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Appendix Table 1. continued.
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1985
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 154 600 16 19 2 791
Plymouth 0 583 4081 0 0 0 4664
TOTAL 0 737 4681 16 19 2 5455
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 0 600 16 14 2 632
Plymouth 0 576 4054 0 0 0 4630
TOTAL 0 576 4654 16 14 2 5262
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 154 0 0 5 0) 159
Plymouth 0 7 27 0 0 i) 34
TOTAL 0 161 27 0 5 0 193
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.782 0.994 1.000 0.737 1.000 0.965
South 0.000 0.218 0.006 0.000 0.263 0,000 0.035
Year: 1986
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 470 224 1 16 0 TL
Plymouth 0 17 2389 0 1 0 2407
TOTAL 0 487 2613 1 17 0 3118
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Bamstable 0 0 101 1 16 0 118
Plymouth 0 0 2364 0 0 0 2364
TOTAL 0 0 2465 1 16 0 2482
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 470 123 0 0 0 593
Plymouth 0 17 25 0) 1 0 43
TOTAL 0 487 148 0 1 0 636
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.000 0.943 1.000 0.941 0.000 0.796
South 0.000 1.000 0.057 0.000 0.059 0.000 0.204


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Table 4, Recreational catch! (metric tons) of winter flounder by state from the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England - Middle

Atlantic areas during 1979-87

State 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Gulf of Maine
ME 183.8 211.7 30.7 : : : - 34.7 19
NH 160.5 191.8 61.9 19.4 49.0 67.2 17.1 23.8 219
MA 6306.0 3496.1 4113.5 4631.5 1479.1 1249.1 2327.7 329.8 2380.1
Total 6650.3 3899.6 4206.0 4650.9 1528.1 1316.3 2344.8 388.4 2403.8
Southern New England - Middle Atlantic
MA 1218 29.1 62.9 96.8 510.5 398.1 265.2 192.0 92.0
RI 233.0 101.5 124.7 342.7 331.7 425.5 1020.9 1804.4 779.4
cT T3524 663.1 368.3 478.6 371.6 797.7 733.3 299.6 854.5
NY 5457.1 2638.0 3391.4 1381.1 4182.0 5323.5 5922.1 1816.9 3169.7
NJ 853.9 318.5 513.4 1783.8 927.6 1664.1 2920.0 275.2 227.7
Total 7418.2 3750.3 4460.7 4082.9 6323.4 8608.8  10861.5 4388.1 5123.2
Combined Areas
Total 14068.5 7649.9 8666.7 8733.8 7851.5 9925.1 13206.3 4776.4 7527.1
Percent by Area
Jo GOM 473 51.0 48.5 53.3 19.5 13.3 178 81 31.9
% SNE-MA 52.7 49.0 S15 46.7 80.5 86.7 82.2 919 68.1
Type B2 Percent of Total
Jo GOM 7.6 10.9 12.8 8.2 117 95 14.6 278 19.8
%o SNE-MA 28.2 27.5 25.5 21.9 21.5 26.0 26.8 23.9 213
Total 18.5 19.0 19.3 14.6 19.6 23.8 24.7 24.2 20.8

‘Includes Type A+B1+B2 (assumes 100% hooking mortality).

study, the authors reported that up to 27 percent of black sea
bass caught by angling suffered trauma sufficiently severe
to produce fatalities. The effect of trauma was probably
related to the body morphology of individual species;
however, this estimate cannot be applied to winter floun-
der. Studies examining the effects of hooking and releasing
small winter flounder and other- species are necessary to
effectively determine the actual level of removals from
populations of recreationally caught species.

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northeastern United States for 1988. NOAA Tech.
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Appendix Table 2. continued,

Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1983
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 15 0 1 1 ie) 17
Essex 0 162 229 243 173 ie) 807
Norfolk 0 0 2967 926 0 ie} 3893
Suffolk 0 215 0 0 9 (0) 224
TOTAL 0 392 3196 1170 183 0 4941
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties
Essex 0 162 229 243 173 0 807
Norfolk 0 0 2967 926 0 0 3893
Suffolk ‘0 215 0 (0) 9 0 224
TOTAL 0 377 3196 1169 182 0 4924
Southern Counties
Bristol 0 15 0 1 1 0 17
TOTAL 0 15 0 1 1 0 17
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties 000 962 1.000 999 995 .000 997
Southern Counties 000 038 .000 001 005 000 003
Year: 1984
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol i) 0 0 19 18 0 37
Essex 0 0 1 2 i) 0 3
Norfolk 0 0 0 17 0 0 17
Suffolk 0 0 0 32 1 0 33
TOTAL 0 0 1 70 19 0 90
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties
Essex 1) 1) 1 2 0 it) 3
Norfolk 0 0 0 17 0 0 17
Suffolk 0 OL 0 32 1 0 33
TOTAL 0 0 1 51 1 0 53
Southern Counties
Bristol 0 0 0 19 18 0 37
TOTAL 0 0 0 19 18 0 37
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties .000 000 1,000 .729 053 000 589
Southern Counties 000 .000 .000 271 947 .000 411


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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
Methods ..
Results
Discussion
References Cited .......

