded) |
210 |
Harbor porpoise, inland WA |
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PURSE SEINE FISHERIES: |
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AK Southeast salmon purse seine |
416 |
Humpback whale, Central North Pacific |
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CA anchovy, mackerel, tuna purse seine |
150 |
Bottlenose dolphin, CA/OR/WA offshore |
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CA squid purse seine |
65 |
Short-finned pilot whale, CA/OR/WA |
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TRAWL FISHERIES: |
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AK miscellaneous finfish pair trawl |
2 |
None documented |
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LONGLINE/SET LINE FISHERIES: |
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CA pelagic longline |
30 |
California sea lion |
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OR swordfish floating longline |
1 |
None documented |
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OR blue shark floating longline |
1 |
None documented |
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Category III |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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AK Cook Inlet salmon set gillnet |
745 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Kuskokwim, Yukon, Norton Sound, Kotzebue salmon gillnet |
1,922 |
Harbor porpoise, Bering Sea |
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AK miscellaneous finfish set gillnet |
3 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Prince William Sound salmon set gillnet |
30 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK roe herring and food/bait herring gillnet |
2,034 |
None documented |
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CA set and drift gillnet fisheries that use a stretched mesh size of 3.5 in or less |
341 |
None documented |
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Hawaii gillnet |
115 |
Bottlenose dolphin, HI |
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WA Grays Harbor salmon drift gillnet (excluding treaty Tribal fishing) |
24 |
Harbor seal, OR/WA coast |
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WA, OR herring, smelt, shad, sturgeon, bottom fish, mullet, perch, rockfish gillnet |
913 |
None documented |
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WA, OR lower Columbia River (includes tributaries) drift gillnet |
110 |
California sea lion, U.S. |
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WA Willapa Bay drift gillnet |
82 |
Harbor seal, OR/WA coast |
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PURSE SEINE, BEACH SEINE, ROUND HAUL AND THROW NET FISHERIES: |
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AK Metlakatla salmon purse seine |
10 |
None documented |
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AK miscellaneous finfish beach seine |
1 |
None documented |
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AK miscellaneous finfish purse seine |
3 |
None documented |
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AK octopus/squid purse seine |
2 |
None documented |
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AK roe herring and food/bait herring beach seine |
8 |
None documented |
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AK roe herring and food/bait herring purse seine |
624 |
None documented |
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AK salmon beach seine |
34 |
None documented |
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AK salmon purse seine (except Southeast Alaska, which is in Category II) |
953 |
Harbor seal, GOA |
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CA herring purse seine |
100 |
California sea lion, U.S. |
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CA sardine purse seine |
120 |
None documented |
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HI opelu/akule net |
16 |
None documented |
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HI purse seine |
18 |
None documented |
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HI throw net, cast net |
47 |
None documented |
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WA (all species) beach seine or drag seine |
235 |
None documented |
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WA, OR herring, smelt, squid purse seine or lampara |
130 |
None documented |
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WA salmon purse seine |
440 |
None documented |
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WA salmon reef net |
53 |
None documented |
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DIP NET FISHERIES: |
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CA squid dip net |
115 |
None documented |
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WA, OR smelt, herring dip net |
119 |
None documented |
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MARINE AQUACULTURE FISHERIES: |
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CA salmon enhancement rearing pen |
>1 |
None documented |
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OR salmon ranch |
1 |
None documented |
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WA, OR salmon net pens |
14 |
California sea lion, U.S. |
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TROLL FISHERIES: |
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AK North Pacific halibut, AK bottom fish, WA, OR, CA albacore, groundfish, bottom fish, CA halibut non-salmonid troll fisheries |
1,530 (330 AK) |
None documented |
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AK salmon troll |
2,335 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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American Samoa tuna troll |
<50 |
None documented |
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CA/OR/WA salmon troll |
4,300 |
None documented |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands tuna troll |
50 |
None documented |
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Guam tuna troll |
