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NEW  ENGLAND  HADDOCK  FISHERY 
BIOSTATISTICS-1956 


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Biolcgical  Labcratoryl 


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WOODS  HOLE,  MASS. 


SPECIAL  SCIENTIFIC  REPORT-FISHERIES  Na  375 


United  States  Department  of  the  Interior,  Stewart  L,  Udall,  Secretary 

Fish  and  Wildlife  Service, 
Bureau  of  Commercial  Fisheries,  Donald  L,  McKernan,  Director 


NEW  ENGLAND  HADDOCK  FISHERY 
BIOSTATISTICS--1956 

by 
John  R.  Clark  and  Frank  A.  Dreyer 


United  States  Fish  and  Wildlife  Service 
Special  Scientific  Report- -Fisheries  No.  375 


Washington,  D.  C. 
April  1961 


CONTENTS 


Pase 


Introduction 1 

Fishing  methods 3 

The  catch 3 

Discarded  portion 4 

Landed  portion 4 

Length  composition  of  catch 5 

Discarded  portion 6 

Landed  portion 6 

Age  composition  of  catch 6 

Discarded  portion 7 

Landed  portion 7 

iA.bundance  and  effort 7 

Literature  cited 7 

Appendix:     Tables 9 

APPENDIX:    TABLES 

1.       Haddock  discarded  at  sea,  Subarea  5,   1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds 

of  pounds 9 

Za.     Landings    by    statistical    area-units,    1956    haddock   year.    Subdivision 

5Y,  hundreds  of  pounds,  gutted  weight 10 

2b.     Landings    by    statistical    area-units,    1956    haddock   year,    Subdivision 

5Z,  hundreds  of  pounds,  gutted  weight 11 

3.  Length   composition   of   haddock   discarded  at  sea,  5Z  East  and  West, 

1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 12 

4.  Summary  of  samples  of  landed  haddock,   1956  haddock  year 13 

5.  Length   composition    of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  February  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 14 

6.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  March  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 15 

7.  Length   composition    of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  April   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish l6 

8.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  May  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish.; , 17 

9.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  fro-  i  5Z  East 

and  West,  June   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 18 

10.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  July  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 19 

11.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  August   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 20 

12.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  September   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 21 

13.  Length   composition    of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  October   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 22 

14.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  November   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 23 

15.  Length   coinposition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  Decennber   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 24 

16.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East 

and  West,  January  1957,  in  hundreds  of  fish 25 

17.  Length   composition   of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  fron-i  5Z  East 

and  West,   1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 26 

18.  Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North 

and  South,  spring   1956,  in  hundreds  offish 27 


APPENDIX:    TABLES  (Continued) 


Page 


19.  Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North 

and  South,  summer   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 28 

20.  Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North 

and  South,  fall   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 29 

21.  Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North 

and  South,  winter   1  956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 30 

22.  Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North 

and  South,   1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 31 

23.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  discarded  at  sea  in  5Z,   1956  had- 
dock year,  in  hundreds  offish , 32 

24.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z  East,  February 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 33 

25.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,  March  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 34 

26.  Age-length   connposition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,  April   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 35 

27.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock   landed  from  5Z  East,  May  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 36 

28.  Age-length   composition    of   haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,  June   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 37 

29.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed  from  5Z  East,  July  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 38 

30.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,  August  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 39 

31.  Age -length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,  September 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 40 

32.  Age-length    composition    of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    East,    October 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 41 

33.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed  from  5Z  East,  November 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 42 

34.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed  from  5Z  East,  Decenaber 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 43 

35.  Age-length    composition    of  haddock   landed   from    5Z    East,    January 

1957,  in  hundreds  offish 44 

36.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from  5Z  East,   1956  had- 
dock year,  in  hundreds  of  fish.. 45 

37.  Age-length   connposition   of   haddock   landed   from  5Z  West,  February 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 46 

38.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  March  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 47 

39.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  April  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 48 

40.  Age -length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  May  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 49 

41.  Age -length   connposition   of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  June   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 50 

42.  Age-length   connposition   of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  July  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 51 

43.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  fronn  5Z  West,  August   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 52 

44.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  September 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 53 

45.  Age-length    composition   of  haddock   landed   fronn    5Z    West,    October 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 54 

iv 


APPENDIX:    TABLES  (Continued) 


Page 


46.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  November 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 55 

47.  Age-length   connposition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,  December 

1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 56 

48.  Age-length    connposition    of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    West,    January 

1957,  in  hundreds  of  fish 57 

49.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed  from  5Z  West,   1956  had- 
dock year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 58 

50.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  February  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 59 

51.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock   landed   fronn    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  March  1  956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 60 

52.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  April  1956,  in  hundreds  offish 61 

53.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined).  May  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 62 

54.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  June   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 63 

55.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  July  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 64 

56.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock    landed   fronn    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  August   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 65 

57.  Age -length   composition   of   haddock   landed   fronn    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  September   1956,  in  hundreds  offish ' 66 

58.  Age-length   composition    of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
connbined),  October   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 67 

59.  Age-length   connposition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  Novennber   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 68 

60.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock   landed   fronn    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  December   1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 69 

61.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
combined),  January  1957,  in  hundreds  of  fish 70 

62.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Z    (East  and  West 
connbined),   1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 71 

63.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5  Y  North,  spring   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 72 

64.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock   landed   from    5Y  North,  summer 

1  956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 73 

65.  Age-length   composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,  fall  1956, 

in  hundreds  offish 74 

66.  Age-length    composition    of    haddock   landed   from    5Y   North,    winter 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 75 

67.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock  landed  fronn  5Y  North,   1956  had- 
dock year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 76 

68.  Age-length    composition    of    haddock    landed   fronn    5Y   South,    spring 

1956,  in  hundreds  offish 77 

69.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed   from    5Y    South,  sunnmer 

1  956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 78 

70.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock   landed  from  5 Y  South,  fall  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 79 

71.  Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,  winter   1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 80 

72.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,    1956  had- 
dock year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 81 


APPENDIX:    TABLES  (Continued) 

Page 

73.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and  South 
combined),  spring  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 82 

74.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and  South 
combined),  summer  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 83 

75.  Age-length   composition   of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and  South 
combined),  fall  1956,   in  hundreds  offish 84 

76.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and  South 
combined),  winter  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 85 

77.  Age-length   composition   of   haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and  South 
combined),  1956  haddock  year,  in  hundreds  of  fish 86 

78.  Haddock    abundance    (catch-per-day,    lOO's    of  pounds),    fishing  effort 
(standard   trawler  days  fished)  and  catch  (lOO's  of  pounds  landed)  for 

5Z,   1956  haddock  year  (see  text  for  explanation) 87 


VI 


NEW  ENGLAND  HADDOCK  FISHERY 
BIOSTATISTICS--1956 


by 

John  R.  Clark,  Fishery  Research  Biologist 

and 

Frank  A.  Dreyer,  Statistical  Assistant 

U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife  Service 

Woods  Hole,  Massachusetts 

ABSTRACT 

A  statistical  review  of  the  haddock  fishery  of  New  England 
banks  (Subarea  5  of  the  International  Commission  for  the  Northwest 
Atlantic  Fisheries)  is  presented  for  the  1956  haddock  year .  Estimates 
of  total  fishery  removals  are  given  for  scrod  and  large  haddock, 
both  landed  and  discarded  at  sea,  by  nnonth  and  area  of  capture.  The 
estimated  age  and  length  compositions  of  the  total  haddock  discard 
for  1956  are  given.  Age  and  length  compositions  are  estimated  by 
month  for  haddock  landed  from  Georges  Bank  (ICNAF  Subdivision 
5Z)  and  by  season  for  haddock  landed  from  the  Gulf  of  Maine  (Sub- 
division 5Y),  Fishing  effort  and  abundance  estimates  are  given  for 
Georges  Bank  by  month. 


INTRODUCTION 

The  haddock  (Melanogrammus  aegle- 
finus)  is  a  gadoid  fish  that  inhabits  the 
Continental  and  Island  Shelves  of  the 
North  Atlantic  Ocean.  Although  a  close 
ecological  associate  of  the  cod,  had- 
dock are  found  in  abundance  neither  so 
far  south  nor  so  far  north.  Along  the 
North  American  coast  the  species  is 
fished  commercially  from  Cape  Cod  to 
the  Grand  Bank  and  in  the  Gulf  of  St. 
Lawrence. 

This  study  is  restricted  to  the  fish- 
ing grounds  of  the  Gulf  of  Maine,  the 
Great  South  Channel,  Georges  Bank, 
and  the  Southern  New  England  shelf. 
These  grounds  make  up  Subarea  5  (Sub- 
division 5Y  and  5Z)  as  defined  by  the  In- 
ternational Commission  for  the  North- 
west  Atlantic    Fisheries    (ICNAF)    sta- 


Presently  employed  at  Marine  Game  Fish  Research 
Center,  Atlantic  Marine  Laboratory,  U.S.  Fish  and  Wildlife 
Service,  Highlands,  New  Jersey. 


tistical  systenn  (fig.  1).  At  present, 
only  the  United  States  fishes  haddock 
extensively  on  these  grounds;  Canada 
takes  only  small  quantities  from  5Y. 

Extensive  studies  of  the  New  England 
haddock  fishery  and  of  the  biology  and 
habits  of  the  species  have  been  carried 
out  since  1931.  The  biostatistical  data 
resulting  from  these  studies  have  been 
utilized  in  many  publications  and  in 
forming  the  basis  for  international 
regulation  of  the  haddock  fishery 
through  control  of  mesh  size  (Graham, 
1952).  The  world-wide  interest  in  the 
effect  of  the  regulation  and  in  many 
other  aspects  of  the  research  program 
has  led  to  an  increasing  demand  for 
publication  of  the  basic  biostatistical 
data  for  New  England  haddock.  To 
answer  this  demand,  a  regular  series 
of  biostatistical  reports  is  planned. 

The  responsibility  for  studies  of  the 
Canadian  and  U.  S.  haddock  fisheries 
throughout   the    Northwest    Atlantic  are 


44' 


70' 


65^ 


B  CASTERN    MAINE 
C  CENTRAL  MAINE 
D  WESTERN  MAINE 
E  EASTERN   MASS. 
r  INNER    GROUNDS 
GW.  SIDE  SOUTH  CHANNEL 
H  E.  SIDE  SOUTH  CHANNEL 
J  NORTHERN    EDGE  AND 
NORTHEAST    PEAK 


M  CENTRAL    AND 

S.  E.  GEORGES 
N  SOUTHWEST    GEORGES 
0  NANTUCKET    SHOALS  AND 
LIGHTSHIP  GROUNDS 


S  RHODE    IS.   SHORE 
T  CONNECTICUT  SHORE 


Figure  1.- -Statistical  Subdivisions  of  New  England  fishing  grounds  as  defined  by  the  International  Commission  for  the 

Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries. 


shared  by  the  two  countries  through  a 
cooperative  program  sponsored  by 
ICNAF,  At  present,  the  principal  re- 
sponsibility for  the  biostatistical  pro- 
gram for  ICNAF  Subdivisions  4X,  5Y, 
and  5Z  is  carried  by  the  Bureau  of  Com- 
mercial Fisheries,  Biological  Labora- 
tory at  Woods  Hole.  Responsibility  for 
Subdivisions  4R  to  4W  is  carried  by  the 
St.  Andrews  Biological  Station  and  for 
all  of  Subarea  3  by  the  St.  John's 
Biological  Station,  both  of  the  Fisheries 
Research  Board  of  Canada.  Haddock 
data  and  material  collected  by  the  agen- 
cies outside  their  respective  areas  of 
responsibility  are  exchanged  at  in- 
tervals. 


The  present  report  gives,  inasnnuch 
detail  as  practicable,  a  summary  of  the 
total  removals  of  haddock  from  Sub- 
divisions 5Y  and  5Z  during  the  1956 
haddock  year.  A  basic  account  of  the 
methods  used  in  deriving  the  estimates 
is  given  by  Schuck  (1951). 

The  data  are  arranged  by  "haddock 
year"  to  conform  most  nearly  to  the 
seasonal  physiological  cycle  of  the  fish. 
The  haddock  year  differs  from  a  cal- 
endar year  by  one  month;  i.  e.,  it  com- 
mences February  1  and  ends  January  31 
of  the  following  year.  The  seasonal 
arrangement  of  the  haddock  year  de- 
vised by  Schuck  is  used  herein  and  is 
shown  below: 

Spring  February,  March,  April 

Summer  May,  June,  July 

Fall  August,  September,  October 

Winter  November,  December,  January 

To  permit  maximum  usefulness  of  the 
data.  Subdivision  5Y  has  been  divided 
into  northern  and  southern  sections, 
and  5Z  into  eastern  and  western  sec- 
tions. 

Most  haddock  caught  are  landed  and 
sold  for  human  consumption  and  these 
shall  be  of  primary  concern.  However, 
two  other  categories  of  removals  from 
the  stock  shall  be  considered:  had- 
dock too  small  to  be  marketed  which 
are  discarded  at  sea,  and  haddock  taken 
in  the  industrial  fishery. 


FISHING  METHODS 

Otter  trawls  accounted  for  over  98 
percent  of  the  U.  S.  landings  from  5Y 
and  5Z  in  1956,  the  rennainder  being 
taken  by  handlines,  longlines,  and  gill 
nets.  Approximately  86  trawlers  were 
engaged  in  the  U.  S.  haddock  fishery 
during  1956.  About  35  of  these  were 
large  otter  trawlers  (gross  tonnage  of 
151  to  360  tons)  which  can  easilyrange 
Sonne  600  miles  from  port.  The  re- 
mainder were  mostly  medium  trawlers 
(gross  tonnage  of  51  to  150  tons)  which 
usually  range  no  more  than  300  nniles 
from  port.  The  few  smaller  trawlers 
engaged  in  haddock  fishing  usually 
range  no  farther  than  75  miles  from 
port.  U.  S.  line  trawlers,  handliners, 
and  gill  netters  mostly  make  1 -day 
trips.  They  do  not  venture  far  from 
their  home  ports  and,  consequently, 
fish  only  in  the  western  parts  of  Sub- 
divisions 5Y  and  5Z. 


THE  CATCH 

Haddock  catches  are  nearly  always 
separated  (culled)  into  nnarket  cate- 
gories of  large  and  scrod.  Large  had- 
dock weigh  more  than  2-1/2  pounds 
(gutted)  and  scrod  haddock  weigh  from 
1-1/2  to  2-1/2  pounds.  Undersized 
haddock,  those  smaller  than  1-1/2 
pounds,  are  presumably  discarded  at 
sea  because  they  are  not  of  marketable 
size.  This  definition  of  market  cate- 
gories provides  only  an  approximate 
standard  and,  in  practice  culling  pro- 
cedures vary  considerably,  particularly 
in  response  to  changes  in  the  relative 
price  or  abundance  of  large  and  scrod. 

When  undersized  haddock  (as  small 
as  3/4  pound)  are  landed,  they  are 
marketed  as  scrod  and  thus  included  in 
landings  statistics  with  scrod.  The  oc- 
currence of  undersized  haddock  in  the 
landings  has  been  negligible  since  the 
advent  of  the  ICNAF  mesh  regulation  in 
1953. 

The  catch  is  culled  by  the  fishermen 
before  landing  at  the  ports  of  Boston  and 
Gloucester.  Dealers  typically  cull  the 
landings  at  other  U.  S.  ports.  Haddock 
are      nearly      always      gutted      by      the 


fishermen  at  sea  before  landing.  Snaall 
scrod  haddock  are  occasionally  landed 
"in  the  round"  when  unusually  abundant. 

Information  on  source  of  landings 
(area  of  capture)  and  fishing  effort  ex- 
pended is  obtained  primarily  from  in- 
terviews with  the  captains  or  nnates 
of  the  vessels.  Landing  and  selling 
procedures  are  well-enough  organized 
in  Boston,  where  80  percent  of  U.  S. 
landings  are  received,  t©  pernnit  agents 
to  obtain  interviews  of  all  trawler  trips. 
The  proportion  of  trips  landed  in  other 
New  England  ports  that  are  interviewed 
varies  depending  upon  many  circum- 
stances of  the  landing  procedure  and  the 
time  of  year,  but  averages  about  70  to 
75  percent.  Landings  from  non-inter- 
viewed trips  are  assigned  to  area  of 
capture  on  the  basis  of  records  from 
interviewed  trips  and  incidental  infor- 
mation obtained  by  the  agents.  De- 
scriptions of  interviewing  procedure 
at  New  England  ports  are  given  by 
Rounsefell  (1948  and  1957)  and  the 
haddock  fishing  grounds  are  outlined 
by  Schuck  (1952). 

Discarded  Portion 

In  some  fisheries  the  portion  dis- 
carded at  sea  by  fishermen  arnounts  to 
a  substantial  proportion  of  the  total 
catch.  Herrington  (1936)  estimatedthat 
63  m-Uion  small  fish  were  discarded 
annually  on  Georges  Bank  alone  during 
the  early  1930's.  The  discard  has  been 
much  less  of  recent  years,  particularly 
since  the  advent  of  mesh  regulation; 
slightly  over  400,000  small  haddock 
were  discarded  on  Georges  Bank  in 
1956.  Although  the  portion  of  the  total 
catch  consisting  of  discards  is  snnallat 
present,  we  have  recorded  it  in  order  to 
make  this  study  inclusive  of  all  sources 
of  removals. 

The  amounts  discarded  at  sea  are 
deternnined  fronn  fishermen's  estimates 
obtained  during  interviews  as  described 
by  Premetz  (1954).  Only  Boston 
trawlers  fish  extensively  on  New 
England  grounds  in  areas  where  small 
haddock  are  abundant.  Small  amounts 
of  discard  have  been  i:eported  occa- 
sionally at  New  Bedford,  but  very 
rarely  at  other  ports. 


The  total  reported  amount  of  discard 
for  Subarea  5  is  given  in  table  1  by 
nnonth  and  subarea.  No  discard  was  re- 
ported for  Subdivision  5Y  in  1956.  Most 
of  the  discard  was  accounted  for  by  six 
vessels  that  were  licensed  to  continue 
fishing  with  trawls  having  the  small 
preregulation  size  nneshes  to  serve  as 
a  control  fleet  in  determining  the  benefit 
of  the  ICNAF  nnesh  regulation  (Clark, 
1955). 

Landed  Portion 

Quantities  of  haddock  landed  are 
obtained  by  statistical  agents  from 
dealer's  records.  The  statistics  col- 
lecting systems  ennployed  are  adequate 
to  guarantee  a  nearly  complete  sum- 
mation of  commercial  landings  of  had- 
dock for  human  consumption. 

Total  landings  of  haddock  are  listed 
in  tables  2a  and  2b  by  month,  market 
size  category,  and  statistical  area- 
units  (see  Rounsefell,  1948,  for  basis 
of  establishing  these  area-units  as 
shown  in  fig.  2).  The  landings  are  sum- 
marized by  East  and  West  sections  for 
5Z  and  North  and  South  sections  for  5Y 
in  conformance  ■with  kno'wn  differences 
in  stock  composition  and  fishing  fleet 
composition. 

Quantities  landed  are  expressed  in 
gutted  weight  to  conform  with  usual 
reporting  procedures.  Infrequent  land- 
ings of  haddock  "in  the  round"  are  con- 
verted to  gutted  weight  by  the  factor 
0.855.  We  have  included  only  those 
haddock  landed  for  direct  human  con- 
sumption. Haddock  landed  for  human 
consunnption  are  nearly  always  sepa- 
rated from  other  species  and  recorded 
and  sold  as  haddock.  Consequently,  the 
total  quantities  of  haddock  landed  for 
hunnan  consumption  can  usually  be 
determined  without  risk  of  error  caused 
by  mixture  with  other  species.  How- 
ever, one  market  situation  exists  that 
has  not  permitted  identification  of  had- 
dock. This  involves  a  fishery  for  mixed 
groundfish  at  Gloucester,  Mass., 
wherein  fish  are  iced  and  boxed  at  sea 
and  unloaded  at  irregular  hours  di- 
rectly into  trucks  for  shipment  to  New 
York.     Species    connposition   cannot   be 


45' 


65^ 


Figure  2.--Statistical  area-units  of  ICNAF  Subarea  5  as  defined  by  Rounsefell,  1948. 


determined  and  such  landings  have 
appeared  in  statistical  records  only 
as  "mixed"  fish. 

Since  species  taken  in  the  industrial 
(trash)  fishery  are  not  recorded  sepa- 
rately in  normal  commercial  practice, 
we  must  rely  on  estimates  from  sam- 
plings of  the  landings.  From  available 
sampling  data  (Edwards,  1958),  we  can 
derive  an  estimated  400,000  pounds  of 
haddock  in  industrial  landings  for 
Gloucester  and  13,000  pounds  for  New 
Bedford  for  the  1956  haddock  year.  No 
sampling  data  are  available  for  the 
Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  and  Maine  industrial 
fisheries  in  which  some  haddock  are 
taken.  The  total  estimate  of  413,000 
pounds  landed  is  thus  a  minimal  figure. 

The  1956  industrial  fishery  landings 
of  haddock  can  be  divided  into  areas 
of  capture  approximately  as  follows: 


Statistical 
area -units 

E 
G 

R 


Landings 
(pounds) 

280,000 

120,000 

13,000 


LENGTH  COMPOSITION  OF  CATCH 

Length  composition  is  determined 
by  sampling  procedures  based  upon 
sample  lots  consisting  of  50  scrod  or 
100  large  haddock  selected  at  random 
from  the  landings.  The  lengths  given 
herein  represent  the  distance  from  tip 
of  snout  to  the  end  of  the  median  ray 
of  the  caudal  fin  (fork  length).  The 
measurements  are  recorded  to  the 
"centinneter  below";  e.g.,  all  fish  from 
39.0  to  39.9  are  assigned  to  the  39  cm. 
interval.  To  obtain  the  true  midpoint 
of  the  cm.  interval,  a  correction  of 
+  0.5  cm.  must  be  added. 


The  standard  procedure  for  estimat- 
ing the  length  composition  of  haddock 
landings  irom.  each  statistical  area- 
unit  is  as  follows: 


areas --Subdivisions  5Y  North  and  South 
and  5Z  East  and  West.  A  summary  of 
samples  of  landed  haddock  is  given  in 
table  4. 


(1)  Weight  of  sample  is  determined 
from  the  average  weights  of  fish 
of  each  length  for  the  period  in- 
volved (month,  season,  etc.). 
Length-weight  tables  for  various 
ICNAF  subdivisions  are  given  by- 
Clark  and  Dietsch  (1959). 

(2)  Weight  of  the  landings  is  divided 
by  the  weight  of  the  sample  to  ob- 
tain a  factor  representing  the 
proportion  of  the  landings  which 
was  sampled. 

(3)  Number  of  fish  of  each  length  in 
the  sample  is  then  multiplied  by 
the  factor  obtained  to  estimate 
the  total  length  composition  for 
the  landings. 

The  market  categories  of  large  and 
scrod  are  handled  separately  in  the 
above  procedure. 

Discarded  Portion 

Samples  were  obtained  at  sea 
throughout  1956  aboard  Boston  large 
otter  trawlers  for  the  purpose  of  es- 
timating the  composition  of  the  haddock 
discard.  In  all,  16  sampling  trips  were 
made  during  which  21,500  haddock 
were  measured.  The  length  estimates 
for  total  discard  for  1956  in  5Z  East 
and  West  are  summarized  in  table  3. 

Landed  Portion 

Length  data  for  landed  haddock  were 
obtained  by  agents  stationed  at  all 
nnajor  New  England  ports:  Boston, 
Gloucester,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  and 
Rockland  and  Portland,  Maine.  The 
primary  job  of  these  agents  was  to 
interview  trawler  captains  and  sannple 
catches  of  species  taken  in  the  otter 
trawl  fishery.  The  composition  of  the 
trawler  fleets  and  their  fishing  prac- 
tices and  areas  of  operation  varied 
greatly  from  port  to  port,  but  the 
sampling  coverage  was  sufficient  to 
provide  an  adequate  representation  of 
the    landings    from    each    of    our    four 


Length  connpositions  for  5Z  are  given 
in  tables  5  to  17  for  East  and  West 
sections  by  months  and  in  sun-imary  for 
the  haddock  year.  The  data  are  given 
by  month  to  serve  the  purposes  of 
evaluation  of  the  ICNAF  mesh  regula- 
tion. The  figures  given  in  these  and  the 
following  tables  on  length  and  age 
composition  of  the  landings  are  esti- 
nnated  total  numbers  of  haddock  of  each 
length  removed  for  human  consumption 
by  the  entire  fishery  in  the  1956  had- 
dock year. 

Length  compositions  for  5Y  are  given 
in  tables  18  to  22  for  North  and  South 
sections  by  seasons  and  in  sunnmary 
for  the  haddock  year.  The  5Y  data  are 
summarized  by  seasons  to  conserve 
space  because  a  detailed  monthly 
breakdown  is  not  required  as  it  is  for 
subarea  5Z  which  supports  a  fishery 
that  is  much  larger  and  has  been  under 
intensive  study  since  1931  and  under 
regulation  since  1953. 

Too  few  samples  were  obtained  from 
the  industrial  fishery  to  permit  deriving 
length  compositions  of  these  landings. 


AGE  COMPOSITION  OF  CATCH 

Haddock  ages  listed  herein  have  been 
estimated  from  examination  of  scales 
taken  from  an  area  below  the  lateral 
line  behind  the  second  anal  fin.  The 
technique  adopted  is  the  usual  one  used 
in  reading  scales--the  narrow  bands  of 
circuli  which  are  formed  during  each 
winter  are  counted  to  estinnate  the  age 
of  the  fish.  In  conformance  with  past 
studies,  February  1  is  used  as  the 
standard  birth  date  for  all  haddock.  All 
fish  older  than  8  years  are  combined 
into  the  single  category  9+.  The  methods 
used  have  been  shown  to  provide  re- 
liable estimates  of  age  for  haddock  at 
least  through  age  5.  There  is  some 
evidence  that  the  estimates  for  older 
fish,  particularly  those  8  years  and 
older,  may  be  less  reliable  but  these 
older  fish  fornn  a  negligible  part  of  the 


removals.  Detailed  discussions  of  age 
reading  techniques  for  haddock  and 
problems  of  reliability  are  given  by- 
Arnold  (1951),  Clark  (1958),  Jensen 
and  Clark  (1958),  and  Kohler  and  Clark 
(1958). 

