A Study of Marine Recreational Fisheries in CT

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Gina McCarthy
Commissioner
Bureau of Natural Resources
Marine Fisheries Division
A STUDY OF MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
IN CONNECTICUT
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration
F-54-R-25 Annual Performance Report
March 1, 2005 – February 28, 2006
Cover Photo
This year’s cover features seven year old Josh Abdelmaseh holding his catch: a 2 pound 12 ounce
scup measuring 17 inches in length. The fish was taken July 16, 2006 near Duck Island in
Westbrook, CT. The photo was taken by Josh’s dad, Jason Abdelmaseh.
State of Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Natural Resources
Marine Fisheries Division
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration
F-54-R-25
Annual Performance Report
Project Title: A Study of Marine Recreational Fisheries in Connecticut
Period Covered: March 1, 2005 - February 28, 2006
Job Title
Prepared by:
Job 1: Marine Angler Survey
Job 2: Marine Finfish Survey
Part 1: Long Island Sound Trawl Survey
Part 2: Estuarine Seine Survey
Roderick E. MacLeod
Kurt F. Gottschall
Deborah J. Pacileo
David R. Molnar
Job 3: A Study of Nearshore Habitat
Inactive
Job 4: Studies in Conservation Engineering
Inactive
Job 5: Cooperative Interagency Resource Monitoring
Matthew J. Lyman
David G. Simpson
Job 6: Public Outreach
David R. Molnar
Approved by: Eric M. Smith.
Director, Marine Fisheries Division
Date: August 31, 2006
Edward C. Parker,
Chief, Bureau of Natural Resources
Date: August 31, 2006
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Project: A Study of Marine Recreational Fisheries in Connecticut
Federal Aid Project: F54R-25 (Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration)
Annual Progress Report: March 1, 2005 – February 28, 2006
Total Project Expenditures (2005/06): $556,439 ($417,329 Federal, $139,110 State)
Purpose of the Project
The purpose of this project is to collect information needed for management of the marine
recreational fishery. This information includes angler participation, effort, catch, and harvest; the
relative abundance of finfish and specific population parameters for important selected species,
water quality and habitat parameters, and assessment of fishery related issues such as hook and
release mortality. The project also includes an outreach component to inform the public, and
increase understanding and support for management programs and regulations.
The project is comprised of six jobs: 1) Marine Angler Survey, 2) Marine Finfish Survey, 3) Inshore
Survey (Inactive), 4) Fishing Gear Studies (Inactive), 5) Cooperative Interagency Resource
Monitoring, 6) Public Outreach. Job 3 has been inactive since March 1997. Job 4 has been inactive
since 2000.
Information on marine angler activity is collected from intercept interviews conducted by DEP staff
and through a telephone survey conducted by a National Marine Fisheries Service contractor as part
of the coastwide Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey. The relative abundance of 40
species and more detailed population information on selected finfish are obtained from an annual
Long Island Sound trawl survey. The relative abundance of young-of-year winter flounder and
nearshore finfish species is obtained from fall seine sampling conducted at eight sites. Fishing gear
and fishing practices are evaluated by conducting studies of hook and release mortality rates and
through sampling catches of commercial fishing vessels taking species of recreational interest.
Marine habitat is monitored and evaluated through cooperative interagency monthly sampling of
water quality parameters (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) at 20 to 25 fixed sites throughout
the Sound. Public outreach is performed through speaking engagements at schools, with civic
organizations and fishing clubs as well as through displays in the Marine Headquarters lobby and
fishing shows. Project staff also keep the Fisheries Advisory Council informed on project activities
and frequent media contacts provide broad newspaper coverage of project activities and findings.
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JOB 1: MARINE ANGLER SURVEY
PART 1: MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERY STATISTICS SURVEY
OBJECTIVES (Summary)
•
To estimate the number of marine anglers, fishing trips, fish caught, and number and weight of
fish harvested.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
An estimated 398,035 anglers made 1.6 million trips in 2005. This is the fifth highest estimated
number of anglers since the survey began in 1981. Total estimated trips made in 2005 were
above the 1.4 million trip average (1981-2005).
•
Marine anglers caught an estimated 6.2 million fish, harvesting 1.5 million (4.4 million pounds)
in 2005.
•
Five species: bluefish, scup, striped bass, summer flounder and tautog accounted for 94% of the
catch and 95% of the harvest.
•
Winter flounder harvest has declined to fewer than 25,000 fish annually since 2000 and the
estimated harvest for 2005 was less than 4,000 fish. The long-term average winter flounder
harvest is 359,000 fish with peak harvests of over 1 million fish in the early to mid-1980’s.
CONCLUSIONS:
•
Above average numbers of marine anglers and trip numbers reflect continued good fishing for
most of the primary recreational species and likely favorable economic conditions enabling
anglers to pursue their sport in large numbers.
•
Coastwide fishery management plans and strong recent year class production are resulting in
increases in several fish populations and good catches of many of the primary recreational
species.
•
The once productive winter flounder resource no longer supports a “primary” fishery in
Connecticut. Landings (in number) that once ranked second or third behind bluefish and scup
now account for less than 1% of fish harvested.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Continue to obtain catch and harvest information and angler participation rates through the Marine
Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey in order to monitor the status of the recreational marine
fishery.
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PART 2: VOLUNTEER ANGLER SURVEY
To characterize the size and catch composition of both kept and released fish observed by volunteer
anglers.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
A total of 84 anglers participated in the survey and made 1,707 fishing trips in 2005. Volunteers
including additional anglers involved in a fishing party made a total of 4,028 fishing trips. With
multiple species taken per trip anglers reported 1,545 trips targeting bluefish, 2,697 trips for
striped bass, 1,048 for summer flounder, 116 for winter flounder, 174 for scup and 229 for
tautog.
•
Volunteer anglers measured 3,175 individual bluefish measuring > 12 inches in length, 2,242
summer flounder, 3,593 striped bass, 1005 scup, 127 winter flounder and 453 tautog. About 60%
of measured fish were released, providing valuable data not available through MRFSS except
from the newly implemented party fishing vessel survey.
CONCLUSIONS:
•
Volunteer anglers provide a tremendous amount of data on the size and catch composition of
popular recreational species in Connecticut, supplying several stock assessments with scarce
length information on released fish.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
•
Maintain the Volunteer Angler Survey as an effective means of characterizing angler behavior
and particularly in collecting length data on released fish that are not available from the MRFSS
survey.
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JOB 2 PART 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND TRAWL SURVEY (LISTS)
•
Provide an annual index of numbers and biomass per standard tow for 40 common species and
age specific indices of abundance for scup, tautog, winter flounder, and summer flounder, and
recruitment indices for bluefish (age 0) and weakfish (age 0).
•
Provide length frequency distributions of bluefish, scup, striped bass, summer flounder,
weakfish, winter flounder, tautog and other ecologically important species that can be converted
to ages using modal analysis, age-length keys or other techniques.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
A total of 197,004 finfish, lobster and squid weighing 13,522 kg were collected in 2005.
•
Fifty-seven finfish species and thirty-seven invertebrate species (or taxa) were collected from
200 tows conducted in 2005. The total fish species count of 57 is within the observed range of
50 to 70 species per year. The Long Island Sound Trawl Survey has collected ninety-six finfish
species since the survey began in 1984. No new finfish species were observed in 2005.
•
Hickory shad, for the second year in a row, were at record high abundance while striped bass and
young-of-year scup were at near record high levels.
•
Nine finfish species and one invertebrate were at record lows abundance (by number) in 2005.
Five spring species: fourspot flounder, windowpane flounder, ocean pout, little skate, and
longhorn sculpin were all at minimum abundance and have been in decline for more then seven
years. Northern searobin and silver hake dropped to their minimums but only over the last few
years. Two fall species, Spanish mackerel and spot, also recorded lows in 2005. The overall
(Apr-Jun) winter flounder index ranked 3rd lowest in the time series behind 2002 and 2003,
however, the customized Apr/May index used to develop the catch-at–age matrix dropped
another 21% in 2005 to the lowest in the time series. American lobster fall abundance also
dropped to a record low during 2005. Spring lobster abundance dropped once again (to second
lowest in 22 years) and is the seventh straight year of decline.
•
Adult scup abundance remains high relative to the long-term mean while summer flounder
abundance has declined from the high levels recorded between 2001 and 2003 to more average
levels as observed from 1996 to 2000.
•
Adult bluefish abundance has dropped this past fall from the second highest levels in 2004, to
those similar of the mid and late nineties. Young of year weakfish abundance also dropped in
2005 after five years of higher than normal catches. Age 1+ weakfish abundance remains low.
•
The spring survey index for tautog has remained essentially unchanged from 2003 at 0.57
fish/tow, remaining below the recent peak abundance of 0.9 fish/tow in 2002.
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CONCLUSIONS:
•
The abundance of recreationally important species in Long Island Sound remains moderate to
high including scup, striped bass, and summer flounder. Recent high abundance of young-ofyear scup also bodes well for future catches for this species. The increased abundance of
hickory shad in recent years provides an additional recreational fishing opportunity, especially to
nearshore anglers. However, some recreational species like winter flounder and tautog have
gone through a protracted period of declining abundance and this is cause for concern.
Additionally, several species not typically targeted by recreational fishermen are at record low
levels and may indicate shifts in species assemblages within Long Island Sound.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
•
Continue monitoring through LIS Trawl Survey to provide information for stock assessment
purposes and to evaluate the effectiveness of management measures.
JOB 2 PART 2: ESTUARINE SEINE SURVEY
OBJECTIVES (summary)
•
To provide an annual index of recruitment for young-of-year winter flounder and all finfish and
crab species taken.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
The 2005 winter flounder young of the year index (5.6 fish/haul) ranked eleventh in the 18 year
time series
•
The forage species abundance index was 122 in 2004, the seventh highest in the time series.
(Atlantic silversides dominate this index).
CONCLUSIONS:
•
A slightly below average winter flounder young of year index for 2004 following fairly low
indices since 2000 and the absence of a strong year class since 1996 is not expected to change
the bleak short term outlook for the stock.
•
The inshore forage abundance index primarily reflects the abundance of Atlantic silversides, the
dominant forage species taken in the survey.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
•
Continue to monitor young-of-year winter flounder and inshore forage species abundance
through the September seine survey.
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JOB 3 A STUDY OF NEARSHORE HABITAT – INACTIVE THIS SEGMENT
JOB 4 FISHING GEAR SELECTIVITY – INACTIVE THIS SEGMENT
JOB 5: COOPERATIVE INTERAGENCY RESOURCE MONITORING
OBJECTIVES
•
Provide monthly monitoring of water quality parameters important in the development of
summer hypoxia in Long Island Sound including temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen.
•
Provide indicators of hypoxia impacts on living resources.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
Hypoxia first developed late in 2005 on or about July 14 and persisted for 69 days ending about
September 20, 2005 – a slightly earlier onset and nine day longer duration than in 2005.
•
Severe hypoxia (<1.0 mg/l dissolved oxygen) affected a large area - 72 km2 during 2005. Such
areas would be expected to be devoid of finfish, lobsters and crabs.
•
Hypoxia extended over a maximum area of 460 km2 during mid-August (rank: 7th of 15 years).
•
The Biomass Area-Day Depletion Index (BADD) index for 2004 was about average at 10,702 or
about 5.5% of the total area-days in the LIS sampling area.
CONCLUSIONS:
•
Severe hypoxia has been more widespread in the last four years than in any other period in the
time series. Cold winters and springs worsen summer hypoxia because thermal stratification
actually becomes stronger when bottom waters start off cooler in the summer.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
•
Continue conducting the water quality monitoring program to provide information needed to
evaluate the effectiveness of measures to reduce nutrient loading to LIS and the impact of water
quality improvements on marine life.
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JOB 6: PUBLIC OUTREACH
OBJECTIVES
•
Increase public awareness among anglers and the general public that information provided
through this project contributes to state and federal efforts to enhance recreational fisheries
conservation and that the majority of marine fisheries research and monitoring activities in
Connecticut are funded through the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Program.
KEY FINDINGS:
•
Outreach events directly reached 19,357 people through 17 events during this segment. The
largest event was the Northeast Hunting and Fishing Show attended by 13,371 fishermen and
hunters, followed by “National Estuaries Day” at Mystic Seaport which had an attendance of
5,243.
CONCLUSIONS:
•
Large numbers of anglers and members of the general public are provided information about
Marine Fisheries programs through participation in outdoor fishing & hunting shows, the
National Estuaries Day festival, public speaking engagements and displays at the Marine
Fisheries Office.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
•
Continue outreach efforts.