AaANrHS

List of Tables

Table 1. ‘Number of sites visited and number of intercepts by MRFSS agents for each area in
Massachusetts during 1979-87
Table 2. Proportion of intercept catch (numbers) of winter flounder by bimonthly period (wave)

from Massachusetts by area during 1979-87 ...... A
Table 3. Recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder by state from the Gulf of Maine
and Southern New England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87 .... 5

Table 4. Recreational catch (metric tons) of winter flounder by state from the Gulf of Maine
and Southern New England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87 .....
Table 5. Commercial and recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder
by state during 1979-87...
Table 6. Commercial and recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine
and Southern New England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87 .....

List of Figures

Figure 1. Approximate location of Massachusetts coastal counties
Figure 2. Recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine

and Southern New England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87 ....... 5S
Figure 3. Percentage of recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine
and Southern New England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87 5

Figure 4. Commercial and recreational landings of winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine area
during 1979-87
Figure 5. Commercial and recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder from the
Southern New England - Middle Atlantic area during 1979-87 ....

Appendix Tables

Appendix Table 1. MRFSS intercept catch (Type A, thousands of individuals) from Barnstable and
Plymouth Counties during 1979-87...
Appendix Table 2. MRFSS intercept catch (Type A, thousands of individuals) from Massachusetts
counties, excluding Barnstable and Plymouth, during 1979-87 ....



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Appendix Table 1. continued,
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1987
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 0 125 0 474 82 681
Plymouth 0 0 2709 1 10 61 2781
TOTAL 0 0 2834 1 484 143 3462
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 (0) 100 0 373 54 527
Plymouth 0 (0) 2709 1 0 61 2771
TOTAL 0 0 “2809 1 373 115 3298
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 0 25 0 101 28 154
Plymouth 0 0 0 (0) 10 0 10
TOTAL 0 0 25 0 111 28 164
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.000 0.991 1.000 0.771 0.804 0.953
South 0.000 0.000 0.009 0.000 0.229 0.196 0.047



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Appendix Table 2. continued,
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1981
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Essex 0 0 20 651 561 0 1232
Norfolk 0 0 4695, 50 4140 0 8885,
Suffolk 0 0 296 134 509 0 939
TOTAL 0 0 5011 835 5210 0 11056
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties
Essex 0 0 20 651 561 1) 1232
Norfolk 0 0 4695, 50 4140 0 8885
Suffolk 0 0 296 134 509 0 939
TOTAL v) 0 5011 835 5210 0 11056
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties -000 000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -000 1.000
Southern Counties .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -000 -000
Year: 1982
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 0 : 81 0 1 0 82
Essex 0 1421 662 81 326 0 2490
Norfolk 0 9 5557 3190 10993 0 19749
Suffolk 0 0 201 553 2156 69 2979
TOTAL 0 1430 6501 3824 13476 69 25300
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties
Essex 0 1421 662 81 326 0 2490
Norfolk 0 9 5557 3190 10993 0 19749
Suffolk 0 0 201 553 2156 69 2979
TOTAL 0 1430 6420 3824 13475 69 25218
Southern Counties
Bristol 0 0 81 0 1 0 82
TOTAL 0 0 81 0 1 0 82
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties 000 1,000 988 1.000 1.000 1.000 997
Southern Counties 000 -000 012 000 <0.001 000 .003


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Appendix Table 1. continued.
Wave
County -1 2 3 4 5 6 Total ‘
Year: 1981
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Bamstable i) 0 36 788 244 177 1245
Plymouth 0 143 0 1418 4640 740 6941
TOTAL 0 143 36 2206 4884 917 8186
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 0) 0 767 1) 177 944
Plymouth 0 143 0 1349 4630 740 6862
TOTAL 0 143 0 2116 4630 917 7806
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 0 36 21 244 0 301
Plymouth 0 0 O° 69 10 0 79
TOTAL 0 0 36 90 254 0 380
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 1.000 0,000 0.959 0.948 1.000 0.954
South 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.041 0.052 0.000 0.046
Year: 1982
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable i) 4 436 847 167 922 2376
Plymouth v) 71 290 311 2369 0 3041
TOTAL 0 75 726 1158 2536 922 $417
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North .
Barnstable 0 0 27 594 163 922 1706
Plymouth 0 67 290 311 2369 i} 3037
TOTAL 0 67 317 905 2532 922 4743
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 4 409 133 4 0 550
Plymouth 0 4 0 0 0 i) 4
TOTAL 0 8 409 133 4 0 554
Outer Cape
Barnstable 0o 0 0 120 0 0 120
TOTAL 0 0 0 120 0 0 120
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.893 0.437 0.782 0.998 1.000 0.876
South 0.000 0.107 0.563 0.115 ~ 0.002 0.000 0.102
Outer Cape 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.104 0.000 0.000 0.022


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" catches (i.e, Type A catches in the MRFSS sampling
scheme -- those available for identification) in numbers
were separated into bimonthly periods (i.e., “waves” in the
MRFSS sampling scheme) and assigned to one of the two
areas based on site location.