50 |
None documented |
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HI net unclassified |
106 |
None documented |
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HI trolling, rod and reel |
1,795 |
None documented |
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LONGLINE/SET LINE FISHERIES: |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Greenland turbot longline |
36 |
Killer whale, Eastern North Pacific resident |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Pacific cod longline |
114 |
None documented |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands rockfish longline |
17 |
None documented |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands sablefish longline |
63 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska halibut longline |
1302 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod longline |
440 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska rockfish longline |
421 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska sablefish longline |
412 |
None documented |
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AK halibut longline/set line (State and Federal waters) |
3,079 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK octopus/squid longline |
7 |
None documented |
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AK state-managed waters groundfish longline/setline (including sablefish, rockfish, and miscellaneous finfish) |
731 |
None documented |
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WA, OR, CA groundfish, bottomfish longline/set line |
367 |
None documented |
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WA, OR North Pacific halibut longline/set line |
350 |
None documented |
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TRAWL FISHERIES: |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Atka mackerel trawl |
8 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands flatfish trawl |
26 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Pacific cod trawl |
87 |
None documented |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands pollock trawl |
120 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands rockfish trawl |
9 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska flatfish trawl |
52 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod trawl |
101 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl |
83 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska rockfish trawl |
45 |
None documented |
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AK food/bait herring trawl |
3 |
None documented |
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AK miscellaneous finfish otter or beam trawl |
6 |
None documented |
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AK shrimp otter trawl and beam trawl (statewide and Cook Inlet) |
58 |
None documented |
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AK state-managed waters of Cook Inlet, Kachemak Bay, Prince William Sound, Southeast AK groundfish trawl |
2 |
None documented |
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WA, OR, CA groundfish trawl |
585 |
Steller sea lion, Western U.S. |
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WA, OR, CA shrimp trawl |
300 |
None documented |
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POT, RING NET, AND TRAP FISHERIES: |
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AK Aleutian Islands sablefish pot |
8 |
None documented |
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AK Bering Sea sablefish pot |
6 |
Humpback whale, Central North Pacific |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Pacific cod pot |
76 |
None documented |
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AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands crab pot |
329 |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska crab pot |
unknown |
None documented |
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AK Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod pot |
154 |
None documented |
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AK Southeast Alaska crab pot |
unknown |
None documented |
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AK Southeast Alaska shrimp pot |
unknown |
None documented |
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AK octopus/squid pot |
72 |
None documented |
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AK snail pot |
2 |
None documented |
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CA lobster, prawn, shrimp, rock crab, fish pot |
608 |
Sea otter, CA |
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OR, CA hagfish pot or trap |
25 |
None documented |
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WA, OR, CA crab pot |
1,478 |
None documented |
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WA, OR, CA sablefish pot |
176 |
None documented |
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WA, OR shrimp pot & trap |
254 |
None documented |
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HI crab trap |
22 |
None documented |
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HI fish trap |
19 |
None documented |
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HI lobster trap |
15 |
Hawaiian monk seal |
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HI shrimp trap |
5 |
None documented |
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HANDLINE AND JIG FISHERIES: |
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AK miscellaneous finfish handline and mechanical jig |
100 |
None documented |
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AK North Pacific halibut handline and mechanical jig |
93 |
None documented |
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AK octopus/squid handline |
2 |
None documented |
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American Samoa bottomfish |
<50 |
None documented |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands bottomfish |
<50 |
None documented |