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EXPENDITURES
Summary of expenditures for the period March 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006.
Federal
Job 1. Marine Angler
Survey
Job 2. Marine Finfish
Survey
Job 3. A Study of
Nearshore Habitat
Job 4. Fishing Gear
Selectivity
Job 5. Cooperative
Interagency Resource
Monitoring
State
Total
$120,817
$40,272
161,089
$271,286
$90,429
361,714
$0
$0
0
$0
$0
0
$9,198
$3,066
12,264
$16,028
$5,343
21,371
$417,329
$139,110
556,439
Job 6. Public Outreach
Total
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
JOB 1. MARINE ANGLER SURVEY......................................................................................1
Part 1: Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey ..................................................1
Part 2: Volunteer Angler Survey .................................................................................45
JOB 2
MARINE FINFISH SURVEY.....................................................................................63
Part 1: Long Island Sound Trawl Survey.....................................................................63
Part 2: Estuarine Seine Survey...................................................................................203
JOB 3
A STUDY OF NEARSHORE HABITAT (inactive)
JOB 4. FISHING GEAR SELECTIVITY (inactive)
JOB 5. COOPERATIVE INTERAGENCY RESOURCE MONITORING..........................220
JOB 6. PUBLIC OUTREACH...............................................................................................233
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLES
3
LIST OF FIGURES
5
GOAL
6
OBJECTIVES
6
INTRODUCTION
6
METHODS
7
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
9
MODIFICATIONS
13
LITERATURE CITED
14
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LIST OF TABLES
Page
Table 1.1
MRFSS + ACCSP and State Angler Intercept Allocation by Mode and
Wave, 2004
8
Table 1.2
Total Number of Angler Intercepts Collected by Mode and Wave, 2004
9
Table 1.3
MRFSS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Anglers in Connecticut,
1981-2005
15
MRFSS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Fishing Trips taken in
Connecticut by Fishing Mode, 1981-2005
16
MRFSS Bluefish Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
Fishing Mode, 1981-2005
17
MRFSS Bluefish Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
18
MRFSS Bluefish Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
19
MRFSS Striped Bass Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
20
MRFSS Striped Bass Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
21
MRFSS Striped Bass Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
22
MRFSS Summer Flounder Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers
by Fishing Mode, 1981-2005
23
MRFSS Summer Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers
By Fishing Mode, 1981-2005
24
MRFSS Summer Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds
25
MRFSS Winter Flounder Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers
26
Table 1.4
Table 1.5
Table 1.6
Table 1.7
Table 1.8
Table 1.9
Table 1.10
Table 1.11
Table 1.12
Table 1.13
Table 1.14
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LIST OF TABLES (Con’t)
Page
Table 1.15
Table 1.16
Table 1.17
Table 1.18
Table 1.19
Table 1.20
Table 1.21
Table 1.22
Table 1.23
MRFSS Winter Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers
27
MRFSS Winter Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds
28
MRFSS Scup Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
29
MRFSS Scup Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
30
MRFSS Scup Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
31
MRFSS Tautog Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
32
MRFSS Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
33
MRFSS Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
34
A History of Connecticut Marine Recreational Fisheries Regulations
for Selected Species from 1935-2005
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35-39
LIST OF FIGURES
Page
Figures 1.1-1.2
Figures 1.3-1.8
Figure 1.9-1.14
MRFSS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Anglers and
Fishing Trips in Connecticut, 1981-2005
40
MRFSS Catch Estimates for Selected Species Caught by Marine
Recreational Anglers, 1981-2005
41-42
MRFSS Length Frequency Distribution
(minimum, mean and maximum) for Selected
Marine Species, 1991-2005
43-44
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GOAL
To provide long term monitoring of marine recreational fishing activity including
angler participation and catch statistics in a manner that is comparable to other Atlantic
coastal states.
OBJECTIVES
Provide estimates of:
1) Number of marine anglers in Connecticut each year.
A total of 398,035 marine anglers were estimated to have fished in Connecticut during 2005.
2) Total effort (trips) expended by anglers in Connecticut each year.
Marine anglers made 1,568,447 fishing trips in Connecticut during 2005.
3) Total catch (numbers of fish kept and released fish) and harvest (numbers and the
weight of kept fish) of the most commonly sought species: bluefish, scup, winter flounder,
summer flounder, tautog, and striped bass.
In 2005, marine anglers creeled 382,390 bluefish (1,161,904 lbs.), 690,652 scup (798,156 lbs.),
3,788 winter flounder (1,116 lbs.), 211,426 summer flounder (583,423 lbs.), 73,886 tautog
(300,981 lbs.), and 107,238 striped bass (1,559,133 lbs.).
4) Length-frequency of harvested bluefish, scup, winter flounder, summer
flounder, tautog, and striped bass.
Length frequency distributions (minimum, mean, and maximum) were estimated for bluefish,
scup, winter flounder, summer flounder, tautog, and striped bass and are listed in Figures 1.91.14.
INTRODUCTION
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Natural
Resources, Marine Fisheries Division, has been collecting marine recreational fisheries
information along the Connecticut coastline since 1979. However, in order to improve statewide marine fisheries statistics and become more consistent with other states, Connecticut joined
with the MRFSS program in July, 1987. Before Connecticut’s involvement in the MRFSS, data
collection was conducted by NMFS’s contractor just as in other states where state agencies do
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not participate in the program. This report includes state angler intercept survey work in 2005
and MRFSS angler effort and catch statistics from 1981- 2005.
METHODS
The MRFSS is based on two complementary surveys: A random telephone survey of
households, and an intercept survey of anglers at fishing sites (NMFS 1992). MRFSS utilized a
contractor to conduct the telephone survey to calculate total angler participation and trip
estimates. Connecticut performed the angler intercept survey (angler interviews) in order to
collect angler catch and effort data, biological data, and socioeconomic and demographic
information.
The MRFSS’s primary objectives are (1) to provide a collection of accurate and
representative data on the marine recreational fishery and (2) to produce accurate and precise
regional (e.g. ME-CT) catch estimates which can be used by fishery managers to assess the
impacts of recreational fishing on finfish stocks. In order to produce estimates with adequate
precision at the state level (where proportional Standard Error (PSE) <20%, a modified version
of Coefficient of Variation = S.E./Mean *100), the MRFSS initial intercept quota was tripled for
Connecticut. Telephone and Intercept Surveys are collected in bimonthly time periods (termed
Waves) and further broken down by mode in the Intercept Survey. In 2001, NMFS base
allocations for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic sub-regions were increased 1.5 times in order to
increase effort and catch precision estimates for those areas. The increase was accomplished
through a grant proposal submitted by the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program
(ACCSP) Recreational Statistics Technical Committee and later approved by the ACCSP
Coordinating Council. ACCSP is comprised of fifteen Atlantic coastal states and two federal
agencies, which oversee and administer the collection of commercial and recreational fishery
statistics. ACCSP provided funding for the additional intercept sampling as described in Table
1.1. However since state participation in 1987, Connecticut had already tripled NMFS Intercept
Survey allocation and provided funding for those increases. ACCSP’s involvement basically
reduces Connecticut’s expenditure toward processing of the additional intercepts. Wave 1 is not
sampled in Connecticut or any states in the Mid Atlantic (NY-VA) and Northeast (ME-CT) subregions due to low fishing activity (NMFS 1992).
In addition, the sampling methodology of the party/charter boat mode was modified
beginning in Wave 4 (July-August) 2003 in order to improve catch and trip estimates. The new
changes in the survey (termed “the For-Hire Survey”) called upon each state to provide and
update a comprehensive list of current party/charter boat vessels and operators. This list
provided a sampling frame where ten percent of for-hire vessel operators would be randomly
selected to be contacted by telephone to report their fishing trip effort (angler trips) for a given
two week period. Coupled with the telephone survey, pre-validation of vessels was performed
where vessels were randomly selected and checked to determine if the vessel was out fishing or
not. The same list would generate intercept assignments by wave. For-hire intercept assignments
were split by vessel type (charter - 6 or less passengers) and party/head boats (more than 6) since
sampling methods differ. Anglers fishing in the charter boat fishery were interviewed at
dockside where party/charter boat anglers were interviewed on board while at sea. Dockside
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sampling of charter boat anglers was selected because of the six passenger limitation. At sea
sampling was selected to increase the number of length and weight measurements on creeled fish
in addition to length measurements on discarded fish. Intercept collection quotas for the
party/head boat mode were set by the number of trips (based on 2 samplers/trip). All other
modes were allocated by number of intercepts.
Table 1.1: MRFSS + ACCSP and State Angler Intercept and Party/Head Boat Trips
Allocation by Mode and Wave, 2005
NMFS+ACCSP
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
Wave 6
Mar-Apr
May-Jun
Jul-Aug
Sep-Oct
Nov-Dec
Shore (SH)
42
72
84
73
38
309 (19%)
Charter Boat (CH)
91
98
109
105
90
493 (30%)
Party/Charter Boat (PC)
45
47
57
55
45
249 (15%)
Private/Rental Boat (PR)
38
169
180
176
50
613 (37%)
Party/Head Boat Trips (HB)
30
32
34
34
30
160 Trips
216
386
430
409
223
Mode
Wave 2
Total (%)
(based on 2 samplers/trip)
Total Number of
Intercepts
1,664
MRFSS Estimation Methods
MRFSS estimation methods used to compute catch effort statistics were based on the
following criteria: (1) improved guidelines for recording proxy data in lieu of missing data, (2)
imputation for missing data, (3) telephone survey sample weighting, and (4) cleanup of historical
intercept data (NMFS 1994). In cases where gaps or insufficient data occurs, proxy data
(information obtained in the Telephone Survey from someone in a fishing household other than
the angler) were used to fill voids in the database. In addition, catch and effort statistics for
1979-80 were omitted because of inadequate information (missing files that contained nonfishing household sample size information).
Angler participation and fishing trip estimates were derived primarily from the Telephone
Survey and, in special situations, the Intercept Survey (NMFS 1992). In the Telephone Survey,
households with telephones located in coastal counties or within 50 miles of the coastline were
randomly selected and called to determine if a household fell into either of two categories: (1)
households that comprised one or more marine recreational anglers and (2) non-fishing
households. Households with anglers were further surveyed in order to collect fishing trip
information used in estimating total fishing trips and angler participation. In situations where
anglers did not possess a telephone (or live in a household), Intercept Survey data were used in
order to account for that segment of the angling population that would otherwise be missed.
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MRFSS Catch Type Categories
Catch estimates were broken down into three categories: Catch Type A, B1 and B2.
Catch Type A consisted of catches that were kept by anglers and available for inspection by field
interviewers. Catch Type B1 included angler catches that were used for bait, discarded dead,
etc., and were not available for inspection, and Catch Type B2 was comprised of fish that were
caught and released alive. In this report, total catch estimates consist of Catch Types A+B1+B2.
Creeled catch (fish removed from the population) include Catch Type A+B1 only. Catch Types
A and B1 were the only catch groups estimated in both numbers and weights. Since Catch Type
B1 are unobserved catches, Catch Type A mean weight estimates were used to expand Catch
Type B1 estimates. Catch statistics in this document will be reported in numbers caught or as
otherwise specified.
Connecticut Intercept Survey 2005
During March-December 2005, a total of 1,921 interviews (intercepts) with marine
anglers were conducted by Marine Fisheries Division staff for the MRFSS (Table 1.2). Intercept
shortfalls occurred in Waves 2 and 6 for NMFS + ACCSP quotas. These waves are particularly
difficult to sample because of low fishing activity and poor weather conditions. Furthermore,
most Connecticut-based party/charter businesses and marinas terminate their operations by
November 1.
Table 1.2: Total Number of Angler Intercepts Collected and Party/Head Boat Trips Taken
by Mode and Wave, 2005
Wave 2
Wave 3
Mar-Apr
May-Jun
Jul-Aug
31
104
117
86
12
350 (18%)
Charter Boat (CH)
0
18
57
43
10
128 (7%)
Party/Charter Boat (PC)
0
38
54
52
6
150 (8%)
Private/Rental Boat (PR)
69
237
271
319
105
Party/Head Boat Trips (HB)
0 Trip
6 Trips
7 Trips
6 Trips
2 Trips
(0 Ints.)
(74 Ints.)
(103 Ints.)
(83 Ints.)
(32 Ints.)
(292 Ints.
15%)
602
583
165
1,921
Mode
Shore (SH)
Total Number of Intercepts
100
471
Wave 4
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Wave 5
Sep-Oct
Wave 6
Nov-Dec
Total (%)
1,001 (52%)
21 Trips
MRFSS 2005 Angler Participation and Fishing Trip Estimates and
the MRFSS Time Series from 1981-2005
During 2005, an estimated 398,035 marine anglers made 1,568,447 trips (Tables 1.3-1.4).
