TABLE IV.
Commercial fishing fatality frequencies and rates* per 100,000 by fleet, US fishing industry, 2000-2014
| Fleet | 2000-2004
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2005-2009
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2010-2014
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15-Year Total
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalities | FTE** | Rate | Fatalities | FTE | Rate | Fatalities | FTE | Rate | Fatalities | FTE | Rate | |
| East Coast Region | ||||||||||||
| Atlantic Scallop | 21 | 12091 | 174 | 23 | 13643 | 169 | 6 | 13907 | 43 | 50 | 39641 | 126 |
| Northeast Multi-Species | ||||||||||||
| Groundfish Trawl | 11 | 5858 | 188 | 14 | 3565 | 393 | 4 | 2496 | NC | 29 | 11919 | 243 |
| Northeast Lobster | 8 | – | – | 11 | – | – | 10 | – | – | 29 | – | – |
| Atlantic Clam/Quahog Dredge | 6 | 1449 | 414 | 4 | 1312 | NC | 2 | 1325 | NC | 12 | 4086 | 294 |
| Atlantic Summer | ||||||||||||
| Flounder/Scup/Black Sea Bass | 5 | 3870 | 129 | 4 | 3357 | NC | 3 | 3330 | NC | 12 | 10557 | 114 |
| Atlantic Snapper/Grouper | 2 | 3118 | NC | 4 | 2682 | NC | 3 | 2355 | NC | 9 | 8155 | 110 |
| Atlantic Shrimp | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| Atlantic Clam/Quahog Other | ||||||||||||
| Gear Types | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| Atlantic Blue Crab | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Atlantic Oyster | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Atlantic Herring Trawl | 3 | 430 | NC | 1 | 449 | NC | 3 | 396 | NC | 7 | 1275 | 549 |
| Atlantic Tuna | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Atlantic Urchin | 0 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Atlantic Squid | 0 | 2547 | NC | 2 | 2366 | NC | 3 | 2369 | NC | 5 | 7282 | 69 |
| Atlantic Other Fleets (w/<5 fatalities 15 years) | 8 | – | – | 8 | – | – | 15 | – | – | 31 | – | – |
| Alaska Region | ||||||||||||
| Alaska Groundfish Freezer | ||||||||||||
| Trawl (AM80) | 15 | 12135 | 124 | 8 | 12571 | 64 | 2 | 12503 | NC | 25 | 37209 | 67 |
| Alaska Salmon Drift Gillnet | 8 | 17412 | 46 | 10 | 17469 | 57 | 5 | 18506 | 27 | 23 | 53387 | 43 |
| Alaska Pot Cod | 2 | – | –– | 10 | – | –– | 6 | – | –– | 18 | – | – |
| Alaska Salmon Set Gillnet | 6 | 4516 | 133 | 4 | 4603 | NC | 7 | 4751 | 147 | 17 | 13870 | 123 |
| Alaska Halibut/Sablefish | ||||||||||||
| Longline | 4 | 6308 | NC | 10 | 6125 | 163 | 0 | 5384 | NC | 14 | 17817 | 79 |
| Alaska Cod Freezer Longline | 6 | 12375 | 48 | 1 | 10822 | NC | 2 | 12054 | NC | 9 | 35251 | 26 |
| Alaska Bering Sea Crab | 2 | 5238 | NC | 7 | 3997 | 175 | 0 | 2768 | NC | 9 | 12003 | 75 |
| Alaska Dive Harvest | 4 | 589 | NC | 1 | 483 | NC | 3 | 468 | NC | 8 | 1540 | 519 |
| Alaska Salmon Tender | 2 | 3840 | NC | 1 | 3720 | NC | 4 | 3600 | NC | 7 | 11160 | 63 |
| Alaska Salmon Troll | 3 | 4267 | NC | 2 | 5129 | NC | 1 | 4970 | NC | 6 | 14366 | 42 |
| Alaska Salmon Seine | 2 | 14729 | NC | 0 | 12396 | NC | 3 | 14408 | NC | 5 | 41533 | 12 |
| Alaska Other Fleets (w/<5 fatalities 15 years) | 13 | – | – | 13 | – | – | 12 | – | – | 38 | – | – |
| Gulf of Mexico Region | ||||||||||||
| GOM Shrimp | 35 | – | – | 23 | 129768 | 18 | 25 | 121782 | 21 | 83 | – | – |
| GOM Snapper/Grouper | 7 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 9 | – | – | 19 | – | – |
| GOM Oyster | 8 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 15 | – | – |
| GOM Crab | 6 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| GOM Menhaden | 0 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| GOM Other Fleets (w/<5 fatalities 15 years) | 16 | – | – | 8 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 30 | – | – |
| West Coast Region | ||||||||||||
| West Coast Non-Tribal | ||||||||||||
| Dungeness Crab | 9 | 7097 | 127 | 16 | 10147 | 158 | 5 | 9042 | 55 | 30 | 26286 | 114 |
| West Coast Tribal Salmon | 4 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 14 | – | – |
| West Coast Multi-Species | ||||||||||||
| Groundfish Trawl | 6 | 2928 | 205 | 1 | 2104 | NC | 4 | 1517 | NC | 11 | 6549 | 168 |
| West Coast Dive Harvest | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| West Coast Tribal Dungeness | ||||||||||||
| Crab | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| West Coast Other Fleets (w/<5 fatalities 15 years) | 22 | – | – | 17 | – | – | 10 | – | – | 49 | – | – |
| Hawaii Region | ||||||||||||
| Hawaii Groundfish | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Hawaii Other Fleets (w/<5 fatalities 15 years) | 0 | – | –– | 2 | – | –– | 3 | – | –– | 5 | – | – |
*
All rates in this table were calculated using the revised formula for FTEs described in the Methods section
**
Full-time equivalent
NC = Rate not calculated when frequency is less than 5 fatalities in a 5-year period
– = Missing FTE data for fleet