Sample  lots  consist  of  the  scales 
from  20  large  or  1 5  scrod  taken  using 
a  stratified  random  sample  design. 

The  general  method  for  determining 
age  composition  of  the  various  units 
of  removals  is  as  follows: 

(1)  The  readings  from  scrod  and 
large  haddock,  for  each  statistical 
area  are  summarized  separately 
by  length  and  age,  and  the  percent- 
age age  distribution  of  each  length 
is  calculated. 

(2)  The  number  of  fish  of  each  length 
for  the  statistical  area  is  broken 
down  into  numbers  of  each  age 
for  that  length  on  the  basis  of  the 
percentage  representation  of  ages 
at  each  length  in  the  sample. 

(3)  Haddock  and  scrod  compositions 
are  then  added  directly  together 
to  obtain  the  total  age-length 
composition  for  the  landings  from 
each  statistical  area. 

This  procedure  is  nnodified  for  5Z 
where  we  have  determined  a  combined 
age  proportion  for  each  season  and 
used  it  to  break  down  the  length  fre- 
quency for  each  month  of  that  season. 

Discarded  Portion 

Age  compositions  of  discarded  had- 
dock have  been  estimated  fronn  scales 
obtained  during  the  l6  sampling  trips 
aboard  commercial  trawlers.  Scales 
from  255  discard  haddock  v/ere  col- 
lected in  1956.  Age  compositions  of 
the  discard  for  5Z  East  and  West  are 
given  in  table  23.  The  figures  repre- 
sent total  reported  discard  of  haddock 
from  Subarea  5,  since  none  were  re- 
ported from  5Y. 

Landed  Portion 

Age  compositions  for  Subdivision  5Z 
for  each  month  of  the  1  956  haddock  year 
are  given  in  tables  24  to  62,  separately 


for  East  and  West  sections  andinsunn- 
mary  for  both  sections. 

Age  compositions  for  5Y  for  each 
season  of  the  1956  haddock  year  are 
given  in  tables  63  to  77,  separately  for 
North  and  South  sections  and  in  sum- 
mary for  both  sections.  The  data  are 
presented  by  3-cnn.  groups  for  economy 
of  space  since,  as  previously  nnentioned, 
the  5Y  material  does  not  require  such 
detailed  presentation  as  that  for  5Z. 

The  estimates  given  represent  the 
total  removals  landed  by  the  fishery 
for  human  consumption. 


ABUNDANCE  AND  EFFORT 

We  have  since  1931  routinely  pre- 
pared estimates  of  haddock  abundance 
and  fishing  effort  for  Subdivision  5Z. 
The  methods  for  deriving  these  es- 
timates are  set  forth  in  detail  by 
Rounsefell  (1957).  Briefly,  the  proce- 
dure consists  of  deriving  the  catch  per 
day's  fishing  for  a  standardized  group 
of  large  otter  trawlers.  Total  landings 
are  then  divided  by  the  standard  catch 
per  day  to  estinnate  total  effort  in  ternns 
of  standard  trawler  days  fished.  This 
procedure  is  not  applicable  to  the  5Y 
fishery  since  the  haddock  fishery  there 
is  of  an  entirely  different  nature  being 
largely  secondary  to  fisheries  for  other 
species  and  conducted  by  smaller  and 
medium  trawlers. 

The  estimates  for  5Z  are  given  in 
table  78  by  month  for  East  and  West 
sections  and  in  summary  for  the  whole 
subdivision.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the 
sums  of  the  individual  "days  fished" 
entries  for  months  do  not  agree  with 
seasonal  totals.  This  is  because  these 
are  calculated  effort  figures  and  have 
been  done  separately  for  each  month 
and  season. 


LITERATURE  CITED 

ARNOLD,  EDGAR  L.,  JR. 

1951.  An  impression  method  for 
preparing  fish  scales  for  age 
and  growth  analysis.  U.  S.  Fish 
and  Wildlife  Service,  Progres- 
sive Fish-Culturist,  vol.  13, 
no.    1 ,  p.   11-16. 


CI.ARK,  JOHN  R. 

1955.  Effect  of  mesh  regulation  in 
subarea  5.  International  Com- 
mission for  Northwest  Atlantic 
Fisheries,  Annual  Proceedings, 
5:    63-64. 


1958.  Consistency  of  scale  reading. 
International  Commission  for 
Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries, 
Special  Publication  1,  p.  191- 
192. 


CLARK,  JOHN  R.,  AND  ELI  L. 
DIETSCH. 
1959.  Length-weight  tables  for 
northwest  Atlantic  haddock.  In- 
ternational Commission  for 
Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries. 
Sampling  Yearbook  No.  2,  p.  25- 
37. 

EDV/ARDS,  ROBERT  L. 

1958.  Species  composition  of  in- 
dustrial trawl  landings  in  New 
England,  1957.  U.  S.  Fish  and 
Wildlife  Service,  Special  Scien- 
tific Report--Fisheries  No.  266, 
23  p. 

GRAHAM,  HERBERT  W. 

1952.  Mesh  regulation  to. increase 
the  yield  of  the  Georges  Bank 
haddock  fishery.  International 
Commission  for  Northwest  At- 
lantic Fisheries,  Second  Annual 
Report,   1951-52,  p.  23-33. 

HERRINGTON,  W.  C. 

1936.  Decline  in  haddock  abundance 
on  Georges  Bank  and  a  practical 
remedy.  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Fish- 
eries, Fishery  Circular  No.  23, 
22  p. 


JENSEN,  ALBERT  C,  AND  JOHN  R. 
CLARK. 
1958.  Time  of  formation  of  scale 
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Fisheries,  Special  Publication  1, 
p.   193-197. 

KOHLER,  A.  C,  AND  J.  R.  CLARK. 
1958.      Haddock     scale-otolith    com- 
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vol.    15,  no.  6,  p.    1239-1246. 

PREMETZ,  ERNEST  D. 

1954.  Destruction  of  undersized 
haddock  on  Georges  Bank,  1952. 
U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife  Service, 
Special  Scientific  Report- -Fish- 
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1948.  Development  of  fishery  sta- 
tistics in  the  North  Atlantic. 
U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife  Service, 
Special  Scientific  Report- -Fish- 
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dance of  groundfish  on  Georges 
Bank.  U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife 
Service,  Fishery  Bulletin,  vol. 
57,  no.    113,  p.  265-278. 

SCHUCK,  HOWARD  A. 

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dock. Part  1:  Landings  by 
pounds,  numbers,  and  sizes  of 
fish.  U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife 
Service,  Fishery  Bulletin,  vol. 
52,  no.  66,  p.   151-176. 

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to  the  United  States  haddock 
fishery.  U.  S.  Fish  and  Wildlife 
Service,  Research  Report  No. 
32,  20  p. 


MS  #1030 


Table  1. --Haddock  discarded  at  sea,   Subarea  5,    1956  Haddock  Year,   in 

hundreds  of  pounds 

Subdivi  sion— ' 

Month 5Z,   East                   5Z,   West  Total 

February                                214                                 --  214 

March                                        60                                 --  60 

April                                          14                                 --  14 

May                                           155                              340  495 

June                                          134                              310  444 

July                                           374                              125  499 

August                                     610                                   3  613 

September                              288                                 80  368 

October                                   285                                 40  325 

November                               189                               100  289 

December                              277                                 79  356 

January                                   130                                   9  139 

Total                                    2,730                          1.086  3,816 

1/    No  discard  was  reported  for  Subdivision  5Y. 


Table  2a. --Landings  by  statistical  area-units,    1956  Haddock  Year, 
Subdivision  5Y,   hundreds  of  pounds,   gutted  weight 


Area -unit  and 

market  size 

Sp  ri  n 

g 

Summer 

category 

Feb. 

Mar. 

April 

Total 

May 

June 

July 

Total 

Eastern  Maine 

(B) 

Scrod 

-- 

8 

10 

18 

340 

999 

646 

1,985 

Large 

7 

1 

10 

18 

234 

891 

486 

1,611 

Total 

7 

9 

20 

36 

574 

1,890 

1,  132 

3,  596 

Central  Maine  (C) 

Scrod 

117 

728 

64 

909 

90 

219 

93 

402 

Large 

78 

1,740 

26 

1,844 

102 

212 

146 

460 

Total 

195 

2,468 

90 

2,753 

192 

431 

239 

862 

Western  Maine 

(D) 

Scrod 

4,  169 

5,715 

8,212 

18,  096 

1,774 

285 

57  3 

2,632 

Large 

6,977 

6,764 

9,223 

22,964 

3,  139 

638 

981 

4,758 

Total 

11,  146 

12, 479 

17,435 

41, 060 

4,913 

923 

1,554 

7,390 

Eastern  Mass. 

(E) 

Scrod 

664 

6,  635 

1,486 

8,785 

57  6 

245 

688 

1,  509 

Large 

2,  102 

8,514 

1,938 

12, 554 

725 

1,376 

1,228 

3,  329 

Total 

2,766 

15,  149 

3,424 

21, 339 

1.301 

1,621 

1,916 

4,838 

Inner  Grounds 

(F) 

Scrod 

931 

1,  083 

951 

2,965 

99 

610 

628 

1,337 

Large 

1,233 

976 

772 

2,981 

100 

1,  600 

1,836 

3,  536 

Total 

2,164 

2,  059 

1,723 

5,  946 

199 

2,210 

2,464 

4,87  3 

Summaries : 

5Y,    No.  -No 

.   Gulf  of  Me 

(B,C,] 

D) 

Scrod 

4,286 

6,451 

8,  286 

19, 023 

2,  204 

1,  503 

1,  312 

5,  019 

Large 

7,062 

8,  505 

9,259 

24,826 

3,47  5 

1,741 

1,613 

6,829 

Total 

11,348 

14,  956 

17, 545 

43,849 

5,  67  9 

3,244 

2,925 

11,848 

5Y,    So.  -So. 

Gulf  of  Me. 

(E,    F) 

Scrod 

1,595 

7,718 

2,  437 

11,750 

67  5 

855 

1,316 

2,846 

Large 

3,  335 

9,  490 

2,710 

15,  535 

825 

2,976 

3,064 

6,865 

Total 

4,930 

17,  208 

5,  147 

27, 285 

1,  500 

3,831 

4,  380 

9,711 

10 


Table  2a. --Landings  by  statistical  area-units,    1956  Haddock  Year, 
Subdivision  5Y,   hundreds  of  pounds,   gutted  weight  (continued) 


Area -unit  and 

market  size 

Fall 

Winte 

r 

All 

category 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Total 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Total 

seasons 

Eastern  Maine 

(B) 

So  rod 

95 

283 

39 

417 

-- 

-- 

4 

4 

2,  424 

Large 

287 

219 

61 

567 

-- 

-- 

1 

1 

2,  197 

Total 

382 

502 

100 

984 

-- 

-- 

5 

5 

4,621 

Central  Maine 

(C) 

Scrod 

48 

181 

396 

625 

30 

64 

108 

202 

2,  138 

Large 

107 

245 

576 

928 

68 

208 

567 

843 

4,07  5 

Total 

155 

426 

972 

1,  553 

98 

27  2 

67  5 

1,045 

6,213 

Western  Maine 

(D) 

Scrod 

652 

71 

155 

878 

271 

267 

722 

1,260 

22,866 

Large 

1,195 

47  3 

501 

2,  169 

526 

755 

1,  087 

2,368 

32,  259 

Total 

1,847 

544 

656 

3,047 

797 

1,022 

1,809 

3,628 

55,  125 

Eastern  Mass. 

(E) 

Scrod 

491 

592 

2,  627 

3,710 

1,156 

1,  520 

811 

3,487 

17,  491 

Large 

778 

896 

1,523 

3,197 

454 

363 

252 

1,069 

20,  149 

Total 

1,269 

1,488 

4,150 

6,907 

1,610 

1,883 

1,063 

4,  556 

37,  640 

Inner  Grounds 

(F) 

Scrod 

1,479 

862 

2,  472 

4,  813 

348 

343 

319 

1,010 

10,  125 

Large 

5,185 

1,  512 

4,  263 

10,  960 

1,214 

486 

796 

2,496 

19,  973 

Total 

— 

6,664 

2,  374 

6,735 

15,773 

1,  562 

829 

1,115 

3,506 

30,  098 

Summaries: 

5Y,    No.  -No 

<.   G 

ulf  of  Me 

.    (B,C,D) 

Scrod 

795 

535 

590 

1,  920 

301 

331 

834 

1,466 

27,428 

Large 

1,589 

937 

1,138 

3,664 

594 

963 

1,655 

3,212 

38,  531 

Total 

2,  384 

1,472 

1,728 

5,  584 

895 

1,294 

2,489 

4,678 

65,959 

5Y,    So. -So. 

Gulf  of  Me. 

(E,F) 

Scrod 

1,970 

1,454 

5,099 

8,  523 

1,504 

1,863 

1,  130 

4,497 

27, 616 

Large 

5,963 

2,  408 

5,786 

14,  157 

1,668 

849 

1,048 

3,  565 

40,  122 

Total 

7,933 

3,862 

10,885 

22,  680 

3,  172 

2,712 

2,  178 

8,062 

67,733 

11 


Table  2b. --Landings  by  statistical  area-units,    1956  Haddock  Year,    Subdivision 
5Z,   hundreds  of  pounds,   gutted  weight 


Area -unit  and 

market  size 

S 

pring 

S 

u  m  m  e  r 

category 

Feb. 

Mar. 

April 

Total 

May 

June 

July 

Total 

Northern  Edge 

(J) 

Scrod 

6,941 

4, 

482 

2,663 

14, 

086 

5,771 

14,910 

22,759 

43,440 

Large 

12,226 

6, 

874 

2,  967 

22, 

067 

4,952 

9,630 

11,042 

25,624 

Total 

19,  167 

11, 

356 

5,630 

36, 

153 

10,723 

24, 540 

33,801 

69,064 

Southeast  Part 

(M) 

Scrod 

15,742 

16, 

944 

1,  119 

33, 

805 

12,259 

2,932 

5,915 

21,106 

Large 

23,733 

22, 

521 

1,  028 

47, 

282 

8,778 

1,27  3 

2,  576 

12,627 

Total 

39,475 

39, 

465 

2,  147 

81, 

087 

21,037 

4,205 

8,491 

33,733 

West  Channel  < 

;g) 

Scrod 

5,485 

9, 

265 

2,  953 

17, 

703 

4,800 

7,  586 

6,823 

19,209 

Large 

8,458 

10 

,419 

3,  927 

22, 

804 

6,854 

9,743 

13,308 

29,905 

Total 

13,943 

19 

,684 

6,880 

40, 

507 

11,654 

17,329 

20, 131 

49,114 

East  Channel  (H) 

Scrod 

3,395 

1, 

442 

7,478 

12, 

315 

16, 628 

20,927 

4,  586 

42, 141 

Large 

5,842 

1, 

042 

6,  399 

13, 

283 

23,554 

32,741 

10, 152 

66,447 

Total 

9,237 

2, 

484 

13,877 

25, 

598 

40, 182 

53,668 

14,738 

108,588 

Southwest  Part  (N) 

Scrod 

383 

702 

1,769 

2, 

854 

6,445 

3,  018 

1,364 

10,827 

Large 

579 

499 

1,  420 

2, 

498 

6,651 

3,621 

777 

11, 049 

Total 

962 

1, 

201 

3,  189 

5, 

352 

13,096 

6,639 

2,141 

21,876 

Nantucket  (O) 

Scrod 

37  5 

153 

101 

629 

1,638 

2,  188 

1,258 

5,084 

Large 

151 

77 

80 

308 

990 

1,613 

684 

3,  287 

Total 

526 

230 

181 

937 

2,628 

3,801 

1,942 

8,371 

Southern  N.   E. 

,    (Q,R,S,T) 

Scrod 

46 

178 

38 

262 

50 

73 

45 

168 

Large 

35 

74 

460 

569 

317 

347 

71 

735 

-^  Total 

81 

252 

498 

831 

367 

420 

116 

903 

Summaries: 

5Z,    E.-E.  Georges  (J,    M) 

Scrod  22,683        21,426 

Large  35,959        29,395 

Total  58,642        50,821 


3,782  47,891 
3,  995  69,  349 
7,777    117,240 


18,030  17,842 
13,730  10,903 
31,760      28,745 


28,674  64,546 
13,618  38,251 
42,292    102,797 


5Z,   W.-W.   Georges  (G,H,N,0,Q,R,S,T) 
Scrod  9,684        11,740      12,339      33,763 

Large  15,065        12,111      12,286      39,462 

Total  24,749        23,851      24,625      73,225 


29,561  33,792 
38,366  48,065 
67,927      81,857 


14,076  77,429 
24,992  111,423 
39,068    188,852 


All  Areas  (Tables  2a,    2b) 

Scrod  38,248        47,335 

Large  61,421        59,501 

Total  99,669      106,836 


26,844  112, 427 
28, 250  149, 172 
55, 094   261, 599 


50,470      53,992 

56,396      63,685 

106,866    117,677 


45,378  149,840 
43,287  163,368 
88,665  313.208 


12 


Table  2b. --Landings  by  statistical  area-units,    1956  Haddock  Year,    Subdivision 
5Z,   hundreds  of  pounds,    gutted  weight  (continued) 


Area-unit  and 

market  size 

Fall 

Winter 

All 

category 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Total 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Total 

seasons 

Northern  Edge  (J) 


Scrod                    28,795 
Large                   12.468 
Total                 41,263 

15,  147 

5,800 

20,  947 

27,627 

7,814 

35,441 

71,  569 
26,  082 
97,651 

9,  185 

4,256 

13,441 

3,  016 
2,839 
5,855 

3,  129 
5,  385 
8,  514 

Southeast  Part  (M) 

Scrod                      3,  588 

Large                          855 

Total                    4, 443 

986 

650 

1.636 

555 

83 

638 

5,  129 
1,  588 
6,717 

2,587 
1,  107 
3,694 

6,27  5 
2,767 
9,042 

2,251 
1,536 
3,787 

West  Channel  (G) 

Scrod                    24, 090 

Large                   15,288 

Total                  39,  378 

49,  398 
13,786 
63.  184 

16,  646 
10,  378 
27, 024 

90,  134 

39,452 

129,586 

10,621 

9,592 

20,213 

8,755 

8,599 

17,354 

6,731 

7,937 

14,668 

East  Channel  (H) 

Scrod                      5,272 

Large                      6,082 

Total                  11,354 

12,748 

5,713 

18.461 

8,576 

8,  060 

16,  636 

26,596 
19,855 
46,451 

6,502 
16,105 
22,607 

9,682 
20,938 
30,620 

5,650 
13,092 
18,742 

Southwest  Part  (N) 

Scrod                           491 

Large                          357 

Total                        848 

-- 

588 

69 

657 

1,  079 

426 

1,505 

526 
231 

7  57 

425 
492 
917 

708 
1,  149 
1,857 

Nantucket  (O) 

Scrod                      1,158 

Large                          182 

Total                    1,340 

1,710 

218 

1,  928 

1,469 

235 

1,704 

4,  337 

635 

4,  972 

1,328 

466 

1,794 

412 
216 
628 

32 
12 
44 

Southern  N.   E.    (Q,  R,S,T) 
Scrod                             56 
Large                          441 
■T^otal                        497 

28 
39 
67 

207 
163 
370 

291 
643 
934 

136 
123 
259 

230 

94 
324 

-- 

15,330  144,425 
12,480  86,253 
27,810   230, 678 


11,113      71,153 

5,410      66,907 

16, 523    138,060 


26,107  153,153 
26,128  118,289 
52,235  271,442 


21,834  102,886 
50, 135  149,720 
71,969  252.606 


1,659  16,419 

1,872  15,84S 

3,531  32,264 

1,772  11,822 

694  4,924 

2,466  16,746 


366  1,087 
217  2,164 
583   3,251 


Summaries: 

5Z,    E.-E.   Georges  (J,M) 
Scrod  32,383        16,133 

Large  13,323  6,450 

Total  45,706        22,583 


28,182     76,698 

7,897      27,670 

36,  079    104,  368 


5Z,   W.-W.  Georges  (G,H,N,0,Q,R,S.T) 

Scrod  31,067        63,884      27,486    122,437 

Large  22,350        19,756      18,905      61,011 

Total  53,417        83,640      46,391    183,448 


AU  Areas  (Tables  2a,    2b) 

Scrod                    66,215  82,006 

Large                   43,225  29,551 

Total                109,440  111,557 


61,  357  209,  578 
33,726  106, 502 
95,  083    316,  080 


11,772   9,291 

5,363   5,606 

17,135   14,897 


19,113  19,504 
26,517  30,339 
45,630   49,843 


32,690  30,989 
34,142  37.757 
66,832      68,746 


5,  380     26,443   215,  578 

6, 921      17, 890    153, 160 

12, 301   44, 333  368,738 


13, 121  51,738  285, 367 
22, 190  79,046  290,942 
35,311  130,784  576, 309 


20,465  84, 144  555,989 
31,814  103,713  522,755 
52,279    187,857  1,078,744 


13 


Table  3.  --Length  composition  of  haddock  discarded  at  sea, 
5Z  East  and  West,    1956  Haddock  Year,   in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length  5Z  5Z  5Z 

(cm) East West Total 

16  1  1 

17  1  1 

18  1  1 

19  - 

20  1  1 

21  2  2 

22  2  2  4 

23  3  2  5 

24  7  5  12 

25  10  11  21 

26  21  18  39 

27  33  42  75 

28  63  79  142 

29  88  96  184 

30  151  116  267 

31  181  118  299 

32  237  120  357 

33  282  89  371 

34  308  75  383 

35  316  76  392 

36  309  71  380 

37  305  61  366 

38  237  77  314 

39  165  95  260 

40  119  47  166 

41  59  21  80 

42  27  15  42 

43  14  4  18 

44  6  3  9 

45  4  1  5 

46  4  -  4 

47  3  2  5 
48 

49  1  1 


Total  2,961  1^46  4^07 


14 


Table  4.  --Summary  of  samples  of  landed  haddock,    1956  Haddock  Year 

5Y  North  5Y  South  5Z  East  5Z  West 

Season        Lengths   Scales         Lengths   Scales         Lengths   Scales         Lengths   Scales 


Spring 

3,  187 

67  6 

582 

319 

1,  816 

310 

2,  205 

300 

Summer 

2,  510 

594 

552 

122 

3,  346 

352 

7,  307 

859 

Fall 

4,692 

625 

767 

364 

2,  880 

430 

5,964 

454 

Winter 

1.122 

138 

764 

155 

1,721 

140 

6.  179 

841 

Total  11,511      2,033  2,665  960  9,763        1,232  21.655      2,454 


15 


Table  5. --Length    composition  of  scrod  and    large    haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  Eind  West,   February  1956,   xn   hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z  West 

5Z  Total 

(cm.  ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Si 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

33 
4 

5 

16 

16 

16 

16 

23 

23 

16 

16 

39 

39 

6 

23 

23 

31 

31 

54 

54 

7 

115 

115 

109 

109 

224 

224 

8 

161 

161 

141 

141 

302 

302 

9 

139 

13 

152 

233 

233 

372 

13 

385 

40 

208 

-- 

208 

188 

188 

396 

-- 

396 

1 

392 

-- 

392 

141 

141 

533 

-- 

533 

2 

576 

-- 

576 

235 

235 

811 

-- 

811 

3 

530 

-- 

530 

235 

235 

765 

-- 

765 

4 

739 

-- 

739 

327 

327 

,066 

,066 

5 

900 

12 

912 

375 

37  5 

,  275 

12 

,  287 

6 

992 

23 

,  015 

517 

16 

533 

,509 

39 

,548 

7 

992 

13 

,005 

500 

62 

562 

,492 

75 

,  567 

8 

1,085 

51 

,  136 

422 

156 

578 

,  507 

207 

,714 

9 

946 

190 

,  136 

391 

140 

531 

,  337 

330 

,667 

50 

876 

241 

,  117 

375 

187 

562 

,251 

428 

,  67  9 

1 

577 

571 

,  148 

250 

367 

617 

827 

938 

,765 

2 

646 

698 

,  344 

78 

312 

390 

724 

1,  010 

,7  34 

3 

208 

608 

816 

62 

289 

351 

270 

897 

,  167 

4 

92 

672 

764 

62 

289 

351 

154 

961 

,  115 

5 

92 

584 

676 

210 

210 

92 

794 

886 

6 

23 

748 

771 

257 

257 

23 

1,005 

1, 

,028 

7 

481 

481 

140 

140 

621 

621 

8 

646 

646 

234 

2  34 

880 

880 

9 

545 

545 

179 

179 

724 

724 

60 

418 

418 

172 

172 

590 

590 

1 

317 

317 

125 

125 

442 

442 

2 

304 

304 

125 

125 

429 

429 

3 

304 

304 

78 

78 

382 

382 

4 

291 

291 

156 

156 

447 

447 

5 

190 

190 

78 

78 

268 

268 

6 

228 

228 

101 

101 

329 

329 

7 

139 

139 

39 

39 

178 

178 

8 

101 

101 

86 

86 

187 

187 

9 

38 

38 

70 

70 

108 

108 

70 

177 

177 

23 

23 

200 

200 

1 

127 

127 

8 

8 

135 

135 

2 

51 

51 

23 

23 

74 

74 

3 

38 

38 

16 

16 

54 

54 

4 

76 

76 

8 

8 

84 

84 

Total 

10,  335 

8,895 

19, 

,230 

4,704 

3,  946 

8,  650 

15, 

,  039 

12, 841 

27. 