The annual estimated number of marine anglers averaged 337,093 participants from 1981-05.
The annual total of marine recreational fishing effort averaged 1,444,449 trips for the same
period. Connecticut residents comprised about 80% of the total marine fishing population
whereas nonresident anglers made up the remaining 20% from 1981-2005.
The three principal modes of marine recreational fishing include Shore Mode (anglers
fishing from beach and bank or manmade structure), Private/Rental Mode (anglers fishing from a
privately owned or rental boat), and Party/Charter Boat Mode where anglers pay a captain/vessel
for hire to fish. The percentage breakdown of trips in 2005 by mode was 32.2% for shore mode,
1.2% party/charter boat mode and 66.6% for the private/rental mode. The percent distribution of
fishing trips by mode for the time series was 36.2% for shore mode, 6.2% for party/charter mode
and 57.6% in the private/rental mode.
MRFSS Catch Estimates 2005
Total catch was estimated at 6,145,114 fish and creeled catch at 1,538,426 fish for 2005.
Five popular species: bluefish, striped bass, scup, summer flounder, and tautog comprised about
94% of the total catch estimate and 95% of the total creeled catch (Tables 1.5-1.6). For that
reason, these species will be the focus of discussion in this section. Precision estimates for
bluefish, striped bass, scup, summer flounder and tautog were all below a PSE of 25% for both
total and creeled catch. Total creeled catch in pounds for all species combined was 4,440,882
lbs.
Catch estimates vary annually for most species primarily due to changes in abundance
and fishing regulations. For more insight to historical accounts of Connecticut’s marine
recreational fishery regulations please refer to Table 1.23.
BLUEFISH
Bluefish was the third most frequently caught species in Connecticut in 2005 with over
1.3 million fish for total catch. The creeled catch estimate was 382,390 fish. Bluefish catch
estimates in numbers comprised about 22% of the total catch and 25% of the total creeled catch
for all species (Figure 1.3). Bluefish estimated creeled catch in pounds comprised 26% of the
total creeled catch. The proportion of bluefish released was 72%.
The private rental boat mode comprised 63% and 51% for both total and creeled catch
estimates for 2005. In the time series, however, the shore mode annual mean was approximately
45% for total and creeled catches surpassing the private/rental boat mode. Of the species
discussed, bluefish is the only one where the harvest in the shore mode surpassed the
private/rental boat mode. This occurrence was most likely due to young-of-year bluefish
(referred to as “snappers”) entering into estuarine waters during the summer months becoming
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readily available to shore based anglers. This fishery is very popular with shore based anglers
since “snappers” can be readily accessible and easily caught by anglers of all abilities.
Depending on year-class-strength, total bluefish estimates may be driven by the shore based
fishery.
Overall, in numbers caught, bluefish was the most commonly caught and harvested
species in the MRFSS time series (27% and 33%, respectively). Bluefish total catch estimates
range from a record low of 690,694 fish in 1988 to record high of about 6.3 million fish in 1982.
The annual mean was about 1.8 million fish for total catch. Creeled catch estimates ranged from
372,525 fish in 2000 to 3.3 million fish in 1981. The annual mean for creeled catch was 1.4
million fish. The annual mean rate anglers released fish alive was 25%. The time series range
for released bluefish was about 4% to a record high of 72% (2005 estimate).
STRIPED BASS
Striped bass were the most frequently caught fish by marine recreational anglers with an
estimated total catch of about 1.8 million fish in 2005 (comprising 29% of the total catch for all
species). The private/rental boat mode accounted for 77% of the total catch. The creeled catch
estimate increased 48% (107,238 fish) from 2004, but comprised only 7% of the total catch.
Creeled catch in weight was estimated over 1.5 million pounds and comprised 35% of the total
creeled catch for all species. Approximately 94% of striped bass were released alive (e.g. B2
catch).
Throughout the MRFSS time series, striped bass total catch estimates varied from as low
as 27,783 fish in 1981 to a record high of 1.8 million fish in 2005 (Figure 1.4). Low abundance
of striped bass in the 1980’s due to over-fishing followed by successful stock restoration efforts
in the 1990’s to present have resulted in a substantial upward trend of total catch. With the
exception of 1981, 1983, and 1985 the creeled catch estimate has remained consistently low with
an annual mean retention rate of about 7% (range ~ 0.7% - 15%). This is most likely attributed
to catch restrictions implemented to curtail harvest in addition to recreational anglers increased
awareness of conservation fishing practices (e.g. catch and release fishing).
SUMMER FLOUNDER (Fluke)
Summer flounder recreational total catch estimate increased over 78% in 2005 (1,043,658
fish) from 2004 and was the highest estimate in the time series. Anglers harvested an estimated
17% of the total catch (Figure 1.5). The private/rental boat mode accounted for over 90% of the
total catch. The 2005 creeled catch, however, dropped slightly from the previous year from
217,872 to 211,426 summer flounder. The creeled catch estimate in numbers accounted for
about 14% of the total creeled catch for all species. The creeled catch in weight was an
estimated 582,423 lbs. and accounted for 13% of the total creeled catch in weight for all species.
Approximately 80% of summer flounder were released, which was 17 percentage points higher
than 2004. This sharp increase in release rate was most likely due to an increase in the minimum
size from 17 to 17.5 inches in 2005.
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In numbers caught, summer flounder comprised 6.7% and 4.9% of the total and creeled
catch estimates in the MRFSS time series. The lowest estimated total catches occurred back to
back in 1989 and 1990 with only 44,541 and 56,352 summer flounder, respectively. Creeled
catch estimates have been highly variable (range = 17,707 in 1990 – 576,160 fish in 1983).
WINTER FLOUNDER
In 2005, the winter flounder total catch was estimated at only 4,484 fish and the total
creeled catch estimate was 3,788 fish (only comprising 0.07% for total and 0.3% for creeled
catch estimates for all species). The total catch and creeled estimates were the lowest ever
recorded in the MRFSS time series for Connecticut (Figure 1.6). The private/rental mode
comprised 85% of the estimated total catch. Since 1992, winter flounder annual estimates have
fallen well below the time series mean of 437,152 fish for total catch and 359,433 for creeled
catch. Winter flounder creeled catch in weight was estimated at 1,116 pounds, or about 0.03% of
the total creeled catch for all species. The proportion of winter flounder released was about 16%.
SCUP (Porgy)
Scup was the second (behind bluefish) most frequently caught species in Connecticut for
2005 with 1,375,054 and 690,652 fish estimated for total and creeled catches. The private/rental
boat mode accounted for 93% of the total catch. Scup estimates comprised 22.4% and 44.9% of
the total and creeled catch estimates for all species (Figure 1.7). In weight, creeled catch was
estimated at 798,156 pounds in 2005. The proportion of scup released was approximately 50%.
TAUTOG (Blackfish)
Tautog, locally referred to as blackfish by anglers, are one of the few year round resident
species of Long Island Sound. Tautog total catch in 2005 was estimated at 217,373 fish and
73,886 fish for the creeled catch total (Figure 1.8). The total and creeled estimates comprised
18% and 3.5% of the total for all species. In weight, the creeled catch was 300,981 pounds. The
proportion of tautog released was 66%. The total catch estimate dropped by 56% in 2005 from
the previous year. However, the decrease was attributed to lower trips (effort) estimated by the
telephone survey rather than low abundance during the fall. During October and November when
tautog are readily available to anglers inclement weather conditions may adversely impact
fishing effort, especially in the private/rental boat mode.
LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION FOR BLUEFISH, STRIPED BASS, SCUP,
SUMMER FLOUNDER, WINTER FLOUNDER, AND TAUTOG
Length measurements were collected as described in the MRFSS Procedures Manual.
Attempts were made to measure all marine finfish when available or in random sub-samples
when large catches were encountered. Length frequency distributions for Type A (observed fish)
as well as catch and trip statistics can be queried on the following NMFS web site:
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/queries/index.html.
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Length frequency distributions varied annually for each of the above species as shown in
Figures 1.9-1.14. Reasons for the variations include year class strength and new recreational
fishery regulations (minimum length requirements, daily creel limits, and closed fishing
seasons). Since most marine species are regulated by a minimum length requirement, length
frequency distributions were primarily comprised of legal size fish.
MODIFICATIONS
None.
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LITERATURE CITED
NMFS. 1992. Marine recreational fishery statistics survey, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1990-91.
fishery statistics number 9204:275pp. Silver Spring, MD.
Current
NMFS. 1994. Marine recreational fishery statistics survey. Changes in estimation procedures.
Silver Spring, MD.
mimeo 2pp.
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Table 1.3: MRFSS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Anglers
in Connecticut, 1981-2005
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual Mean
% Distr.