For counties that had all of their sites in one area, Type
A catches were assigned by wave to the appropriate area
north or south of the cape. Total catches from each area
(northem and southern) were then summed, and percent-
ages were calculated of the total intercept catch taken from
each area (i.¢,, northern counties and northern sites from
Barnstable and Plymouth Counties versus southern coun-
ties and southem sites from Barnstable and Plymouth
Counties).

Expanded catch estimates in numbers (Types A+B1+B2,
where B1 = catches used for bait, filleted, discarded dead,
etc.; and B2 = catches released alive) for the entire state
were then summed by wave. The area:total ratios were
applied to these wave-specific estimates and then summed
over waves to obtain the total Massachusetts catch by
northern or southern area. Intercept catches, and therefore
calculated ratios, were assumed to reflect total catch by
area and wave.

Expanded catch estimates in numbers were summed
over the range of the stock area. Massachusetts catches
north of Cape Cod were combined with catches from Maine
and New Hampshire, and designated as Gulf of Maine
catches, while those catches south of Cape Cod were
combined with catches from Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, and New Jersey, and were designated as South-
em New England - Middle Atlantic catches. Expanded
estimates in weight were calculated after the procedure
detailed in Terceiro (1987), i.e.:

Total Catch (kg) = [Total Type A (kg)Total Type A (n0.)] : [Type A+B1+B2(no.)}

where the mean weight of total Type A catches from the
North Atlantic region were applied to Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Type A+B1+B2
numbers, and the mean weight of total Type A catches from
the Mid-Atlantic region were applied to Connecticut, New
York, and New Jersey Type A+B1+B2 numbers.

To estimate total removals from the population, catches
released alive (Type B2) were eliminated from the total
expanded catches estimated above. Type B2 catch (num-
bers) was estimated by area, as described for Type A catch.
However, since there were no estimates of Type B2 catch
in weight, the mean weight of Type A individuals was
applied to Type B2 numbers to estimate the weight of the
Type B2 catch. This probably resulted in an overestimate
of the Type B2 catch in weight since smaller individuals are
typically released alive, and larger individuals are kept and
made available to MRFSS interviewers for weighing.
Estimates of total landings were then calculated as:

Total Landings (kg) = [Total Catch (kg)] - [Total Type B2 Catch (kg)].

RESULTS

Asummary of the number of sites visited and number
of intercepts in which winter flounder were caught by year
and area is given in Table 1. There were a total of 511 sites
identified as possible intercept locations in Massachusetts,
265 (52 percent) of which were found in the northern area
and 246 (48 percent) in the southern area. In all years
except 1986, the number of different sites visited in the
northern area were greater than the number in the southern
area for Barnstable and Plymouth Counties as well as for
the other counties in the state. While only 40 percent of the
total possible sites in Barnstable and Plymouth Counties
are located in the northern area, an average of 56 percent of
the sites visited each year were from the northern area. Of
the remaining counties, 65 percent of the total possible sites
are located in the northern area with an average of 80
percent of the sites visited each year coming from that area.
This differential distribution of sites visited in the state may
bias the catch statistics in favor of the northern area,
especially during those years when very low percentages of
the total sites visited were in the southern area of the state.
In Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, the annual percent-
ages of winter flounder intercepts in the northern area
versus the southern area were roughly constant, averaging
60 percent, except in 1986 when the annual value was 20
percent. In the other counties, the annual percentages of
intercepts, northern versus southern, averaged 87 percent
except in 1986 when the annual value was 33 percent.

Based on allocation of intercept catch (Type A only)
between northern and southern areas of Massachusetts, the

* annual percentages of Massachusetts intercept catch in

numbers from the northern area averaged 85 percent, and
the annual percentages of Massachusetts landings in weight
from the northern area averaged 88 percent, during 1979-
87 (Tables 2 and 3). Wave 4 (July-August) produced the
highest percentage of intercept catch (in numbers) coming
from the northern area (93 percent). There were no
intercept catches of winter flounder reported from Wave 1
@anuary-February) since no intercept sampling takes place
north of Georgia during this wave. Total intercept catches
(Type A in numbers) by year and wave from northem and
southern areas of Barnstable and Plymouth Counties,
Massachusetts, are given in detail in Appendix Table 1.
Total intercept catches by year and wave from other coun-
ties in Massachusetts, separated into northern or southern
areas, are given in detail in Appendix Table 2,

Total recreational landings (Type A+B1) from Maine
to New Jersey were at a high of 11,470 metric tons (mt) in
1979, but declined sharply in 1980 and averaged 6,900 mt
during 1980-84 before increasing to 9,952 mt in 1985. The
landings then dropped to their lowest level of 3,618 mt in
1986, followed by an increase to 5,958 mt in 1987 (Table
3, Figure 2). Trends in total catch (Table 4) were similar to
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

~

A method is described for allocating statewide-reported catch and landings statistics [coming from the Marine
Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS)] between two groups when both contribute to the state’s catches and
landings. The method, based on an analysis of landings recorded at each intercept site used in the MRFSS, has been applied
to landings of winter flounder from Massachusetts during 1979-87. Landings from Barnstable and Plymouth Counties,
Massachusetts, with sites on both the northern and southern sides of Cape Cod, were assigned to either the Gulf of Maine
or the Southern New England - Middle Atlantic area, based on the proportion of intercept landings recorded from each of
the northern and southern sites. Landings from the northem sites of Barnstable and Plymouth Counties were then combined
with the landings from the remaining northern counties of Massachusetts, and with the landings from New Hampshire and
Maine, and were designated as Gulf of Maine landings. Likewise, landings from the southern sites of Barnstable and
Plymouth Counties, combined with the landings from the remaining southern counties of Massachusetts, and with the
landings from Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, were designated as Southern New England - Middle
Atlantic landings.

