TABLE 1: Fishing Gear Codes

TRAWLS DREDGES OTB OTTER TRAWL, BEAM DRC DREDGE, OCEAN QUAHOG/SURFCLAM OTC OTTER TRAWL, BOTTOM, CRAB DRS DREDGE, SCALLOP/ NEW BEDFORD OTF OTTER TRAWL, BOTTOM, DRD DREDGE, DIGBY OTO OTTER TRAWL, BOTTOM,OTHER DRG DREDGE, OTHER OTM OTTER TRAWL, MIDWTER OTS OTTER TRAWL, BOTTOM, SHRIMP OTR OTTER TRAWL, RUHLE POTS TRW OTTER TRAWL, OTHER PTC POT, CRAB PTB PAIR TRAWL, BOTTOM PTF POT, FISH PTM PAIR TRAWL, MIDWATER PTH POT, HAG PTL POT, LOBSTER SEINE PTS POT, SHRIMP PUR PURSE SEINE PTW POT, WHELK (CONCH) SED DANISH SEINE PTE POT, SES SCOTTISH SEINE PTO POT, OTHER STS STOP SEINE SEH COMMON/HAND SEINE SEI OTHER SEINES TRAPS PND POUND NET GILLNETS WEI WEIR GNA GILLNET, ANCHOR FYK FYKE NET GND GILLNET, DRIFT TRP OTHER FIXED NET GNR GILLNET, RUNAROUND GIL GILLNET, OTHER GNS GILLNET, SINK MISC. (groundfish, dogfish, etc.) CST CAST NET DIP DIP NET LONGLINE SCP UMBRELLA/SCAP NET LLB LONGLINE/TUB TRAWL, BOTTOM DIV DIVING LLO LONGLINE, OTHER HDG HAND GATHER HRP HARPOON ROD & REEL GIG GIGS HND HAND LINE/ROD & REEL RAK HAND RAKE TRL HOOK & LINE, TROLL LINE OTH OTHER (for rare gear types not listed in table) TABLE 2: Fishing Effort: Gear Details

Box 13 Box 14 Box 15 Box 16 Box 17 Box 21 Net Mesh/Entrance or Quantity of Size/Length of Gear or Gear Fished Total # of Pots or # of No. of Hauls Tow/Soak Time Ring Size Gear Fishing Lines Smallest mesh size used Sweep length (feet) Average tow time per Trawls No. of trawls No. of tows hauled in end or liner (i.e. foot rope length) haul Average tow time per Dredges Ring size No. of dredges Dredge width (inches) No. of tows hauled haul No. of nets per Average length (feet) of Average soak time Gillnet Mesh Size (stretch) No. of strings hauled string (avg) net per haul Main line length (to the Number of hooks nearest tenth of Average tow time per Longline Leave Blank No. of hauls per line nautical mile- e.g. 1.5 haul NM Number of hooks Total trip time minus Rod & Reel Leave Blank Number of lines used Leave Blank per line steam time

Entrance size (ring, hoop No. of pots hauled Total number of pots in Average soak time Pots No. of strings hauled or opening) per string (avg) the water per haul Length of head rope Average soak time Seine Mesh Size No. of seine nets No. of sets hauled (feet) per haul Diving Leave Blank 1 Leave Blank Leave Blank Dive time Search time for Harpoon Leave Blank No. of harpoons Leave Blank No. of throws target species Cast/Scoop/Dip/Scap Search time for Mesh Size No. of nets Average radius of net No. of hauls Net target species Rake Leave Blank 1 Leave Blank Leave Blank Fish time Average soak time Fykes Mesh Size No. of nets Length of net No. of hauls per haul Search time for Hand Gather Leave Blank 1 Leave Blank Leave Blank target species Mesh Size of No. of sets of traps Length of leader/wing Average soak time Traps/Weirs Crib/distance between No. of traps/nets lifted or times weir was (feet) per haul each lath checked TABLE 3: Latitude and Longitude of NMFS Chart Areas

