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Table 1: Total landings (kg) of whelk by Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 1988/89 –
2006/07
Fishing
Year FMA1 FMA2 FMA3 FMA4 FMA5 FMA6 FMA7 FMA8 FMA9
1988/89 825
1989/90 21,683
1990/91 44,976
1991/92 26,935
1992/93 21 18 1,762
1993/94 135 49,278
1994/95 707 545 21,458 593
1995/96 89 178 *27,832
1996/97 2 174 144 150 3 8,959
1997/98 102 884
1998/99 223 2,205 2,470 150 570
1999/00 2,286 7,953 3,250 790 80
2000/01 10,467 17,497 3,538 4,765 141
2001/02 1,474 3,995 515 1,755 2
2002/03 212 20 4 780 77
2003/04 35 491 335 4,217
2004/05 8 58 335 228 47
2005/06 212 32
2006/07 405 425
Total 471 1105 16,835 31,820 9780 8910 182,107 593 47
* Data has been corrected by removing a suspected data entry error.
13 Data on target species and fishing methods is derived from estimated catch data
reported on catch-effort returns, which is generally less reliable than landings data.
From 1988/89 to 1997/98 the majority of whelk catch was targeted (Table 2). Since
1998/99 the majority of estimated catch of whelk has been taken as bycatch in
fisheries targeting oyster or finfish such as hoki, flounder and red cod (Table 2).
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