,880 

16 


Table  6. --Length   composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   March  1956,    in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z    East 

5Z    West 

5Z  Total 

(cm.  ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

S< 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

37 

55 

55 

55 

55 

8 

28 

28 

28 

28 

9 

166 

166 

166 

166 

40 

116 

116 

84 

84 

200 

200 

1 

174 

174 

139 

139 

313 

313 

2 

116 

116 

139 

139 

255 

255 

3 

463 

463 

55 

55 

518 

518 

4 

636 

636 

83 

83 

719 

719 

5 

926 

926 

194 

194 

,  120 

,  120 

6 

984 

984 

333 

333 

,  317 

,  317 

7 

1,  157 

104 

,261 

305 

11 

316 

,462 

115 

,  577 

8 

1,099 

104 

,203 

333 

11 

344 

,432 

115 

,547 

9 

1,041 

228 

,269 

443 

33 

47  6 

,484 

261 

,745 

50 

868 

290 

,  158 

333 

333 

,  201 

290 

,491 

1 

463 

560 

,023 

332 

45 

377 

795 

605 

,400 

2 

405 

436 

841 

194 

123 

317 

599 

559 

,  158 

3 

405 

581 

986 

166 

223 

389 

571 

804 

,  37  5 

4 

231 

705 

936 

166 

157 

32  3 

397 

862 

,259 

5 

58 

622 

680 

249 

179 

428 

307 

801 

,  108 

6 

116 

747 

863 

193 

256 

449 

309 

1,003 

,  312 

7 

498 

498 

222 

155 

377 

222 

653 

87  5 

8 

415 

415 

194 

255 

449 

194 

670 

864 

9 

519 

519 

85 

255 

340 

85 

774 

859 

60 

249 

249 

28 

178 

206 

28 

427 

455 

1 

455 

455 

158 

158 

613 

613 

2 

250 

250 

134 

134 

384 

384 

3 

311 

311 

167 

167 

478 

47  8 

4 

145 

145 

78 

78 

223 

223 

5 

187 

187 

134 

134 

321 

321 

6 

83 

83 

67 

67 

150 

150 

7 

83 

83 

78 

78 

161 

161 

8 

41 

41 

45 

45 

86 

86 

9 

21 

21 

11 

11 

32 

32 

70 

41 

41 

45 

45 

86 

86 

1 

62 

62 

22 

22 

84 

84 

2 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 

3 







— 

— 

4 
5 
6 

-- 

-- 

11 

11 

11 

11 



__ 

11 

11 

11 

11 

7 

— 

-- 

11 

11 

11 

11 

8 

41 

41 

41 

41 

Total 

9,258 

7,778 

17, 

,036 

4,519 

2,  853 

7,  372 

13, 

,777 

10,  631 

24, 

,408 

17 


Table  7. --Length    composition  of  scrod  and    large   haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   April  1956,   in   hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z 

West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm.  ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

36 

20 

20 

20 

20 

7 

20 

20 

20 

20 

8 

41 

41 

41 

41 

9 

74 

74 

61 

61 

135 

135 

40 

49 

49 

346 

346 

395 

395 

1 

49 

49 

407 

407 

456 

456 

2 

173 

173 

346 

346 

519 

519 

3 

149 

149 

366 

366 

515 

515 

4 

198 

198 

163 

163 

361 

361 

5 

148 

148 

183 

183 

331 

331 

6 

74 

74 

488 

488 

562 

562 

7 

246 

246 

244 

9 

253 

490 

9 

499 

8 

124 

124 

569 

23 

592 

693 

23 

716 

9 

124 

79 

203 

529 

50 

579 

653 

129 

782 

50 

245 

20 

265 

529 

92 

621 

774 

112 

886 

1 

74 

79 

153 

366 

142 

508 

440 

221 

661 

2 

49 

-- 

49 

285 

239 

524 

334 

239 

573 

3 

-- 

99 

99 

102 

294 

396 

102 

393 

495 

4 

74 

119 

193 

163 

326 

489 

2  37 

445 

682 

5 

78 

78 

102 

295 

397 

102 

37  3 

475 

6 

59 

59 

122 

294 

416 

122 

353 

47  5 

7 

79 

79 

41 

183 

224 

41 

262 

303 

8 

177 

177 

61 

152 

213 

61 

329 

390 

9 

99 

99 

20 

169 

189 

20 

268 

288 

60 

20 

20 

20 

88 

108 

20 

108 

128 

1 

79 

79 

20 

92 

112 

20 

171 

191 

2 

40 

40 

20 

133 

153 

20 

173 

193 

3 

-- 

-- 

87 

87 

87 

87 

4 

40 

40 

106 

106 

146 

146 

5 

-- 

-- 

87 

87 

87 

87 

6 

-- 

■-- 

78 

78 

78 

78 

7 

20 

20 

41 

41 

61 

61 

8 

-- 

-- 

55 

55 

55 

55 

9 

-- 

-- 

46 

46 

46 

46 

70 

-- 

-- 

32 

32 

32 

32 

1 

-- 

-- 

29 

29 

29 

29 

2 

-- 

-- 

55 

55 

55 

55 

3 

-- 

-- 

14 

14 

14 

14 

4 

20 

20 

1 

1 

21 

21 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

6 

9 

9 

9 

9 

Total 

1,  850 

1,  107 

2,957 

5,  634 

3,226 

8,  860 

7,484 

4,  333 

11, 817 

18 


Table  8. --Length    composition  of  scrod  and    large    haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,    May  1956,    in    hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z  West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm.  ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

S( 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

L 

arge 

Total 

33 

21 

21 

21 

21 

4 

21 

21 

21 

21 

5 

149 

149 

149 

149 

6 

113 

113 

256 

256 

369 

369 

7 

57 

57 

383 

383 

440 

440 

8 

142 

142 

682 

682 

824 

824 

9 

397 

397 

852 

852 

249 

249 

40 

454 

454 

1. 

,001 

1. 

,001 

455 

455 

1 

539 

539 

1, 

,  299 

6 

1, 

,  305 

838 

6 

,  844 

2 

709 

709 

980 

11 

991 

689 

11 

,700 

3 

680 

680 

1- 

,  108 

6 

1, 

,  114 

788 

6 

.794 

4 

680 

680 

1, 

,001 

6 

1, 

,007 

681 

6 

,687 

5 

1,  048 

21 

1,069 

639 

17 

656 

687 

38 

,725 

6 

793 

21 

814 

980 

6 

986 

773 

27 

,  800 

7 

821 

21 

842 

1: 

,  172 

46 

1, 

,218 

993 

67 

2, 

.060 

8 

737 

81 

818 

1. 

,172 

80 

1, 

,252 

909 

161 

2, 

,070 

9 

87  8 

83 

961 

1: 

,193 

205 

1, 

,  398 

071 

288 

2, 

,  359 

50 

7  37 

188 

925 

1, 

,  150 

279 

1, 

,429 

887 

467 

2, 

,  354 

1 

312 

301 

613 

1, 

,  001 

570 

1, 

,  571 

313 

871 

2, 

,  184 

2 

340 

311 

651 

490 

855 

1, 

,  345 

830 

,  166 

,  996 

3 

142 

394 

536 

320 

741 

1. 

,061 

462 

,  135 

,597 

4 

437 

437 

106 

912 

1, 

,  018 

106 

,  349 

,  455 

5 

415 

415 

64 

895 

959 

64 

,  310 

374 

6 

301 

301 

43 

775 

818 

43 

,  076 

,  119 

7 

394 

394 

7  30 

730 

,  124 

,  124 

8 

197 

197 

67  3 

67  3 

870 

870 

9 

208 

208 

644 

644 

852 

852 

60 

124 

124 

388 

388 

512 

512 

1 

114 

114 

359 

359 

473 

47  3 

2 

156 

156 

308 

308 

464 

464 

3 

114 

114 

296 

296 

410 

410 

4 

52 

52 

285 

285 

337 

337 

5 

106 

106 

251 

251 

357 

357 

6 

21 

21 

205 

205 

226 

226 

7 

21 

21 

217 

217 

238 

238 

8 

31 

31 

171 

171 

202 

202 

9 

10 

10 

108 

108 

118 

118 

70 

10 

10 

125 

125 

135 

135 

1 

91 

91 

91 

91 

2 

80 

80 

80 

80 

3 

23 

23 

23 

23 

4 

. 

17 

17 

17 

17 

5 

23 

23 

23 

23 

6 

11 

11 

11 

11 

7 

17 

17 

17 

17 

8 

-- 

-- 

— 

-- 

9 

11 

11 

11 

11 

80 
1 
2 
3 
4 

— 

-- 

— 

-- 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

Total 

9,  579 

4.  132 

13.711 

16, 

,083 

10,455 

26, 

,538 

25, 

662 

14. 

,  587 

40, 

,249 

19 


Table  9.  --Length   composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   June  1956,   in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z 

West 

c 

3Z    ' 

Total 

(cm.) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

S( 

:rod 

L 

arge 

Total 

S( 

:rod 

L 

arge 

Total 

35 

44 

44 

60 

60 

104 

104 

6 

22 

22 

199 

199 

221 

221 

7 

311 

311 

318 

318 

629 

629 

8 

222 

222 

458 

458 

680 

680 

9 

467 

467 

876 

876 

1, 

343 

1,  343 

40 

956 

956 

,055 

,055 

2. 

Oil 

2,011 

1 

1,002 

1,002 

,  333 

,  333 

2. 

335 

2,  335 

2 

600 

600 

,  334 

,  334 

1, 

934 

1.934 

3 

578 

578 

.453 

,453 

2, 

031 

2,031 

4 

1,046 

1,  046 

.591 

,  591 

2, 

637 

2,637 

5 

578 

578 

.294 

33 

,  327 

1. 

87  2 

33 

1,  905 

6 

868 

27 

895 

413 

33 

,446 

2. 

281 

60 

2,  341 

7 

778 

27 

805 

.433 

33 

,466 

2. 

211 

60 

2,  271 

8 

823 

93 

916 

174 

142 

,  316 

1. 

997 

235 

2,  232 

9 

778 

173 

951 

414 

175 

,  589 

2. 

192 

348 

2,  540 

50 

400 

253 

653 

532 

510 

,  042 

1. 

932 

763 

2,  695 

1 

511 

479 

990 

975 

794 

,769 

1, 

486 

,273 

2,759 

2 

200 

559 

759 

577 

894 

,471 

777 

,453 

2,  230 

3 

67 

624 

691 

358 

1 

,  338 

,  696 

425 

,  962 

2,  387 

4 

67 

491 

558 

80 

1 

,  162 

,  242 

147 

,  653 

1,800 

5 

44 

439 

483 

60 

1 

,  346 

,406 

104 

,785 

1,  889 

6 

173 

173 

1, 

,  145 

,  145 

,  318 

1,  318 

7 

22 

187 

209 

902 

902 

22 

,  089 

1,  111 

8 

106 

106 

20 

677 

697 

20 

783 

803 

9 

80 

80 

685 

685 

765 

765 

60 

40 

40 

535 

535 

575 

575 

1 

27 

27 

460 

460 

487 

487 

2 

67 

67 

443 

443 

510 

510 

3 

468 

468 

468 

468 

4 

309 

309 

309 

309 

5 

267 

267 

267 

267 

6 

276 

276 

276 

276 

7 

27 

27 

284 

284 

311 

311 

8 

301 

301 

301 

301 

9 

192 

192 

192 

192 

70 

142 

142 

142 

142 

1 

42 

42 

42 

42 

2 

109 

109 

109 

109 

3 
4 
5 

8 

8 

8 

8 

17 

17 

17 

17 

6 

17 

17 

17 

17 

7 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

9 

8 

8 

8 

8 

80 

8 

8 

8 

8 

1 

8 

8 

8 

8 

Total 

10, 384 

3.872 

14, 256 

19, 

007 

13, 

,779 

32, 

786 

29, 

391 

17, 

,651    • 

47,  042 

20 


Table  10.  --Length   composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
fi-om  5Z  East  and  West,   July  1956,    in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z  East 

5Z  West 

5Z  Total 

(cm.) 

s. 

crod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Si 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

32 

16 

16 

16 

16 

3 

16 

16 

21 

21 

37 

37 

4 

78 

78 

11 

11 

89 

89 

5 

157 

157 

11 

11 

168 

168 

6 

314 

314 

21 

21 

335 

335 

7 

471 

471 

106 

106 

577 

577 

8 

769 

769 

191 

191 

960 

960 

9 

911 

911 

340 

340 

,  251 

,251 

40 

.  053 

,053 

424 

424 

,477 

,477 

1 

,241 

,  241 

498 

498 

,739 

,739 

2 

083 

,083 

340 

340 

,423 

,42  3 

3 

334 

6 

,  340 

393 

393 

,727 

6 

,733 

4 

367 

-- 

,  367 

360 

5 

365 

,727 

5 

,732 

5 

398 

17 

,415 

328 

9 

337 

,726 

26 

,752 

6 

664 

34 

,698 

243 

37 

280 

,  907 

71 

,  97  8 

7 

397 

34 

,431 

371 

46 

417 

,768 

80 

,848 

8 

225 

141 

,  366 

413 

55 

468 

,638 

196 

,834 

9 

020 

248 

,  268 

563 

123 

686 

,  583 

371 

,  954 

50 

628 

389 

,  017 

456 

206 

662 

,084 

595 

,  67  9 

1 

345 

495 

840 

426 

247 

67  3 

771 

742 

,  513 

2 

63 

534 

597 

47  9 

389 

868 

542 

923 

,465 

3 

31 

511 

542 

278 

458 

736 

309 

969 

,  278 

4 

47 

349 

396 

223 

536 

759 

270 

885 

,  155 

5 

16 

355 

371 

149 

508 

657 

165 

863 

,028 

6 

417 

417 

106 

535 

641 

106 

952 

,058 

7 

203 

203 

85 

508 

593 

85 

711 

796 

8 

191 

191 

21 

499 

520 

21 

690 

711 

9 

79 

79 

11 

366 

377 

11 

445 

456 

60 

91 

91 

-- 

352 

352 

-- 

443 

44  3 

1 

72 

72 

11 

307 

318 

11 

37  9 

390 

2 

84 

84 

11 

275 

286 

11 

359 

370 

3 

34 

34 

174 

174 

208 

208 

4 

34 

34 

179 

179 

213 

213 

5 

17 

17 

174 

174 

191 

191 

6 

6 

6 

137 

137 

143 

143 

7 

51 

51 

128 

128 

179 

179 

8 

22 

22 

115 

115 

137 

137 

9 

6 

6 

101 

101 

107 

107 

70 

17 

17 

69 

69 

86 

86 

1 

6 

6 

55 

55 

61 

61 

2 

11 

11 

46 

46 

57 

57 

3 

6 

6 

32 

32 

38 

38 

4 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

4 

4 

4 

4 

6 

9 

9 

9 

9 

7 

9 

9 

9 

9 

8 

4 

4 

4 

4 

9 

— 

-- 

-- 

-- 

80 

4 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

16. 

644 

4,460 

21, 

104 

6,890 

6.706 

13,  596 

2  3, 

534 

11, 166 

34, 

700 

21 


Table  11.  --Length   composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   August  1956,   in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z    West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm.  ) 

S( 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

Si 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

L 

arge 

Total 

33 

29 

29 

29 

29 

4 

58 

58 

58 

58 

5 

88 

88 

88 

88 

6 

204 

204 

22 

22 

226 

226 

7 

467 

467 

180 

180 

647 

647 

8 

672 

672 

270 

270 

942 

942 

9 

,  372 

,  372 

653 

10 

663 

2. 

025 

10 

2,035 

40 

,518 

,518 

766 

15 

781 

2, 

284 

15 

2,  299 

1 

753 

,753 

1, 

,059 

18 

1- 

,077 

2, 

812 

18 

2.830 

2 

606 

,606 

946 

40 

986 

2, 

552 

40 

2,592 

3 

928 

,928 

1, 

,464 

74 

,538 

3. 

392 

74 

3,466 

4 

402 

,402 

1, 

,  690 

64 

,754 

3, 

092 

64 

3.  156 

5 

285 

4 

,289 

1, 

,644 

60 

,704 

2, 

929 

64 

2.993 

6 

578 

18 

,  596 

1, 

,  126 

98 

,224 

2, 

704 

116 

2,  820 

7 

139 

36 

,  175 

946 

128 

,074 

2, 

085 

164 

2,  249 

8 

256 

151 

,407 

1, 

,464 

283 

,747 

2, 

720 

434 

3,  154 

9 

110 

258 

,  368 

946 

218 

,  164 

2. 

056 

47  6 

2,532 

50 

409 

329 

738 

811 

302 

,  113 

1, 

220 

631 

1,851 

1 

321 

431 

752 

698 

408 

,  106 

1, 

019 

839 

1.  858 

2 

234 

495 

729 

518 

529 

,047 

752 

1 

,024 

1.776 

3 

-- 

570 

570 

293 

558 

851 

293 

1 

,  128 

1,421 

4 

29 

415 

444 

225 

628 

85  3 

254 

1. 

,043 

1,297 

5 

29 

463 

492 

68 

599 

667 

97 

1. 

,062 

1,159 

6 

271 

271 

-- 

431 

431 

-- 

702 

702 

7 

182 

182 

-- 

461 

461 

-- 

643 

643 

8 

200 

200 

-- 

273 

273 

-- 

47  3 

47  3 

9 

173 

173 

22 

344 

366 

22 

517 

539 

60 

58 

58 

268 

268 

326 

326 

1 

71 

71 

154 

154 

225 

225 

2 

58 

■  58 

124 

124 

182 

182 

3 

36 

36 

130 

130 

166 

166 

4 

27 

27 

115 

115 

142 

142 

5 

9 

9 

69 

69 

78 

78 

6 

4 

4 

89 

89 

93 

93 

7 

13 

13 

94 

94 

107 

107 

8 

4 

4 

51 

51 

55 

55 

9 

-- 

-- 

51 

51 

51 

51 

70 

9 

9 

5 

5 

14 

14 

1 

4 

4 

5 

5 

9 

9 

2 

-- 

-- 

10 

10 

10 

10 

3 

-- 

-- 

5 

5 

5 

5 

4 
5 
6 

4 

4 

5 

5 

9 

9 

5 

5 

5 

5 

7 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 

8 

5 

5 

5 

5 

Total 

18. 

,487 

4,  293 

22, 

,780 

15. 

,  811 

6,726 

22, 

,537 

34, 

298 

11. 

,019 

45, 317 

22 


Table  12.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   September  1956,   in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z  West 

5Z  Total 

(cm  . ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

34 

51 

51 

51 

51 

5 

31 

31 

-- 

31 

31 

6 

63 

63 

204 

12 

216 

267 

12 

279 

7 

157 

157 

204 

-- 

204 

361 

-- 

361 

8 

376 

376 

867 

-- 

867 

1. 

243 

1, 

243 

9 

595 

595 

1, 

428 

-- 

1, 

,428 

2, 

023 

-- 

2, 

023 

40 

720 

720 

2, 

804 

2, 

,  804 

3, 

524 

-- 

3, 

524 

1 

814 

814 

2, 

856 

23 

2, 

,  87  9 

3, 

670 

23 

3, 

,693 

2 

1,  127 

1,  127 

3, 

568 

12 

3, 

,  580 

4, 

695 

12 

4, 

,707 

3 

1,064 

6 

1,070 

4, 

436 

35 

4, 

,471 

5, 

500 

41 

5, 

,  541 

4 

783 

6 

789 

4, 

538 

12 

4, 

,  550 

5, 

321 

18 

5, 

,  339 

5 

564 

-- 

564 

3, 

569 

-- 

3, 

,569 

4, 

133 

-- 

4, 

,  133 

6 

407 

11 

418 

3, 

,467 

23 

3, 

,490 

3, 

874 

34 

3, 

,  908 

7 

626 

17 

643 

2, 

958 

103 

3, 

,061 

3, 

584 

120 

3, 

,704 

8 

532 

28 

560 

2, 

142 

104 

2, 

,246 

2, 

674 

132 

2, 

,  806 

9 

282 

50 

332 

765 

173 

938 

1, 

047 

223 

1. 

,270 

50 

250 

83 

333 

561 

347 

908 

811 

430 

1, 

,241 

1 

344 

206 

550 

255 

265 

520 

599 

471 

1, 

,  070 

2 

94 

128 

222 

102 

392 

494 

196 

520 

716 

3 

-- 

188 

188 

51 

451 

502 

51 

639 

690 

4 

31 

161 

192 

102 

451 

553 

133 

612 

745 

5 

-- 

161 

161 

51 

438 

489 

51 

599 

650 

6 

31 

117 

148 

415 

415 

31 

532 

563 

7 

128 

128 

231 

231 

359 

359 

8 

78 

78 

288 

288 

366 

366 

9 

78 

78 

219 

219 

297 

297 

60 

33 

33 

254 

254 

287 

287 

1 

28 

28 

288 

288 

316 

316 

2 

78 

78 

150 

150 

228 

228 

3 

28 

28 

138 

138 

166 

166 

4 

44 

44 

81 

81 

125 

125 

5 

33 

33 

104 

104 

137 

137 

6 

33 

33 

92 

92 

125 

125 

7 

22 

22 

69 

69 

91 

91 

8 

-- 

-- 

46 

46 

46 

46 

9 

6 

6 

46 

46 

52 

52 

70 

11 

11 

81 

81 

92 

92 

1 

17 

17 

12 

12 

29 

29 

2 

6 

6 

— 

-- 

6 

6 

3 

4 

6 

6 

11 

11 

17 

17 

5 
6 

6 

6 





6 

6 

7 
8 
9 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

Total 

8,  891 

1,797 

10, 688 

34, 

979 

5,  390 

40, 

,  369 

43, 

870 

7,  187 

51, 

,057 

23 


Table  13. --Length   composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,    October  1956,    in  hundreds  of    fish 


Length 

• 

5Z  East 

5Z  West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm  . ) 

S^ 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

Si 

:rod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

34 

28 

28 

28 

28 

5 

138 

138 

64 

64 

202 

202 

6 

248 

248 

129 

129 

377 

377 

7 

386 

386 

97 

97 

483 

483 

8 

552 

552 

322 

322 

874 

874 

9 

,  103 

,  103 

57  9 

3 

582 

1, 

682 

3 

1, 

685 

40 

,462 

,462 

870 

-- 

870 

2, 

332 

-- 

2, 

332 

1 

.  849 

6 

,  855 

,401 

-- 

,401 

3, 

250 

6 

3, 

256 

2 

,545 

-- 

,545 

,417 

3 

,420 

2, 

962 

3 

2, 

965 

3 

,765 

6 

,771 

,546 

-- 

,546 

3, 

311 

6 

3, 

317 

4 

626 

-- 

,  626 

,723 

-- 

,723 

3, 

349 

-- 

3, 

349 

5 

324 

13 

,  337 

,  514 

14 

,528 

2, 

838 

27 

2, 

,865 

6 

296 

32 

,  328 

,  079 

16 

,095 

2, 

37  5 

48 

■  9 

.423 

7 

021 

45 

,066 

,  031 

67 

,098 

2. 