Instate
227,985
253,428
170,926
258,895
276,026
319,002
184,884
238,315
315,338
268,920
385,370
389,394
186,167
194,668
231,300
295,009
257,555
290,105
242,716
221,523
245,715
283,399
360,712
304,068
322,371
268,952
79.8%
PSE
10.4
20.8
13.1
11.1
11.1
9.4
9.9
10.5
10.5
9.5
10.1
10.7
9.8
11.2
12.4
10.9
12.9
13.6
14.1
10.6
9.2
8.5
8.8
12.1
11.6
Out-of-State
43,898
50,371
59,500
63,546
74,525
108,338
42,559
63,118
53,239
78,851
85,224
113,995
47,067
33,439
41,245
75,864
69,686
72,993
54,663
53,054
77,970
87,313
112,039
65,380
75,664
68,142
20.2%
PSE
44.3
38.8
40.2
45.6
37.1
35.7
36
37.1
43.7
39
43
36.1
34.3
47
16.6
15.5
16.3
15.9
16.7
13.9
11.8
11.5
10.9
16
16.5
Total
271,883
303,799
230,426
322,442
350,551
427,341
227,443
301,434
368,577
347,771
470,593
503,388
233,234
228,107
272,545
370,873
327,242
363,098
297,379
274,577
323,685
370,712
472,750
369,448
398,035
337,093
PSE
11.3
18.5
14.2
12.6
11.8
11.4
10.5
11.4
11
11.5
11.3
11.6
10.4
11.8
10.8
9.2
10.8
11.4
11.9
9
7.5
7.1
7.2
10.3
9.9
Note: PSE – Proportional Standard Error, a modified version of Coefficient of
Variation = S.E./Mean *100
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Table 1.4: MRFSS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Fishing Trips
taken in Connecticut by Fishing Mode, 1981-2005
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore
Mode
Number of
Trips
486,297
635,851
563,607
485,545
613,944
527,344
373,442
210,495
465,230
398,986
690,244
712,467
386,683
356,758
532,159
564,088
346,120
524,236
522,586
608,507
695,406
645,218
624,972
588,035
504,698
522,517
36.2%
Party/Charter
Private/Rental
All Modes
Boat Mode
Boat Mode
Total
PSE Number of Trips PSE Number of Trips PSE Number of Trips PSE
16.8
18.2
19
18.4
18.1
14.9
17.8
19.2
16.6
16.4
15.7
18.1
14.5
16.2
19.3
16.7
18.3
20.4
20.9
16
13.8
13.9
13.3
19.3
20.4
162,844
601,997
92,655
161,559
117,404
146,664
81,723
73,890
47,323
61,329
31,335
53,723
102,996
42,482
72,866
31,550
34,870
30,373
21,859
45,783
46,262
51,148
63,570
40,468
19,461
89,445
22
97
29
32.2
21.1
18.8
20
14.7
21.8
22.2
20.7
26.3
17.7
26.2
28.2
25.5
34.3
30.7
29
24.8
19.9
16
19
25.3
20.9
6.2%
591,019
695,394
601,021
698,261
815,397
952,962
985,915
965,271
847,833
759,820
952,206
1,075,540
727,954
709,549
640,359
873,181
751,248
736,926
774,097
853,510
981,137
953,313
875,228
950,735
1,044,288
832,487
15.2
19.9
17.2
10.6
13.5
11
10.9
12.5
13.1
12.5
13.4
13.2
13.6
15
15.9
13.3
17.1
18.1
18.7
13.1
11.2
9.6
11.5
15.2
134
1,240,160
1,933,242
1,257,283
1,345,365
1,546,745
1,626,970
1,441,080
1,249,656
1,360,386
1,220,135
1,673,785
1,841,730
1,217,633
1,108,789
1,245,384
1,468,819
1,132,238
1,291,535
1,318,542
1,507,800
1,722,805
1,649,679
1,563,770
1,579,238
1,568,447
1,444,449
57.6%
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10.2
31.6
12
9.4
10.2
8.2
8.9
10.3
9.9
9.5
10
10.4
9.5
11
11.8
10.2
12.7
13.3
13.8
9.8
8.5
7.8
8.4
11.7
11.1
Table 1.5: MRFSS Bluefish Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
2,319,696
3,755,301
914,908
1,369,212
1,466,906
633,549
1,104,305
171,066
862,485
466,486
1,447,012
550,671
168,346
109,389
254,535
390,308
326,047
469,754
616,648
705,962
1,188,953
521,488
122,323
151,795
448,343
821,420
44.5%
PSE
23.3
22.0
21.4
24.8
23.0
35.5
26.0
32.0
26.6
26.9
18.0
26.0
25.9
27.4
20.6
20.3
20.0
23.4
20.1
18.2
16.1
15.6
21.7
30.9
26.2
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
764,060
1,200,341
20,851
1,141,702
819,371
637,048
214,403
46,815
98,138
91,993
103,573
251,330
360,866
208,726
180,562
118,972
54,993
65,123
84,305
72,958
80,349
90,600
162,907
136,968
52,628
282,383
PSE
22.4
29.4
40.1
26.7
35.4
22.1
23.7
28.1
19.4
16.7
18.3
23.3
15.1
22.5
24.9
30.1
26.9
30.1
24.0
19.3
18.5
14.9
12.4
14.1
23.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
607,359
24.6
1,381,279
28.9
335,984
26.9
1,018,051
18.6
1,175,215
19.9
1,398,449
19.4
1,506,910
13.0
472,813
17.3
638,174
13.9
703,933
13.0
731,001
12.7
797,890
10.6
557,052
11.6
475,503
13.7
343,805
15.8
481,677
14.6
431,008
14.0
256,577
13.1
483,910
17.4
474,044
18.4
876,356
12.8
619,571
14.2
714,467
11.4
1,234,005
14.5
869,315
15.7
743,374
15.3%
All Modes
3,691,115
6,336,921
1,271,743
3,528,965
3,461,492
2,669,046
2,825,618
690,694
1,598,797
1,262,412
2,281,586
1,599,891
1,086,264
793,618
778,902
990,957
812,048
791,454
1,184,863
1,252,964
2,145,658
1,231,659
999,697
1,522,768
1,370,286
1,847,177
40.2%
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PSE
15.9
15.5
17.0
14.0
14.5
14.2
12.4
14.4
15.4
12.4
12.2
11.0
8.8
10.8
11.3
11.3
11.1
14.7
12.8
12.4
10.4
9.8
8.8
12.3
13.2
Table 1.6: MRFSS Bluefish Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
1,984,365
3,259,111
851,021
1,163,856
1,268,584
605,837
1,077,768
164,926
801,464
398,312
1,144,132
447,823
106,849
51,743
221,379
251,910
203,445
206,383
239,939
248,924
518,169
291,610
66,595
81,602
149,512
632,210
45.8%
PSE
25.1
24.5
22.7
28.0
25.2
37.0
26.5
33.1
28.4
30.7
21.4
30.8
25.4
39.6
23.1
24.7
28.0
31.7
24.4
25.6
19.0
21.0
24.0
40.8
29.5
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
764,060
1,200,341
20,851
1,141,702
819,371
627,196
203,232
45,359
97,282
91,683
100,954
223,714
326,547
181,443
174,236
108,441
48,395
55,624
67,546
57,867
78,073
88,285
122,880
116,446
38,444
271,999
PSE
22.4
29.4
40.1
26.7
35.4
22.4
24.5
28.8
19.5
16.8
18.8
25.7
16.2
25.2
25.8
32.2
29.8
34.3
28.7
23.0
19.0
15.2
14.1
16.0
27.9
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
606,666
24.7
991,619
35.4
335,984
26.9
966,359
19.2
1,046,625
21.5
1,281,506
20.9
1,253,985
13.3
453,415
18.0
569,192
15.2
544,242
15.7
484,080
14.8
513,294
12.9
391,936
14.9
278,858
17.0
212,655
21.2
263,720
18.9
266,969
17.9
124,493
17.8
132,959
20.1
82,925
23.7
120,235
15.4
189,446
18.9
268,284
14.4
340,383
16.7
194,434
17.7
476,571
19.7%
All Modes
3,355,091
5,451,071
1,207,856
3,271,917
3,134,580
2,514,539
2,534,985
663,700
1,467,938
1,034,237
1,729,166
1,184,831
825,332
512,044
608,270
624,071
518,809
386,500
440,444
389,716
716,477
569,341
457,759
538,431
382,390
1,380,780
34.5%
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PSE
16.3
17.2
17.6
14.8
15.5
15.0
13.2
14.9
16.6
14.5
14.8
13.8
10.1
13.5
13.4
13.9
14.6
18.5
15.2
17.5
14.1
12.7
9.9
12.7
14.9
Table 1.7: MRFSS Bluefish Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
1,056,215
705,049
1,155,995
1,014,839
1,265,002
1,052,097
474,717
99,696
365,540
1,263,287
1,854,470
326,572
93,096
44,711
309,960
82,013
97,677
224,931
85,261
79,941
174,086
189,492
109,300
37,846
65,699
489,100
10.9%
PSE
25.8
23.6
28.5
59.0
30.3
57.1
29.5
36.2
26.7
51.6
35.3
35.1
50.6
40.2
28.5
29.8
48.2
64.0
42.3
46.7
24.6
33.6
27.4
45.0
42.3
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
1,377,729
16,148,664
131,390
6,569,084
2,506,330
5,025,800
1,262,991
406,277
797,479
909,717
754,017
1,369,052
2,340,505
1,464,970
1,471,976
1,135,647
235,749
306,748
329,841
343,510
532,623
541,135
650,211
231,190
232,263
1,882,996
PSE
81.9
29.6
43.3
29.4
59.5
25.1
25.7
39.2
20.4
17.5
17.6
24.3
16.8
25.7
25.4
34.9
28.0
37.0
38.4
22.4
18.9
15.5
18.3
20.5
30.7
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
1,925,478
22.8
1,125,054
32.6
1,502,675
32.5
3,881,205
20.5
4,355,666
23.7
5,990,654
23.2
6,491,039
13.2
3,329,519
17.4
3,405,258
15.3
3,340,674
16.6
2,726,462
16.4
2,425,946
13.5
1,826,586
12.8
1,417,851
17.1
1,035,737
22.7
1,150,356
19.8
1,089,436
21.6
593,492
20.5
495,819
25.4
297,727
23.9
536,084
17.4
527,160
21.9
1,263,227
16.4
1,390,355
18.6
863,939
19.2
2,119,496
41.9%
All Modes
4,359,422
17,978,767
2,790,060
11,465,126
8,127,000
12,068,554
8,228,747
3,835,493
4,568,277
5,513,678
5,334,949
4,121,570
4,260,187
2,927,535
2,817,671
2,368,014
1,422,862
1,125,171
910,923
721,178
1,242,790
1,257,786
2,022,736
1,659,389
1,161,904
4,491,592
47.2%
Job 1 Page 19
PSE
28.5
26.7
21.2
18.9
22.8
16.3
11.3
15.7
12.2
15.8
15.1
11.7
10.8
15.3
16.0
19.4
17.5
19.6
20.0
15.4
11.6
12.4
11.9
15.9
15.7
Table 1.8: MRFSS Striped Bass Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
21,727
582,061
13,131
4,837
9,737
0
3,929
2,507
27,077
13,156
25,214
39,059
41,060
41,202
248,342
110,580
124,645
124,395
181,831
84,286
267,085
108,156
184,486
255,280
248,691
110,499
20.2%
PSE
49.6
67.6
72.2
55.1
43.8
0.0
59.2
49.7
31.9
34.0
31.0
42.0
26.2
28.4
57.3
35.6
30.4
29.3
54.6
26.3
27.2
27.0
31.7
33.2
42.4
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
2,401
0
0
679
9,768
202
0
52
1,374
2,446
7,023
20,261
42,547
22,776
38,967
29,385
24,446
18,491
15,086
41,085
9,840
12,267
32,396
26,572
23,258
15,253
PSE
73.2
0.0
0.0
75.0
58.9
100.1
0.0
68.3
37.9
33.5
33.1
30.5
23.5
33.6
38.3
52.5
27.5
23.3
26.1
20.7
21.0
18.1
11.9
18.0
25.1
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
3,655
59.7
111,207
54.3
29,695
57.1
31,338
64.5
22,792
50.3
12,052
50.2
75,028
28.8
25,645
29.1
102,696
20.9
79,970
18.9
274,146
46.2
242,093
23.1
206,965
18.5
442,918
25.8
258,076
26.5
974,488
26.5
638,256
20.7
947,521
24.6
562,912
21.7
854,186
18.8
884,948
17.3
627,613
14.4
722,138
17.9
879,966
19.9
1,519,261
16.2
421,183
2.8%
All Modes
27,783
693,268
42,826
36,854
42,297
12,254
78,957
28,204
131,147
95,572
306,383
301,413
290,571
506,896
545,384
1,114,452
787,346
1,090,407
759,829
979,557
1,161,872
748,036
939,020
1,161,817
1,791,209
546,934
77.0%
Job 1 Page 20
PSE
40.1
57.4
45.3
55.3
32.0
49.4
27.5
26.8
17.7
16.5
41.5
19.4
14.1
22.7
29.1
23.5
17.5
21.7
20.7
16.5
14.6
12.7
15.1
16.8
15.0
Table 1.9: MRFSS Striped Bass Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
5,090
25,002
13,131
2,246
0
0
0
0
873
0
848
0
2,151
2,026
4,988
0
8,633
1,619
521
643
3,231
2,159
5,492
0
0
3,146
8.6%
PSE
53.3
80.8
72.2
77.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
79.9
0.0
75.8
0.0
45.2
100.0
69.4
0.0
66.5
77.4
99.9
100.0
59.7
71.9
50.7
0.0
0.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
2,401
0
0
0
365
0
0
52
118
149
242
2,393
3,379
1,323
4,467
3,577
12,886
8,637
6,448
17,789
5,455
8,808
23,753
15,927
12,041
5,208
PSE
73.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
76.4
0.0
0.0
68.3
66.3
100.0
59.6
34.2
32.2
41.9
38.2
43.6
39.3
34.4
34.8
27.9
27.9
22.1
14.2
22.8
32.2
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
3,655
59.7
25,079
48.2
29,695
57.1
3,432
70.7
14,986
72.4
