<p>1 Table S5. Summary table for the management status of the 20 most abundant fishes collected during our survey program. Fishes that </p><p>2 had a management plan in at least 1 state (LA, MS, AL, FL) or in Federal waters were listed as fished. These data, combined with </p><p>3 available bycatch data from the northern Gulf of Mexico (references 1-8 below), were used to determine whether each species could </p><p>4 have experienced a release from fishing pressure during the summer of 2010. </p><p>Management Plan Scientific name LA Rec LA Com MS Rec MS Com AL Rec AL Com FL Rec (Gulf) FL Com (Gulf) Fed Rec Fed Com Lagodon rhomboides Eucinostomus spp. Bairdiella chrysoura Orthopristis chrysoptera Lutjanus griseus Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Stephanolepis hispidus Lutjanus synagris Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Cynoscion nebulosus Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Syngnathus spp. Chilomycterus schoepfi Leiostomus xanthurus Opsanus beta Arius felis Nicholsina usta Sphoeroides spp. Blenniidae Mycteroperca microlepis Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Paralichthys spp. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Archosargus probatocephalus Y Y Y Lactophrys quadricornis 5</p><p>6</p><p>1 7 1. Watts NH, Pellegrin GJ (1982) Comparison of Shrimp and Finfish Catch</p><p>8 Rates and Ratios for Texas and Louisiana. Mar. Fish. Rev. 44, 44-49.</p><p>9 2. Nichols S, Shah A, Pellegrin G, Mullin K (1987) Estimates of annual shrimp fleet bycatch </p><p>10 for thirteen species in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Report to the Gulf of Mexico </p><p>11 Fishery Management Council, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science </p><p>12 Center, Pascagoula Laboratory, Pascagoula, MS, pp 27.</p><p>13 3. Nichols S, Shah A, Pellegrin G, Mullin K (1990) Updated estimates of shrimp fleet bycatch </p><p>14 in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Report to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management </p><p>15 Council, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula </p><p>16 Laboratory, Pascagoula, MS, pp 25.</p><p>17 4. Nichols S, Pellegrin G (1992) Revision and update of estimates of shrimp fleet bycatch 1972–</p><p>18 1991. Report to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, National Marine Fisheries </p><p>19 Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula Laboratory, Pascagoula, MS.</p><p>20 5. Adkins GA (1993) Comprehensive assessment of bycatch in the Louisiana shrimp fishery. </p><p>21 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Marine Fisheries Division, Technical Bulletin </p><p>22 No. 42.</p><p>23 6. Nichols S (2004) Some Bayesian approaches to estimation of shrimp fleet bycatch. Working </p><p>24 paper to the Red Snapper Stock Assessment Data Workshop, April, 2004. Document No. </p><p>25 SEDAR7-DW-3. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Tampa, Florida.</p><p>26 7. Nichols S (2004) An update for the Bayesian estimation of shrimp fleet bycatch. Working </p><p>27 paper to the Red Snapper Stock Assessment Data Workshop, April, 2004. Document No. </p><p>28 SEDAR7-DW-54. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Tampa, Florida.</p><p>2 29 8. Diamond SL (2004) Bycatch quotas in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery: can they </p><p>30 work? Rev. Fish Biol. Fisher. 14, 207-237.</p><p>31</p><p>32</p><p>3</p>