052 

112 

2, 

164 

8 

690 

76 

766 

709 

70 

779 

1, 

399 

146 

1, 

545 

9 

386 

153 

539 

580 

163 

743 

966 

316 

1, 

282 

50 

331 

204 

535 

451 

255 

706 

782 

459 

1, 

241 

1 

138 

299 

437 

451 

285 

736 

589 

584 

1, 

173 

2 

110 

312 

422 

145 

415 

560 

255 

727 

982 

3 

56 

197 

253 

129 

387 

516 

185 

584 

769 

4 

28 

312 

340 

129 

381 

510 

157 

693 

850 

5 

280 

280 

16 

472 

488 

16 

752 

768 

6 

140 

140 

97 

328 

425 

97 

468 

565 

7 

( 

146 

146 

377 

377 

523 

523 

8 

83 

83 

307 

307 

390 

390 

9 

57 

57 

285 

285 

342 

342 

60 

32 

32 

206 

206 

238 

238 

1 

45 

45 

176 

176 

221 

221 

2 

13 

13 

128 

128 

141 

141 

3 

6 

6 

144 

144 

150 

150 

4 

13 

13 

90 

90 

103 

103 

5 

95 

95 

95 

95 

6 

84 

84 

84 

84 

7 

13 

13 

54 

54 

67 

67 

8 

6 

6 

49 

49 

55 

55 

9 

6 

6 

49 

49 

55 

55 

70 

16 

16 

16 

16 

1 

36 

36 

36 

36 

2 

41 

41 

41 

41 

3 

11 

11 

11 

11 

4 

11 

11 

11 

11 

5 

3 

3 

3 

3 

6 

3 

3 

3 

3 

7 
8 

-  ~ 

:: 

:: 

_  _ 

9 

3 

3 

3 

3 

Total 

16, 

,082 

2,495 

18, 

,  577 

14, 

,479 

5,  027 

19, 

,  506 

30, 

561 

7,522 

38, 

083 

24 


Table  14. --Length  composition  of  scrod  and    large  haddock    landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   November  1956,   in  hundreds  of   fish 


Length 

5Z  East 

5Z  West 

5Z  Total 

(cm  . ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

33 
4 
5 

26 

26 

26 

26 

26 

26 

26 

26 

6 

52 

52 

83 

83 

135 

135 

7 

183 

183 

83 

83 

266 

266 

8 

235 

235 

217 

217 

452 

452 

9 

287 

287 

333 

333 

620 

620 

40 

496 

496 

517 

4 

521 

,013 

4 

,017 

1 

756 

756 

700 

-- 

700 

,456 

-- 

,456 

2 

678 

678 

983 

-- 

983 

,  661 

-- 

,  631 

3 

835 

835 

833 

-- 

833 

,668 

-- 

,  668 

4 

836 

836 

1,  133 

-- 

1,  133 

,969 

-- 

,  969 

5 

548 

19 

567 

1,084 

4 

1,088 

,632 

23 

,655 

6 

443 

19 

462 

1.  118 

5 

1,  123 

,  561 

24 

,585 

7 

339 

19 

358 

750 

12 

762 

,089 

31 

,  120 

8 

339 

19 

358 

767 

41 

803 

,  106 

60 

,  166 

9 

156 

78 

234 

317 

78 

395 

47  3 

156 

529 

50 

183 

155 

338 

333 

257 

590 

516 

412 

928 

1 

52 

271 

32  3 

283 

308 

591 

335 

579 

914 

2 

78 

214 

292 

133 

332 

465 

211 

546 

757 

3 

26 

136 

162 

50 

435 

485 

76 

571 

647 

4 

26 

136 

162 

50 

47  3 

523 

76 

609 

685 

5 

78 

78 

523 

523 

-- 

601 

601 

6 

58 

58 

83 

506 

589 

83 

564 

647 

7 

58 

58 

552 

552 

610 

610 

8 

39 

39 

448 

448 

487 

487 

9 

78 

78 

369 

369 

447 

447 

60 

39 

39 

340 

340 

379 

37  9 

1 

58 

58 

319 

319 

377 

377 

2 

39 

39 

199 

199 

238 

238 

3 

-- 

-- 

207 

207 

207 

207 

4 

-- 

-- 

174 

174 

174 

174 

5 

-- 

-- 

149 

149 

149 

149 

6 

19 

19 

141 

141 

160 

160 

7 

-- 

-- 

75 

75 

75 

75 

8 

— 

-- 

116 

116 

116 

116 

9 

-- 

-- 

58 

58 

58 

58 

70 

19 

19 

58 

58 

77 

77 

1 

-- 

-- 

46 

46 

46 

46 

2 

-- 

-- 

37 

37 

37 

37 

3 

-- 

-- 

62 

62 

62 

62 

4 

-- 

-- 

25 

25 

25 

25 

5 

-- 

-- 

17 

17 

17 

17 

6 

-- 

-- 

12 

12 

12 

12 

7 

-- 

-- 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

-- 

-- 

12 

12 

12 

12 

9 

— 

-- 

4 

4 

4 

4 

80 
1 
2 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 

19 

19 

19 

19 

Total 

6,  600 

1,570 

8,  170 

9,  850 

6,406 

16, 256 

16, 

,450 

7,  976 

24, 

,426 

25 


Table  15.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,    December  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z  West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm  . ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

S( 

:rod 

Large 

T 

otal 

35 

21 

21 

24 

24 

45 

45 

6 

136 

136 

24 

24 

160 

160 

7 

126 

126 

108 

108 

234 

234 

8 

356 

356 

84 

84 

440 

440 

9 

576 

576 

276 

276 

852 

852 

40 

723 

723 

324 

324 

,  047 

,047 

1 

922 

922 

767 

767 

,689 

,689 

2 

650 

650 

839 

839 

,489 

,489 

3 

660 

36 

696 

1,055 

7 

1,  062 

,715 

43 

,758 

4 

335 

-- 

335 

1,  007 

15 

1,  022 

,  342 

15 

,  357 

5 

429 

36 

465 

1,  198 

8 

1,  206 

,627 

44 

,  671 

6 

262 

-- 

262 

1,  055 

15 

1,070 

,  317 

15 

,  332 

7 

293 

73 

366 

719 

48 

767 

,012 

121 

,  133 

8 

105 

73 

178 

636 

61 

697 

741 

134 

87  5 

9 

42 

36 

78 

456 

156 

612 

498 

192 

690 

50 

52 

73 

125 

408 

276 

684 

460 

349 

809 

1 

10 

183 

193 

324 

385 

709 

334 

568 

902 

2 

21 

147 

168 

252 

522 

774 

273 

669 

942 

3 

110 

110 

84 

504 

588 

84 

614 

698 

4 

36 

36 

60 

659 

719 

60 

695 

755 

5 

110 

110 

12 

675 

687 

12 

785 

797 

6 

36 

36 

24 

640 

664 

24 

676 

700 

7 

36 

36 

12 

586 

598 

12 

622 

634 

8 

-- 

-- 

12 

516 

528 

12 

516 

528 

9 

182 

182 

498 

498 

680 

680 

60 

73 

73 

334 

334 

407 

407 

1 

110 

110 

246 

246 

356 

356 

2 

110 

110 

271 

271 

381 

381 

3 

73 

73 

254 

254 

327 

327 

4 

36 

36 

175 

175 

211 

211 

5 

152 

152 

152 

152 

6 

102 

102 

102 

102 

7 

105 

105 

105 

105 

8 

80 

80 

80 

80 

9 

80 

80 

80 

80 

70 

44 

44 

44 

44 

1 

40 

40 

40 

40 

2 

29 

29 

29 

29 

3 

33 

33 

33 

33 

4 

25 

25 

25 

25 

5 

11 

11 

11 

11 

6 

4 

4 

4 

4 

7 

4 

4 

4 

4 

8 

4 

4 

4 

4 

9 

4 

4 

4 

4 

80 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

-- 

-- 

-- 



4 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

5,719 

1,  569 

7,  288 

9,760 

7,572 

17, 332 

15, 

47  9 

9,  141 

24, 

620 

26 


Table  16.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,   January  1957,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Z    East 

5Z    West 

5Z 

Total 

(cm    .  ) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large' 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

35 

7 

7 

26 

26 

33 

33 

6 

20 

20 

13 

13 

33 

33 

7 

53 

53 

37 

37 

90 

90 

8 

72 

72 

26 

26 

98 

98 

9 

131 

131 

65 

65 

196 

196 

40 

223 

223 

218 

218 

441 

441 

1 

327 

327 

310 

310 

637 

637 

2 

217 

217 

513 

513 

7  30 

730 

3 

243 

243 

603 

603 

846 

846 

4 

301 

eoi 

617 

617 

918 

918 

5 

289 

5 

294 

666 

666 

955 

5 

960 

6 

269 

5 

274 

•     616 

616 

885 

5 

890 

7 

223 

21 

244 

654 

8 

662 

877 

29 

906 

8 

158 

36 

194 

423 

25 

448 

581 

61 

642 

9 

158 

94 

252 

448 

33 

481 

606 

127 

733 

50 

105 

83 

188 

282 

75 

357 

387 

158 

545 

1 

39 

172 

211 

295 

174 

469 

334 

346 

680 

2 

20 

166 

186 

141 

291 

432 

161 

457 

618 

3 

20 

152 

172 

90 

388 

478 

110 

540 

650 

4 

7 

152 

159 

50 

507 

557 

57 

659 

716 

5 

198 

198 

128 

307 

435 

128 

505 

633 

6 

88 

88 

51 

523 

574 

51 

611 

662 

7 

100 

100 

26 

382 

408 

26 

482 

508 

8 

100 

100 

51 

489 

540 

51 

589 

640 

9 

83 

83 

26 

399 

425 

26 

482 

508 

60 

78 

78 

13 

265 

■278 

13 

343 

356 

1 

36 

36 

-- 

233 

233 

-- 

269 

269 

2 

31 

31 

13 

199 

212 

13 

2  30 

243 

3 

62 

62 

2  34 

234 

296 

296 

4 

42 

42 

216 

216 

258 

258 

5 

26 

26 

108 

108 

134 

134 

6 

26 

26 

124 

124 

150 

150 

7 

21 

21 

50 

50 

71 

71 

8 

31 

31 

109 

109 

140 

140 

9 

10 

10 

42 

42 

52 

52 

70 

10 

10 

33 

33 

43 

43 

1 

10 

10 

43 

43 

53 

53 

2 

5 

5 

42 

42 

47 

47 

3 

5 

5 

8 

8 

13 

13 

4 

10 

10 

26 

26 

36 

36 

5 

5 

5 

-- 

-- 

5 

5 

6 

5 

5 

-- 

-- 

5 

5 

7 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

8 

8 

8 

8 

80 

8 

8 

8 

8 

Total 

2,882 

1,868 

4.750 

6,401 

5,  366 

11,767 

9,283 

7,234 

16,517 

27 


Table  17.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed 
from  5Z  East  and  West,    1956  Haddock  Year,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Z 

East 

5Z 

West 

5Z 

Tota] 

(cm   .) 

S 

;rod 

L 

arge 

Total 

S< 

:rod 

L 

arge 

Total 

Scrod 

L 

arge 

Total 

32 

16 

16 

16 

16 

3 

71 

71 

58 

58 

129 

129 

4 

164 

164 

83 

83 

247 

247 

5 

535 

535 

350 

350 

885 

885 

6 

1, 

195 

1,195 

1, 

002 

12 

1,014 

2, 

197 

12 

2,  209 

7 

2, 

326 

2,  326 

1, 

700 

-- 

1,700 

4, 

026 

-- 

4,026 

8 

3, 

557 

3,557 

3, 

327 

-- 

3,  327 

6, 

884 

-- 

6,  884 

9 

6, 

052 

13 

6,065 

5, 

862 

13 

5,875 

11. 

914 

26 

11, 940 

40 

7, 

97  8 

-- 

7,978 

8, 

597 

19 

8,  616 

16, 

575 

19 

16,594 

1 

9, 

818 

6 

9,824 

10, 

910 

47 

10,957 

20, 

728 

53 

20,781 

2 

9, 

080 

-- 

9,080 

11, 

640 

66 

11,706 

20 

,720 

66 

20,786 

3 

10 

,229 

54 

10,283 

13, 

547 

122 

13,669 

23. 

776 

176 

23,  952 

4 

9, 

949 

6 

9,955 

14, 

233 

102 

14,  335 

24, 

182 

108 

24,290 

5 

9, 

437 

127 

9,564 

12, 

688 

145 

12,833 

22, 

125 

272 

22,  397 

6 

9, 

630 

190 

9,  820 

12, 

435 

249 

12,684 

22, 

065 

439 

22,504 

7 

8, 

032 

410 

9,442 

11. 

083 

57  3 

11,656 

20, 

115 

983 

21,098 

8 

8, 

173 

853 

9,026 

10, 

224 

1. 

051 

11,275 

18, 

397 

1, 

904 

20,  301 

9 

6, 

921 

1 

670 

8,591 

8. 

045 

1- 

547 

9,592 

14, 

966 

3, 

217 

18,  183 

50 

5, 

084 

2 

308 

7,  392 

7, 

221 

2, 

786 

10,007 

12, 

305 

5, 

094 

17, 399 

1 

3, 

186 

4 

047 

7,233 

5, 

656 

3, 

990 

9,646 

8. 

842 

8, 

037 

16,  879 

2 

2, 

260 

4 

000 

6,260 

3. 

394 

5, 

293 

8,  687 

5, 

654 

9, 

293 

14,947 

3 

955 

4 

170 

5,  125 

1 
"  t 

983 

6, 

066 

8,049 

2, 

938 

10, 

236 

13,  174 

4 

632 

3 

985 

4,  617 

1, 

416 

6, 

481 

7,897 

2, 

048 

10, 

466 

12,514 

5 

239 

3 

783 

4,022 

899 

6, 

447 

7,  346 

1, 

138 

10, 

230 

11, 368 

6 

170 

3, 

155 

3,  325 

719 

6, 

105 

6,  824 

889 

9, 

260 

10, 149 

7 

22 

2 

492 

2,514 

386 

5, 

207 

5,593 

408 

7, 

699 

8.  107 

8 

2, 

232 

2,232 

359 

4, 

811 

5,  170 

359 

7, 

043 

7,402 

9 

2 

181 

2,  181 

164 

4, 

412 

4,576 

164 

6, 

593 

6,757 

60 

1. 

255 

1,255 

61 

3, 

38u 

3,441 

61 

4, 

635 

4,  696 

1 

1, 

412 

1,412 

31 

2, 

917 

2,  948 

31 

4, 

329 

4,  360 

2 

1, 

230 

1,230 

44 

2, 

489 

2,533 

44 

3, 

719 

3,763 

3 

968 

968 

2. 

377 

2,  377 

3, 

345 

3,  345 

4 

724 

724 

■*■  t 

964 

1,964 

2, 

688 

2,  688 

5 

568 

568 

^  J 

668 

1,668 

2, 

236 

2,236 

6 

420 

420 

■'-* 

496 

1,496 

1. 

916 

1,  916 

7 

410 

410 

■*■* 

234 

1,234 

1, 

644 

1,  644 

8 

236 

236 

*■  » 

224 

1,224 

1. 

460 

1,460 

9 

97 

97 

854 

854 

951 

951 

70 

294 

294 

67  3 

67  3 

967 

967 

1 

226 

226 

429 

429 

655 

655 

2 

73 

73 

472 

472 

545 

545 

3 

55 

55 

223 

223 

278 

278 

4 

110 

110 

134 

134 

244 

244 

5 

5 

5 

80 

80 

85 

85 

6 

11 

11 

81 

81 

92 

92 

7 

-- 

-- 

77 

77 

77 

77 

8 

41 

41 

42 

42 

83 

83 

9 

-- 

-- 

47 

47 

47 

47 

80 

-- 

-- 

23 

23 

23 

23 

1 

-- 

-- 

8 

8 

8 

8 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

19 

19 

6 

6 

25 

25 

6 

6 

6 

6 

4 

4 

4 

4 

Total    116, 

711 

43, 

836 

160.547 

148, 

117 

77, 

452 

225,569 

264, 

828 

121. 

288 

386, 116 

28 


Table  18.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from 
5Y  North  and  South,   Spring  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Y    North 

5Y    South 

5Y    Total 

(cm.) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

S 

crod 

Large 

Total 

31 

7 

7 

7 

7 

2 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 

3 

-- 

-- 

-- 

__ 

4 

-- 

-- 

42 

42 

42 

42 

5 

14 

14 

42 

42 

56 

56 

6 

7 

7 

105 

105 

112 

112 

7 

21 

21 

296 

296 

317 

317 

8 

63 

63 

275 

275 

338 

338 

9 

140 

140 

359 

359 

499 

499 

40 

168 

168 

211 

211 

379 

379 

1 

286 

286 

614 

614 

900 

900 

2 

37  0 

37  0 

232 

232 

602 

602 

3 

454 

8 

462 

549 

549 

,003 

8 

,011 

4 

678 

4 

682 

422 

422 

,  100 

4 

,  104 

5 

7  34 

8 

742 

507 

507 

,  241 

8 

,  249 

6 

1,083 

27 

1,  110 

465 

465 

,548 

27 

,  575 

7 

1,  138 

65 

1,203 

465 

465 

,  60  3 

65 

,  668 

8 

1,222 

107 

1,  329 

444 

16 

460 

,  36C 

123 

,789 

g 

1,  104 

198 

1,  302 

486 

32 

518 

,  590 

230 

,  820 

50 

790 

302 

1,  092 

422 

129 

551 

,  212 

431 

,643 

1 

405 

469 

874 

338 

322 

660 

743 

791 

,534 

2 

426 

538 

964 

275 

322 

597 

701 

860 

,  561 

3 

147 

580 

727 

42 

242 

284 

189 

822 

,011 

4 

105 

504 

609 

42 

322 

364 

147 

826 

97  3 

5 

56 

469 

525 

21 

403 

424 

77 

872 

949 

6 

-- 

596 

596 

355 

355 

-- 

951 

951 

7 

7 

424 

431 

338 

338 

7 

762 

769 

8 

-- 

435 

435 

355 

355 

-- 

790 

790 

9 

-- 

405 

405 

258 

258 

-- 

663 

663 

60 

7 

351 

358 

274 

274 

7 

625 

632 

1 

328 

32  8 

145 

145 

47  3 

47  3 

2 

256 

256 

145 

145 

401 

401 

3 

244 

244 

226 

226 

470 

470 

4 

149 

149 

80 

80 

229 

229 

5 

114 

114 

113 

113 

227 

227 

6 

88 

88 

64 

64 

152 

152 

7 

84 

84 

64 

64 

148 

148 

8 

53 

53 

48 

48 

101 

101 

g 

65 

65 

16 

16 

81 

81 

70 

57 

57 

32 

32 

89 

89 

1 

19 

19 

19 

19 

2 

23 

23 

23 

23 

3 

15 

15 

15 

15 

4 

15 

15 

15 

15 

5 
6 

4 

4 

4 

4 

7 
8 

4 

4 

4 

4 

9 
80 

4 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

9,432 

7,012      16,444 

6,  654 

4,  301 

10, 955 

16, 

086 

11,313    : 

27, 

399 

29 


Table  19.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from 
5Y  North  and  South,   Summer  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Y    North 

5Y    South 

5Y 

Total 

(cm.) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

35 

2 

2 

2 

2 

6 

4 

4 

4 

4 

7 

6 

6 

6 

6 

8 

10 

10 

10 

10 

9 

21 

21 

9 

9 

30 

30 

40 

54 

54 

9 

9 

63 

63 

1 

67 

67 

-- 

-- 

67 

67 

2 

106 

106 

47 

47 

153 

153 

3 

113 

113 

65 

65 

178 

178 

4 

177 

177 

159 

159 

336 

336 

5 

205 

205 

197 

197 

402 

402 

6 

270 

270 

103 

103 

37  3 

37  3 

7 

245 

245 

187 

4 

191 

432 

4 

436 

8 

221 

8 

229 

122 

-- 

122 

343 

8 

351 

9 

232 

12 

244 

84 

13 

97 

316 

25 

341 

50 

180 

32 

212 

131 

17 

148 

311 

49 

360 

1 

173 

72 

245 

140 

38 

178 

313 

110 

423 

2 

117 

85 

202 

37 

76 

113 

154 

161 

315 

3 

79 

116 

195 

47 

88 

135 

126 

204 

330 

4 

42 

123 

165 

19 

88 

107 

61 

211 

272 

5 

42 

118 

160 

19 

147 

166 

61 

265 

326 

6 

31 

146 

177 

-- 

130 

130 

31 

276 

307 

7 

21 

105 

126 

-- 

122 

122 

21 

227 

248 

8 

6 

123 

129 

-- 

182 

182 

6 

305 

311 

9 

4 

102 

106 

-- 

63 

63 

4 

165 

169 

60 

17 

111 

128 

9 

59 

68 

26 

170 

196 

1 

93 

93 

9 

97 

106 

9 

190 

199 

2 

82 

82 

92 

92 

174 

174 

3 

72 

72 

67 

67 

139 

139 

4 

62 

62 

105 

105 

167 

167 

5 

61 

61 

63 

63 

124 

124 

6 

39 

39 

55 

55 

94 

94 

7 

30 

30 

63 

63 

93 

93 

8 

32 

32 

33 

33 

65 

65 

9 

26 

26 

21 

21 

47 

47 

70 

19 

19 

29 

29 

48 

48 

1 

17 

17 

13 

13 

30 

30 

2 

16 

16 

8 

8 

24 

24 

3 

8 

8 

17 

17 

25 

25 

4 

12 

12 

4 

4 

16 

16 

5 

8 

8 

8 

8 

6 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 

1 

1 

1 

1 

8 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Total 

2,445 

1.733 

4,  178 

1,  393 

1.694 

3.087 

3.838 

3.427 

7.265 

30 


Table  20.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from 
5Y  North  and  South,    Fall  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Y    North 

5Y 

South 

5Y 

Total 

(cm.) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

35 

1 

1 

1 

1 

6 

4 

4 

16 

16 

20 

20 

7 

11 

11 

-- 

-- 

11 

11 

8 

19 

19 

-- 

-- 

19 

19 

9 

28 

28 

16 

16 

44 

44 

40 

31 

31 

47 

47 

78 

78 

1 

48 

48 

62 

62 

110 

110 

2 

38 

38 

109 

109 

147 

147 

3 

36 

36 

172 

172 

208 

208 

4 

40 

1 

41 

265 

265 

305 

1 

306 

5 

38 

1 

39 

436 

436 

474 

1 

475 

6 

49 

2 

51 

343 

343 

392 

2 

394 

7 

63 

5 

68 

561 

7 

568 

624 

12 

636 

8 

59 

13 

72 

530 

20 

550 

589 

33 

622 

9 

73 

15 

88 

405 

46 

451 

478 

61 

539 

50 

69 

22 

91 

421 

79 

500 

490 

101 

591 

1 

67 

41 

108 

249 

66 

315 

316 

107 

423 

2 

56 

50 

106 

■      156 

158 

314 

212 

208 

420 

3 

52 

53 

105 

78 

178 

256 

130 

231 

361 

4 

29 

56 

85 

31 

191 

222 

60 

247 

307 

5 

22 

57 

79 

297 

297 

22 

354 

37  6 

6 

10 

63 

73 

337 

337 

10 

400 

410 

7 

6 

58 

64 

231 

231 

6 

289 

295 

8 

6 

48 

54 

218 

218 

6 

266 

272 

9 

3 

51 

54 

310 

310 

3 

361 

364 

60 

1 

55 

56 

211 

211 

1 

266 

267 

1 

1 

42 

43 

119 

119 

1 

161 

162 

2 

45 

45 

158 

158 

203 

203 

3 

39 

39 

165 

165 

204 

204 

4 

28 

28 

125 

125 

153 

153 

5 

30 

30 

132 

132 

162 

162 

6 

21 

21 

92 

92 

113 

113 

7 

20 

20 

106 

106 

126 

126 

8 

18 

18 

20 

20 

38 

38 

9 

14 

14 

40 

40 

54 

54 

70 

9 

9 

26 

26 

35 

35 

1 

5 

5 

13 

13 

18 

18 

2 

6 

6 

26 

26 

32 

32 

3 

5 

5 

20 

20 

25 

25 

4 

4 

4 

7 

7 

11 

11 

5 

4 

4 

-- 

-- 

4 

4 

6 

3 

3 

7 

7 

10 

10 

7 

1 

1 

7 

7 

8 

8 

Total 

860 

885 

1.745 

3,897 

3.412 

7.  309 

4,757 

4,  297 

9,054 

31 


Table  21.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from 
5Y  North  and  South,    Winter  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Y 

North 

5Y    South 

5Y    Total 

(cm.) 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

Scrod 

Large 

Total 

35 

2 

2 

2 

2 

6 

5 

5 

5 

5 

7 

2 

2 

2 

2 

8 

4 

4 

4 

4 

9 

13 

13 

13 

13 

40 

13 

13 

9 

9 

22 

22 

1 

25 

25 

35 

35 

60 

60 

2 

16 

16 

44 

44 

60 

60 

3 

26 

26 

53 

53 

79 

79 

4 

60 

60 

62 

62 

122 

122 

5 

49 

49 

106 

2 

108 

155 

2 

157 

6 

47 

47 

159 

-- 

159 

206 

-- 

206 

7 

64 

64 

238 

-- 

238 

302 

-- 

302 

8 

69 

3 

72 

247 

3 

250 

316 

6 

322 

9 

69 

10 

79 

221 

8 

229 

290 

18 

308 

50 

82 

13 

95 

230 

21 

251 

312 

34 

346 

1 

47 

29 

76 

194 

28 

222 

241 

57 

298 

2 

31 

37 

68 

168 

55 

223 

199 

92 

291 

3 

20 

57 

77 

79 

65 

144 

99 

122 

221 

4 

11 

63 

74 

35 

91 

126 

46 

154 

200 

5 

9 

77 

86 

18 

63 

81 

27 

140 

167 

6 

4 

56 

60 

9 

62 

71 

13 

118 

131 

7 

59 

59 

75 

75 

134 

134 

8 

56 

56 

91 

91 

147 

147 

9 

39 

39 

57 

57 

96 

96 

60 

34 

34 

45 

45 

79 

79 

1 

40 

40 

42 

42 

82 

82 

2 

32 

32 

36 

36 

68 

68 

3 

38 

38 

26 

26 

64 

64 

4 

14 

14 

29 

29 

43 

43 

5 

21 

21 

16 

16 

37 

37 

6 

24 

24 

16 

16 

40 

40 

7 

24 

24 

13 

13 

37 

37 

8 

8 

8 

16 

16 

24 

24 

9 

9 

9 

13 

13 

22 

22 

70 

5 

5 

8 

8 

13 

13 

1 

10 

10 

-- 

-- 

10 

10 

2 

4 

4 

-- 

-- 

4 

4 

3 

3 

3 

5 

5 

8 

8 

4 

6 

6 

-- 

-- 

6 

6 

5 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

3 

Total 

668 

772 

1,440 

1,  907 

888 

2,795 

2.575 

1.  660 

4,  235 

32 


Table  22.  --Length  composition  of  scrod  and  large  haddock  landed  from 
5Y  North  and  South.    1  956  Haddock  Year,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

5Y  North 

5Y  South 

5Y 

Total 

(cm.) 