1,760
48.2
522
60.3
2,620
50.8
4,787
48.0
5,933
34.7
3,817
47.1
6,760
40.2
13,723
25.0
13,580
31.4
28,806
27.2
59,263
19.7
43,120
21.4
53,958
24.0
48,836
30.6
34,759
19.8
45,479
16.4
40,093
21.1
66,737
16.1
56,441
20.7
95,198
27.6
28,122
14.3%
All Modes
11,146
50,081
42,826
5,678
15,350
1,760
522
2,672
5,777
6,082
4,907
9,154
19,253
16,929
38,261
62,840
64,639
64,215
55,805
53,191
54,165
51,060
95,983
72,368
107,238
36,476
77.1%
Job 1 Page 21
PSE
35.0
47.0
45.3
52.5
70.7
48.2
60.3
49.8
41.6
33.9
39.1
31.0
19.4
28.1
22.8
18.8
18.5
20.8
27.1
16.0
14.5
17.3
12.1
16.9
24.7
Table 1.10: MRFSS Striped Bass Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
20,518
49,608
71,852
5,445
0
0
0
0
2,308
0
30,108
0
46,178
39,557
73,676
0
106,881
25,514
11,268
6,332
29,722
20,659
64,052
0
0
24,147
5.1%
PSE
56.1
82.5
89.5
77.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
88.6
0.0
46.0
100.0
69.4
0.0
69.9
81.1
100.0
100.0
60.5
74.0
50.6
0.0
0.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
5,293
0
0
0
3,858
0
0
891
3,931
4,579
5,049
46,859
81,647
27,121
65,816
46,786
196,267
113,228
94,114
194,693
65,644
88,504
161,053
39,114
130,724
55,007
PSE
73.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
80.8
70.6
100.0
61.4
37.2
32.7
44.4
45.3
48.9
44.2
40.0
41.0
31.8
29.3
24.7
17.2
25.3
39.8
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
8,986
56.5
61,356
49.9
238,946
57.1
86,257
70.7
37,286
73.3
21,537
68.1
13,307
78.3
46,645
41.3
94,449
48.8
188,432
35.1
90,153
49.9
149,421
42.1
272,242
24.6
289,151
32.1
532,155
29.3
868,632
20.5
617,317
21.6
851,181
24.3
718,647
31.0
314,940
21.4
532,678
20.2
491,319
24.1
1,026,433
16.6
888,002
23.6
1,428,407
27.7
394,715
11.6%
All Modes
34,795
110,964
310,798
91,705
41,144
21,537
13,307
47,536
100,688
193,011
125,309
196,278
400,067
355,829
671,647
915,418
920,465
989,923
824,031
515,962
628,044
600,482
1,251,538
927,116
1,559,133
473,869
83.3%
Job 1 Page 22
PSE
37.9
46.0
48.5
66.7
66.4
68.1
78.3
40.6
45.8
34.3
41.8
33.3
18.8
28.6
24.8
19.6
19.1
21.5
27.5
17.8
17.6
20.2
14.0
22.7
25.6
Table 1.11: MRFSS Summer Flounder Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
40,753
36,489
219,240
59,867
10,488
14,274
13,438
5,248
0
10,623
8,945
14,992
11,489
44,065
36,873
19,397
41,075
12,217
18,040
25,055
19,028
25,893
94,702
27,288
19,812
33,172
7.3%
PSE
38.6
39.2
34.8
42.4
41.9
42.2
29.6
43.3
0.0
56.5
46.7
60.2
32.5
25.2
37.0
33.8
55.4
45.6
35.0
33.5
40.8
33.8
30.4
34.7
42.7
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
199,774
0
2,351
24,880
2,104
52
0
1,081
0
0
0
17
2,784
0
5,974
305
5,896
7,969
1,597
85
3,402
4,431
85
10,511
PSE
0.0
0.0
45.3
0.0
100.0
31.0
42.7
100.1
0.0
43.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
99.1
58.8
0.0
48.6
52.3
35.1
39.6
47.4
99.8
27.1
30.9
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
55,088
47.8
217,372
46.4
250,900
53.0
536,962
19.8
202,016
26.2
877,288
20.8
361,687
13.9
115,219
17.9
44,541
26.5
44,649
22.8
106,626
18.0
222,881
14.8
130,716
16.5
448,929
13.8
324,937
14.3
592,973
11.9
627,151
16.7
517,369
14.8
693,804
16.2
782,060
11.3
537,779
11.9
519,835
13.3
542,479
11.7
552,698
16.1
1,023,761
16.8
413,189
2.3%
All Modes
95,841
253,861
669,914
596,829
214,855
916,441
377,229
120,519
44,541
56,352
115,571
237,873
142,205
493,011
364,594
612,371
674,200
529,890
717,740
815,084
558,404
545,813
640,583
584,416
1,043,658
456,872
90.4%
Job 1 Page 23
PSE
32.0
40.1
26.6
18.4
24.7
20.0
13.4
17.2
26.5
21.0
17.0
14.3
15.4
12.8
13.3
11.5
15.9
14.4
15.7
10.9
11.6
12.8
10.9
15.3
16.5
Table 1.12: MRFSS Summer Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
22,522
26,200
126,450
56,354
9,925
9,655
12,209
1,693
0
2,180
4,264
11,424
3,026
18,624
5,538
4,725
2,683
1,619
2,853
2,971
1,309
1,291
11,586
3,402
1,646
13,766
6.8%
PSE
55.0
41.0
46.5
44.8
43.9
61.0
31.0
59.5
0.0
51.3
57.1
72.5
62.7
37.5
63.5
52.8
48.8
100.0
59.2
72.2
100.0
100.0
33.6
74.8
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
198,810
0
0
13,552
1,683
52
0
331
0
0
0
17
2,784
0
3,503
305
1,991
3,288
921
85
1,237
2,079
43
9,227
PSE
0.0
0.0
45.5
0.0
0.0
38.4
50.1
100.1
0.0
64.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
99.1
58.8
0.0
57.2
52.3
58.2
45.3
63.8
99.8
36.8
42.0
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
53,648
49.0
107,531
69.2
250,900
53.0
263,451
20.3
175,422
28.5
459,409
31.0
203,638
17.6
78,789
22.8
28,314
37.3
15,196
35.3
61,281
23.8
97,994
18.4
74,190
19.9
297,367
17.0
180,209
17.5
277,329
14.8
237,656
19.2
259,477
20.3
210,466
19.5
365,352
17.6
150,583
15.7
91,990
18.2
152,985
14.7
212,391
19.6
209,737
21.2
180,612
4.5%
All Modes
76,170
133,730
576,160
319,804
187,698
482,616
217,530
80,534
28,314
17,707
65,545
109,418
77,216
316,007
188,531
282,054
243,842
261,401
215,311
371,611
152,813
93,366
165,808
217,872
211,426
203,699
88.7%
Job 1 Page 24
PSE
38.1
56.3
29.7
18.5
26.7
29.6
16.5
22.4
37.3
31.0
22.5
18.1
19.2
16.1
16.9
14.5
18.7
20.1
19.1
17.4
15.5
18.0
13.8
19.2
21.0
Table 1.13: MRFSS Summer Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
8,688
14,806
110,153
27,736
15,794
11,102
17,782
3,124
0
4,211
5,838
20,232
4,447
21,691
6,989
5,675
3,446
4,879
4,698
5,833
3,653
3,060
32,064
7,163
4,277
13,894
3.9%
PSE
46.3
40.8
53.4
38.9
46.0
68.0
46.3
61.2
0.0
65.9
57.0
77.7
68.4
38.7
65.6
52.2
48.5
100.0
58.0
78.9
100.0
100.0
36.3
74.9
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
177,140
0
4,136
19,711
1,929
128
0
542
0
0
0
20
4,976
0
10,137
509
3,702
7,008
2,571
267
2,705
5,564
115
9,646
PSE
0.0
0.0
44.1
0.0
100.0
49.5
50.3
100.0
0.0
66.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
103.8
66.0
0.0
60.3
56.1
71.9
53.7
69.6
100.1
48.7
54.7
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
75,794
61.5
207,671
69.7
211,730
52.4
391,310
21.8
318,693
28.3
743,817
30.1
413,962
18.7
166,441
23.2
97,430
39.1
26,164
34.0
135,484
30.3
171,381
18.5
124,145
20.9
453,283
17.2
291,036
18.6
419,807
14.9
348,810
19.4
442,979
19.9
380,252
20.0
765,364
18.4
443,931
16.2
279,713
19.7
375,939
15.0
554,741
18.8
579,029
22.1
336,756
2.7%
All Modes
84,482
222,477
499,022
419,046
338,622
774,630
433,673
169,692
97,430
30,917
141,321
191,611
128,594
474,994
303,000
425,481
362,392
448,367
388,651
778,206
450,157
283,042
410,708
567,466
583,423
360,296
93.5%
Job 1 Page 25
PSE
55.4
65.1
29.6
20.5
26.7
29.0
17.9
22.8
39.1
30.1
29.2
18.5
20.3
16.5
17.9
14.7
18.8
19.7
19.6
18.1
16.0
19.5
14.1
18.4
21.9
Table 1.14: MRFSS Winter Flounder Total Catch (A+B1+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
171,868
181,431
42,910
110,824
287,866
84,733
44,306
21,392
112,616
66,619
18,152
6,904
16,300
19,861
10,724
20,523
4,531
3,532
5,854
0
6,147
1,291
9,768
10,884
2,630
50,467
11.5%
PSE
29.6
29.3
34.5
24.1
33.4
36.6
44.7
28.0
33.2
52.5
35.0
48.3
30.9
38.1
59.0
40.8
40.8
54.4
52.4
0.0
55.4
100.0
44.4
84.5
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
7,411
0
40,733
35,235
87,148
37,550
102,810
8,726
32,002
8,060
41
0
84
130
0
0
0
691
294
61
0
22
0
0
14,440
PSE
0.0
90.3
0.0
63.8
26.8
27.9
54.5
27.5
27.2
32.9
66.9
85.5
0.0
101.3
100.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.0
70.7
100.7
0.0
102.0
0.0
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
591,987
24.2
1,033,813
60.4
733,582
34.2
1,173,963
18.9
958,683
21.0
475,003
18.9
899,798
18.8
713,811
16.8
582,977
13.1
473,626
28.2
397,941
19.4
137,900
19.7
71,167
25.3
73,779
29.4
207,627
33.3
85,563
29.2
181,475
24.4
316,849
26.5
85,576
30.2
21,358
27.1
41,193
30.2
24,372
30.9
19,436
37.6
2,809
70.7
1,854
58.7
372,246
3.3%
All Modes
763,854
1,222,655
776,492
1,325,520
1,281,784
646,885
981,655
838,014
704,319
572,247
424,153
144,845
87,467
93,724
218,481
106,086
186,006
320,381
92,121
21,653
47,401
25,663
29,227
13,693
4,484
437,152
85.2%
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PSE
19.9
51.2
32.4
16.9
17.4
15.1
17.4
14.7
12.1
24.2
18.3
18.9
21.4
24.5
31.8
24.8
23.8
26.2
28.3
26.8
27.2
29.8
29.1
68.7
63.5
Table 1.15: MRFSS Winter Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
147,866
132,399
30,488
73,352
208,524
75,226
30,262
10,973
40,249
16,611
10,500
4,894
10,223
10,253
9,538
17,042
4,244
1,807
2,935
0
650
0
7,630
1,790
2,630
34,003
9.5%
PSE
33.0
37.5
43.6
25.2
43.4
40.5
53.2
34.4
31.8
42.9
40.6
54.4
43.9
35.5
65.8
47.6
43.1
72.1
70.7
0.0
100.0
0.0
49.4
75.3
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
7,411
0
38,762
28,702
75,611
37,133
47,785
5,341
20,956
7,885
41
0
84
130
0
0
0
691
147
0
0
22
0
0
10,828
PSE
0.0
90.3
0.0
67.0
31.2
31.6
55.2
31.1
33.4
42.7
68.3
85.5
0.0
101.3
100.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.0
100.1
0.0
0.0
102.0
0.0
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
507,500
26.4
905,065
68.6
597,235
39.7
1,056,598
20.5
799,979
24.0
434,021
20.4
755,170
21.7
601,084
19.4
492,227
15.1
380,364
34.3
320,628
22.8
118,447
22.1
63,420
27.8
58,006
35.0
181,426
37.5
73,088
33.5
158,837
27.5
233,376
34.1
63,685
38.6
10,064
41.7
14,688
40.0
16,476
35.4
15,955
44.5
2,339
82.4
1,158
72.2
314,433
3.0%
All Modes
655,366
1,044,875
627,722
1,168,713
1,037,205
584,858
822,565
659,841
537,817
417,930
339,013
123,382
73,643
68,343
191,095
90,130
163,081
235,182
67,311
10,211
15,338
16,476
23,607
4,129
3,788
359,265
87.5%
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PSE
21.7
59.6
37.8
18.7
20.5
16.5
20.1
17.8
14.0
31.3
21.7
21.3
24.7
30.2
35.8
28.6
26.8
33.8
36.6
41.1
38.5
35.4
34.0
57.0
72.8
Table 1.16: MRFSS Winter Flounder Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
77,443
118,499
18,505
53,913
133,321
54,213
35,212
12,412
45,880
16,748
9,570
5,456
11,773
15,454
13,292
24,489
4,612
2,690
2,881
0
1,241
0
8,364
1,684
0
26,706
7.1%
PSE
35.4
45.2
45.0
27.8
43.0
41.6
58.0
35.7
32.8
44.5
43.1
56.8
45.2
37.3
67.7
49.9
43.2
72.5
71.4
0.0
100.0
0.0
50.3
76.1
0.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
10,024
0
34,932
22,529
89,053
48,629
60,503
6,082
20,587
8,814
62
0
119
165
0
0
0
888
234
0
0
26
0
0
12,106
PSE
0.0
97.5
0.0
67.0
30.7
35.7
56.0
32.0
34.0
44.7
68.6
84.9
0.0
100.8
100.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
69.3
100.2
0.0
0.0
103.7
0.0
0.0
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
590,654
48.8
777,018
73.4
287,667
40.0
1,131,513