Results indicate that about 88 percent of Massachusetts recreational landings (in weight) of winter flounder were taken
from the Gulf of Maine area during 1979-87. Recreational landings were roughly equal between the two areas during 1979-
82, but during 1983-86, about 84 percent of the landings were reported from the Southern New England - Middle Atlantic
area. In 1987, the Southern New England - Middle Atlantic area contributed about 68 percent of the landings. —,

When recreational landings were combined with commercial landings, the data indicate that recreational landings con-
tributed an average of 52 percent of the total landings from the Gulf of Maine area during the period, while in the South-
em New England - Middle Atlantic area, recreational landings contributed 36 percent of the total.

The method described is applicable to other species and areas (with additional work determining specific site
locations) in the historical MRFSS data base, but will not be necessary after 1990 when an additional area variable is added
to the survey.

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Appendix Table 1. continued.
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1983
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 1160 1665 136 1161 393 4515
Plymouth 0 281 2436 467 977 0 . 4161
TOTAL 0 1441 4101 603 2138 393 8676
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 363 318 119 291 365 1456
Plymouth 0 148 1799 467 977 0 3391
TOTAL 0 S11 2117 586 1268 365 4847
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 797 1347 17 870 28 3059
Plymouth 0 133 637 0 0 0 7710
TOTAL 0 930 1984 17 870 28 3829
1
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.355 0.516 0.972 0.593 0.929 0.559
South 0.000 0.645, 0.484 0.028 0.407 0.071 0.441
Year: 1984
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 336 | 1155. 269 121 147 2028
Plymouth 0 0 125 1702 2914 0 4741
TOTAL 0 336 1280 1971 3035 147 6769
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 0 645 261 106 0 1012
Plymouth 0 0 125 1702 2913 0 4740
TOTAL 0 0 770 1963 3019 0 5752
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 336 510 8 15 143 1012
Plymouth 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 0 336 510 8 16 143 1013
Cape Cod Canal
Barnstable o | 0 0 0 0 4 4
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.000 0.602 0.996 0.995 0.000 0.850
South 0,000 1.000 0.398 0.004 0.005 0.973 0.150

Canal Area 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.027 0.001


INTRODUCTION

Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Walbaum) is an important component of both the commer-
cial and recreational fisheries off the northeastern coast of
the United States. According to the Marine Recreational
Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS), it clearly is one of the
most desired species in the recreational fishery and ranks
among the top three species in numbers caught in the
coastal waters of the North Atlantic region from Maine to
Connecticut. In the Mid-Atlantic region from New York to
Virginia, it has ranked consistently in the top eight species
in numbers caught since 1979.

Since the inception of the annual MRFSS in 1979,
catches of winter flounder have been reported by region
orth Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, etc.) and state (U.S. Dept. of
Commerce 1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1986, 1987; unpublished
U.S. Department of Commerce data). A concem of assess-
ment biologists with this reporting scheme is that, while
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, forms a natural boundary be-
tween individuals belonging to groups north and south of
the cape, recreational catch statistics are reported for the
entire state, and are not easily separable into the northern
and southern areas. This limitation to the catch data base
has made effective assessment of the inshore stocks diffi-
cult. In the assessments conducted to date, recreational
landings statistics were reported by region/state (Conserva-

SUFFOLK

nonroux )

NANTUCKET

Figure 1. Approximate location of Massachusetts coastal coun-
ties.

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tion & Utilization Division, Northeast Fisheries Center
1988; Foster 1987), and analyses of overall removals from
component stocks were not possible.

In the two Massachusetts counties that have intercept
sites on both the northern and southern sides of Cape Cod
(Barnstable and Plymouth), sites were assigned to either
the Gulf of Maine or Southern New England - Middle
Atlantic area depending on the sites’ specific locations.
Catches from these two counties were then allocated to the
appropriate area based on the proportion of intercept catches
landed from each of the sites.

This report presents the results of allocation of total
catch and landings from the winter flounder recreational
fishery during 1979-87. It also presents catch and landings
statistics by state and area, and examines the effects of the
addition of the recreational catch to commercial landings
by state and area. The method is applicable to other species
and areas (with additional work determining site locations)
in the MRFSS data base.