SUB AREA LATITUDE LONGITUDE SUB AREA DESCRIPTION If you fish in this Enter this latitude in Enter this Longitude chart area: Box 20: in Box 20:

Block Island 121 41 14 71 35 Western Long Island Sound-North 141 41 07 73 10 Western Long Island Sound-South 142 41 00 73 10 Central Long Island Sound-North 143 41 10 72 40 Central Long Island Sound- South 144 41 04 72 45 Eastern Long Island Sound-North 145 41 15 72 19 Eastern Long Island Sound-South 146 41 10 72 13 Block Island Sound- Northwest 147 41 12 72 03 Block Island Sound-Gardiners/Peconic 148 41 06 72 16 Block Island Sound- Southeast 149 41 13 71 45 New Jersey Boundary to East Rockaway 158 40 32 74 00 Hudson River-NY 159 40 42 74 01 South Oyster Bay 161 40 38 73 26 East Rockaway Inlet to Jones Inlet 162 40 34 73 37 Great South Bay 163 40 44 72 58 Jones Inlet to Moriches Inlet 164 40 42 72 54 Moriches and Shinnecock Bays 165 40 52 72 28 Moriches Inlet to Shinnecock Inlet 166 40 49 72 30 Shinnecock Inlet to Montauk 167 40 56 72 10

168 41 02 71 45 Outer Block Island Sound (FED) TABLE 5: Species Codes (Page 1 of 2)

GROUNDFISH PELAGIC SPECIES COD COD ALWF ALEWIFE CUSK CUSK BLU BLUEFISH HADD HADDOCK BON BONITO RHAK HAKE, RED/ LING BUT BUTTERFISH SHAK HAKE, SILVER/ WHITING DOL DOLPHIN FISH/MAHI-MAHI WHAK HAKE, WHITE ESC ESCOLAR MONK MONKFISH/ANGLERFISH/GOOSEFISH HARV HARVEST FISH MONKL MONKFISH LIVER HERR HERRING, ATLANTIC MONKT MONKFISH TAILS HRBB HERRING, BLUEBACK CAT OCEAN CATFISH/ WOLFISH MACK MACKEREL, ATLANTIC POUT OCEAN POUT MACC MACKEREL, CHUBB POLL POLLOCK FRI MACKEREL, FRIGATE/BOOHOO RED REDFISH/ OCEAN PERCH KGM MACKEREL, KING SSM MACKEREL, SPANISH FLOUNDERS MEN MENHADEN/BUNKER FLDAB AMERICAN PLAICE/ SEA DAB BUM MARLIN, BLUE FLBB BLACKBACK/ WINTER/ CHANNEL WHM MARLIN, WHITE FLSOU FLOUNDER, SOUTHERN SUN OCEAN SUNFISH FLFSP FOURSPOT OPAH OPAH/MOONFISH FLGS GRAY SOLE/ WITCH SHAD SHAD, AMERICAN HAL HALIBUT, ATLANTIC SHDG SHAD, GIZZARD HALG HALIBUT, GREENLAND SHDH SHAD, HICKORY FLSD SAND DAB/ WINDOWPANE/ BRILL SMLT SMELT FLUKE SUMMER/ FLUKE SWO FLYT YELLOWTAIL

