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Table 12. 2006 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 350 7,493 2,913,548 301 5,799 2,680,732 92.0
DRS 5 8 420 4 7 184 43.8
GNS 153 6,764 1,427,295 95 2739 656,843 46.0
LLB 80 1,154 204,792 42 511 91,031 44.5
Haddock
(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
OTF 296 4,938 2,242,491 252 3,994 2,186,209 97.5
DRS 5 5 1,303 4 4 1,299 99.7
GNS 122 2,964 65,539 75 1275 26,864 41.0
LLB 76 1091 403,958 42 496 299,395 74.1
Yellowtail flounder
(Limanda ferruginea)
OTF 319 6,402 1,772,976 282 4,938 1,674,672 94.5
DRS 24 36 4,098 23 35 4,076 99.4
GNS 67 1,293 90,562 32 244 2,355 2.6
LLB 5 12 14 4 11 13 96.7
Winter flounder
(Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
OTF 381 8,460 2,534,691 310 5,530 2,115,716 83.5
DRS 36 73 4,951 34 71 4,926 99.5
GNS 109 2,825 43,398 64 979 6,983 16.1
LLB 8 57 463 7 42 428 92.5
Windowpane flounder
(Scophthalmus aquosus)
OTF 151 1,246 86,897 117 607 61,621 70.9
DRS 1 2 7 1 2 7 100.0
GNS 9 37 107 3 7 24 22.6
LLB 1 1 2 1 1 2 100.0
Goosefish
(Lophius americanus)
OTF 459 8,032 1,574,844 380 5,747 1,417,361 90.0
DRS 336 3,917 323,214 333 3,650 317,777 98.3
GNS 261 8,050 4,127,303 114 2910 1,510,988 36.6
LLB 22 113 1,004 20 99 706 70.3
Silver hake
(Merluccius bilinearis)
OTF 197 3,098 5,294,681 162 2242 4,590,130 86.7
DRS 1 3 14 1 3 14 100.0
GNS 37 251 18,600 22 98 11,729 63.1
LLB 4 13 14,628 3 5 4,616 31.6
Red hake
(Urophycis chuss)
OTF 152 1,983 525,546 119 1346 447,917 85.2
DRS 2 2 29 2 2 29 100.0
GNS 22 257 27,383 10 112 10,260 37.5
LLB 4 6 531 3 5 524 98.7

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