METHODS

The first step in the allocation process was to assign
Massachusetts counties to northern or southern areas and to
identify those counties which had shorelines in both areas
(Figure 1). The following table provides a summary of the
counties and the areas to which they were assigned:

MRFSS Area
County Code Assigned
Essex 9 Northern
Middlesex 17 Northern
Norfolk 21 Northem
Suffolk 25 Northen
Bristol 5 Southem
Dukes 7 Southem
Nantucket 19 Southern
Barnstable 1 Northern/Southern
Plymouth 23 Northern/Southern

For Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, it was neces-
sary to determine the actual location of sites visited by
MRFSS agents and to assign each site to the northern or
southern area. This areal assignment assumes that fisher-
men intercepted at northern sites had fished in waters north
of Cape Cod, and that fishermen intercepted at southern
sites had fished in waters south of Cape Cod. Sites of
concern were those located in or very close to the Cape Cod
Canal and on the outer cape. Canal sites were assigned to
the northern area (Howe and Coates 1975; Pierce and Howe
1977; and A. Howe, pers. comm.), while outer cape sites
were assigned to the southern area. For each year, intercept


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Appendix Table 2. continued.
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1985
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)

Essex (0) 0 5 1 0 i) 6
TOTAL 0 0 5 1 0 0 6
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties
Essex tt) 0 5 1 1) 0 6
TOTAL 0 0 5 1 0 0 6
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties .000 .000 1.000 1,000 000 .000 1.000
Southern Counties .000 .000 .000 -000 000 000 000

Year: 1986
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 1351 200 1 0 0 1552
Dukes (0) (0) 24 0 0 (0) 24
Norfolk 0 0 3382 0 0 0 3382
TOTAL 0 1351 3606 1 0 0 4958
CATCH BY STOCK AREA

Northern Counties
Norfolk 0 0 3382 0 i) (0) 3382
TOTAL 0 0 3382, 0 0 0 3382

Southern Counties
Bristol 0 1351 200 1 0 0 1552
Dukes 0 0 24 0 0 0 24
TOTAL 0 1351 224 1 0 0 1576

PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA

Northern Counties .000 .000 938 .000 000 000 682
Southern Counties .000 1.000 062 1.000 000 .000 318


Allocation of Statewide-Reported

MRFSS Catch and Landings _

Statistics between Areas:

Application to Winter Flounder

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National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

September 1989

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Table 2. Proportion of intercept catch (numbers) of winter flounder by bimonthly period (wave) from Massachusetts by area during

1979-87
Wave
1 2 3 4 5 6
Year (Jan-Feb) (Mar-Apr) (May-Jun) Qul-Aug) (Sep-Oct) (Nov-Dec)
Northern Counties
1979 - 983 942 937 1.000 1.000
1980 - 973 991 1.000 986 1.000
1981 - 1.000 993, 970 975 1.000
1982 - 995 932 949 1.000 1.000
1983 - 484 728 990 625 922
1984 - - 602 987 989 027
1985 - -782 994 1.000 .737 1,000
1986 : . 940 500 941 -
1987 - 510 993 1.000 962 918
Mean : 636 902 926 913 856
Southern Counties

1979 - 017 058 .063 - -
1980 : 027 .009 : 014 -
1981 - : 007 .030 025 -
1982 - 005 068 051 <.001 -
1983 - 516 272 010 375, .078
1984 - 1.000 398 013 011 973
1985 - 218 006 - 263 -
1986 - 1.000 .060 500 059 -
1987 - 490 007 - 038 082
Mean - 364 098 074 .087 144

‘Includes Type A only.

in 1987 increased to 3,135 mt, similar to the 1983-85 mean
(Table 6, Figure 4). Landings from the Southern New
England - Middle Atlantic area remained relatively con-
stant during 1979-85, averaging 13,837 mt, and ranging
from a low of 12,368 mt in 1979 to a high of 15,250 mt in
1984. In 1986, landings from this stock also declined
sharply to 8,274 mt, and increased slightly to 9,219 mt in
1987 (Table 6, Figure 5).

DISCUSSION

The allocation of recreational landings to stock areas
both north and south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will
result in improved analysis of the condition of the winter
flounder population in the inshore waters of the Northeast.
While the stock structure of winter flounder in these waters
is still uncertain, the method outlined in this report can be
applied to any region (once specific intercept sites in that
region are assigned to stock areas), including New York
catches of winter flounder, with catches allocated to either
Long Island Sound or the Middle Atlantic waters south of
Long Island. Moreover, the addition of an “area” variable
to the MRFSS intercept and expanded catch data base will

make future allocations of recreational landings far easier
than the process described herein. The area variable will be
added to the Barnstable and Plymouth County, Massachu-
setts, sites beginning in January 1990.

The actual level of total recreational removals of
winter flounder from the population is still unknown, but
probably lies somewhere between total recreational catch
(Types A+B1+B2) and total recreational landings (Type
A+B1) estimates, depending on the degree of hooking
mortality operating on the B2 catch (fish released alive).
Based on this analysis, Type B2 catch averaged about 14
percent of the total recreational catch from the Gulf of
Maine area during 1979-87, while it averaged about 25
percent from the Southern New England - Middle Atlantic
area (Table 4). The increased percentage of B2 catch from
southern waters may be due to an increased proportion of
small individuals in that area. There are no estimates of the
hooking mortality level for winter flounder or other flat-
fish, with the exception of Pacific halibut where hooking
mortality ranged between 8 and 24 percent (International
Pacific Halibut Commission 1988). One of the few studies
discussing the effects of anatomical trauma on marine fish
compared the effects of catching soft-coral reef fishes
caught by angling and trawling (Rogers et al. 1986). In that