OTHER FINFISH - NORTHERN SHARKS ANCH ANCHOVY DGCH DOGFISH, CHAIN BBR BLACK BELLIED ROSEFISH DGSM DOGFISH, SMOOTH BSB BLACK SEA BASS DGSP DOGFISH, SPINY CUN CUNNER SHBA BASKING HAG HAGFISH SHBN BIGNOSE JDO JOHN DORY SHBT BLACK TIP KIL KILLIFISH SHBL BLUE LUMP LUMPFISH SHBU BULL PERW PERCH, WHITE SHDU DUSKY PUF PUFFER, NORTHERN SHHA HAMMERHEAD RPG RED PORGY SHLE LEMON RSC ROUGH SCAD SHML MAKO, LONGFIN SLAN SAND LANCE/ SHMS MAKO, SHORTFIN SCUP SCUP/ PORGY SHNI NIGHT SCUL SCULPINS SHNU NURSE SRAV SEA RAVEN SHPB SROB SEA ROBBIN SHST SAND TIGER SIL SILVERSIDES/SPEARING, ATLANTIC SHSB SANDBAR SPOT SPOT SHSN SHARPNOSE STB STRIPED BASS/ ROCKFISH SHSI SILKY STUR STURGEON, ATLANTIC SHSP SPINNER STSN STURGEON, SHORT-NOSE SHTH THRESHER TAU TAUTOG/ BLACKFISH SHTB THRESHER, BIGEYE TILEB TILEFISH, BLUELINE SHTI TIGER TILEG TILEFISH, GOLDEN SHWH WHITE TILES TILEFISH, SAND SHWT WHITETIP TOAD TOADFISH, OYSTER WHB WHITING, BLACK TABLE 5: Species Codes (Page 2 of 2)

OTHER FINFISH-SOUTHERN CRB CRAB, BLUE BARRA BARRACUDA CRL CRAB, CALICO/LADY RUNB BLUE RUNNER CRG CRAB, GREEN COBIA COBIA CRHSF CRAB, HORSESHOE, FEMALE CREV CREVALLE CRHSM CRAB, HORSESHOE, MALE CRO CROAKER, ATLANTIC CRJ CRAB, JONAH DRUMB DRUM, BLACK CRQS CRAB, QUEEN SNOW DRUMR DRUM, RED CRRD CRAB, RED GAR GARFISH CRRK CRAB, ROCK GRPR GROUPER-OTHER CRSP CRAB, SPIDER GRPSN GROUPER, SNOWY LOB LOBSTER GRUNT GRUNT SHRM SHRIMP, MANTIS HGF HOGFISH SHRP SHRIMP, PANAEID LADY LADYFISH SHR SHRIMP, PANDALID MUL MULLETS PERSA PERCH, SAND SCB SCALLOP, BAY PIG PIGFISH SCC SCALLOP, CALICO POM POMPANO, COMMON SCI SCALLOP, ICELANDIC RIB RIBBONFISH SCAL SCALLOP, SEA SHEEP SHEEPSHEAD SNAP SNAPPER, OTHER MOON SNAIL, MOON SNAPR SNAPPER, RED WHKC WHELK, CHANNELED SNAPV SNAPPER, VERMILLION WHKN WHELK, KNOBBED SPADE SPADEFISH WHKL WHELK, LIGHTNING SQRF SQUIRRELFISH WHKNS WHELK, NON-SPECIFIED TRIG TRIGGERFISH WHKW WHELK, WAVED WAH WAHOO WKSQ WEAKFISH/SQUETEAGUE OYS OYSTER WHK WHITING, KING/KINGFISH MUS MUSSELS

TUNAS INVERTEBRATES ALB ALBACORE OCT OCTOPUS AMB AMBERJACK CUC SEA CUCUMBERS BET BIG EYE URCH SEA URCHINS BLKFT BLACKFIN SQI SQUID, ILLEX BFT BLUEFIN LOL SQUID, LOLIGO LTA LITTLE TUNNY (FALSE ALBACORE) STAR STARFISH SKJ SKIPJACK YFT YELLOWFIN SEA TURTLES GRTU GREEN HATU HAWKSBILL EELA EEL, AMERICAN RITU KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE EELC EEL, CONGER LETU LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE LOTU LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE SKATES UNTU UNIDENTIFIED SEA TURTLE SKATE SKATE/ RAJA SKATW SKATE WINGS

SHELLFISH CLA CLAM, ARCTIC SURF CLH CLAM, HARD, QUAHOG CLR CLAM, RAZOR CLSO CLAM, SOFT CLSU CLAM, SURF CLQU QUAHOG, OCEAN