19.6
790,298
23.6
466,240
20.7
918,752
22.5
819,079
19.9
669,927
15.1
397,355
36.8
342,332
23.8
145,903
23.0
72,403
27.9
83,889
35.6
243,611
39.2
92,472
33.5
232,506
28.3
272,777
34.0
65,318
42.1
13,719
41.7
22,015
40.9
25,154
35.3
17,412
48.7
3,587 100.0
1,116
56.0
339,309
3.2%
All Modes
668,097
905,542
306,170
1,220,359
946,150
609,506
1,002,593
891,997
721,890
434,690
360,717
151,419
84,176
99,463
257,070
116,961
237,116
275,467
69,090
13,953
23,256
25,154
25,803
5,271
1,116
378,121
89.7%
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PSE
43.3
63.3
37.7
18.3
20.6
17.0
20.9
18.4
14.2
33.8
22.7
22.2
24.8
30.6
37.3
28.4
27.8
33.7
39.9
41.1
39.1
35.3
36.7
72.3
56.0
Table 1.17: MRFSS Scup Total Catch (A+B1+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
55,775
3,421
0
3,292
0
534,911
19,343
5,813
22,219
21,837
13,768
41,686
34,241
3,952
50,062
8,995
6,905
15,192
17,183
141,317
299,427
128,400
260,360
39,759
87,836
72,628
4.3%
PSE
71.3
74.1
0.0
100.0
0.0
86.8
55.4
83.3
48.3
59.5
69.1
41.1
57.2
46.0
60.0
86.9
62.2
51.1
78.7
35.6
20.3
30.7
17.5
62.3
51.1
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
236,803
2,216
152,132
0
0
56,030
205,604
97,538
100,125
157,229
0
0
0
52
0
5,136
0
0
0
0
0
0
23,159
17,562
9,798
42,535
PSE
31.0
100.0
37.4
0.0
0.0
45.3
18.4
30.1
20.7
17.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.6
0.0
76.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31.5
33.6
48.4
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
1,229,474
21.7
133,706
49.1
397,042
45.7
417,967
26.1
6,977,216
16.3
5,710,424
19.1
1,076,693
16.0
2,035,811
13.5
2,006,563
16.2
676,378
32.4
3,620,613
11.3
2,739,130
12.7
751,431
13.9
278,405
23.8
202,252
23.6
751,146
22.6
198,199
29.9
341,766
23.9
629,890
25.6
2,101,254
14.6
1,647,550
10.9
1,322,939
15.5
2,049,330
11.3
879,059
17.2
1,277,419
17.2
1,578,066
2.5%
All Modes
1,522,052
139,343
549,174
421,259
6,977,216
6,301,365
1,301,640
2,139,162
2,128,907
855,444
3,634,381
2,780,816
785,672
282,410
252,314
765,277
205,104
356,957
647,073
2,242,571
1,946,977
1,451,339
2,332,849
936,379
1,375,054
1,693,229
93.2%
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PSE
18.4
47.2
34.6
26.0
16.3
18.8
13.6
12.9
15.3
25.9
11.2
12.5
13.5
23.4
22.4
22.3
28.9
23.0
25.0
13.9
9.7
14.4
10.1
16.3
16.3
Table 1.18: MRFSS Scup Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
55,775
0
0
3,292
0
530,292
17,933
0
0
17,231
12,808
35,176
15,706
2,165
5,977
7,710
456
5,398
2,083
42,846
114,929
36,904
148,491
31,345
0
43,461
3.7%
PSE
71.3
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
87.6
59.2
0.0
0.0
72.9
73.9
46.3
61.0
59.8
100.0
100.0
100.1
98.8
99.7
87.7
27.3
49.5
22.6
77.8
0.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
227,200
0
152,132
0
0
52,996
150,460
86,942
67,429
120,355
0
0
0
52
0
3,669
0
0
0
0
0
0
19,257
15,779
4,898
36,047
PSE
32.2
0.0
37.4
0.0
0.0
47.8
21.3
33.4
25.5
21.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.6
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
36.9
36.6
57.9
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
1,163,844
22.8
112,094
57.4
397,042
45.7
307,576
30.9
5,149,220
20.3
4,264,248
23.8
843,167
18.4
1,395,701
17.5
1,334,804
22.0
518,902
41.8
2,103,189
14.7
1,667,894
16.6
598,929
16.2
246,829
26.0
110,879
31.6
627,844
25.8
142,213
39.9
184,414
38.2
371,861
38.2
1,274,843
18.0
900,931
15.3
844,792
21.3
1,361,398
15.3
507,224
24.8
685,754
22.9
1,084,624
3.1%
All Modes
1,446,819
112,094
549,174
310,869
5,149,220
4,847,537
1,011,560
1,482,643
1,402,234
656,489
2,115,997
1,703,070
614,635
249,047
116,856
639,222
142,669
189,812
373,943
1,317,689
1,015,860
881,696
1,529,146
554,348
690,652
1,164,131
93.2%
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PSE
19.2
57.4
34.6
30.6
20.3
23.0
15.7
16.6
21.0
33.3
14.6
16.3
15.9
25.8
30.4
25.3
39.8
37.2
38.0
17.7
13.9
20.5
13.8
23.2
22.7
Table 1.19: MRFSS Scup Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
30,867
0
0
3,113
0
199,106
11,378
0
0
4,257
7,533
16,228
7,019
2,030
4,347
3,203
123
3,569
1,263
25,587
86,689
32,006
118,186
33,367
0
23,595
3.1%
PSE
87.9
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
88.9
61.4
0.0
0.0
82.7
67.3
46.2
60.4
62.8
100.0
100.0
99.8
98.8
99.7
90.7
27.4
49.5
22.8
82.8
0.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
368,834
0
70,605
0
0
19,744
108,555
51,513
49,264
50,472
0
0
0
44
0
3,062
0
0
0
0
0
0
15,470
10,245
5,620
30,137
PSE
36.9
0.0
37.6
0.0
0.0
47.9
22.1
33.5
34.1
24.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.7
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
43.0
45.5
65.3
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
622,376
24.8
166,923
58.8
256,318
48.6
268,064
34.4
3,081,383
20.1
1,622,109
23.9
455,887
18.8
1,018,785
17.7
898,569
22.6
351,021
53.0
1,408,144
14.8
1,168,692
16.6
331,437
16.5
208,795
27.6
96,478
35.9
392,062
29.0
46,244
36.7
139,146
43.9
198,052
40.2
833,994
18.5
873,970
15.7
817,455
21.5
1,394,734
15.6
546,044
24.8
792,536
23.0
719,569
3.9%
All Modes
1,022,077
166,923
326,925
271,177
3,081,383
1,840,960
575,817
1,070,298
947,835
405,750
1,415,677
1,184,920
338,457
210,870
100,825
398,327
46,367
142,715
199,316
859,580
960,659
849,461
1,528,390
589,656
798,156
773,301
93.1%
Job 1 Page 31
PSE
20.3
58.8
38.9
34.0
20.1
23.1
15.5
16.9
21.5
45.9
14.7
16.4
16.2
27.4
34.7
28.6
36.6
42.9
40.0
18.2
14.5
20.8
14.3
23.5
22.8
Table 1.20: MRFSS Tautog Total Catch (A+B1+B2) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
18,134
10,899
18,344
64,456
37,943
98,001
8,280
23,240
48,710
15,047
2,969
11,560
45,859
43,717
4,325
16,866
5,212
6,896
4,079
8,998
22,200
5,689
36,044
1,701
14,818
22,959
8.5%
PSE
38.3
87.1
46.3
24.1
34.1
51.0
48.0
29.3
42.9
28.0
48.2
40.5
26.8
23.7
55.4
33.7
43.8
54.5
57.5
72.0
30.6
49.3
61.2
70.7
52.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
3,571
7,464
5,839
16,587
25,920
21,642
17,637
17,879
94
0
0
6,644
10,676
10,719
0
136
158
0
0
0
1,997
1,426
11,549
6,398
PSE
0.0
0.0
60.5
51.4
55.2
34.9
31.6
23.8
31.3
35.2
87.4
0.0
0.0
52.5
66.9
42.7
0.0
100.0
66.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
67.3
53.6
38.5
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
85,954
29.2
232,240
41.9
259,563
40.6
285,431
19.7
184,547
18.1
252,835
28.7
325,210
20.3
349,091
15.1
359,213
13.7
87,751
19.3
323,775
17.2
576,043
14.4
217,925
17.9
235,317
21.0
179,994
28.0
119,068
21.5
94,055
24.1
267,637
40.8
79,889
39.6
30,505
45.0
53,407
48.5
313,192
29.2
412,357
18.1
485,674
29.5
191,006
20.3
240,067
2.4%
All Modes
104,088
243,139
281,478
357,352
228,329
367,422
359,410
393,973
425,560
120,676
326,838
587,603
263,784
285,678
194,995
146,653
99,267
274,669
84,125
39,503
75,607
318,881
450,398
488,801
217,373
269,424
89.1%
Job 1 Page 32
PSE
25.0
40.2
37.6
16.3
15.8
24.1
18.6
13.5
12.7
15.4
17.0
14.2
15.5
17.7
26.1
18.2
23.0
39.8
37.8
38.4
35.4
28.7
17.3
29.3
18.3
Table 1.21: MRFSS Tautog Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Numbers by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
15,740
10,899
13,900
37,288
32,878
86,241
5,580
7,192
46,442
8,875
1,697
6,521
24,533
27,705
2,779
7,295
1,894
901
0
0
2,956
711
6,774
851
1,646
14,052
9.0%
PSE
41.5
87.1
55.7
28.0
37.8
57.0
62.5
41.0
44.8
36.1
68.4
52.3
44.0
30.5
65.8
51.0
71.6
72.1
0.0
0.0
60.5
100.0
55.0
100.0
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
3,571
7,464
5,535
15,171
23,004
20,099
8,723
6,414
81
0
0
5,127
10,676
8,554
0
136
88
0
0
0
1,309
713
4,481
4,846
PSE
0.0
0.0
60.5
51.4
58.0
37.3
34.7
25.4
37.5
40.9
100.2
0.0
0.0
65.2
66.9
51.4
0.0
100.0
100.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
99.1
75.9
44.3
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
84,568
29.6
220,288
44.1
183,206
48.8
242,718
21.0
143,904
20.4
231,985
31.0
283,845
22.3
206,907
19.5
248,617
17.6
60,582
25.7
189,360
22.6
312,699
17.7
155,523
20.8
117,276
28.6
106,805
35.9
56,710
30.2
30,306
44.6
65,760
51.0
15,612
60.9
10,648
56.2
13,623
63.9
99,529
27.5
159,792
20.1
110,896
34.6
67,758
26.6
136,757
3.1%
All Modes
100,308
231,187
200,676
287,470
182,318
333,396
312,430
234,198
303,782
75,871
191,137
319,221
180,055
150,109
120,259
72,558
32,200
66,797
15,701
10,648
16,579
100,240
167,875
112,459
73,886
155,654
87.9%
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PSE
25.8
42.2
44.7
18.2
17.6
26.2
20.4
17.4
16.0
21.3
22.4
17.4
18.9
23.1
32.5
24.9
42.2
50.2
60.5
56.2
53.6
27.4
19.2
34.2
24.7
Table 1.22: MRFSS Tautog Harvested Catch (A+B1) Estimates in Pounds by
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Annual
Mean
% Distr.
Shore Mode
32,857
12,046
30,276
87,051
78,217
242,411
21,354
14,519
89,588
20,353
5,112
15,287
65,188
84,557
7,806
26,987
3,201
3,788
0
0
11,920
1,647
21,113
3,946
6,746
35,439
7.4%
PSE
45.1
72.5
56.7
33.5
41.3
58.9
68.2
40.9
46.8
41.7
68.7
52.4
44.3
32.8
68.6
54.3
71.8
71.4
0.0
0.0
65.7
100.0
50.9
100.0
100.0
Party/ Charter
Boat Mode
0
0
6,817
9,125
16,449
45,485
80,832
83,239
20,029
17,471
342
0
0
17,035
32,950
34,350
0
617
423
0
0
0
1,766
3,333
7,121
15,095
PSE
0.0
0.0
62.3
52.4
59.0
41.7
37.4
27.5
35.6
41.8
99.9
0.0
0.0
72.2
70.6
58.0
0.0
99.8
99.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
99.0
78.6
67.6
Private/
PSE
Rental Boat
Mode
209,481
29.3
598,562
45.9
421,491
62.0
637,533
21.2
376,521
23.9
550,451
36.5
1,004,420
24.0
512,413
20.2
928,602
19.4
162,177
24.5
643,181
23.8
1,033,351
18.3
465,836
21.9
315,846
29.7
361,859
35.5
184,481
30.4
81,096
42.0
227,219
49.6
60,719
63.1
58,475
61.2
51,237
65.2
445,495
29.9
580,983
20.1
507,697
31.5
287,114
26.6
428,250
3.2%
All Modes
242,336
610,608
458,581
733,711
471,185
838,345
1,106,606
610,172
1,038,217
199,999
648,633
1,048,638
531,024
417,439
402,617
245,817
84,297
231,622
61,142
58,475
63,157
447,139
603,862
514,977
300,981
478,783
89.4%
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PSE
26.1
45.0
57.1
18.8
20.4
29.5
22.0
17.4
17.9
20.6
23.7
18.0
20.0
23.6
32.4
24.9
40.5
48.6
62.7
61.2
54.4
29.8
19.4
31.1
25.5
Table 1.23: A History of Connecticut Marine Recreational Fisheries Regulations
for Selected Species from 1935-2005
Striped Bass
Effective
Date
1935
1953
Jan 1982
Minimum
Size
16in. (fork
length)
16in. (fork
length)
16in. (fork
length)
Daily Creel Limit
None.
