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Table 11. 2005 summary of the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data subsets compared to the subset of Vessel Trip Reports (VTR) landings (kg), by species and gear type (bottom otter trawl gear = OTF, scallop dredge gear = DRS, sink gillnet = GNS, and benthic longline = LLB).
Species VTR gear code VTR VMS
Number of Vessels Number of trips VTR landings (kg) Number of Vessels Number of trips VMS landings (kg) Percent of VTR landings (%)
Atlantic cod
(Gadus morhua)
OTF 381 9,005 3,201,456 229 4,415 2,491,742 77.8
DRS 8 11 1,209 7 10 100 8.3
GNS 157 6,711 1,574,496 21 697 164,299 10.4
LLB 89 1,373 205,952 45 638 98,546 47.8
Haddock
(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
OTF 342 6,471 5,246,396 217 3,670 5,036,560 96
DRS 3 4 15 2 3 14 93.9
GNS 125 3,054 59,757 15 292 4,494 7.5
LLB 80 1257 849,769 44 650 659,669 77.6
Yellowtail flounder
(Limanda ferruginea)
OTF 352 7,138 3,815,235 218 3,175 3,473,828 91.1
DRS 30 45 2,059 28 42 1,883 91.5
GNS 77 1,180 104,756 5 30 259 0.2
LLB 5 19 28 3 16 23 83.6
Winter flounder
(Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
OTF 413 9,225 3,407,204 229 3,458 2,786,325 81.8
DRS 37 65 13,237 36 64 12,772 96.5
GNS 118 2,530 36,739 12 189 1,069 2.9
LLB 11 84 549 6 66 473 86.1
Windowpane flounder
(Scophthalmus aquosus)
OTF 158 1,057 80,999 78 227 45,762 56.5
DRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
GNS 9 77 523 0 0 0 0.0
LLB 4 9 10 3 8 9 91.3
Goosefish
(Lophius americanus)
OTF 493 9,197 1,857,280 260 3,603 1,359,021 73.2
DRS 317 2,722 335,072 266 1,498 321,271 95.9
GNS 246 8,736 5,065,683 34 801 448,437 8.9
LLB 36 212 1,841 30 182 1,260 68.4
Silver hake
(Merluccius bilinearis)
OTF 193 2,689 7,391,321 96 1197 3,489,085 47.2
DRS 2 2 365 2 2 365 100.0
GNS 41 255 20,219 1 8 4,400 21.8
LLB 7 30 110,972 5 20 37,219 33.5
Red hake
(Urophycis chuss)
OTF 143 1,838 482,879 69 757 152,655 31.6
DRS 1 1 125 1 1 125 100.0
GNS 24 239 64,020 2 25 1,810 2.8
LLB 4 10 176 2 6 76 43.3

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