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Table 1. Number of sites visited and number of intercepts by MRFSS agents for each area in Massachusetts during 1979-87

Barnstable and Plymouth Counties

Outer Other Counties
Year North Canal South Cape Total North! South? Total

Sites Visited
1979 15 : 7 - 22 37 2 39
1980 12 - 3 2 17 37 2 39
1981 13 - 10 - 23 14 - 14
1982 16 - 8 2 26 17 2 19
1983 18 18 - 36 13 3 16
1984 15 1 14 : 30 4 2 6
1985 8 - 7 : 15 3 - 3
1986 5 - 7 - 12 1 5 6
1987 8 - 7 - 15 9 3 12
Total
Possible 121 7 159 14 301 137 73 210

Intercepts
1979 42 - 21 - 63 106 3 109
1980 55 - 18 2 75 152 2 154
1981 45 - 23 - 68 34 - 34
1982 90 : 21 2 113 101 2 103
1983 123 : 126 - 249 46 4 50
1984 65 1 67 - 133 11 6 17
1985 39 - 15 - 54 4 - 4
1986 12 : 49 : 61 12 wa 36
1987 48 : 30 - 78 163 5 168

'ncludes Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk Counties.
*Includes Bristol, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties.

Recreational landings from the Gulf of Maine area
declined from a high of 6,145 mt in 1979 to an average of
3,805 mt during 1980-82 before dropping sharply again to
average 1,516 mt during 1983-85. The reported landings in
1986 were only 281 mt, but increased to 1,928 mt in 1987
(Table 3, Figure 2). The Southern New England - Middle
Atlantic area reported landings averaging 3,078 mt during
1980-82, after which landings increased to average 6,426
in 1983-85. In 1986, landings dropped by almost one half
to 3,338 mt, and rose only slightly to 4,030 mt in 1987
(Table 3, Figure 2).

Percentages of recreational landings by area were
Toughly equal between the two areas during 1979-82,
averaging 55 and 45 percent from the northern and southern
areas, respectively. During 1983-86, however, landings
from the Southern New England - Middle Atlantic area
averaged of 84 percent of the total. In 1987, while the
southern area still reported a higher percentage of the total
(68 percent), the percentage was slightly closer to those
during 1979-82 (Table 3, Figure 3).

‘When recreational landings statistics were compared
to commercial landings statistics by individual state, the
data demonstrated that for Connecticut, New York, and
New Jersey, recreational landings made up over 50 percent

of the total landings on average during 1979-87 (Table 5).
For New York and New Jersey, recreational landings
exceeded commercial landings each year, while in Con-
necticut, recreational exceeded commercial in six of nine
years. For. Massachusetts, recreational landings averaged
23 percent of total landings during 1979-87, with-a low of
7 percent in 1986 and a high of 43 percent in 1979. For
Rhode Island, recreational landings averaged only 14 per-
cent of total landings, whereas for Maine and New Hamp-
shire, recreational landings averaged 8 and 40 percent,
respectively. While the average percentage contributed by
New Hampshire recreational landings was quite high,
annual values in that state exceeded 50 percent only twice
in the time series (1979 and 1980).

Total winter flounder landings (commercial and rec-
reational) summed over area indicate that recreational
landings make up a significant percentage of the total from
both the Gulf of Maine area, averaging 52 percent, and the
Southern New England - Middle Atlantic area, averaging
36 percent, during 1979-87 (Table 6). Landings from the
Gulf of Maine decreased from a high of 8,166-mt in 1979
to average 6,350 mt during 1980-82, and again declined to
an average of 3,308 mt during 1983-85, before dropping
sharply to only 1,547 mt in 1986. The estimated landings




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Appendix Table 2. MRFSS intercept catch (Type A, thousands of individuals) from Massachusetts counties, excluding
Barnstable and Plymouth, during 1979-87

Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1979
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Essex (0) 73 1152 258 23 5 1511
Middlesex 0 40 1 0 0 0) 41
Nantucket 0 0 0 16 0 (¢) 16
Norfolk 0 0 2602 5982 1055 0 9639
Suffolk 0 1 519 236 128 15 959
TOTAL 0 116 4334 6492 1206 20 12168
CATCH BY STOCK AREA

Northern Counties
Essex 0 73 1152 258 23 5 1511
Middlesex 0 40 1 0 0 0 41
Norfolk 0 0 2602 5982 1055 0 9639
Suffolk 0 1 579 236 128 15 . 959
TOTAL 0 114 4334 6476 1206 20 12150

Southern Counties
Bristol 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Nantucket 0 0 0 16 0 it) 16
TOTAL 0 2 0 16 0 0 18

PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties 000 983 1.000 998 1.000 1.000 999
Southern Counties 000 017 -000 .002 -000 .000 001
Year: 1980
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Essex } 243 , 4 599 391 0 1274
Middlesex 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Norfolk 0 0 1661 225 3371 (0) 5257
Suffolk 0 0 2267 48 16 0) 2331
TOTAL 0 244 3970 872 3779 0 8865
CATCH BY STOCK AREA