s; 

crod 

Large 

Total 

Si 

orod 

Large 

Total 

S( 

:rod 

L 

arge 

Total 

31 
2 

7 

7 

7 

7 

3 
4 

~  — 

_  _ 

42 

42 

42 

42 

5 

19 

19 

42 

42 

61 

61 

6 

20 

20 

121 

121 

141 

141 

7 

40 

40 

296 

296 

336 

336 

8 

96 

96 

275 

275 

371 

371 

9 

202 

202 

384 

384 

586 

586 

40 

266 

266 

276 

276 

542 

542 

1 

426 

426 

711 

711 

1, 

,  137 

1, 

137 

2 

530 

530 

432 

432 

962 

962 

3 

629 

8 

637 

839 

839 

1, 

,468 

8 

1, 

47  6 

4 

955 

5 

960 

908 

908 

1, 

863 

5 

1, 

868 

5 

,026 

9 

,035 

,246 

2 

,248 

2, 

272 

11 

2, 

283 

6 

,449 

29 

,478 

,070 

-- 

,070 

2, 

519 

29 

2, 

548 

7 

,510 

70 

,580 

,451 

11 

,462 

2, 

961 

81 

3, 

042 

8 

,571 

131 

,702 

,  343 

39 

,  382 

2, 

914 

170 

3, 

084 

9 

,478 

235 

,713 

,  196 

99 

1, 

,295 

2, 

,674 

334 

3, 

008 

50 

,  121 

369 

,490 

,204 

246 

,450 

2, 

325 

615 

2, 

940 

1 

692 

611 

,  303 

921 

454 

,  375 

1, 

,613 

,065 

2, 

678 

2 

630 

710 

,  340 

636 

611 

,247 

1, 

,266 

,  321 

2, 

587 

3 

298 

806 

,  104 

246 

57  3 

819 

544 

,  379 

92  3 

4 

187 

746 

933 

127 

692 

819 

314 

,438 

752 

5 

129 

721 

850 

58 

910 

968 

187 

,  631 

818 

6 

45 

861 

906 

9 

884 

893 

54 

,745 

799 

7 

34 

646 

680 

-- 

766 

766 

34 

,412 

446 

8 

12 

662 

674 

-- 

846 

846 

12 

,508 

520 

9 

7 

597 

604 

-- 

688 

688 

7 

,285 

292 

60 

25 

551 

576 

9 

589 

598 

34 

,  140 

174 

1 

1 

503 

504 

9 

403 

412 

10 

906 

916 

2 

415 

415 

431 

431 

846 

846 

3 

393 

393 

484 

484 

877 

877 

4 

253 

253 

339 

339 

592 

592 

5 

226 

226 

324 

324 

550 

550 

6 

172 

172 

227 

227 

399 

399 

7 

158 

158 

246 

246 

404 

404 

8 

111 

111 

117 

117 

228 

228 

9 

114 

114 

90 

90 

204 

204 

70 

90 

90 

95 

95 

185 

185 

1 

51 

51 

26 

26 

77 

77 

2 

49 

49 

34 

34 

83 

83 

3 

31 

31 

42 

42 

73 

73 

4 

37 

37 

11 

11 

48 

48 

5 

17 

17 

2 

2 

19 

19 

6 

4 

4 

7 

7 

11 

11 

7 

6 

6 

7 

7 

13 

13 

8 

9 
80 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

13, 

,405 

10,402 

23, 

,807 

13, 

,  851 

10.295 

24, 

,146 

27, 

,256 

20, 

,  697 

47, 

,  953 

33 


Table  23.  --Age -1  ength  composition  of  haddock  discarded  at  sea 
in    5Z,    1956  Haddock  Year,   in  hundreds  of    fish 


5Z 

East 

5Z  West 

Length 

Years 

of  age 

"Total 

Years  of  age 

(cm.  ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

1 

2     3 

4 

"Total 

16 

1 

1 

17 

1 

1 

18 

1 

1 

19 

-- 

20 

1 

1 

21 

2 

2 

22 

2 

2 

2 

2 

23 

3 

3 

2 

2 

24 

7 

7 

5 

5 

25 

10 

10 

11 

11 

26 

21 

21 

18 

18 

27 

33 

33 

42 

42 

28 

63 

63 

79 

79 

29 

75 

13 

88 

96 

96 

30 

88 

63 

151 

116 

116 

31 

80 

101 

181 

94 

24 

118 

32 

95 

126 

16 

237 

120 

120 

33 

188 

94 

-- 

282 

89 

89 

34 

73 

2  35 

-- 

308 

75 

75 

35 

59 

257 

316 

38 

38 

76 

36 

83 

214 

-- 

12 

309 

24 

47 

71 

37 

-- 

277 

28 

-- 

305 

61 

61 

38 

16 

126 

79 

16 

237 

77 

77 

39 

153 

12 

-- 

165 

95 

95 

40 

79 

30 

10 

119 

47 

47 

41 

52 

-- 

7 

59 

21 

21 

42 

27 

— 

27 

15 

15 

43 

14 

— 

14 

4 

4 

44 

6 

6 

3 

3 

45 

4 

4 

1 

1 

46 

4 

4 

— 

47 

3 

3 

2 

2 

48 

— 

49 

1 

1 

50 

Total 

902 

1,837 

165 

57 

2,961 

811 

432 

3 

1,246 

34 


Table  24.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,    February  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Y  e  a  1 

■  s    o 

f    a 

g  e 

Length 

(cm.  ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

17 

6 

23 

6 

15 

8 

23 

7 

115 

115 

8 

54 

107 

161 

9 

2 

11 

103 

35 

151 

40 

35 

104 

69 

-- 

208 

1 

-- 

392 

-- 

392 

2 

289 

288 

-- 

577 

3 

-- 

425 

106 

,531 

4 

246 

246 

246 

738 

5 

459 

452 

1 

912 

6 

141 

626 

126 

124 

,017 

7 

8 

7  97 

200 

-- 

005 

8 

-- 

813 

322 

-- 

,135 

9 

75 

813 

140 

108 

,136 

50 

-- 

913 

177 

-- 

27 

,  117 

1 

-- 

7  48 

190 

210 

-- 

,  148 

2 

54 

699 

215 

161 

215 

,  344 

3 

-- 

440 

262 

114 

-- 

816 

4 

-- 

245 

152 

27  6 

91 

764 

5 

-- 

228 

110 

337 

-- 

67  5 

6 

2 

279 

80 

410 

-- 

771 

7 

131 

-- 

350 

-- 

481 

8 

81 

484 

81 

646 

9 

115 

29 

172 

200 

29 

545 

60 

114 

190 

114 

-- 

418 

1 

40 

79 

119 

79 

317 

2 

47 

70 

47 

117 

23 

304 

3 

-- 

138 

83 

83 

-- 

304 

4 

145 

97 

49 

-- 

291 

5 

-- 

48 

-- 

94 

48 

190 

6 

38 

38 

-- 

152 

-- 

228 

7 

47 

46 

46 

-- 

139 

8 

34 

34 

33 

101 

9 

-- 

13 

25 

38 

70 

44 

44 

89 

177 

1 

64 

-- 

63 

127 

2 

51 

-- 

51 

3 

38 

-- 

38 

4 

76 

76 

Total  123       1,625     8,822        2,711     3,501      1,262  829  357         19,230 


35 


Table  25,  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,   March  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(cm.  ) 


Years 


g    e 


3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

58 

39 

116 

-- 

174 

174 

58 

58 

116 

-- 

370 

93 

463 

212 

212 

212 

636 

463 

463 

-- 

926 

123 

615 

123 

123 

984 

61 

957 

241 

2 

.261 

-- 

824 

379 

-- 

,203 

90 

902 

157 

120 

,269 

-- 

933 

193 

-- 

32 

,158 

-- 

648 

186 

189 

-- 

,023 

34 

437 

134 

101 

135 

841 

-- 

592 

285 

109 

-- 

986 

-- 

257 

160 

424 

96 

937 

-- 

223 

117 

340 

-- 

680 

9 

307 

128 

417 

2 

863 

136 

-- 

362 

498 

-- 

52 

311 

52 

415 

109 

28 

164 

190 

28 

519 

68 

113 

68 

249 

57 

114 

171 

114 

456 

38 

58 

38 

96 

19 

249 

-- 

141 

85 

85 

-- 

311 

-- 

73 

48 

24 

-- 

145 

-- 

47 

-- 

93 

47 

187 

14 

14 

-- 

55 

-- 

83 

28 

28 
14 

10 
31 

27 

14 

7 

10 

13 
14 
21 
31 

83 
41 
21 
41 
62 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

70 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

80 


19 


41 


41 


Total 


19 


1,108     8,256        2,665     3,250     1,000 


553 


186        17,037 


36 


Table  26. --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,   April  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 


Years        of        age 


(cm.) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

39  56  18  74 

40  8  25            16               --  49 

1  --            49  --  49 

2  87  86              --  173 

3  --         119  30  149 

4  66  66              66  198 

5  74           74  --  148 

6  9  47                 9  9                                                                  74 

7  --           197  49  --                                                                  246 

8  --  94               30  --                                                                  124 

9  31          129  28  15                                                                 203 
50  230               34  --               2                                                  266 

1  99  26  28            --                                                  153 

2  33  --  --            16                                                 49 

3  43  37  19           --                                                  99 

4  43  27  107            16                                                  193 

5  24  15  40            --                                                     79 

6  22  5  32           --                                                  59 

7  22  --  57            --                                                     7  9 

8  --  22  134            22                                                  178 

9  21  5  31            37               5                                  99 
60  5  9              6--                                  20 

1  10  20  29             20                                   79 

2  6  9  6             16                 3                  40 
3 

4  20  13               7               --                 40 
5 
6 

7  7  7               6               --                  20 
8 

9  --  -- 
70 
1 
2 
3 

4  20  20 

Total                                 8  292     1,470             422  537          154             54               23           2,960 


37 


Table  27. 

--Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z 

East,    May 

1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length 

Y    e 

a    r    s 

o    f 

a    g 

e 

(cm. ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

36 

113 

113 

7 

50 

7 

57 

8 

130 

12 

142 

9 

369 

28 

397 

40 

416 

38 

454 

1 

404 

90 

45 

539 

2 

443 

89 

177 

709 

3 

313 

210 

105 

52 

680 

4 

170 

212 

298 

-- 

680 

5 

61 

508 

444 

-- 

56 

1,069 

6 

59 

524 

231 

-- 

-- 

814 

7 

103 

205 

514 

21 

-- 

843 

8 

322 

406 

46 

-- 

46 

820 

9 

400 

561 

-- 

-- 

-- 

961 

50 

402 

455 

67 

-- 

924 

1 

133 

367 

75 

38 

613 

2 

126 

483 

21 

21 

651 

3 

-- 

295 

153 

29 

44 

15 

536 

4 

26 

205 

154 

51 

-- 

436 

5 

-- 

166 

125 

124 

-- 

415 

6 

27 

27 

138 

82 

27 

-- 

301 

7 

-- 

87 

88 

175 

44 

-- 

394 

8 

-- 

85 

56 

28 

28 

-- 

197 

9 

35 

35 

70 

34 

34 

208 

60 

-- 

31 

-- 

62 

31 

124 

1 

16 

16 

49 

33 

-- 

114 

2 

9 

38 

68 

33 

6 

2 

156 

3 

-- 

-- 

57 

57 

-- 

114 

4 

1 

7 

17 

20 

5 

2 

52 

5 

-- 

-- 

-- 

104 

-- 

104 

6 

-- 

21 

-. 

-- 

21 

7 

1 

2 

1 

8 

4 

5 

21 

8 

1 

2 

2 

10 

8 

8 

31 

9 

-- 

10 

10 

70 

10 

10 

Total 

2,631 

3,394 

5,014 

1,162 

785 

433 

274 

17 

13,710 

38 


Table  28,  - -Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East.   June  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(cm.  ) 


Y    e 


o    f 


9+ 


Total 


35 
6 
7 
8 
9 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 


44 

22 

272 

39 

204 

18 

434 

33 

877 

79 

751 

167 

83 

375 

75 

150 

267 

178 

89 

44 

261 

326 

458 

-- 

31 

27  3 

243 

-- 

31 

65 

57  5 

253 

1 

-- 

97 

195 

486 

27 

-- 

360 

453 

51 

-- 

52 

367 

584 

-- 

-- 

218 

399 

36 

-- 

-- 

219 

591 

120 

60 

-- 

124 

561 

37 

37 

-- 

-- 

417 

137 

46 

69 

23 

29 

231 

174 

125 

-- 

-- 

4 

202 

145 

133 

-- 

-- 

16 

16 

78 

47 

16 

-- 

1 

48 

52 

87 

21 

-- 

-- 

46 

30 

15 

15 

-- 

13 

13 

28 

13 

-- 

13 

-- 

10 

-- 

20 

10 

4 

4 

11 

8 

-- 

4 

16 

29 

14 

3 

11 


44 

22 

311 

222 

467 

956 

1,001 

600 

578 

1,045 

57  8 

894 

805 

916 

951 

653 

990 

759 

692 

559 

484 

173 

209 

106 

80 

40 

27 

67 


27 


Total 


3,700   3,309  5,332 


993 


635 


226 


54 


14,256 


39 


Table  29.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,   July  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(cm.  ) 


32 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

70 
1 
2 
3 


o    f 


2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

T 

otal 

16 

16 

16 

16 

78 

78 

157 

157 

314 

314 

412 

59 

471 

705 

64 

769 

846 

65 

911 

965 

87 

,052 

930 

207 

103 

,240 

677 

135 

271 

,083 

618 

413 

206 

103 

,340 

342 

426 

598 

-- 

,366 

78 

671 

591 

-- 

74 

,414 

123 

1,091 

483 

-- 

,697 

175 

349 

873 

34 

-- 

,431 

535 

676 

77 

77 

,365 

484 

784 

-- 

-- 

-- 

,268 

343 

617 

57 

-- 

,017 

148 

507 

124 

62 

-- 

841 

87 

439 

36 

36 

598 

-- 

333 

97 

38 

57 

19 

544 

21 

164 

123 

88 

-- 

-- 

396 

2 

152 

110 

107 

-- 

-- 

371 

38 

38 

189 

114 

38 

-- 

417 

-- 

45 

45 

90 

23 

-- 

203 

-- 

82 

55 

27 

27 

191 

13 

13 

27 

13 

13 

-- 

79 

-- 

23 

-- 

45 

22 

90 

10 

11 

31 

21 

-- 

73 

5 

21 

37 

18 

3 

1 

85 

-- 

-- 

-- 

17 

17 

-- 

34 

1 

5 

11 

13 

3 

1 

34 

-- 

-- 

-- 

6 
21 

17 

-- 

17 

6 

51 

2 

5 

3 

9 

11 

1 

1 

2 

7 

6 

6 

23 

-- 

-- 

6 

-- 

6 

17 

-- 

-- 

17 

1 

1 

2 

2 

6 

-- 

-- 

-- 

11 

11 

1 

1 

2 

2 

6 

Total  6,452        5,238     6,994        1,143  752  385  106  34        21,104 


40 


Table  30.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,   August  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Yea 

r    s 

of         a 

g    e 

(cm.  ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

33 

29 

29 

4 

26 

32 

58 

5 

88 

88 

6 

204 

204 

7 

350 

117 

• 

467 

8 

672 

-- 

67  2 

9 

942 

430 

1,37  2 

40 

817 

584 

117 

1,518 

1 

1, 

,642 

110 

1,752 

2 

1. 

,338 

178 

90 

1,606 

3 

1, 

,392 

428 

108 

1,928 

4 

610 

67  0 

122 

1,402 

5 

746 

137 

406 

1,289 

6 

664 

664 

267 

1,595 

7 

416 

429 

329 

1,174 

8 

457 

57  2 

328 

50 

1,407 

9 

171 

37  0 

798 

29 

-- 

1,368 

50 

136 

452 

150 

-- 

738 

1 

__ 

88 

473 

144 

48 

753 

2 

18 

18 

533 

123 

35 

727 

3 

-- 

284 

104 

155 

26 

569 

4 

213 

92 

115 

23 

443 

5 

29 

203 

106 

103 

51 

492 

6 

95 

95 

67 

14 

271 

7 

52 

78 

52 

-- 

182 

8 

138 

62 

-- 

-- 

200 

9 

44 

-- 

43 

43 

43 

17  3 

60 

17 

8 

17 

8 

8 

58 

1 

-- 

24 

47 

-_ 

-- 

71 

2 

19 

10 

10 

10 

9 

58 

3 

-- 

18 

-- 

9 

9 

36 

4 

14 

13 

-- 

-- 

-- 

27 

5 

2 

4 

3 

-- 

__ 

9 

6 

-- 

-- 

2 

-- 

2 

4 

7 

-- 

-- 

13 

-- 

-- 

13 

8 

9 

70 

1 

1 

2 

-- 

-- 

4 

3 

4 

1 

1 

9 

1 
2 
3 

4 

-- 

-- 

4 

_  _ 

_  _ 

_. 

4 

2 

1 

1 

4 

Total 

26 

10 

,  588 

4,850 

5,  198 

1,042 

781 

205 

71 

13 

22,774 

41 


Table  31.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,    September  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length  Y    ^    ^    ^    ^ 2_i ^    R    ^ 

(cm.) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

35  31  31 

6  63  63 

7  118  39  157 

8  376  --  37  6 

9  409  186  595 
40  388  277  55  720 

1  763  --  51  814 

2  938  125  63  1,126 

3  772  238  60  1,070 

4  344  376  68  788 

5  327  59  178  564 

6  171  171  76  418 

7  229  234  180  643 

8  194  241  115  10  560 

9  43  92  191  6  --                                                            332 
50  --  83  213  38            --                                                            334 

1  --  80  379  68  23                                                               550 

2  5  5  171  32  9                                                               222 

3  --  94  34  52  9                                               189 

4  --  103  36  45  9                                                193 

5  6  65  36  36  18                                               161 

6  9  53  51  29  6                                                148 

7  37  55  36  --  128 

8  54  24  --  --  78 

9  20  --  20  19          19  78 
60  10  5  9  5             4                                   33 


1  --  9            19  --  --  28 

2  26  13            13  13  13  78 

3  --  --            14  --  7  7                 28 

4  .  --               22            22  --  --  --                  44 

5  1  8            13  10  1  --                 33 

6  --  17  --  16  33 

7  --  22  --  --  22 
8 
9  --  --  6  --                   6 

70  3  5  2  1                 11 

1  --  17  --  --  17 

2  -.  6  --  --  6 

3  --  3  2  1  6 
4 

5 

6  2  2  2  6 

Total                          5,171        2,221     2,263  437          355  161  56  25        10,689 


6 

-- 

38 

-- 

68 

23 

32 

9 

34 

52 

9 

36 

45 

9 

36 

36 

18 

51 

29 

6 

55 

36 

-- 

24 

-- 

-- 

20 

19 

19 

5 

9 

5 

4 

9 

19 

-- 

13 

13 

13 

13 

-- 

14 

-- 

7 

22 

22 

-- 

-- 

8 

13 

10 

1 

-- 

17 

-- 

-- 

22 

-- 





6 

3 

5 

2 

-- 

17 
6 
3 

-- 



2 

42 


Table  32. --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East, 
October  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish. 


Length 

Yea 

r   s      of 

age 

(cm.) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+          Total 

34 

12 

16 

28 

5 

138 

138 

6 

248 

248 

7 

290 

96 

386 

8 

552 

-- 

552 

9 

758 

345 

1,  103 

40 

786 

563 

113 

1,462 

1 

1, 

,738 

-- 

117 

1,  855 

2 

1, 

,287 

171 

87 

1,545 

3 

1, 

,280 

393 

99 

1,772 

4 

708 

777 

142 

1,627 

5 

773 

145 

419 

1,  337 

6 

546 

546 

236 

1,  328 

7 

376 

393 

295 

1 

1,  065 

8 

251 

314 

176 

-- 

25 

766 

9 

59 

136 

327 

17 

-- 

539 

50 

— 

110 

332 

93 

-- 

535 

1 

-- 

44 

260 

100 

33 

437 

2 

11 

11 

300 

78 

22 

422 

3 

33 

120 

36 

54 

9 

252 

4 

-- 

166 

69 

87 

17 

339 

5 

10 

115 

62 

62 

31 

280 

6 

49 

49 

35 

7 

140 

7 

42 

62 

42 

-- 

146 

8 

57 

26 

-- 

-- 

83 

9 

15 

-- 

14 

14 

.  14 

57 

60 

9 

4 

9 

5    ' 

5 

32 

1 

-- 

15 

30 

-- 

--■ 

45 

2 

4 

3 

2 

2 

2 

13 

3 

-- 

3 

-- 

2 

1                 6 

4 
5 

6 

7 



' 

13 

6 
7 

__ 

__ 

13 

_  _ 

13 

8 

1 

2 

3 

-- 

6 

9 

6 

6 

Total 

12 

9, 

,817 

4,  087 

3,480 

622 

427 

101 

29 

1      18,576 

43 


Table  33.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East, 
November  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish. 

Length  Yearsofage 

(cm.)  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9+         TdtaT 

33  25  1  26 

4 

5  24  2  26 

6  44  8  52 

7  91  92  183 

8  2  35  --  235 
g                               287               --  287 

40  496  --  496 

1  756  --  756 

2  508  170  678 

3  731  --  104  835 

4  782  53  --  835 

5  548  16  3  567 

6  333  126  4  463 

7  203  13  141  1                                                                           358 

8  19  113         113         113  358 

9  131  94  9  234 
50                                                 145'       166           23                4  338 

1  307  17  --  --  324 

2  13         186  93  --  292 

3  --  108  27  27  162 

4  23  88  51  --  162 

5  26  26  26  78 

6  19  26  7  6  •'  58 

7  --  58  --  --  58 

8  --  13  13  13  39 

9  26  17  26  9  78 
60  --  --  --  39  39 

1  29  29  --  --  58 

2  13  26  --  39 
3 

4 
5 

6  5  8  3  3  19 

7  —  — 
8 

9 
70  1  7  6  5  19 

1 
2 

3 
4 

5 
6 
7  .       --  -- 

8 
9 
80 
1 
2  19  19 

Total  5,082        1,213     1,124  499  135  82  9  27        8,171 


44 


Table  34.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  East,    December  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length  Years  of         age 

(cm.) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

35  19              2  21 

6  115  21  136 

7  63  63  126 

8  356  --  356 

9  576  --  57  6 
40  723            --  723 

1  922  --  922 

2  488          162  650 

3  577  35  84  696 

4  314  21  --  335 

5  429  30  6  1  466 

6  196  66  --  --  262 

7  176  49  137  4  366 

8  73  35      ,         35  35  178 

9  43  31  4  78 
50  52  60  11  2                                                                 125 

1  189  4  --  --  193 

2  3  104  60  --  167 

3  --  65  22  22  109 

4  6  19  12  --  37 

5  37  36  36  109 

6  12  17  4  4  37 

7  --  37  --  --  37 

8  - - 

9  61  40  61  20  182 
60  --  --  --  73                                                    73 

1  55  54  --  --  109 

2  36  73  --  109 

3  37  --  36  73 

4  19  18  37 

Total  5,027            777  710  406  217          133               18                          7,288 


45 


Table  35. 

--Age- length  i 

composition  of  haddock  landed  from 

5Z  E 

ast,   January  1957, 

in  hundreds 

of  fish 

Length 

Y    e 

a    r    s 

o    f 

a    g 

e 

(cm. ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

6 

1 

7 

6 

17 

3 

20 

7 

27 

26 

53 

8 

72 

-- 

72 

9 

131 

-- 

131 

40 

223 

-- 

223 

1 

327 

-- 

327 

2 

163 

54 

217 

3 

213 

-- 

30 

243 

4 

282 

19 

-- 

301 

5 

289 

4 

1 

294 

6 

202 

71 

1 

274 

7 

134 

14 

95 

1 

244 

8 

36 

53 

53 

52 

194 

9 

139 

101 

11 

1 

252 

50 

81 

92 

13 

2 

188 

1 

199 

12 

-- 

-- 

211 

2 

3 

115 

68 

-- 

186 

3 

-- 

111 

31 

30 

172 

4 

25 

81 

53 

-- 

159 

5 

66 

66 

66 

198 

6 

28 

39 

10 

11 

88 

7 

--    • 

100 

-- 

-- 

100 

8 

-- 

32 

33 

35 

100 

9 

28 

18 

27 

10 

83 

60 

-- 

-- 

-- 

78 

78 

1 

18 

18 

-- 

-- 

36 

2 

10 

21 

-- 

31 

3 

31 

-- 

31 

62 

4 

-- 

21 

21 

42 

5 

-- 

-- 

13 

13 

26 

6 

1 

6 

11 

4 

4 

26 

7 

-- 

21 

-- 

-- 

21 

8 

-- 

16 

15 

-- 

31 

9 

-- 

5 

5 

-- 

10 

70 

1 

2 

4 

3 

10 

1 

-- 

-- 

10 

10 

2 

2 

2 

1 

5 

3 

2 

2 

1 

5 

4 

1 

5 

4 

10 

5 

2 

3 

5 

e 

1 

4 

5 

Total 

2.122 

692 

832 

544 

218 

238 

74 

30 

4,750 

46 


Table  36. 

--Age 

-length  com 

posit 

ion  of  haddock  land 

ed  from  5Z  East,    1956  Haddock  Year, 

in 

hundreds  o 

f  fish 

Length 

Y 

e    a 

r 

s        o 

f        a 

g    e 

(cm.) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

32 

16 

16 

3 

70 

1 

71 

4 

38 

126 

-- 

164 

5 

524 

11 

535 

6 

1, 

155 

40 

1,195 

7 

1. 

67  3 

653 

2,326 

8 

3, 

356 

201 

3,557 

9 

4, 

754 

1, 

098 

159 

53 

6,064 

40 

5, 

753 

1, 

815 

409 

-- 

7,977 

1 

8, 

233 

464 

1,124 

-- 

9,821 

2 

6, 

217 

1, 

,593 

1,  270 

-- 

9,080 

3 

6, 

163 

1, 

,895 

1,799 

428 

10,285 

4 

3, 

813 

3, 

,404 

2.210 

524 

9,921 

5 

3, 

283 

2. 

,839 

3,280 

2 

161 

9,564 

6 

2, 

359 

4, 

,  107 

2,839 

259 

256 

9,820 

7 

1, 

909 

1, 

,950 

5,001 

579 

2 

9,441 

8 

1, 

030 

2, 

,545 

4,086 

1, 

,105 

85 

175 

9.026 

9 

27  3 

2, 

,358 

5,315 

401 

244 

-- 

8.591 

50 

-- 

1, 

,57  0 

4,862 

892 

8 

61 

7.393 

1 

-- 

1, 

,407 

4,105 

1. 

,033 

691 

-- 

7,236 

2 

34 

478 

4,061 

897 

422 

366 

6,258 

3 

33 

2,902 

1 

,  225 

695 

214 

57 

5,126 

4 

130 

1,815 

1. 

