Table IV.

Percent of fishermen performing fishing tasks overall and stratified by type of fishing for North Carolina commercial fishermen (n=89), 1999 to 2001

	Among crab pot n=71	Among gill net n=55	Total n=89
Drive boat	87%	82%	89%
Loading bait or supplies
Without mechanical assistance	93%	98%	96%
With mechanical assistance (e.g., dolly or lift)	15%	5%	16%
Pull in gear (hook/pull in pot or pull in net)	90%	95%	94%
Run puller or net reel	37%	20%	33%
Empty gear (shake crab pot or pick fish from net)	83%	96%	93%
Bait crab pot	83%	-	-
Set gear (toss/push pot or run out net or toss net overboard)	86%	85%	90%
Sort catch on the boat	41%	64%	63%
Ice down catch	-	84%	-
Unload catch and/or supplies
Without mechanical assistance	87%	91%	89%
With mechanical assistance (e.g., dolly or lift)	14%	9%	15%
Sort catch at the fish house	38%	-	-
Clean boat	86%	91%	92%
Perform routine maintenance on boat or gear	77%	84%	81%

Note: represent the percentage of fishermen who reported performing that task over half the time.