Northern Counties
Essex 0 243 41 599 391 0 1274
Middles 0 0 0 0 1 1) 1
Norfolk (0) 0 1661 225 3371 0 5257
Suffolk 0 (0) 2267 48 16 0 2331
TOTAL 0 243 3969 872 3779 0 8863

Southern Counties
Bristol 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA

Northern Counties .000 996 1.000 1.000 1.000 000 1.000
Southern Counties .000 004 <0.001 .000 .000 000 <0.001


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Table 5. Commercial and recreational! landings (metric tons) of winter flounder by state during 1979-87

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ME NH MA RI cT NY NJ
1979
Recreational 179.2 92.2 5975.1 1515 576.4 3950.5 545.4
Commercial 447.2 22.5 7115.5 2788.0 240.1 674.5 94.8
% Recreational 28.6 80.4 43.6 5.2 70.6 85.4 85.2
1980
Recreational 208.5 118.9 3175.0 76.5 524.0 1870.5 2223
Commercial 566.3 26.5 11752.1 3971.1 2275 754.3 66.9
% Recreational 26.9 818 21.3 19 69.7 ngs 76.9
1981
Recreational 29.8 34.4 3656.2 1108 319.0 2393.6 446.8
Commercial 668.8 44.5 11668.1 4178.1 523.1 953.4 235.5
% Recreational 43 43.6 23.9 2.6 37.9 nS 65.5
1982
Recreational : 15.9 4348.5 3116 4126.0 1106.7 1264.8
Commercial 897.6 104.5 9599.1 3480.0 514.6 836.9 120.4
% Recreational - 13.2 31.2 8.2 88.9 56.9 913
1983
Recreational - 40.9 1754.7 261.5 301.6 3286.0 668.3
Commercial 677.7 76.7 10138.6 3087.5 531.4 660.9 141.7
% Recreational - 34.8 148 78 36.2 83.3 82.5
1984
Recreational : 575 1484.1 330.2 704.2 3663.2 1319.4
Commercial 424.8 94.6 9522.4 3295.2 593.7 614.4 87.5
% Recreational : 378 13.5 9.1 543 85.6 93.8
1985
Recreational - WL 2201.2 912.5 598.0 4087.0 2136.1
Commercial 332.5 749 6332.5 2888.8 541.5 576.7 216.3
% Recreational : 18.6 258 70 52.5 87.6 908
1986
Recreational 33.5 22.1 370.6 1368.0 2723 1326.7 225.1
Commercial 294.0 513 4755.5 1948.1 294.8 406.9 168.2
% Recreational 10.2 30.1 72 413 48.0 76.5 57.2
1987
Recreational 19 18.6 1978.2 607.2 738.3 2425.5 188.6
Commercial 2413 92.5 5374.2 1736.4 643.2 556.6 103.4
% Recreational 08 16.7 26.9 25.9 53.4 81.3 64.6
Average % 19 39.7 23.1 14.0 56.8 77 78.6
Recreational

‘Includes Type A+BI.

US. Department of Commerce. 1985a. Marine recrea-
tional fishery statistics survey, Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
1981-1982. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Curr. Fish. Stat. No.

8324. 215 pp.

US. Department of Commerce. 19856. Marine recrea-
tional fishery statistics survey, Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
1983-1984. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Curr. Fish. Stat. No.

8326. 222 pp.

US. Department of Commerce. 1986. Marine recreational
fishery statistics survey, Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
1985. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Curr. Fish. Stat. No. 8327.

130 pp.

USS. Department of Commerce. 1987. Marine recreational

fishery statistics survey, Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
1986. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Curr. Fish. Stat. No. 8392.

127 pp.


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Appendix Table 1. MRFSS intercept catch (Type A, thousands of individuals) from Barnstable and Plymouth Counties

during 1979-87
.
Wave .
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1979
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 0 82 148 0 0 230
Plymouth 0 (0) 1040 964 1112 8 3124
TOTAL 0 0 1122 1112 1112 8 3354
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 0 0 145 0 0 145
Plymouth 0 0 825 533 1112 8 2478
TOTAL 0 0 825 678 1112 8 2623
Southern Cape and South
Barnstable 0 (¢) 82 3 ~ 0 0 85
Plymouth 0 0 215 431 0 0 646
TOTAL 0 0 297 434 - 0 0 731
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.000 0.735 0.610 1.000 1,000 0.782
South 0.000 0.000 0.265 0.390 0.000 0.000 0.218
Year: 1980
CATCH BY COUNTY (numbers)
Barnstable 0 20 1 25 21 0 67
Plymouth 0 521 769 202 671 5 2168
TOTAL 0 541 770 227 692 5 2235
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Cape and North
Barnstable 0 0 0 25 17 0 42
Plymouth 0 521 728 202 610 5 2066
TOTAL 0 $21 728 227 627 5 2108
Southern Cape and South
Bamstable 0 20 0 0 0 0 20
Plymouth 0 0) 41 0 61 (0) 102
TOTAL 0 20 41 0 61 0 122
Outer Cape
Barnstable 0 0 1 0 4 (0) 5
TOTAL 0 0 1 0 4 0 5
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
North 0.000 0.963 0.945 1,000 0.906 1.000 0.943
South 0.000 0.037 0.053 0.000 0.088 0.000 0.055
Outer Cape 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.006 0.000 0.002