,103 

,318 

252 

4,618 

5 

51 

1,  507 

954 

,410 

100 

-- 

4,022 

6 

101 

945 

895 

,254 

131 

-- 

3.326 

7 

1 

600 

57  5 

,251 

88 

-- 

2,515 

8 

-- 

462 

453 

,045 

273 

-- 

2,233 

9 

61 

500 

262 

618 

555 

185 

2,  181 

60 

36 

268 

347 

523 

80 

1,254 

1 

132 

287 

400 

381 

213 

1,413 

2 

87 

251 

416 

181 

265 

49 

1,229 

3 

-- 

68 

314 

309 

260 

17 

968 

4 

2 

54 

348 

191 

127 

3 

725 

5 

1 

10 

112 

26 

322 

95 

566 

6 

-- 

53 

63 

65 

214 

25 

420 

7 

4 

10 

87 

190 

97 

22 

410 

8 

2 

5 

7 

86 

77 

60 

237 

9 

• 

-- 

5 

53 

39 

97 

70 

35 

72 

67 

120 

294 

1 

1 

117 

2 

106 

226 

2 

-- 

8 

53 

12 

73 

3 

1 

6 

44 

4 

55 

4 

-- 

3 

6 

101 

110 

5 

-- 

-- 

2 

3 

5 

6 

2 

2 

3 

4 

11 

7 

-- 

-- 

8 

9 

80 

1 
2 

41 

41 

-- 

-- 

19 

19 

Total 

38 

50 

,740 

28 

,806  49,495 

12 

,646 

11 

,593     4 

,380 

2,  127 

720 

160,545 

47 


Table  37.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    February  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Yearsof       age 
Length  ^ 

(cm.  ) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

33  14  2  16 

4 

5 
6 
7 
8 

g 

40 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 
50 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

g 

60 

1 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 

g 

70 

1 

2 
3 
4 

Total  666        1,727      3,950  740       1,012  336  169  50  8.650 


11 

5 

16 

31 

-- 

31 

109 

-- 

109 

113 

28 

141 

130 

78 

26 

234 

188 

-- 

-- 

188 

70 

71 
117 

67 
164 
188 
165 

117 
167 
164 
187 
313 

53 

141 
234 
234 
328 
37  5 
531 

465 

90 

5 

2 

562 

181 

346 

52 

-- 

579 

156 

37  5 

-- 

-- 

531 

-- 

477 

54 

31 

562 

-- 

495 

92 

-- 

30 

617 

28 

279 

13 

70 

-- 

390 

12 

231 

58 

50 

351 

272 

79 

-- 

351 

85 

42 

42 

42 

211 

113 

72 

72 

-- 

257 

76 

13 

38 

-- 

13 

140 

70 

70 

94 

-- 

234 

44 

90 

45 

-- 

179 

-- 

49 

123 

-- 

-- 

172 

13 

-- 

50 

50 

-- 

12 

125 

10 

10 

43 

31 

31 

-- 

125 

-- 

67 

11 

-- 

-- 

78 

52 

78 

26 

-- 

-- 

156 

16 

30 

16 

16 

-- 

78 

-- 

51 

-- 

33 

17 

101 

10 

19 

10 

-- 

39 

62 

12 

47 

12 
23 

7 

86 
70 
23 

3 

5 

8 

7 

16 

-- 

23 

3 

4 
8 

9 

16 
8 

48 


Table  33.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,   March  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fis'- 


Length 
(cm.  ) 


Years 


o    f 


_g_e 


9+ 


Total 


37 
8 
9 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

70 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

80 


55 

22 

6 

92 

55 

19 

83 

-- 

69 

70 
69 
16 
42 

97 
100 
268 
142 
177 

70 
39 
41 

97 
200 

47 
198 
299 
285 

33 

1 
4 

48 

-- 

362 

11 

-- 

4 

11 

219 

32 

55 

-- 

10 

256 

84 

39 

-- 

-- 

280 

42 

-- 

-- 

320 

36 

36 

36 

-- 

308 

71 

71 

-- 

13 

158 

136 

57 

-- 

14 

10 

159 

168 

103 

10 

-- 

95 

37 

128 

79 

-- 

5 

61 

130 

8 

2 

16 

-- 

62 

62 

-- 

16 

11 

11 

46 

33 

33 

-- 

-- 

143 

24 

-- 

-- 

26 

39 

13 

-- 

-- 

27 

53 

27 

27 

-- 

-- 

34 

-- 

22 

11 

20 

38 

-- 

20 

-- 

32 

7 

7 

30 

6 

4 

7 

15 
15 

11 


11 
11 


55 

28 

166 

83 

139 

139 

55 

83 

194 

333 

316 

344 

47  6 

333 

377 

317 

389 

322 

428 

450 

37  8 

450 

339 

206 

156 

134 

167 

78 

134 

67 

78 

45 

11 

45 

22 


11 

11 
11 


Total 


321       1,086     3,484 


848      1,066 


340 


1.46 


79 


7,  370 


49 


Table   39.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    April  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Years 

o    f 

a    g    e 

(cm.  ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

36 

20 

20 

7 

20 

20 

8 

33 

8 

41 

9 

34 

20 

7 

61 

40 

346 

-- 

-- 

346 

1 

204 

203 

-- 

407 

2 

173 

173 

346 

3 

105 

261 

366 

4 

81 

82 

163 

5 

92 

91 

183 

6 

146 

293 

49 

488 

7 

214 

38 

1 

253 

8 

244 

341 

7 

592 

9 

211 

368 

-- 

57  9 

50 

-- 

529 

76 

15 

620 

1 

-- 

461 

36 

-- 

11 

508 

2 

22 

363 

48 

91 

-- 

524 

3 

13 

260 

72 

51 

-- 

396 

4 

-- 

400 

89 

-- 

-- 

489 

5 

-- 

219 

59 

59 

59 

396 

6 

-- 

252 

82 

82 

-- 

416 

7 

2 

113 

39 

53 

-- 

17 

224 

8 

3 

71 

75 

61 

3 

-- 

213 

9 

50 

9 

85 

46 

-- 

190 

60 

4 

32 

64 

6 

2 

108 

1 

9 

8 

41 

41 

4 

9 

112 

2 

11 

15 

52 

35 

40 

-- 

153 

3 

-- 

75 

12 

-- 

-- 

87 

4 

35 

53 

18 

-- 

-- 

106 

5 

17 

36 

17 

17 

-- 

87 

6 

-- 

39 

26 

13 

78 

7 

10 

21 

-- 

10 

-- 

41 

8 

39 

8 

8 

-- 

55 

9 

31 

15 

46 

70 

21 

11 

32 

1 

9 

19 

28 

2 

18 

37 

-- 

55 

3 

3 

4 

7 

14 

4 

-- 

5 

1 

4 

5 

6 

9 

9 

7 

Total 

657 

1,  537 

4,  396 

759 

917 

329 

190 

72 

8,857 

50 


Table  40.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    May  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(cm. ) 


o    f 


9+ 


Total 


33 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

70 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

80 
2 
4 


21 

21 

21 

21 

149 

149 

256 

256 

383 

383 

606 

76 

682 

852 

-- 

852 

887 

114 

1, 

,001 

854 

395 

56 

1. 

,  305 

734 

130 

127 

991 

809 

103 

202 

1, 

,  114 

431 

289 

287 

r 

,007 

307 

212 

137 

656 

214 

389 

383 

986 

170 

364 

625 

58 

1, 

,217 

107 

560 

532 

53 

1 

,252 

239 

1,  111 

48 

1 

,398 

392 

875 

126 

37 

1, 

,430 

495 

934 

114 

28 

1 

,571 

165 

786 

27  2 

91 

31 

1 

,345 

96 

7  03 

188 

50 

24 

r 

,061 

27 

903 

22 

45 

22 

1 

,019 

21 

580 

199 

159 

-- 

959 

-- 

540 

99 

119 

60 

818 

-- 

244 

243 

221 

22 

730 

-- 

188 

189 

269 

27 

67  3 

-- 

253 

69 

207 

115 

644 

-- 

78 

39 

193 

78 

388 

15 

-- 

75 

134 

90 

45 

359 

-- 

68 

154 

86 

-- 

308 

30 

15 

162 

59 

30 

296 

12 

87 

111 

50 

25 

285 

24 

107 

72 

36 

12 

251 

-- 

51 

68 

86 

-- 

205 

-- 

123 

54 

27 

13 

217 

-- 

103 

34 

17 

17 

171 

-- 

23 

39 

46 

-- 

108 

-- 

-- 

31 

63 

31 

125 

-- 

38 

23 

23 

7 

91 

-- 

11 

46 

23 

-- 

80 

-- 

6 

6 

11 

23 

-- 

-- 

11 

6 

17 

-- 

11 

6 

6 

23 

2 

3 
4 

2 

2 

6 
11 

9 

6 
6 

11 

17 

11 

6 
6 

Total 


6,801        4,082     9,586      1,990       2,414     1,079 


446 


141 


26, 539 


51 


Table  41. 

--Age- length 

composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  \ 

iVest,   June 

1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length 

Y    e 

a    r    s 

o    f 

a    g 

e 

(cm.  ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

60 

60 

6 

199 

199 

7 

318 

318 

8 

407 

51 

458 

9 

87  6 

-- 

^7  6 

40 

935 

120 

1,  055 

1 

872 

405 

57 

1,334 

2 

988 

173 

173 

1,334 

3 

1,057 

132 

264 

1,453 

4 

682 

455 

455 

1,592 

5 

621 

429 

277 

1,  327 

6 

308 

587 

552 

1,447 

7 

207 

431 

7  58 

70 

1,466 

8 

107 

581 

575 

53 

1,316 

9 

283 

1, 

,249 

57 

1,  589 

50 

540 

L 

,248 

186 

68 

2,042 

1 

518 

1. 

,052 

159 

-- 

40 

1,769 

2 

190 

857 

296 

96 

32 

1,471 

3 

107 

1 

,159 

295 

90 

44 

1,695 

4 

20 

1. 

,108 

28 

57 

28 

1,241 

5 

20 

847 

299 

239 

-- 

1,405 

6 

-- 

734 

147 

176 

88 

1,  145 

7 

-- 

301 

301 

27  3 

27 

902 

8 

-- 

192 

203 

27  5 

27 

697 

9 

-- 

269 

73 

220 

123 

685 

60 

-- 

107 

53 

268 

107 

535^ 

1 

19 

-- 

96 

173 

115 

57 

460 

2 

-- 

98 

222 

123 

-- 

443 

3 

47 

23 

257 

94 

47 

468 

4 

13 

94 

121 

54 

27 

309 

5 

25 

115 

76 

38 

13 

267 

6 

69 

92 

115 

-- 

27  6 

7 

160 

71 

35 

18 

284 

8 

180 

60 

30 

31 

301 

9 

41 

69 

82 

-- 

192 

70 

-- 

-- 

36 

70 

36 

142 

1 

_- 

18 

10 

10 

4 

42 

2 

-- 

16 

62 

31 

-- 

109 

3 
4 
5 

-- 

2 

-- 

2 

4 

8 

_  _ 

9 

4 

4 

17 

6 

4 

4 

-- 

9 

17 

7 

2 

1 

5 

8 

8 

4 

4 

8 

9 

2 

6 

8 

80 

8 

8 

1 

8 

8 

Total 

7,637 

5,061 

12 

,294 

2,  560 

3,136     1, 

,  399 

549 

150 

32,786 

52 


Table  42.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,   July  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Yea 

r    s 

o    f 

age 

(cm.  ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

33 

21 

21 

4 

11 

11 

5 

11 

11 

6 

21 

21 

7 

106 

106 

8 

170 

21 

191 

9 

340 

-- 

340 

40 

37  6 

49 

425 

1 

326 

152 

21 

499 

2 

252 

44 

44 

340 

3 

286 

36 

71 

393 

4 

156 

106 

104 

366 

5 

158 

109 

71 

338 

6 

53 

132 

96 

281 

7 

56 

136 

205 

20 

417 

8 

38 

207 

205 

19 

469 

9 

112 

551 

23 

686 

50 

168 

404 

63 

27 

662 

1 

211 

400 

49 

-- 

12 

672 

2 

144 

497 

170 

42 

14 

867 

3 

83 

473 

132 

31 

15 

734 

4 

56 

651 

13 

26 

13 

759 

5 

49 

405 

113 

90 

-- 

657 

6 

-- 

450 

69 

82 

41 

642 

7 

4 

197 

210 

167 

15 

593 

8 

142 

154 

204 

20 

520 

9 

-- 

144 

47 

120 

66 

377 

60 

-- 

71 

35 

176 

71 

353 

1 

13 

-- 

70 

119 

77 

38 

317 

2 

-- 

67 

142 

76 

-- 

285 

3 

17 

9 

96 

35 

17 

174 

4 

8 

54 

70 

31 

16 

179 

5 

17 

74 

50 

25 

8 

174 

6 

-- 

34 

46 

57 

-- 

137 

7 

-- 

72 

32 

16 

8 

128 

8 

-- 

69 

23 

11 

11 

114 

9 

-- 

21 

36 

44 

-- 

101 

70 

-- 

-- 

17 

35 

17 

69 

1 

-- 

22 

14 

14 

5 

55 

2 

-- 

7 

26 

13 

-- 

46 

3 

-- 

8 

-- 

8 

16 

32 

4 

-- 

-- 

3 

2 

5 

5 

-- 

2 

1 

1 

4 

6 

2 

2 

-- 

5 

9 

7 

2 

1 

6 

9 

8 

9 
80 

2 

2 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

2,381 

1,832 

5,227 

1,  336 

1,699 

7  38 

299 

85 

13,597 

53 


Table  4  3.  ■ 

--Age 

-le 

ngth  1 

2omposit: 

Lon  of  haddock  landed  from 

5Z 

West,   Augu 

St  1956. 

in  hundreds  of 

fish 

Length 

Yea 

r    s 

of      a    g 

e 

(cm. ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

36 

2 

20 

22 

7 

180 

180 

8 

270 

27  0 

9 

663 

663 

40 

781 

781 

1 

972 

106 

1, 

,07  8 

2 

981 

5 

986 

3 

1, 

,172 

366 

,  538 

4 

1 

.421 

331 

2 

,754 

5 

1 

,330 

233 

72 

69 

,704 

6 

860 

298 

66 

1 

,225 

7 

633 

189 

253 

-- 

,07  5 

8 

923 

549 

27  5 

-- 

,747 

9 

352 

398 

355 

59 

,  164 

50 

166 

113 

706 

128 

,113 

1 

134 

434 

335 

168 

34 

,105 

2 

106 

71 

800 

36 

36 

.049 

3 

-- 

338 

488 

27 

853 

4 

-- 

115 

626 

57 

57 

855 

5 

68 

92 

323 

139 

46 

668 

6 

41 

287 

103 

-- 

431 

7 

26 

333 

102 

-- 

461 

8 

25 

162 

37 

37 

12 

27  3 

9 

20 

149 

75 

101 

20 

365 

60 

-- 

124 

62 

41 

41 

268 

1 

-- 

77 

26 

51 

-_ 

154 

2 

-- 

46 

31 

16 

31 

124 

3 

-- 

-- 

22 

85 

-- 

22 

129 

4 

-'- 

-- 

-- 

114 

114 

5 

-- 

-- 

17 

52 

69 

6 

13 

25 

25 

13 

13 

89 

7 

-- 

94 

-- 

-- 

94 

8 

17 

-- 

-- 

17 

-- 

16 

50 

9 

-- 

17 

-- 

17 

16 

50 

70 

-- 

5 

-- 

-- 

-- 

5 

1 

-- 

3 

-- 

2 

5 

2 

3 

7 

-- 

10 

3 

5 

-- 

-- 

5 

4 

2 

2 

1 

5 

5 

-- 

-- 

-- 

6 

2 

2 

1 

5 

7 

-- 

-- 

8 

3 

2 

5 

9 

Total 

2 

11 

,032 

3,767 

5,495      ] 

L.  184 

811 

156 

56 

38 

22, 

,541 

54 


Table  44.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    September  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length                                                         Yearsof       age 
(cm.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

34  23  28  51 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 
40 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 
50 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 
60 

1 

2 

3  --  --  23  92  --  23 

4 

5 

6  --  13  27  26  13  13 
7 
8 
9                                                                                                   16            --  15 

70 

1 
2 

3  12  --  --  12 

4 
5 

6 

7  4  4  4  12 

8 

9  12  12 

Total  23        27,570     5,885     4,784      1,023  823  154  55  52        40,369 


216 

204 

867 

1,428 

2,804 

2,592 

287 

3.580 

1 

3,407 

1,064 

3,721 

830 

2,823 

446 

150 

150 

2,562 

746 

182 

-- 

1,680 

591 

790 

-- 

1,040 

803 

403 

-- 

282 

322 

287 

47 

149 

130 

522 

106 

58 

198 

161 

81 

22 

78 

52 

312 

26 

26 

-- 

159 

320 

22 

-- 

-- 

82 

388 

41 

41 

51 

68 

235 

101 

34 

39 

277 

99 

-- 

13 

167 

51 

-- 

26 

171 

39 

39 

13 

13 

90 

39 

64 

13 

-- 

117 

59 

39 

39 

-- 

144 

48 

96 

-- 

-- 

55 

38 

19 

38 

-- 

-- 

23 

92 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 

81 

-- 

-- 

-- 

26 

78 

-- 

-- 

13 

27 

26 

13 

-- 

69 

-- 

15 

16 
81 

16 

216 

204 

867 

1, 

,428 

2, 

.804 

2, 

,879 

3. 

,  581 

4, 

,471 

4, 

,  551 

3, 

,569 

3, 

,490 

3, 

,061 

2 

,246 

938 

907 

520 

494 

501 

552 

489 

415 

231 

288 

219 

254 

288 

150 

138 

81 

104 

92 

69 

15 

46 

15 

46 

-- 

81 

6 

12 

55 


Table  45. 

--Age-len 

gth  CI 

omposition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z 

West,    October 

1956, 

in  hund 

reds  o 

f  fish 

Length 

Yea 

r    s 

o    f 

age 

(cm.  ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

5 

59 

64 

6 

129 

129 

7 

97 

97 

8 

322 

322 

9 

582 

582 

40 

870 

87  0 

1 

,261 

140 

,401 

2 

,420 

,420 

3 

,  178 

367 

,545 

4 

,409 

313 

,722 

5 

,204 

196 

64 

64 

,  528 

6 

800 

238 

57 

,095 

7 

618 

206 

275 

-- 

,099 

8 

380 

266 

133 

-- 

779 

9 

239 

251 

217 

36 

743 

50 

114 

96 

414 

82 

706 

1 

88 

288 

224 

112 

24 

736 

2 

83 

55 

366 

28 

28 

560 

3 

-- 

189 

309 

19 

-- 

517 

4 

-- 

70 

371 

35 

35 

511 

5 

16 

73 

254 

109 

36 

488 

6 

64 

31 

252 

78 

-- 

425 

7 

21 

272 

84 

-- 

377 

8 

28 

181 

42 

42 

14 

307 

9 

17 

117 

50 

84 

17 

285 

60 

-- 

94 

48 

32 

32 

206 

1 

-- 

88 

29 

59 

-- 

176 

2 

.    -- 

48 

32 

16 

32 

128 

3 

-- 

-- 

24 

96 

-- 

24 

144 

4 

-- 

-- 

.  -- 

90 

-- 

-- 

90 

5 

-- 

-- 

24 

71 

-- 

-- 

95 

6 

-- 

12 

24 

24 

12 

12 

84 

7 

-- 

-- 

54 

54 

8 

16 

-- 

-- 

17 

-- 

16 

49 

9 

-- 

17 

-- 

16 

16 

49 

70 

-- 

16 

-- 

-- 

-- 

16 

1 

-- 

18 

-- 

17 

35 

2 

14 

27 

-- 

-- 

41 

3 

11 

-- 

-- 

11 

4 

4 

4 

3 

11 

5 

1 

1 

1 

3 

6 

7 

8 

9 

80 

1 

1 

1 

3 

3 

3 

Total 

6        10, 

,933 

2,861 

3,762 

920 

724 

186 

58 

57 

19, 

,506 

56 


Table  46. 

--Age-length  c 

omposition  of  h; 

addock  landed  froi 

m  5Z 

West,   November 

1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length 

Yea 

r    s         o 

f         a 

g    e 

(cm.  ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

36 

28 

55 

83 

7 

83 

83 

8 

217 

217 

9 

310 

23 

333 

40 

521 

-- 

521 

1 

700 

-- 

700 

2 

983 

-- 

983 

3 

833 

-- 

833 

4 

1 

,070 

64 

1 

,  134 

5 

1 

,  049 

38 

1 

1 

,088 

6 

r 

,052 

69 

1 

1 

,122 

7 

562 

102 

97 

1 

762 

8 

710 

52 

42 

4 

808 

9 

178 

100 

117 

-- 

395 

50 

157 

177 

177 

79 

590 

1 

167 

237 

147 

39 

590 

2 

67 

150 

191 

49 

8 

465 

3 

21 

106 

227 

98 

33 

485 

4 

53 

340 

104 

26 

523 

5 

143 

221 

143 

16 

523 

6 

12 

337 

148 

69 

23 

589 

7 

17 

345 

121 

52 

17 

552 

8 

21 

198 

125 

73 

21 

10 

448 

9 

-- 

150 

120 

80 

19 

-- 

369 

60 

10 

113 

62 

103 

52 

-- 

340 

1 

-- 

61 

98 

98 

25 

25 

12 

319 

2 

7 

62 

41 

41 

34 

14 

-- 

199 

3 

43 

50 

86 

28 

-- 

-- 

207 

4 

12 

37 

101 

12 

12 

-- 

174 

5 

10 

40 

40 

40 

19 

-- 

149 

6 

22 

22 

65 

32 

-- 

141 

7 

8 

22 

45 

-- 

-- 

75 

8 

31 

46 

31 

8 

-- 

116 

9 

-- 

19 

39 

-- 

-- 

58 

70 

-- 

58 

-- 

-- 

58 

1 

6 

23 

17 

-- 

-- 

46 

2 

12 

6 

13 

6 

37 

3 

-- 

25 

25 

12 

62 

4 

15 

5 

5 

-- 

25 

5 

-- 

17 

-- 

17 

6 

3 

3 

6 

12 

7 

-- 

8 

8 

8 

12 

-- 

12 

9 

2 

2 

4 

Total 

28         8, 

735 

1,381 

2,  914 

1,426  1, 

086 

488 

151 

46 

16 

,  255 

57 


Table  47.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  vVest,    December  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(cm.  ) 


Years 


R    e 


9+ 


Total 


35 
6 
7 
8 
9 

40 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

50 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

60 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

70 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

80 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 


22 

2 

16 

-- 

108 

-- 

84 

-- 

256 

20 

324 

-- 

7  67 

-- 

839 

-- 

1,058 

-- 

4 

964 

58 

-- 

1,  160 

44 

1 

993 

74 

3 

540 

121 

103 

3 

589 

59 

44 

5 

262 

163 

187 

-- 

192 

205 

202 

85 

197 

278 

184 

50 

126 

257 

301 

78 

13 

29 

139 

269 

114 

38 

73 

466 

142 

37 

184 

295 

188 

21 

15 

388 

155 

76 

29 

18 

370 

132 

59 

18 

24 

232 

147 

89 

24 

12 

-- 

202 

161 

108 

27 

-- 

10 

111 

61 

101 

51 

-- 

-- 

48 

76 

76 

19 

19 

9 

9 

85 

56 

56 

47 

19 

-- 

53 

61 

105 

35 

-- 

-_ 

13 

37 

100 

12 

12 

10 

40 

41 

41 

20 

16 

16 

47 

23 

-- 

-- 

10 

32 

63 

__ 

22 

32 

21 

5 

-_ 

-- 

27 

53 

-- 

_- 

-- 

44 

-- 

-- 

-- 

5 

20 

15 

-- 

-- 

10 

5 

10 

4 

-- 

13 

13 

7 

15 

5 

1 

4 
2 

5 
11 

1 

2 

4 

2 

24 

24 

108 

84 

276 

324 

767 

839 

1,062 

1,022 

1,205 

1,07  0 

767 

697 

612 

684 

709 

775 

589 

718 

688 

663 

597 

528 

498 

334 

247 

27  2 

254 

174 

152 

102 

105 

80 

80 

44 

40 

29 

33 

25 

11 

4 

4 

4 

4 


Total 


i,  526  1,753        3,587      1,644        1,147  508  127  32         17,332 


58 


Table  48.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    January  1957, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 

,_,  Yearsofage 

Length  ° 

(cm.  ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+    Total 

35  24      2                                               26 

6  4  9--                                               13 

7  37  --                                               37 

8  26  --                                               26 

9  60  5                                               65 
40  218     --                                              218 

1  310  --                                              310 

2  513  --                                            513 

3  603  --                                           603 

4  582  35                                              617 

5  645  21                                            666 

6  579  37               .                               616 

7  491  88      83                                     662 

8  391  30      24      3                                448 

9  241    108  132      --                                481 
50  132    106      96     23                                357 

1  148    215  83     23                                469 

2  71    143  167     45       6                         432 

3  27    122  213     87      29                         478 

4  56  361     113      27                         557 

5  84  212     125      14                         435 

6  12  333     139      66     24                   574 

7  12  248     91      45     12                   408 

8  23  230    150     103     22     12             540 

9  --  171    138      94     22     --            425 
60  8      94     52      84     40     --            278 

1  --45  72      72     18     18      8      233 

2  7  62     41      54     34     14            212 

3  49  56      97     32      --             234 

4  15  46     124     16     15            216 

5  7  29      29     29     14            108 

6  19  19      57     29      --             124 

7  5  15     30     --             50 

8  29  44     29      7            109 

9  --  14     28     --             42 
70  --      33     --     --             33 

1  5  22     16      --             43 

2  14  7      14      7       42 

3  --3328 

4  15  6      5     --       26 
5 

6 

7  --8  8 

8  9  --        9 

9  3  5        8 
80  8        8 

Total       4    5,107  1,114   2,644   1,291   1,058    409     102  38    11.767 


59 


Table  49.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Z  West,    1956  Haddock  Year, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y    e 

a    r 

s 

0 

f 

age 

(cm. ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

33 

56 

2- 

58 

4 

23 

60 

-- 

83 

5 

5 

336 

9 

350 

6 

42 

972 

-- 

1,014 

7 

1, 

7  00 

-- 

1,700 

8 

3, 

137 

190 

3,327 

9 

5, 

623 

201 

52 

5,87  6 

40 

8, 

333 

283 

-- 

8,616 

1 

8, 

997 

1,829 

134 

10,960 

2 

10, 

290 

712 

7  04 

11,706 

3 

10, 

403 

2,256 

1, 

008 

13,667 

4 

10, 

436 

2,768 

1, 

135 

14,339 

5 

9, 

297 

2,105 

1, 

148 

283 

12,833 

6 

7, 

421 

2,981 

2 

146 

136 

12,684 

7 

4, 

957 

3,175 

3, 

364 

159 

2 

11,657 

8 

4, 

285 

3,67  4 

3, 

118 

200 

-- 

11,277 

9 

1, 

554 

2,520 

5, 

248 

270 

-- 

9,  592 

50 

910 

1,927 

5 

935 

1 

056 

178 

10,006 

1 

792 

2,87  4 

4, 

838 

934 

80 

125 

9,643 

2 

531 

1,288 

5, 

138 

1 

093 

562 

77 

8,689 

3 

77 

1,374 

4, 

908 

1 

196 

411 

83 

8,049 

4 

-- 

552 

6, 

166 

765 

351 

63 

7,897 

5 

135 

734 

3, 

996 

1 

553 

792 

137 

7,  347 

6 

64 

150 

4, 

271 

1 

262 

813 

265 

6,825 

7 

126 

2, 

824 

1 

523 

965 

111 

44 

5,593 

8 

160 

1, 

996 

1 

399 

1 

389 

193 

34 

5,  171 

9 

50 

1, 

7  34 

818 

1 

381 

592 

-- 

4,57  5 

60 

28 

918 

613 

1 

354 

525 

4 

3,442 

1 

47 

501 

598 

1 

031 

497 

206 

66 

2,946 

2 

23 

390 

508 

861 

600 

151 

-- 

2,  533 

3 

__ 

239 

283 

1 

361 

330 

163 

-- 

2,376 

4 

-- 

73 

468 

1 

082 

232 

107 

-- 

1,962 

5 

-- 

27 

302 

726 

368 

212 

33 

1,668 

6 

-- 

95 

133 

522 

328 

377 

41 

1,496 

7 

-- 

-- 

63 

719 

295 

118 

39 

1,234 

8 

48 

-- 

82 

607 

275 

104 

106 

1,222 

9 

-- 

-- 

195 

349 

262 

47 

853 

70 

-- 

-- 

237 

151 

168 

117 

67  3 

1 

-- 

16 

143 

122 

66 

80 

427 

2 

17 

-- 

70 

211 

157 

17 

47  2 

3 

-- 

16 

75 

65 

68 

224 

4 

-- 

45 

22 

54 

12 

133 

5 

— 

23 

41 

27 

91 

6 

8 

16 

n 

50 

81 

7 

12 

8 

46 

66 

8 

34 

8 

42 

9 

11 

36 

47 

80 

23 

23 

1 

8 

8 

2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

4 

4 

Total 

70       90, 

366 

32,086 

S2, 

123 

15, 

721 

15 

893 

6,  122 

2,348 

840 

225, 569 

60 


Table  5  0.  --Age -length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   February  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Yea 

r   s      o 

f      a   g  € 

(cm.) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

33 

4 
5 

14 

2 

16 

28 

11 

39 

6 

46 

8 

54 

7 

109 

115 

224 

8 

167 

135 

302 

9 

132 

89 

129 

35 

385 

40 

223 

104 

69 

-- 

396 

1 

70 

71 

392 

-- 

533 

2 

406 

405 

-- 

811 

3 

67 

592 

106 

765 

4 

410 

410 

246 

,066 

5 

647 

639 

1 

,287 

6 

306 

939 

179 

124 

,548 

7 

47  3 

887 

205 

2 

,567 

8 

181 

1, 

,  159 

374 

-- 

,714 

9 

231 

1 

,  188 

140 

108 

,667 

50 

-- 

1. 