None.
4 fish between 16
and 24in. No limit
>24in.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
No sale; spearing prohibited.
None.
Aug
24in. (fork
Apr 1-Dec Dec 15-Mar 31 in
1984
length)
14
all state waters.
Aug
26in. (fork
None.
1985
length)
14
all state waters.
Jul 1, 1986- Striped bass fishery closed in all state waters (Moratorium)
1987
33in. (total
1 fish/angler.
length)
14
all state waters.
Apr 1,
1989
34in. (total
length)
1 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
Jul 1,
1989
36in. (total
length)
1 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
Jan 1,
1990
38in. (total
length)
1 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
Sep 1990
36in. (total
length)
1 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
Apr 22,
1994
34in. (total
length)
1 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
1995
28in. (total
length)
2 fish/angler.
Apr 1-Dec
14
Dec 15-Mar 31 in
all state waters.
Jul 29,
1996
28in. (total
length)
2 fish/angler.
Year
round.
None.
May 10,
2000
24-30in. and
> 40in (total
length)
1 fish/angler per
length group.
Year
round.
None.
Party/Charter
Only-29½ in.
(total length)
2 fish/angler.
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Spearing prohibited.
No sale; spearing and gaffing
prohibited; fish must be landed
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
intact.
Striped Bass, Con’t.
Feb 27,
2001
May 15,
2003Current
24-32in. and
> 41in (total
length)
1 fish/angler per
length group.
Party/Charter
Only-28 in.
(total length)
28in. (total
length)
2 fish/angler.
Year
round.
None.
intact.
2 fish/angler.
Year
round.
None.
intact.
Daily Creel Limit
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
Year
round.
None.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
May 15Sep 30.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
Oct 1-May 14 in
all state waters
On the water fillets must meet
minimum length or be accompanied
by legal sized rack (carcass).
Bluefish
Effective
Date
Jan 1,
1991
Minimum
Size
None
Apr 22,
1994Current
None
10 fish/angler for
fish > 12in (total
length).
10 fish/angler
None.
Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Effective
Date
Jan 1,
1982
Apr 22,
1994
Minimum
Size
14in. (total
length)
14in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
Jul 29,
1996
14in. (total
length)
6 fish/angler
Year
round.
None.
Apr 24,
1997
14½ in. (total
length)
6 fish/angler
Year
round.
None.
May 5,
1998
15in. (total
length)
6 fish/angler
Year
round.
None.
Mar 17,
1999
15in. (total
length)
8 fish/angler
May 29Sep 11.
May 10,
2000
15½in. (total
length)
8 fish/angler
May 10Oct 2.
May 17,
2001
17in. (total
length)
6 fish/angler
Year
round.
Sep 12May 28 in all state
waters.
Oct 3May 9 in all state
waters.
None.
May 27,
2005Current
17 ½ in. (total
length)
6 fish/angler
Apr 30Dec 31.
None.
6 fish/angler
Jan 1Apr 29 in all state
waters.
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None.
Winter Flounder
Effective
Date
Jan 1,
1982
Jan 1,
1985
Aug 19,
1986
Minimum
Size
8in. (total
length)
10in. (total
length)
10in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
Apr 22,
1994
Oct 1,
1995
Jan 1,
1996
Aug 1,
2005Current
11in. (total
length)
12in. (total
length)
12in. (total
length)
12in. (total
length)
8 fish/angler
None.
None.
None.
8 fish/angler
8 fish/angler
10 fish/angler
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
Year
round
except for
Niantic
River.
Apr 15Feb 28.
Apr 15Feb 28.
Year
round.
Apr 1May 30.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
None.
Niantic River
closed Dec 1-Mar
31.
None.
Mar 1-Apr 14 in
all state waters.
Mar 1-Apr 14 in
all state waters.
None.
None.
June 1Mar 31.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
May 10Feb 28.
Year
round.
Jan 1-Sep
1 and Sep
16-Nov
30.
Jan 1-Sep
7 and Sep
22-Nov
30.
Jan 1Nov 30.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
None.
Mar 1-May 9 in
all state waters.
None.
None.
Sep 2-Sep 15 and
Dec 1-Dec 31 in
all state waters.
None.
Sep 8-Sep 21 and
Dec 1-Dec 31 in
all state waters.
None.
Dec 1Dec 31.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
None.
None.
None.
Jun 3Oct 23.
Jul 13Sep 25.
Oct 24-Jun 2 in all
state waters.
Sep 26-Jul 12 in
all state waters.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Black Sea Bass
Effective
Date
Apr 24,
1997
May 5,
1998
May 17,
2001
June 19,
2002
May 15,
2003
Minimum
Size
9in. (total
length)
10in. (total
length)
11in. (total
length)
11½in. (total
length)
12in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
August
05, 2004
12in. (total
length)
25 fish/angler
May 27,
2005 Current
12in. (total
length)
25 fish/angler
None.
20 fish/angler
25 fish/angler
25 fish/angler
25 fish/angler
None.
None.
Scup (Porgy)
Effective
Date
Jan 1,
1982
Jan 1,
1985
May 10,
2000
Minimum
Size
7in. (total
length)
8in. (total
length)
8in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
May 10,
2001
June 19,
2002
9in. (total
length)
10in. (total
length)
25 fish/angler
None.
None.
50 fish/angler
50 fish/angler
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None.
None.
Scup, Con’t.
May 15,
2003
May 24,
2004
10in. (total
length)
10 1/2in.
(total length)
50 fish/angler
May 27,
2005Current
10 1/2in.
(total length)
25fish/angler
20 fish/angler
May 24Oct 30.
Jul 23Oct 12
and Nov
1-Dec 31.
Jul 1Oct 31.
Oct 31-May 23 in
all state waters.
Jan 1-Jul 22 and
Oct 13-Oct 31 in
all state waters.
None.
Nov 1June 30 in all state
waters.
None.
None.
Party/charter boats
only – 60
fish/angler
Sep 1Oct 31.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
Jun 15Apr 30.
Jan 1-Apr
30 and
Jun 15Nov 23.
Jan 1-Apr
30, Jun
15-Sep 7
and Sep
22 –Dec
13.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
None.
May 1-Jun 14 in
all state waters.
May 1-Jun 14 and
Nov 24-Dec 31 in
all state waters.
None.
May 1-Jun 14,
Sep 8 – Sep 21
and Dec 14-Dec
31 in all state
waters.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
None.
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
See Other
Restrictions.
Other Restrictions
Tautog (Blackfish)
Effective
Date
Sep 19,
1987
May 19,
1995
Jul 29,
1996
May 15,
2003
Minimum
Size
12in. (total
length)
14in. (total
length)
14in. (total
length)
14in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
Feb 27,
2004Current
14in. (total
length)
4 fish/angler
Minimum
Size
16in. (total
length)
16in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
None.
None.
4 fish/angler
4 fish/angler
None.
None.
Weakfish
Effective
Date
Jan 1,
1995
Apr.1,
2003Current
None.
10 fish/angler
None.
Hickory Shad
Effective
Date
Mar 17,
1999Current
Minimum
Size
None.
Daily Creel Limit
6 fish/angler, or in
aggregate with
American shad.
None.
White Perch
Effective
Date
Apr. 1,
2003Current
Minimum
Size
7in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
30fish/angler.
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Only for Long Island Sound and
Tidal Rivers and Streams.
American Eel
Effective
Date
May 10,
2000Current
Minimum
Size
6in. (total
length)
Daily Creel Limit
50 fish/angler
Fishing
Season
Year
round.
Closed
Season/Area
None.
Other Restrictions
None.
Gear Restrictions
1935Current
Apr 22,
1994Current
Striped bass may be taken by hook and line method only.
Spearing is allowed as a recreational activity only and must abide all recreational fishing regulations.
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Figures 1.1-1.2: MRF SS Estimated Number of Marine Recreational Anglers and Fishing Trips
in Connecticut, 1981-2005
Figure 1.1 Number of Marine Recreational Anglers
800,000
In-State Anglers
Out-of-State Anglers
700,000
Total Number of Anglers
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Figure 1.2: Number of Marine Recreational Fishing Trips by Mode
2,500,000
Shore Mode
Party/Charter Boat Mode
2,000,000
Private/Rental Boat Mode
All Modes Combined
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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Figure 1.3-1.8: MRFSS Catch Estimates for Selected Species Caught by Marine
Recreational Anglers, 1981-2005
Figure 1.3: Bluefish
20,000,000
18,000,000
Catch
16,000,000
14,000,000
Total Catch in Numbers
12,000,000
Harvested Catch in Numbers
10,000,000
Harvested Catch in Pounds
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.4: Striped Bass
2,000,000
Catch
1,800,000
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.5: Summer Flounder
1,200,000
1,000,000
Catch
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
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Figure 1.3-1.8: MRFSS Catch Estimates for Selected Species Caught by Marine
Recreational Anglers, 1981-2005 (Con’t)
Figure 1.6: Winter Flounder
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
Catch
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.7: Scup
8,000,000
7,000,000
6,000,000
Catch
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.8: Tautog
1,200,000
1,000,000
Catch
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
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Figure 1.9: MRFSS Length Frequency Distribution (minimum, mean, maximum) for
Selected Marine Species, 1991-2005
Figure 1.9: Bluefish
Fork Length (Inches)
40
35
30
25
20
Minimum
15
Mean
10
Maximum
5
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.10: Striped Bass
60
50
Minim um
40
Mean
30
Maxim um
20
10
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.11: Summer Flounder
35
30
25
Minimum
20
Mean
15
Maximum
10
5
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
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Figure 1.9: MRFSS Length Frequency Distribution (minimum, mean, maximum) for
Selected Marine Species, 1991-2005
1.12: Winter Flounder
20
15
Minimum
10
Mean
Maximum
5
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Figure 1.13: Scup
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Minimum
Mean
Maximum
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Figure 1.14: Tautog
30
25
20
Minimum
15
Mean
Maximum
10
5
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLES
47
LIST OF FIGURES
48
OBJECTIVES
49
INTRODUCTION
49
METHODS
49
50
CONCLUSIONS
52
MODIFICATIONS
52
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
52
APPENDIX
60-61
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LIST OF TABLES
Page
Table 1.1A:
Table 1.2A:
Catch Trip Frequency Distribution of Creeled Fish for
Selected Species, 2005
53
Catch Trip Frequency Distribution of Released Fish for
Selected Species, 2005
54
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LIST OF FIGURES
Page
Figure 1.1A: Bluefish Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
55
Figure 1.2A: Striped Bass Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
56
Figure 1.3A: Summer Flounder Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
57
Figure 1.4A: Winter Flounder Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
57
Figure 1.5A: Scup Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
58
Figure 1.6A: Tautog Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
58
Figure 1.7A: Black Sea Bass Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
59
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OBJECTIVES
Provide estimates of:
1) Size composition data on both kept and released bluefish, striped bass other common species.
Anglers participating in the Volunteer Angler Survey measured bluefish, striped bass and other
species. Length frequencies of popular species: bluefish, striped bass, summer flounder, winter
flounder, scup, tautog and weakfish are listed in Tables 1.1A - 1.7A.
2) Catch frequency (trips catching 0,1,2,...fish) data on both kept and discarded fish.
Catch frequency data and percent distribution on both kept and released are listed in Tables
1.1A-1.2A.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Volunteer Angler Survey (VAS) is to supplement the National Marine
Fisheries Service, Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey by providing additional length
measurement data particularly concerning fish that are released. In 1994, the VAS program was
incorporated into the Marine Angler Survey (Job 1) in order to improve and expand the survey.
The survey's initial objective was to collect marine recreational fishing information
concerning finfish species with special emphasis on striped bass. In 1994, the collection of
bluefish length measurements was added to the survey to fully understand that fishery. In 1997,
length measurement information on other marine finfish was added to the survey. This report
primarily consists of data collected in 2005.