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Guam bottomfish |
<50 |
None documented |
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HI aku boat, pole and line |
54 |
None documented |
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HI deep sea bottomfish |
434 |
Hawaiian monk seal |
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HI inshore handline |
650 |
Bottlenose dolphin, HI |
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HI tuna |
144 |
Rough-toothed dolphin, HI |
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WA groundfish, bottomfish jig |
679 |
None documented |
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HARPOON FISHERIES: |
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CA swordfish harpoon |
228 |
None documented |
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POUND NET/WEIR FISHERIES: | ||||
AK herring spawn on kelp pound net |
452 |
None documented |
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AK Southeast herring roe/food/bait pound net |
3 |
None documented |
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WA herring brush weir |
1 |
None documented |
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BAIT PENS: |
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WA/OR/CA bait pens |
13 |
None documented |
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DREDGE FISHERIES: |
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Coastwide scallop dredge |
108 (12 AK) |
None documented |
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DIVE, HAND/MECHANICAL COLLECTION FISHERIES: |
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AK abalone |
1 |
None documented |
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AK clam |
156 |
None documented |
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WA herring spawn on kelp |
4 |
None documented |
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AK dungeness crab |
3 |
None documented |
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AK herring spawn on kelp |
363 |
None documented |
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AK urchin and other fish/shellfish |
471 |
None documented |
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CA abalone |
111 |
None documented |
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CA sea urchin |
583 |
None documented |
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HI coral diving |
2 |
None documented |
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HI fish pond |
10 |
None documented |
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HI handpick |
135 |
None documented |
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HI lobster diving |
6 |
None documented |
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HI squiding, spear |
267 |
None documented |
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WA, CA kelp |
4 |
None documented |
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WA/OR sea urchin, other clam, octopus, oyster, sea cucumber, scallop, ghost shrimp hand, dive, or mechanical collection |
637 |
None documented |
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WA shellfish aquaculture |
684 |
None documented |
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COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL (CHARTER BOAT) FISHERIES: |
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AK, WA, OR, CA commercial passenger fishing vessel |
>7,000 (1,107 AK) |
None documented |
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HI "other" |
114 |
None documented |
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LIVE FINFISH/SHELLFISH FISHERIES: |
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CA finfish and shellfish live trap/hook-and-line |
93 |
None documented |
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List of Abbreviations Used in Table 1: AK - Alaska ; CA - California ; GOA - Gulf of Alaska; HI - Hawaii ; OR - Oregon ; WA - Washington
Table 2 - Commercial Fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
| Fishery Description | Estimated # of vessels/ persons | Marine mammal species/stocks incidentally killed/injured |
|---|---|---|
Category I |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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Mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet |
>655 |
Humpback whale, Gulf of Maine |
Northeast sink gillnet |
341 |
North Atlantic right whale, WNA |
| LONGLINE FISHERIES: | ||
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico large pelagics longline |
<200 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
TRAP/POT FISHERIES: |
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Northeast/Mid-Atlantic American lobster trap/pot |
13,000 |
North Atlantic right whale, WNA |
TRAWL FISHERIES: |
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Atlantic squid, mackerel, butterfish trawl |
620 |
Common dolphin, WNA |
Category II |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Mexico gillnet |
724 |
Bottlenose dolphin, Western GMX coastal |
North Carolina inshore gillnet |
94 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
Northeast anchored float gillnet |
133 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
Northeast drift gillnet |
unknown |
None documented |
Southeast Atlantic gillnet |
779 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic shark gillnet |
6 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
TRAWL FISHERIES: |
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Atlantic herring midwater trawl (including pair trawl) |
17 |
Harbor seal, WNA |
TRAP/POT FISHERIES: |
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Atlantic blue crab trap/pot |
>16,000 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
Atlantic mixed species trap/pot |
unknown |
Fin whale, WNA |
PURSE SEINE FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Mexico menhaden purse seine |
50 |
Bottlenose dolphin, Western GMX coastal |
HAUL/BEACH SEINE FISHERIES: |
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Mid-Atlantic haul/beach seine |