,  390 

2  31 

31 

27 

,679 

1 

-- 

1, 

,243 

282 

210 

30 

,765 

2 

83 

978 

228 

228 

217 

.7  34 

3 

12 

671 

320 

164 

-- 

,  167 

4 

-- 

517 

231 

276 

91 

,  115 

5 

-- 

313 

152 

379 

42 

886 

6 

2 

392 

152 

482 

-- 

1. 

,028 

7 

207 

13 

388 

-- 

13 

621 

8 

70 

151 

578 

81 

-- 

880 

9 

159 

29 

262 

245 

29 

724 

60 

-- 

163 

313 

114 

-- 

590 

1 

13 

40 

129 

169 

79 

12 

442 

2 

10 

57 

113 

78 

148 

23 

429 

3 

— 

205 

94 

83 

-- 

382 

4 

52 

223 

123 

49 

-- 

447 

5 

16 

78 

16 

110 

48 

268 

6 

38 

89 

-- 

185 

17 

329 

7 

10 

66 

46 

56 

-- 

178 

8 

62 

46 

46 

33 

187 

9 

47 

36 

25 

108 

70 

60 

44 

96 

200 

1 

64 

3 

68 

135 

2 

7 

67 

-- 

74 

3 

3 

42 

9 

54 

4 

8 

76 

84 

Total 

789 

3,  353  : 

12, 

,772 

3.451 

4,510     : 

1,600 

998 

407 

27, 

,880 

61 


Table  51.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   March  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y  e 

a  r  s 

o  f   a 

g  e 

(cm. ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

37 

55 

55 

8 

22 

6 

28 

9 

92 

55 

19 

166 

40 

103 

58 

39 

200 

1 

69 

70 

174 

313 

2 

127 

128 

255 

3 

16 

409 

93 

518 

4 

254 

253 

212 

719 

5 

560 

560 

-- 

1 

,  120 

6 

223 

815 

156 

123 

L 

,  317 

7 

329 

,  004 

242 

2 

,577 

8 

142 

,022 

383 

-- 

,547 

9 

267 

,201 

157 

120 

,745 

50 

-- 

,218 

241 

-- 

32 

,491 

1 

-- 

,010 

197 

189 

4 

,400 

2 

45 

656 

166 

156 

135 

,  158 

3 

10 

848 

369 

148 

-- 

,  375 

4 

-- 

5  37 

202 

424 

96 

■^  J 

259 

5 

-- 

543 

153 

376 

36 

-*■  > 

108 

6 

9 

615 

199 

487 

2 

*■  i 

312 

7 

14 

294 

135 

418 

-- 

14 

87  5 

8 

10 

159 

220 

413 

62 

-- 

864 

9 

204 

65 

292 

270 

28 

859 

60 

5 

129 

243 

76 

2 

455 

1 

16 

57 

176 

2  34 

114 

16 

613 

2 

11 

49 

104 

71 

130 

19 

384 

3 

-- 

284 

109 

85 

-- 

478 

4 

26 

112 

61 

24 

-- 

223 

5 

27 

100 

27 

120 

47 

321 

6 

14 

48 

-- 

77 

11 

150 

7 

20 

66 

28 

47 

-- 

161 

8 

32 

21 

20 

13 

86 

9 

7 

11 

14 

32 

70 

40 

10 

36 

86 

1 
2 

31 

7 

46 

84*  . 

3 
4 

11 

— 

11 

5 

-- 

-- 

6 

11 

11 

7 

11 

11 

8 

41 

41 

9 

80 

Total 

341 

2,  195 

11, 

740 

3.  512 

4,  313 

1,  342 

700 

265 

24, 

408 

62 


Table  52.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   April  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Yea 

r  s  0 

f  a  g  e 

(cm. ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

36 

20 

20 

7 

20 

20 

8 

33 

8 

41 

9 

34 

20 

63 

18 

135 

40 

354 

25 

16 

-- 

395 

1 

204 

203 

49 

-- 

456 

2 

260 

259 

-- 

519 

3 

105 

380 

30 

515 

4 

147 

148 

66 

361 

5 

166 

165 

-- 

331 

6 

155 

340 

58 

9 

562 

7 

214 

235 

50 

-- 

499 

8 

244 

435 

37 

-- 

716 

9 

242 

497 

28 

15 

782 

50 

-- 

759 

110 

15 

2 

886 

1 

-- 

560 

62 

28 

11 

661 

2 

22 

396 

48 

91 

16 

573 

3 

13 

303 

109 

70 

-- 

495 

4 

-- 

443 

116 

107 

16 

682 

5 

-- 

243 

74 

99 

59 

475 

6 

-- 

274 

87 

114 

-- 

475 

7 

2 

135 

39 

109 

-- 

18 

303 

8 

3 

71 

97 

194 

25 

-- 

390 

9 

71 

14 

115 

83 

5 

288 

60 

4 

37 

73 

12 

2 

128 

1 

9 

18 

61 

70 

24 

9 

191 

2 

11 

21 

61 

41 

56 

3 

193 

3 

-- 

75 

12 

-- 

-- 

87 

4 

35 

73 

31 

7 

-- 

146 

5 

17 

36 

17 

17 

-- 

87 

6 

-- 

39 

-- 

26 

13 

78 

7 

10 

28 

7 

16 

-- 

61 

8 

39 

8 

8 

-- 

55 

9 

31 

15 

-- 

46 

70 

21 

-- 

11 

32 

1 

-- 

9 

20 

29 

2 

18 

37 

-- 

55 

3 

3 

4 

7 

14 

4 

-- 

21 

21 

5 

1 

4 

5 

6 

9 

9 

Total 

665 

1,  829 

5,  866 

1,  181 

1,451 

483 

245 

97 

11, 817 

63 


Table  53.  --Age -length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined).   May  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ears 

o  f 

age 

(cm.) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

33 

21 

21 

4 

21 

21 

5 

149 

149 

6 

369 

369 

7 

433 

7 

440 

8 

736 

88 

824 

9 

1,  221 

28 

1,249 

40 

1,  303 

152 

1,455 

1 

1,  258 

485 

101 

1,844 

2 

1,  177 

219 

304 

1,700 

3 

1,  122 

313 

307 

52 

1,794 

4 

601 

501 

585 

-- 

1.  687 

5 

368 

720 

581 

-- 

56 

1,725 

6 

27  3 

913 

614 

-- 

-- 

1,  800 

7 

273 

569 

1 

139 

79 

-- 

2,060 

8 

105 

883 

937 

97 

2 

46 

2,070 

9 

639 

1 

672 

48 

-- 

-- 

2,  359 

50 

794 

1 

330 

193 

37 

-- 

2,  354 

1 

628 

1 

301 

189 

38 

28 

2,184 

2 

291 

1 

269 

293 

112 

31 

1,996 

3 

96 

998 

341 

79 

68 

15 

1.597 

4 

53 

1 

108 

176 

96 

22 

-- 

1,455 

5 

21 

746 

324 

283 

-- 

-- 

1,  374 

6 

27 

567 

2  37 

201 

87 

-- 

1.  119 

7 

-- 

331 

331 

396 

66 

-- 

1,124 

8 

-- 

273 

245 

297 

55 

-- 

870 

9 

35 

288 

139 

241 

115 

34 

852 

60 

-- 

78 

70 

193 

140 

31 

512 

1 

15 

16 

91 

183 

123 

45 

47  3 

2 

9 

106 

222 

119 

6 

2 

464 

3 

30 

15 

162 

116 

87 

-- 

410 

4 

13 

94 

128 

70 

30 

2 

337 

5 

-- 

24 

107 

72 

142 

12 

357 

6 

-- 

-- 

51 

89 

86 

-- 

226 

7 

1 

2 

124 

62 

31 

18 

238 

8 

1 

2 

105 

44 

25 

25 

202 

9 

-- 

23 

39 

56 

-- 

118 

70 

-- 

10 

31 

63 

31 

135 

1 

-- 

38 

23 

23 

7 

91 

2 

-- 

11 

46 

23 

-- 

80 

3 

-- 

6 

-- 

6 

11 

23 

4 

-- 

-- 

11 

6 

17 

5 

-- 

11 

6 

6 

23 

6 

2 

3 

-- 

6 

11 

7 
8 
9 

4 

2 

11 

17 

2 

9 

11 

80 
1 
2 
3 
4 

-- 

6 

6 

6 

6 

Total 

9,430 

7,477 

14 

,  599 

3,  150 

3,  201 

1,  512 

722 

158 

40,249 

64 


Table  54.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   June  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

e   a   I-   s 

o  f     a 

g  e 

(cm. ) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

104 

104 

6 

221 

221 

7 

590 

39 

629 

8 

611 

69 

680 

9 

,  310 

33 

1,  343 

40 

,  812 

199 

2,011 

1 

,  62  3 

572 

140 

2,  335 

2 

,  363 

248 

323 

1,934 

3 

,  324 

310 

354 

43 

2,031 

4 

943 

781 

913 

-- 

2,637 

5 

650 

703 

520 

-- 

32 

1,  905 

6 

37  3 

1,  162 

805 

1 

-- 

2,  341 

7 

304 

626 

,  244 

97 

-- 

2,271 

8 

107 

941 

,  028 

104 

-- 

52 

2,232 

9 

650 

,833 

57 

-- 

-- 

2,540 

50 

758 

,647 

222 

68 

-- 

2.695 

1 

7  37 

,  643 

279 

60 

40 

2,759 

2 

314 

,418 

333 

133 

32 

2,230 

3 

107 

,  575 

431 

136 

113 

25 

2,  387 

4 

49 

,  339 

202 

182 

28 

-- 

1,  800 

5 

24 

,049 

444 

372 

-- 

-- 

1,889 

6 

16 

750 

225 

223 

104 

-- 

1,  318 

7 

1 

349 

353 

360 

48 

-- 

1,  111 

8 

-- 

2  38 

233 

290 

42 

-- 

803 

9 

13 

282 

101 

233 

123 

13 

765 

60 

-- 

107 

63 

268 

127 

10 

575 

1 

19 

4 

100 

184 

123 

57 

487 

2 

4 

114 

251 

137 

3 

1 

510 

3 

47 

23 

257 

94 

47 

-- 

468 

4 

13 

94 

121 

54 

27 

-- 

309 

5 

-- 

25 

115 

76 

38 

13 

267 

6 

-- 

-- 

69 

92 

115 

-- 

276 

7 

1 

3 

161 

82 

40 

24 

311 

8 

-- 

180 

59 

30 

32 

301 

9 

-- 

41 

69 

82 

-- 

192 

70 

-- 

-- 

36 

70 

36 

142 

1 

-- 

18 

10 

10 

4 

42 

2 

-- 

16 

62 

31 

-- 

109 

3 
4 
5 

— 

2 

-- 

2 

4 

8 



9 

4 

4 

17 

6 

4 

4 

-- 

9 

17 

7 

2 

1 

5 

8 

8 

4 

4 

8 

9 

2 

6 

8 

80 

8 

8 

1 

8 

8 

Total 

11, 

335 

8,  371 

17. 

,  626 

3,  551 

3,772 

1,624 

605 

158 

47,042 

65 


Table  55.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   July  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ears 

o  f      a 

g   e 

(cm.) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

32 

16 

16 

3 

37 

37 

4 

89 

89 

5 

168 

168 

6 

335 

335 

7 

518 

59 

577 

8 

875 

85 

960 

9 

1,  186 

65 

^ 

1,251 

40 

1,  341 

136 

1,477 

1 

1,  256 

359 

124 

1,739 

2 

929 

179 

315 

1,423 

3 

904 

449 

277 

103 

1,733 

4 

498 

532 

702 

-- 

1.732 

5 

236 

780 

662 

-- 

74 

1.752 

6 

176 

1,  223 

579 

-- 

-- 

1.978 

7 

231 

485 

1,078 

54 

-- 

1.848 

8 

38 

742 

881 

96 

-- 

77 

1.834 

9 

596 

1,  335 

23 

-- 

-- 

1,954 

50 

511 

1,021 

120 

27 

-- 

1.679 

1 

359 

907 

173 

62 

12 

1.513 

2 

231 

936 

206 

78 

14 

1.465 

3 

83 

806 

229 

69 

72 

19 

1.278 

4 

77 

815 

136 

114 

13 

-- 

1,155 

5 

51 

557 

223 

197 

-- 

-- 

1,028 

6 

38 

488 

257 

196 

79 

-- 

1,058 

7 

4 

242 

255 

257 

38 

-- 

796 

8 

-- 

224 

209 

231 

47 

-- 

711 

9 

13 

157 

74 

133 

79 

-- 

456 

60 

-- 

71 

58 

176 

116 

22 

443 

1 

13 

10 

81 

150 

98 

38 

390 

2 

5 

88 

179 

94 

3 

1 

370 

3 

17 

9 

96 

52 

34 

-- 

208 

4 

9 

59 

81 

44 

19 

1 

213 

5 

-- 

17 

74 

50 

42 

8 

191 

6 

-- 

■-- 

34 

52 

57 

-- 

143 

7 

2 

5 

75 

53 

25 

19 

179 

8 

1 

1 

71 

30 

17 

17 

137 

9 

-- 

21 

36 

50 

-- 

107 

70 

-- 

17 

17 

35 

17 

86 

1 

-- 

23 

15 

16 

7 

61 

2 

-- 

7 

26 

13 

11 

57 

3 

-- 

9 

1 

10 

18 

38 

4 

-- 

-- 

3 

2 

5 

5 

-- 

2 

1 

1 

4 

6 

2 

2 

-- 

5 

9 

7 

2 

1 

6 

9 

8 

9 
80 

2 

2 

4 

4 

4 

Total 

8,833 

7,070 

12,221 

2.47  8 

2,  451 

1,  123 

405 

119 

34,700 

66 


Table  56.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   August  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ear 

s     of 

age 

(cm.) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

33 

29 

29 

4 

26 

32 

58 

5 

-- 

88 

88 

6 

1 

225 

226 

7 

5  30 

117 

647 

8 

942 

-- 

942 

9 

1, 

.  605 

430 

2,035 

40 

1, 

598 

584 

117 

2,299 

1 

2, 

612 

108 

110 

2,  830 

2 

2, 

319 

185 

88 

2,592 

3 

2, 

564 

794 

108 

3,466 

4 

2, 

031 

1,  001 

124 

3,156 

5 

2. 

076 

370 

478 

69 

2,  993 

6 

1. 

524 

962 

333 

1 

2,  820 

7 

1. 

049 

618 

582 

-- 

2,249 

8 

1. 

380 

1,  121 

603 

-- 

50 

3,  154 

9 

523 

768     1 

,  153 

88 

-- 

2,532 

50 

166 

249     1 

,  161 

275 

-- 

1,  851 

1 

134 

522 

808 

312 

82 

1,  858 

2 

124 

89     1 

,  333 

159 

71 

1,776 

3 

-- 

338 

772 

131 

155 

25 

1,421 

4 

-- 

115 

839 

149 

172 

22 

1,297 

5 

68 

121 

526 

245 

149 

50 

1,  159 

6 

41 

382 

198 

67 

14 

702 

7 

26 

385 

180 

52 

-- 

643 

8 

25 

300 

99 

37 

12 

47  3 

9 

20 

193 

75 

144 

63 

44 

539 

60 

-- 

141 

70 

58 

49 

8 

326 

1 

— 

77 

50 

98 

-- 

-- 

225 

2 

-- 

65 

41 

26 

41 

9 

182 

3 

-- 

-- 

22 

103 

-- 

31 

10 

166 

4 

— 

-- 

14 

128 

-- 

-- 

-- 

142 

5 

— 

-- 

19 

56 

3 

-- 

-- 

78 

6 

-- 

13 

25 

25 

15 

13 

2 

93 

7 

-- 

-- 

— 

94 

13 

-- 

-- 

107 

8 

17 

-- 

1 

1 

19 

-- 

17 

55 

9 

-- 

17 

-- 

17 

17 

51 

70 

-- 

8 

4 

1 

1 

14 

1 

-- 

7 

-- 

2 

9 

2 

3 

7 

-- 

-- 

10 

3 

5 

— 

-- 

5 

4 
5 
6 
7 
8 

4 

3 

2 

9 

# 

2 

2 

1 

5 

3 

2 

5 

Total 

27  21, 

619 

8, 621   10, 

694     : 

2,  223 

1,  593 

358 

128 

54 

45,  317 

67 


Table  57  .  --Age -length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   September  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ear 

s      o  f 

age 

(cm. ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

34 

23 

28 

51 

5 

11 

31 

6 

279 

279 

7 

322 

39 

361 

8 

1. 

243 

-- 

1,243 

9 

1. 

837 

186 

2,023 

40 

3, 

192 

277 

55 

3,524 

1 

3, 

355 

287 

51 

3,693 

2 

4, 

518 

126 

63 

4,707 

3 

4. 

178 

1,  303 

60 

5,541 

4 

4. 

064 

1,  207 

68 

5,  339 

5 

3. 

150 

505 

328 

150 

4,  133 

6 

2. 

733 

917 

258 

-- 

3,  908 

7 

1, 

909 

825 

970 

-- 

3,704 

8 

1. 

2  34 

1,  044 

518 

-- 

10 

2,806 

9 

325 

414 

478 

53 

-- 

1,270 

50 

149 

213 

7  35 

144 

-- 

1,241 

1 

58 

278 

540 

149 

45 

1.070 

2 

83 

57 

483 

58 

35 

716 

3 

-- 

160 

414 

55 

52 

9 

690 

4 

-- 

82 

491 

76 

87 

9 

745 

5 

51 

74 

300 

137 

70 

18 

650 

6 

48 

330 

150 

29 

6 

563 

7 

13 

204 

106 

36 

-- 

359 

8 

26 

225 

63 

39 

13 

366 

9 

13 

110 

38 

84 

32 

20 

297 

60 

-- 

127 

64 

48 

44 

4 

287 

1 

-- 

144 

57 

115 

-- 

-- 

316 

2 

— 

81 

51 

32 

51 

13 

228 

3 

-- 

-- 

23 

106 

-- 

30 

7 

166 

4 

-- 

-- 

22 

103 

-- 

-- 

-- 

125 

5 

-- 

1 

34 

91 

10 

1 

-- 

137 

6 

-- 

13 

27 

26 

29 

13 

17 

125 

7 

-- 

69 

22 

-- 

-- 

91 

8 

15 

-- 

16 

-- 

15 

46 

9 

16 

-- 

21 

15 

52 

70 

84 

5 

2 

1 

92 

1 

-- 

22 

-- 

7 

29 

2 

-- 

6 

-- 

-- 

6 

3 

-- 

14 

2 

1 

17 

4 
5 
6 

-- 

-- 

-- 

-- 



2 

2 

2 

-- 

6 

7 

4 

4 

4 

12 

8 

9 

12 

12 

Total 

23  32 

7  39 

8.109 

7.047 

1.457 

1.179 

312 

112 

79 

51,057 

68 


I 


Table  58.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   October  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ears 

o  f   a 

g  e 

(cm. ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

34 

12 

16 

28 

5 

5 

197 

202 

6 

377 

377 

7 

387 

96 

483 

8 

874 

-- 

874 

9 

1, 

,  340 

345 

1, 

685 

40 

1. 

,656 

563 

113 

2, 

332 

1 

2, 

.999 

140 

117 

3, 

256 

2 

2, 

707 

171 

87 

2, 

965 

3 

2, 

458 

760 

99 

3, 

317 

4 

2, 

117 

1,  090 

142 

3, 

,  349 

5 

1, 

977 

341 

483 

64 

2, 

,865 

6 

1, 

346 

784 

293 

-- 

2, 

,423 

7 

994 

599 

570 

1 

2, 

,  164 

8 

631 

580 

309 

-- 

25 

1, 

,545 

9 

298 

387 

544 

53 

-- 

1, 

,  282 

50 

114 

206 

746 

175 

-- 

1, 

,241 

1 

87 

333 

484 

212 

57 

1, 

,  173 

2 

94 

67 

666 

105 

50 

982 

3 

-- 

223 

429 

54 

54 

9 

769 

4 

-- 

70 

537 

104 

122 

17 

850 

5 

16 

83 

369 

171 

98 

31 

768 

6 

64 

31 

301 

127 

35 

7 

565 

7 

21 

314 

146 

42 

-- 

523 

8 

28 

238 

68 

42 

14 

390 

9 

17 

132 

50 

98 

30 

15 

342 

60 

-- 

103 

52 

41 

37 

5 

238 

1 

-- 

88 

44 

89 

-- 

-- 

221 

2 

-- 

52 

35 

18 

34 

2 

141 

3 

-- 

-- 

24 

99 

-- 

26 

1 

150 

4 

-- 

-- 

6 

97 

-- 

-- 

-- 

103 

5 

-- 

-- 

24 

71 

-- 

-- 

-- 

95 

6 

-- 

12 

24 

24 

12 

12 

-- 

84 

7 

-- 

-- 

-- 

54 

13 

-- 

-- 

67 

8 

16 

-- 

1 

2 

20 

-- 

16 

55 

9 

-- 

17 

-- 

22 

16 

55 

70 

-- 

16 

-- 

-- 

-- 

16 

1 

' 

-- 

18 

-- 

18 

36 

2 

. 