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editorial control, or detailed editing.~

Allocation of Statewide-Reported
MRFSS Catch and Landings
Statistics Between Areas:
Application to Winter Flounder

Frank P. Almeida
Woods Hole Lab., National Marine Fisheries Serv., Woods Hole, MA 02543

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John A. Knauss, Administrator

National Marine Fisheries Service
James W. Brennan, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries

Northeast Fisheries Center -
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

September 1989


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Appendix Table 2. continued.
Wave
County 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Year: 1987
CATCH BY COUNTY (number)
Bristol 0 102 0 0 0 (0) 102
Dukes 0 (0) i) 0 36 0) 36
Essex 0 106 11 4 i) 0 121
Norfolk 0 i) 90 0 2557 200 2847
Suffolk i) 0 732 0 809 (0) 1541
TOTAL 0 208 833 4 3402 200 4647
CATCH BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties :
Essex it) 106 11 4 0 0 121
Norfolk 0 0 90 0 2557 200 2847
Suffolk 0 0 732 0 809 0 1541
TOTAL 0 106 833 4 3366 200 4509
Southern Counties
Bristol (0) 102 0 1) (0) 0 102
Dukes 0 0 0 0 36 (0) 36
TOTAL 0 102 0 0 36 0 138
PROPORTIONS BY STOCK AREA
Northern Counties .000 510 1.000 1.000 989 1.000 970
Southern Counties .000 490 .000 000 011 .000 030

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Table 3, Recreational landings! (metric tons) of winter flounder by state from the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England - Middle
Atlantic areas during 1979-87

State 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Gulf of Maine

ME 179.2 208.5 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.5 19

NH 92.2 118.9 34.4 15.9 40.9 57.5 17.1 22.1 18.6

MA 5874.0 3148.6 3603.0 4254.6 1308.4 1133.3 1989.4 224.8 1907.5
Total 6145.4 3476.0 (3667.2 4270.6 1349.3 1190.8 2006.5 280.5 1928.0

Southern New England - Middle Atlantic

MA 101.1 26.4 53.2 93.9 446.3 350.8 211.8 145.8 70.7
RI 151.5 76.5 1108 311.6 261.5 330.2 912.5 1368.0 607.2
cT 576.4 524.0 319.0 412.6 301.6 704.2 598.0 2723 738.3
NY 3950.5 1870.5 2393.6 1106.7 3286.0 3663.2 4087.0 1326.7 2425.5
NJ 545.4 222.3 446.8 1264.8 668.3 1319.4 2136.1 225.1 188.6

Total 5324.9 2719.6 3323.4 3189.5 4963.8 6367.7 7945.4 3337.9 4030.3
Combined Areas

Total —11470.3 6195.6 6990.5 7460.1 6313.0 7558.6 9951.9 3618.4 5958.3
Percent by Area

%GOM 536 56.1 52.5 57.2 214 158 20.2 78 32.4
% SNE-MA 46.4 43.9 47.5 428 78.6 84.2 798 92.2 676

‘Includes Type A+BI only (assumes no hooking mortality).

EER Guilt of Maine SNE - MA
14

EBlouit ot Maine SSS SNE- MA 100%
12 -
10 \ 75% 4
IN
Mt

(000's) 50% 4
6 =
4

25% 7 :
2 N p
° 0% + 7 ap
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Figure 2. Recreational landings (metric tons) of winter flounder Figure 3. Percentage of recreational landings (metric tons) of
from the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England - Middle — winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine and Southem New
Atlantic areas during 1979-87. England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87.


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105
EB commercial Recreational
84
6
Mt
(000's)
4
2
-

1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Figure 4. Commercial and recreational landings of winter
flounder from the Gulf of Maine area during 1979-87.

8

Commercial Recreational

4 WW
2 \ \ N

mt 10 \
(000's)

1979 1980 1981 1962 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Figure 5. Commercial and recreational landings (metric tons) of
winter flounder from the Southern New England - Middle Atlan-
tic area during 1979-87.

Table 6. Commercial and recreational’ landings (metric tons) of
winter flounder from the Gulf of Maine and Southern New
England - Middle Atlantic areas during 1979-87

Year Commercial Recreational

Percent

Total Recreational

1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987

2,021
2,437
2,406

2,793.

2,096
1,698
1,582
1,266
1,207

Gulf of Maine

6,145
3,476
3,667
4271
1,349
1,191
2,007

281
1,928

8,166
5,913
6,073
7,064
3,445
2,889
3,589
1,547
3,135

39.2
412
60.0
18.2
615
Mean = 52.3

Southern New England - Middle Atlantic

7,043
10,867
11,557

9,438

8,659

8,882

6,579

4,936

5,189

5,325
2,720
3,323
3,190
4,964
6,368
7,945
3,338
4,030

‘Includes Type A+B1.

12,368
13,587
14,880
12,628
13,623
15,250
14,524

8,274

9,219