25 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
North Carolina long haul seine |
33 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
STOP NET FISHERIES: |
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North Carolina roe mullet stop net |
13 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
POUND NET FISHERIES: |
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Virginia pound net |
187 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
Category III |
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GILLNET FISHERIES: |
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Caribbean gillnet |
>991 |
Dwarf sperm whale, WNA |
Chesapeake Bay inshore gillnet |
45 |
Harbor porpoise, GME/BF |
Delaware Bay inshore gillnet |
60 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
Long Island Sound inshore gillnet |
20 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
Rhode Island, southern Massachusetts (to Monomoy Island), and New York Bight (Raritan and Lower New York Bays) inshore gillnet |
32 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
TRAWL FISHERIES: |
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Calico scallops trawl |
12 |
None documented |
Crab trawl |
400 |
None documented |
Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland whelk trawl |
25 |
None documented |
Gulf of Maine, Mid-Atlantic sea scallop trawl |
215 |
None documented |
Gulf of Maine northern shrimp trawl |
320 |
None documented |
Gulf of Mexico butterfish trawl |
2 |
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Eastern GMX |
Gulf of Mexico mixed species trawl |
20 |
None documented |
Mid-Atlantic mixed species trawl |
>1,000 |
None documented |
North Atlantic bottom trawl |
1,052 |
Long-finned pilot whale, WNA |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl |
>18,000 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
U.S. Atlantic monkfish trawl |
unknown |
Common dolphin, WNA |
MARINE AQUACULTURE FISHERIES: |
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Finfish aquaculture |
48 |
Harbor seal, WNA |
Shellfish aquaculture |
unknown |
None documented |
PURSE SEINE FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Maine Atlantic herring purse seine |
30 |
Harbor porpoise, GME/BF |
Gulf of Maine menhaden purse seine |
50 |
None documented |
Florida west coast sardine purse seine |
10 |
Bottlenose dolphin, Eastern GMX coastal |
Mid-Atlantic menhaden purse seine |
22 |
Bottlenose dolphin, WNA coastal |
U.S. Atlantic tuna purse seine |
5 |
None documented |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic hand seine |
>250 |
None documented |
LONGLINE/HOOK-AND-LINE FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Maine tub trawl groundfish bottom longline/ hook-and-line |
46 |
Harbor seal, WNA |
Gulf of Maine, U.S. Mid-Atlantic tuna, shark swordfish hook-and-line/harpoon |
26,223 |
Humpback whale, WNA |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean snapper-grouper and other reef fish bottom longline/hook-and-line |
>5,000 |
None documented |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico shark bottom longline/hook-and-line |
<125 |
None documented |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean pelagic hook-and-line/harpoon |
1,446 |
None documented |
TRAP/POT FISHERIES |
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Caribbean mixed species trap/pot |
>501 |
None documented |
Caribbean spiny lobster trap/pot |
>197 |
None documented |
Florida spiny lobster trap/pot |
2,145 |
Bottlenose dolphin, Eastern GMX coastal |
Gulf of Mexico blue crab trap/pot |
4,113 |
Bottlenose dolphin, Western GMX coastal |
Gulf of Mexico mixed species trap/pot |
unknown |
None documented |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico golden crab trap/pot |
10 |
None documented |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico stone crab trap/pot |
4,453 |
None documented |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic eel trap/pot |
>700 |
None documented |
STOP SEINE/WEIR/POUND NET FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Maine herring and Atlantic mackerel stop seine/weir |
50 |
North Atlantic right whale, WNA |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic crab stop seine/weir |
2,600 |
None documented |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic mixed species stop seine/weir/pound net (except the North Carolina roe mullet stop net) |
751 |
None documented |
DREDGE FISHERIES: |
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Gulf of Maine mussel |
>50 |
None documented |
Gulf of Maine, U.S. Mid-Atlantic sea scallop dredge |
233 |
None documented |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico oyster |
7,000 |
None documented |
U.S. Mid-Atlantic offshore surf clam and quahog dredge |
100 |
None documented |
HAUL/BEACH SEINE FISHERIES: |
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Caribbean haul/beach seine |
15 |
West Indian manatee, Antillean |
Gulf of Mexico haul/beach seine |
unknown |
None documented |
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, haul/beach seine |
25 |
None documented |
DIVE, HAND/MECHANICAL COLLECTION FISHERIES: |
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Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean shellfish dive, hand/mechanical collection |
20,000 |
None documented |
Gulf of Maine urchin dive, hand/mechanical collection |
>50 |
None documented |
Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, and Caribbean cast net |
unknown |
None documented |
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL (CHARTER BOAT) FISHERIES: |
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Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean commercial passenger fishing vessel |
4,000 |
None documented |
List of Abbreviations Used in Table 2: FL - Florida; GA - Georgia; GME/BF - Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy; GMX - Gulf of Mexico; NC - North Carolina; SC - South Carolina; TX - Texas; WNA - Western North Atlantic