14 

27 

-- 

-- 

41 

3 

11 

-- 

-- 

11 

4 

4 

4 

3 

11 

5 

1 

1 

1 

3 

6 

7 

1 

1 

1 

3 

8 
9 





80 

3 

3 

Total 

17  20, 

749 

6.  951 

7,242 

1,  540 

1,  151 

286 

88 

59 

38, 

083 

69 


Table  59.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   November  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ear 

sofa 

g   e 

(cm. ) 

1               2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

33 
4 
5 

25 

1 

26 

24 

2 

26 

6 

28            99 

8 

135 

7 

174 

92 

266 

8 

452 

-- 

452 

9 

597 

23 

620 

40 

1,  017 

-- 

017 

1 

1,456 

-- 

456 

2 

1,  491 

170 

661 

3 

1,  564 

-- 

104 

668 

4 

1,  852 

117 

-- 

969 

5 

1,  597 

54 

4 

655 

6 

1,  385 

195 

5 

585 

7 

765 

115 

2  38 

2 

120 

8 

729 

165 

155 

117 

166 

9 

178 

231 

211 

9 

629 

50 

157 

322 

343 

102 

4 

928 

1 

167 

544 

164 

39 

-- 

914 

2 

66 

162 

377 

144 

8 

757 

3 

21 

106 

335 

125 

60 

647 

4 

76 

428 

155 

26 

685 

5 

143 

247 

169 

42 

601 

6 

12 

356 

174 

76 

29 

647 

7 

17 

345 

179 

52 

17 

610 

8 

21 

198 

138 

86 

34 

10 

487 

9 

-- 

176 

137 

106 

28 

-- 

447 

60 

10 

113 

62 

103 

91 

-- 

379 

1 

-- 

90 

127 

98 

25 

25 

12 

377 

2 

7 

62 

54 

67 

34 

14 

-- 

238 

3 

43 

50 

86 

28 

-- 

-- 

207 

4 

12 

37 

101 

12 

12 

-- 

174 

5 

10 

40 

40 

40 

19 

-- 

149 

6 

22 

22 

70 

40 

3 

3 

160 

7 

8 

22 

45 

-- 

-- 

75 

8 

31 

46 

31 

8 

-- 

116 

9 

-- 

19 

39 

-- 

-- 

58 

70 

-- 

59 

7 

6 

5 

77 

1 

6 

23 

17 

-- 

-- 

46 

2 

12 

6 

13 

6 

37 

3 

-- 

25 

25 

12 

62 

4 

15 

5 

5 

-- 

25 

5 

-- 

17 

-- 

17 

6 

3 

3 

6 

12 

7 

-- 

8 

8 

8 

12 

-- 

12 

9 

2 

2 

4 

80 
1 
2 

-- 

-- 

19 

19 

Total 

28  13,  816 

2,593 

4,  038 

1,  927 

1,  221 

570 

160 

■^3 

24 

,426 

70 


Table  60.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),    December  1956,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length     _ 

Y 

ear 

s      of 

age 

(cm. ) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

35 

41 

4 

45 

6 

8 

131 

21 

160 

7 

171 

63 

2  34 

8 

440 

-- 

440 

9 

832 

20 

852 

40 

,047 

-- 

,047 

1 

,  689 

-- 

,  689 

2 

,  327 

162 

,489 

3 

,  635 

35 

88 

,758 

4 

,  278 

79 

-- 

,  357 

5 

,589 

74 

7 

1 

,671 

6 

,  189 

140 

3 

-- 

,  332 

7 

716 

170 

240 

7 

,  133 

8 

662 

94 

79 

40 

875 

9 

262 

206 

218 

4 

690 

50 

192 

257 

262 

96 

2 

809 

1 

197 

467 

188 

50 

-- 

902 

2 

126 

260 

405 

138 

13 

942 

3 

28 

139 

334 

137 

60 

698 

4 

78 

485 

155 

37 

755 

5 

184 

332 

224 

57 

797 

6 

15 

400 

173 

79 

33 

700 

7 

18 

370 

169 

59 

18 

634 

8 

24 

232 

147 

89 

24 

12 

528 

9 

-- 

263 

201 

169 

47 

-- 

680 

60 

10 

111 

61 

101 

124 

-- 

407 

1 

-- 

103 

130 

76 

19 

19 

9 

356 

2 

9 

85 

92 

129 

47 

19 

-- 

381 

3 

53 

98 

105 

71 

-- 

-- 

327 

4 

13 

37 

119 

12 

30 

-- 

211 

5 

10 

40 

41 

41 

20 

-- 

152 

6 

16 

16 

47 

^3 

-- 

-- 

102 

7 

10 

32 

63 

-- 

-- 

105 

8 

22 

32 

21 

5 

-- 

80 

9 

-- 

27 

53 

-- 

-- 

80 

70 

-- 

44 

-- 

-- 

-- 

44 

1 

5 

20 

15 

-- 

-- 

40 

2 

10 

5 

10 

4 

29 

3 

-- 

13 

13 

7 

33 

4 

15 

5 

5 

-- 

25 

5 

-- 

11 

-- 

11 

6 

1 

1 

2 

4 

7 

-- 

4 

4 

8 

4 

-- 

4 

9 

2 

2 

4 

80 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

— 

-- 

— 

-- 

4 

4 

Total 

8  13, 

552 

2,529 

4,297 

2,053 

1,  363 

641 

145 

32 

24, 

620 

71 


Table  61.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  and  West  combined),   January  1957,    in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

ear 

s      of      age 

(cm.) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

&t 

Total 

35 

29 

4 

33 

6 

4 

26 

3 

33 

7 

64 

26 

90 

8 

98 

-- 

98 

9 

191 

5 

196 

40 

441 

-- 

441 

1 

637 

-- 

637 

2 

676 

54 

7  30 

3 

816 

-- 

30 

846 

4 

865 

53 

-- 

918 

5 

935 

24 

1 

960 

6 

782 

107 

1 

890 

7 

624 

102 

179 

1 

906 

8 

429 

83 

76 

54 

642 

9 

240 

248 

233 

11 

1 

733 

50 

132 

188 

187 

36 

2 

545 

1 

146 

413 

97 

24 

-- 

680 

2 

70 

147 

281 

113 

7 

618 

3 

28 

122 

323 

118 

59 

650 

4 

81 

445 

162 

28 

716 

5 

84 

276 

193 

80 

633 

6 

12 

361 

179 

76 

34 

662 

7 

12 

249 

191 

44 

12 

508 

8 

23 

230 

185 

135 

56 

11 

640 

9 

-- 

200 

155 

122 

31 

-- 

508 

60 

8 

93 

52 

85 

118 

-- 

356 

1 

-- 

63 

89 

72 

18 

18 

9 

269 

2 

7 

62 

51 

75 

34 

14 

-- 

243 

3 

48 

87 

97 

64 

-- 

-- 

296 

4 

15 

46 

145 

15 

37 

-- 

258 

5 

7 

29 

29 

42 

27 

-- 

134 

6 

19 

20 

63 

40 

4 

4 

150 

7 

5 

15 

51 

-- 

-- 

71 

8 

29 

43 

45 

23 

-- 

140 

9 

-- 

14 

33 

5 

-- 

52 

70 

-- 

34 

3 

3 

3 

43 

1 

5 

21 

17 

-- 

10 

53 

2 

14 

9 

16 

8 

47 

3 

-- 

5 

5 

3 

13 

4 

15 

7 

10 

4 

36 

5 

-- 

2 

3 

5 

6 

-- 

1 

4 

5 

7 

-- 

8 

8 

8 

9 

-- 

9 

9 

4 

4 

8 

80 

8 

8 

Total 

4 

7,229 

1,  806 

3,476 

1,835 

1,276 

647 

176 

68 

16,517 

72 


Table  62.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from 
5Z  (East  aind  West  combined),    1956  Haddock  Year,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y 

e 

a  r  s 

0 

,  f     age 

(cm.) 

1               2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

32 

16 

16 

3 

126 

3 

129 

4 

61            186 

-- 

247 

5 

5           859 

21 

885 

6 

41       2,128 

40 

2,209 

7 

3,  37  3 

653 

4,026 

8 

6.493 

391 

6.  884 

9 

10,  377 

1, 

299 

211 

53 

11, 940 

40 

14,  087 

2, 

098 

409 

-- 

16,594 

1 

17,228 

2, 

295 

1, 

258 

-- 

20,781 

2 

16,507 

2, 

307 

1, 

972 

-- 

20,786 

3 

16,565 

4, 

152 

2, 

808 

427 

23,952 

4 

14,249 

6, 

172 

3, 

345 

524 

24,290 

5 

12,578 

4, 

944 

4, 

428 

285 

162 

22,397 

6 

9,781 

7, 

087 

4, 

985 

395 

256 

22,504 

7 

6,865 

5, 

125 

8, 

366 

7  38 

4 

21,098 

8 

5,  315 

6, 

220 

7, 

202 

1, 

.  302 

87 

175 

20,  301 

9 

1,826 

4, 

879 

10, 

563 

671 

244 

-- 

18,183 

50 

910 

3, 

498 

10, 

799 

1, 

,  945 

186 

61 

17, 399 

1 

789 

4, 

281 

8, 

945 

1, 

,968 

771 

125 

16,879 

2 

563 

1, 

768 

9, 

198 

1, 

,991 

982 

445 

14,947 

3 

77 

1, 

409 

7, 

808 

2, 

,419 

1, 

106 

296 

59 

13,174 

4 

-- 

681 

7. 

984 

1, 

,  864 

1, 

,671 

314 

-- 

12,514 

5 

135 

785 

5. 

501 

2, 

,509 

2, 

202 

236 

-- 

11, 368 

6 

64 

251 

5, 

216 

2, 

,158 

2, 

,065 

395 

-- 

10,149 

7 

128 

3. 

425 

2, 

,097 

2, 

,213 

199 

45 

8,107 

8 

160 

2. 

458 

1, 

,855 

2, 

,431 

465 

33 

7,402 

9 

111 

2, 

235 

1, 

,078 

,  999 

1,  146 

188 

6,757 

60 

28 

953 

881 

,702 

1,048 

84 

4,696 

1 

47 

633 

884 

,431 

879 

419 

67 

4,  360 

2 

23 

457 

759 

,277 

781 

417 

49 

3,763 

3 

-- 

238 

351 

,  675 

640 

423 

18 

3,  345 

4 

-- 

75 

522 

,431 

422 

235 

3 

2,688 

5 

-- 

28 

312 

838 

394 

536 

128 

2,236 

6 

— 

95 

186 

585 

392 

591 

67 

1,916 

7 

— 

4 

73 

806 

485 

215 

61 

1,644 

8 

48 

2 

87 

613 

360 

182 

168 

1,460 

9 

-- 

-- 

195 

354 

315 

87 

951 

70 

— 

-- 

272 

224 

234 

237 

967 

1 

— 

16 

143 

239 

68 

189 

655 

2 

17 

-- 

70 

219 

210 

29 

545 

3 

— 

17 

80 

109 

72 

278 

4 

-- 

45 

25 

60 

114 

244 

5 

— 

-- 

23 

43 

19 

85 

6 

8 

2 

18 

10 

54 

92 

7 

12 

8 

57 

77 

8 

34 

49 

83 

9 

12 

35 

47 

80 

23 

23 

1 

8 

8 

2 

25 

25 

3 

-- 

-- 

4 
5 
6 

6 

6 

4 

4 

Total 

107     141,097 

60, 

904 

111,618  28, 

,  358 

27, 

481 

10,498 

4,484 

1,569 

386,116 

73 


Table  63.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,   Spring  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years         of         age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

33 

6 

9 
42 

5 

8 
51 

4  41  478  271  182  80  20 

7 
60  72  97  363  97  48 

3 

6  60  76  75  15 

9  12  24  36  24  96 

Total  2,742     4,909        1,098     1,528        531  83  64        10,955 


42 

443 

634 

211 

734 

661 

558 

766 

70 

156 

1,  147 

140 

134 

1,  347 

148 

150 

29 

41 

47  8 

271 

182 

80 

227 

250 

457 

114 

72 

97 

363 

97 

50 

27  6 

100 

60 

76 

75 

42 

443 

845 

1,395 

1,  394 

1,443 

1,808 

1,  07  2 

1,048 

677 

25 

451 

15 

241 

i 


74 


I 


Table  64.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,   Summer  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Yea 

r    s 

o    f 

age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

36 

6 

6 

12 

9 

26 

59 

85 

42 

227 

59 

286 

5 

236 

409 

7 

652 

8 

92 

541 

85 

718 

51 

43 

435 

145 

36 

659 

4 

20 

221 

143 

74 

62 

520 

7 

7 

124 

153 

127 

14 

7 

432 

60 

6 

12 

74 

126 

69 

40 

-- 

327 

3 

52 

65 

73 

26 

-- 

216 

6 

10 

35 

55 

15 

15 

130 

9 

5 

24 

28 

10 

10 

77 

72 

11 

16 

7 

7 

41 

5 

-- 

21 

21 

8 

1 

1 

2 

Total 

32 

696 

1,801 

674 

498 

317 

99 

61 

4,  178 

75 


Table  65  .  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,    Fall  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years  of  age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+    Total 

36  16  16 

9  50     28  78 

42  26     96  122 

5  4  73     51       2  1  131 

8  2  53    160      13  --  228 
51  59    190      56  --  305 

4  20    161  62  23  3                   269 

7  7  62               54  51  14               3                                 191 
60  5           47               41  49  5               3                3               153 

3  5               34  54  14               5               --               112 

6  1  10  30  22               4                4                71 

9  5  11  15  5                5                 41 
72  3  4  3              2                4                 16 

5  1  5  1  4                 11 

8  11 

Total  98         341          677            280  224  81            23              21          1,745 


76 


Table  66.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,   Winter  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years         of         age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 

36  5       4                                               9 

9  30      --                                              30 

42  60       7                                              67 

5  142  14                                      156 

8  119  85     11                                 215 
51  80     159     --                               239 

4  44  172     21                              237 
7  21     104     43           7                    175 

60  32     49    16     --      16             113 

3  42    21     21      --             84 

6  27    21  21       --             69 

9  6    16  --             22 
72  11              6             17 

5  7  7 

Total  95     417     566     199    92     49      22           1,440 


77 


Table  67.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  North,    1956  Haddock  Year, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 
(3  cm. 
groups) 


Years         of 


age 


2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

42 

42 

27 

453 

480 

106 

721 

211 

1,038 

86 

1,064 

720 

1,870 

4 

1,009 

1,240 

79 

1 

2,333 

2 

420 

1,933 

249 

-- 

2,604 

316 

2,  131 

349 

186 

29 

3,011 

125 

1,032 

497 

279 

145 

20 

2,  098 

35 

517 

500 

635 

149 

3 

7 

1,846 

11 

163 

261 

554 

171 

107 

3 

1,270 

5 

178 

416 

208 

31 

25 

863 

1 

107 

162 

173 

34 

34 

511 

28 

75 

79 

15 

39 

236 

3 

26 

19 

15 

11 

74 

8 

5 

1 

1 

25 
2 

39 
3 

33 
6 
9 

42 
5 
8 

51 
4 
7 

60 
3 
6 
9 

72 
5 
8 


Total 


225  4, 196  7,  953    2,251  2,  342 


978 


227 


146    18,318 


78 


Table  68.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,   Spring  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years         of         a    g    e 

(3  cm. 

groups) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-t-  Total 

30  7  7 

3 

6 

9 
42 

5 

8 
51 

4 

7 
60 

3 

6 

9 
72 

5 

8 
81 

Total  1,539       8,709      2,100     2,685     1,096  253  62        16,444 


42 

42 

289 

82 

371 

384 

691 

43 

1,  118 

403 

1,  978 

148 

3 

1 

1 

2,  534 

312 

3,127 

220 

145 

30 

-- 

3,834 

75 

1,  525 

634 

477 

185 

34 

2,  930 

20 

806 

37  2 

539 

124 

-- 

1,861 

7 

391 

317 

504 

205 

38 

1,462 

109 

186 

509 

220 

67 

1,  091 

105 

316 

158 

70 

649 

75 

111 

75 

25 

286 

52 

70 

18 

35 

175 

29 

28 

19 
4 

4 

57 

19 

4 

4 

79 


Table  69.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,   Summer  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years         of         age 

(3  cm. 


groups) 


5      6      7      8  Total 


39  6      12  18 

42  52      60  112 

5  31  428  459 

8  --  410  410 
51  --      --     123   254     62  439 

4  40  81     162    83     42  408 
7  217      48   121     48  434 

60  26      51   116     31  13              237 

3  20   102    142  --              264 

6  28    70     83  --  181 

9  55    --  28  --              83 
72  38     --  --              38 

5  2  2  4 

Total  129   1,234     487   784    438  15            3,087 


80 


Table  70.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,   Fall  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y    e 

a    r    s 

o    f 

age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

G 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

36 

16 

16 

9 

5 

58 

63 

42 

57 

134 

114 

38 

343 

5 

-- 

241 

723 

80 

1,044 

8 

-- 

374 

830 

259 

106 

1,569 

51 

12 

23 

57  6 

471 

47 

1,129 

4 

118 

302 

192 

74 

74 

15 

775 

7 

56 

225 

323 

140 

28 

14 

786 

60 

134 

253 

134 

90 

29 

640 

3 

31 

104 

189 

104 

10 

10 

448 

6 

111 

78 

78 

-- 

63 

330 

9 

13 

13 

33 

20 

7 

86 

72 

59 

59 

5 

14 

14 

8 

7 

7 

Total 

74 

1,020 

2,935 

1,844 

781 

487 

59 

109 

7,  309 

81 


Table  71.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,   Winter  1956, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length 

Y    ( 

2    a    r 

s        of 

a 

g    e 

(3  cm. 

groups) 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9  + 

Total 

39 

9 

9 

42 

113 

19 

132 

5 

94 

212 

23 

. 

329 

8 

21 

407 

246 

43 

717 

51 

246 

439 

11 

696 

4 

223 

73 

55 

351 

7 

118 

54 

65 

237 

60 

41 

72 

31 

144 

3 

11 

34 

46 

91 

6 

15 

22 

8 

45 

9 

19 

18 

37 

72 

2 

2 

1 

5 

5 

2 

2 

Total 

237 

884 

1,  101 

321 

219 

30 

2 

1 

2,795 

82 


Table  72.  --Age- length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  South,    1956  Haddock  Year, 

in  hundreds  of  fish 


Length  Years         of         age 

(3  cm. 

groups) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+  Total 

30  7  7 

3 

6 

9 
42 

5 

8 
51 

4 

7 
60 

3 

6 

9 
72 

5 

8 
81 

Total  311     3,572  13,979        4,752     4,469     2,051  329  172      29,635 


58 

58 

14 

353 

94 

461 

170 

589 

865 

81 

1,705 

94 

887 

3,  152 

228 

3 

1 

1 

4,  366 

21 

1,093 

4,  613 

522 

251 

30 

-- 

6,530 

12 

344 

2,  540 

1,  239 

778 

247 

34 

5,194 

178 

1,412 

799 

751 

240 

-- 

15 

3,  395 

63 

951 

7  42 

830 

281 

38 

14 

2.919 

310 

562 

790 

341 

109 

-- 

2,  112 

42 

263 

653 

404 

80 

10 

1,452 

229 

281 

244 

25 

63 

842 

87 

65 

149 

38 

42 

381 

67 

89 

18 

7 

2 
2 

1 

19 

4 

4 

159 

39 

11 

4 

83 


Table  7  3. --Age -length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and 
South  combined)  Spring  1956,  in  hundreds  of  fish 


Leng 

:th 

groups) 

Years 

!    of 

agi 

e 

(3-cm. 

'l 

0 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9+ 

Total 

30 

7 

7 

33 

42 

42 

36 

485 

485 

39 

923 

293 

1,  216 

42 

1,  118 

1, 

,  352 

43 

2,  513 

45 

961 

2, 

744 

218 

3 

1 

1 

3,928 

48 

468 

4, 

274 

360 

145 

30 

-- 

5,277 

51 

209 

2. 

,872 

782 

627 

214 

34 

4,738 

54 

61 

1, 

284 

643 

721 

204 

20 

2,933 

57 

7 

618 

567 

961 

319 

38 

2,  510 

60 

181 

283 

872 

317 

115 

1,768 

63 

155 

592 

258 

70 

25 

1,  100 

66 

135 

187 

150 

40 

15 

527 

69 

12 

76 

106 

18 

59 

271 

72 

29 

28 

-- 

57 

75 

19 

19 

78 

4 

4 

81 

4 

4 

Total 

7 

4,274 

13, 

,618 

3, 

.  198 

4, 

,213 

1,627 

336 

126 

27,  399 

84 


Table  74.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and 
South  combined)  Summer  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 


Len 

gth 
groups) 

Years 

of    age 

(3-cm. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

S+ 

Total 

27 

30 

33 

36 

6 

6 

12 

39 

26 

65 

12 

103 

42 

27  9 

119 

398 

45 

267 

837 

7 

1,  111 

48 

92 

951 

85 

1,  128 

51 

43 

435 

268 

290 

62 

1,098 

54 

60 

302 

305 

157 

104 

928 

57 

7 

341 

201 

248 

62 

7 

866 

60 

6 

38 

125 

242 

100 

53 

-- 

564 

63 

72 

167 

215 

26 

-- 

480 

66 

38 

105 

138 

15 

15 

311 

69 

60 

24 

56 

10 

10 

160 

72 

49 

16 

7 

7 

79 

75 

2 

2 

21 

25 

78 

1 

1 

2 

81 

Total 

32 

825 

3,  035 

1,  161 

1,282 

755 

114 

61 

7,  265 

85 


Table  7  5. --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and 
South  combined)  Fall  1956,   in  hundreds  offish 


Len, 

gth 
groups) 

Years 

of    age 

(3-cm. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

^+ 

Total 

33 

36 

16 

16 

32 

39 

55 

86 

141 

42 

83 

230 

114 

38 

465 

45 

4 

314 

774 

82 

1 

1,  175 

48 

2 

427 

990 

272 

106 

1,797 

51 

12 

82 

766 

527 

47 

1,434 

54 

138 

463 

254 

97 

77 

15 

1.044 

57 

63 

287 

377 

191 

42 

3 

14 

977 

60 

5 

181 

294 

183 

95 

32 

3 

793 

63 

36 

138 

243 

118 

15 

10 

560 

66 

1 

121 

108 

100 

4 

67 

401 

69 

18 

24 

48 

25 

12 

127 

72 

3 

4 

62 

2 

4 

75 

75 

1 

19 

1 

4 

25 

78 

7 

1 

8 

81 

Total 

172 

1,  361 

3,612 

2,  124 

1.005 

568 

82 

130 

9,  054 

86 


Table  7  6.  --Age-length  composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (North  and 
South  combined)  Winter  1956,   in  hundreds  of  fish 

Length  Years    of    age 

(3-cm.   groups)      23  4  5  67  8  9+         Total" 

9 

39 

199 

485 

932 

935 

588 

412 

16  257 

175 

114 

59 

8  1  22 

9 


Total  332       1,301       1,667  520  311  79  24  1         4,235 


36 

5 

4 

39 

39 

-- 

42 

173 

26 

45 

94 

354 

37 

48 

21 

526 

331 

54 

51 

326 

598 

11 

54 

44 

395 

94 

55 

57 

21 

222 

97 

65 

7 

60 

73 

121 

47 

-- 

63 

11 

76 

67 

21 

66 

42 

43 

29 

69 

25 

16 

18 

72 

11 

2 

75 

7 

2 

78 

81 

87 


Table  7  7 

.  --Age-length 

composition  of  haddock  landed  from  5Y  (No 

irth  and 

South  comb 

lined)  1956  IfeddockYear, 

in  hundreds 

of  fish 

Lenj 

groups) 

Years 

of 

age 

(3-cm. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

a 

9+ 

Total 

30 

7 

7 

33 

-- 

42 

42 

36 

27 

511 

538 

39 

120 

1,  074 

305 

1,499 

42 

256 

1,  653 

1, 

585 

81 

3,  57  5 

45 

98 

1.896 

4, 

392 

307 

4 

1 

1 

6,  699 

48 

23 

1.  513 

6, 

546 

771 

251 

30 

-- 

9,  134 

51 

12 

660 

4. 

671 

1, 

,588 

964 

27  6 

34 

8,  205 

54 

303 

2, 

444 

1, 

,296 

1, 

030 

385 

20 

15 

5,493 

57 

98 

1, 

468 

1, 

,  242 

1, 

465 

430 

41 

21 

4.765 

60 

11 

47  3 

823 

1, 

344 

512 

216 

3 

3,  382 

63 

47 

441 

1, 

069 

612 

111 

35 

2,  315 

66 

1 

336 

443 

417 

59 

97 

1,353 

69 

115 

140 

228 

53 

81 

617 

72 

3 

93 

108 

17 

12 

233 

75 

8 

23 

3 

44 

78 

78 

7 

1 

6 

14 

81 

4 

4 

Total 

543 

7,761     : 

21. 

932 

7, 

,003 

6, 

811 

3,  029 

556 

318 

47,  953 

88 


Table  78. --Haddock  abundance  (catch-per-day,   lOO's  of  pounds),    fishing  effort 
(standard   trawler  days    fished)  and  catch  (lOO's  of  pounds    landed)  for 
5Z.    1956  Haddock  Year  (see  text  for  explanation) 


Seasons  5Z    East  5Z    West  5Z    Total 

and  Catch  Days  Catch  Days  Catch  Days 

months        per  day      Catch      fished     per  day      Catch      fished     per   day      Catch      fished 


SPRING 

Feb 

178 

58.642 

329 

65 

24.749 

381 

117 

83,  391 

710 

Mar 

171 

50,821 

297 

124 

23,  851 

192 

153 

74,  672 

489 

Apr 

140 

7,777 

56 

134 

24,625 

184 

135 

32,402 

240 

Total 

172 

117,240 

682 

124 

73,225 

591 

150 

190,465 

1273 

SUMMER 

May 

141 

31,760 

225 

133 

67,927 

511 

135 

99,687 

736 

June 

111 

28,745 

259 

138 

81,857 

593 

130 

110,602 

852 

July 

106 

42,292 

399 

92 

39,068 

425 

99 

81,  360 

824 

Total 

117 

102,797 

879 

127 

188,852 

1486 

123 

291,  649 

2365 

FALL 

Aug 

112 

45,706 

408 

145 

53,417 

368 

128 

99,123 

776 

Sept 

128 

22,583 

176 

166 

83,  640 

504 

156 

106,223 

680 

Oct 

139 

36,079 

260 

143 

46, 391 

324 

141 

82,470 

584 

Total 

126 

104,368 

828 

152 

183,448 

1207 

141 

287,816 

2035 

WINTER 

Nov 

156 

17,  135 

110 

240 

45,630 

190 

209 

62,765 

300 

Dec 

174 

14,897 

86 

64 

49,  843 

779 

75 

64,740 

865 

Jan 

63 

12, 301 

195 

174 

35, 311 

203 

120 

47, 612 

398 

Total 

120 

44,  333 

369 

174 

130,784 

752 

156 

175, 117 

1121 

YEAR 


134         368,738     2758 


144         576,309     4036 


139         945,047     6794 


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