METHODS
The VAS is designed to collect trip and catch information from marine recreational (hook
and line) anglers who volunteer to record their fishing activities by logbook. The logbook format
consists of recording fishing effort, target species, fishing mode (boat vs. shore), area fished
(subdivisions of Long Island Sound and adjacent waters), catch information concerning finfish
kept (creeled) and released, and striped bass and bluefish length measurements (Appendix 1.1A).
In 1997, the logbook was modified in order to collect length measurement data on other species
as well. Instructions for volunteers were provided on the inside cover of the postage paid
logbook. Each participating angler was assigned a personal numeric code for confidentiality
purposes. After the logbook data were computer entered, logbooks were returned to each
volunteer for their own personal record. For their participation, volunteers were sent a soft
insulated lunch cooler in addition to updates of survey results. Furthermore, to improve
communications with recreational anglers and to encourage more public input, volunteers were
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notified of upcoming public hearings including proposed and final changes in recreational
fishing regulations.
Over the years the number of participants in the survey ranged from as low as 18 anglers
participating in 1979 to a high of 115 anglers in 1997. Advertising the VAS program through the
DEP’s annually published Connecticut Angler’s Guide including the State web site
(http://dep.state.ct.us/bunatr/fishing) has helped increase volunteer participation. The guide is
distributed to anglers purchasing freshwater licenses in addition to being circulated by bait and
tackle shops and other entities.
VAS 2005
In 2005, a total of 84 anglers participated in the survey and made 1,707 fishing trips.
Volunteers including additional anglers involved in a fishing party made a total of 4,028 fishing
trips (note: targeted trips in the following paragraphs are not additive to the trip total since more
than one species may be sought during an angler trip). The percent of successful trips, where at
least one fish of any species was caught, was relatively high at 89% for boat anglers and 78% for
shore anglers. Besides striped bass and bluefish, VAS anglers pursued and caught a wide range of
inshore and offshore pelagic species and recorded length measurements on many species. This
report contains statistics on species anglers targeted the most and that are under a current fishery
management plan (bluefish, striped bass, summer flounder, scup, winter flounder, tautog, black
sea bass, and weakfish). Please refer to tables 1.1A-1.2A for length frequency distribution tables
and catch trip frequency distributions for kept and discarded (released) fish are listed in figures
1.1A-1.7A.
Bluefish
VAS participants made 1,545 targeted bluefish trips (boat and shore modes combined)
and recorded a total of 3,175 adult bluefish caught (bluefish >12 inches). Of the total number of
targeted trips, only 13% were unsuccessful. The overall catch including trips not targeting
bluefish was 3,685 fish. Of the overall catch, anglers measured 2,047 adult bluefish (56%) and
released about 71%. The 50th percentile length measurement for bluefish was approximately 22.5
inches (total length). The targeted catch-per-unit-of-effort (CPUE) was 2.06 and 0.55 fish per
angler trip for total and creeled catches.
Striped bass
Volunteers made 2,697 trips targeting striped bass and caught a total of 5,138 fish
(overall catch including trips not targeting striped bass was 5,221 fish). About 14% or 375 trips
targeting striped bass were unsuccessful. Of the overall catch, about 94% of the catch was
released. VAS anglers measured 3,593 striped bass (69% of the overall catch). Legal size
striped bass (> 28 inches) comprised about 26% of the measured catch. The percent of legal size
striped bass released was estimated at 61%. The 50th percentile length measurement for striped
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bass was about 20.5 inches. Striped bass ranged in length from as small as 6 inches to 51 inches.
Targeted CPUE was 1.91 and 0.11 fish per angler trip for total and creeled catches.
Summer flounder
A total of 1,048 fishing trips were directed toward catching 2,767 summer flounder.
Only 8% of the trips targeting summer flounder were unsuccessful. The overall catch was 2,835
fish. Volunteers measured 2,242 fish or about 79% of the overall catch. Approximately 62% of
the overall catch was released. About 54% of the measured catch was comprised of fish less
than the legal length limit of 17.5 inches. VAS anglers released 2% of summer flounder
measuring 17 inches and greater. The 50th percentile length measurement for summer flounder
was about 17 inches. Length measurements ranged from 8 to 29 inches. Summer flounder
targeted CPUE was 2.64 and 1.0 fish per angler trip for total and creeled catches.
Winter flounder
Volunteers made 116 trips that targeted winter flounder. These targeted trips produced
just 110 fish. The overall catch including non-targeted trips was 130 winter flounder. Of the
total trips targeting winter flounder, 29% of the trips were unsuccessful. Of the overall catch,
127 winter flounder (98%) were measured. Anglers released about 23% of the overall catch and
about 7% of the measured catch were sub-legal in size (<12 inches). Anglers released 12% of
legal sized fish (>12 inches). The 50th percentile length measurement for winter flounder was
about 14.5 inches. Length measurements ranged from 10 to 21 inches. Winter flounder targeted
CPUE was 0.95 and 0.81 fish per angler trip for total and creeled catches.
Scup
Volunteers made 174 targeted trips for scup producing a total of 1,240 fish. Of the total
trips targeting scup, only 3% of the trips were unsuccessful. The overall total catch was 1,702
fish. Volunteers measured about 59% (1,005 fish) of the overall total catch. Of the overall total
catch, 45% were released. Sub-legal fish (<10.5 inches) comprised 34% of the measured catch.
The proportion of legal sized fish (>10.5 inches) released by anglers was approximately 18%.
The 50th percentile length measurement for scup was about 11 inches. Length measurements
ranged from as little a 2 inches to 18 inches. Scup targeted CPUE was 7.13 and 4.29 fish per
angler trip for total and creeled catches.
Tautog
VAS anglers made 229 trips that targeted tautog and caught a total of 681 fish. Of the
total trips targeting tautog, 13% of the trips were unsuccessful. The overall total catch was 719
fish. Volunteers measured 453 tautog or about 63% of the overall total catch. About 24% of the
measured catch was less than the legal size of 14 inches. Of the legal size measured catch,
approximately 42% were released. The 50th percentile length measurement for tautog was about
15.5 inches. Length measurements ranged from 6 to 24 inches. Tautog targeted CPUE was 2.97
and 0.97 fish per angler trip for total and creeled catches.
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Weakfish
There were only 12 targeted weakfish trips, however, none were caught by VAS anglers.
Three fish were caught incidentally by non-targeted trips and two were released. Weakfish
ranged in size from 6 to 22 inches in length. Depressed catch rates by anglers indicates that
weakfish remain in low abundance.
Black sea bass
VAS angler took 44 trips targeting black sea bass catching 32 fish. The overall catch was
248 black sea bass. Of the overall total catch, 73% were released. Volunteers measured 149 fish
or 60% of the overall total catch. Of the measured catch, 52% of the catch was below the 12
inch legal length limit. The 50th percentile length measurement for black sea bass was about 10.5
inches and the percent of legal size fish released was 6%. Black sea bass targeted CPUE was
0.73 and 0.30 fish per angler trip for total and creeled catches.
CONCLUSIONS
VAS anglers provide valuable recreational fisheries data at a relatively low cost. In
addition, collecting length data on released fish is often difficult or unattainable through
conventional intercept surveys. The VAS program provides this information which is essential
in assessing the recreational fishery. VAS data is also used in monitoring and assessing the
recreational striped bass fishery in Connecticut as required through the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission. Furthermore, VAS data is now being used in bluefish, summer flounder,
winter flounder and weakfish stock assessments and will most likely be involved in other species
as well. Any anglers interested in participating in the program can contact Rod MacLeod at 860434-6043, or e-mail address: [email protected] or writing to State of Connecticut,
DEP, Marine Fisheries Office, P.O. Box 719, Old Lyme CT 06371.
MODIFICATIONS
None.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am very grateful to all anglers who have participated in the survey. Without their
cooperation and assistance, the VAS program would not be possible.
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Table 1.1A: Catch Trip Frequency Distribution of Creeled Fish for Selected Species, 2005
Bluefish (12 in. >)
Striped Bass
Summer Flounder
Winter Flounder
Scup
Tautog
Black Sea Bass
# of
# of
% # of
# of
% # of
# of
% # of
# of
%
# of # of
%
# of
# of
%
# of
# of
%
Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr.
Fish Trips Distr.
Fish Trips Distr.
0
291 60.6%
0
569 82.7%
0
133 34.5%
0
5 18.5%
0
70 25.0%
0
33 41.3%
0
40 51.9%
1
108 22.5%
1
91 13.2%
1
116 30.1%
1
10 37.0%
1
41 14.6%
1
21 26.3%
1
34 44.2%
2
33 6.9%
2
26 3.8%
2
64 16.6%
2
2 7.4%
2 118 42.1%
2
8 10.0%
2
3 3.9%
3
20 4.2%
4
1 0.1%
3
32 8.3%
3
5 18.5%
3
14 5.0%
3
4 5.0% Total
77 100%
4
8 1.7%
6
1 0.1%
4
16 4.1%
4
2 7.4%
4
8 2.9%
4
14 17.5%
5
6 1.3% Total
688 100%
5
8 2.1%
5
3 11.1%
5
5 1.8% Total
80 100%
6
7
5
4
1.0%
0.8%
6
7
12
5
Total
386
10
5
1.0%
Total
480
100%
3.1% Total
1.3%
27
100%
100%
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6
7
3
2
1.1%
0.7%
8
1
0.4%
9
4
1.4%
10
2
0.7%
11
1
0.4%
13
2
0.7%
18
1
0.4%
20
1
0.4%
23
1
0.4%
24
1
0.4%
25
5
1.8%
Total
280
100%
Table 1.2A: Catch Trip Frequency of Released Fish for Selected Species, 2005
Bluefish (12 in. >)
Striped Bass
Summer Flounder
Winter Flounder
Scup
Tautog
Black Sea Bass
# of
# of
% # of
# of
% # of
# of
% # of
# of
%
# of # of
%
# of
# of
%
# of
# of
%
Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr. Fish Trips Distr.
Fish Trips Distr.
Fish Trips Distr.
0
131 27.7%
0
111 15.5%
0
51 13.0%
0
19 70.4%
0
52 28.4%
0
20 25.3%
0
41 49.4%
1
149 31.5%
1
223 31.2%
1
132 33.6%
1
4 14.8%
1
56 30.6%
1
23 29.1%
1
24 28.9%
2
69 14.6%
2
101 14.1%
2
85 21.6%
2
1 3.7%
2
27 14.8%
2
11 13.9%
2
6 7.2%
3
28 5.9%
3
80 11.2%
3
42 10.7%
3
1 3.7%
3
14 7.7%
3
11 13.9%
3
5 6.0%
4
24 5.1%
4
45 6.3%
4
34 8.7%
4
1 3.7%
4
5 2.7%
5
2 2.5%
4
3 3.6%
5
11 2.3%
5
25 3.5%
5
15 3.8%
6
1 3.7%
5
5 2.7%
6
2 2.5%
5
2 2.4%
6
11 2.3%
6
25 3.5%
6
8 2.0% Total
27 100%
6
9 4.9%
7
3 3.8%
7
1 1.2%
7
10 2.1%
7
21 2.9%
7
4 1.0%
7
1 0.5%
8
1 1.3%
13
1 1.2%
8
6
1.3%
8
16
2.2%
8
5
1.3%
8
2
1.1%
10
1
1.3%
9
2
0.4%
9
5
0.7%
9
2
0.5%
10
4
2.2%
15
1
1.3%
10
2
0.4%
10
5
0.7%
10
1
0.3%
12
2
1.1%
16
1
1.3%
11
2
0.4%
11
9
1.3%
11
1
0.3%
13
2
1.1%
18
1
1.3%
13
1
0.2%
12
2
0.3%
12
1
0.3%
15
1
0.5%
24
1
1.3%
14
1
0.2%
13
7
1.0%
13
3
0.8%
20
1
0.5%
31
1
1.3%
15
3
0.6%
14
5
0.7%
14
1
0.3%
25
1
0.5%
16
4
0.8%
15
4
0.6%
16
1
0.3%
33
1
0.5%
17
2
0.4%
16
4
0.6%
18
1
0.3%
Total
183
100%
18
1
0.2%
17
2
0.3%
20
1
0.3%
19
1
0.2%
18
2
0.3%
22
1
0.3%
20
1
0.2%
19
1
0.1%
23
1
0.3%
22
2
0.4%
20
1
0.1%
25
1
0.3%
23
1
0.2%
21
2
0.3%
32
1
0.3%
24
1
0.2%
22
2
0.3%
35
1
0.3%
25
2
0.4%
24
2
0.3% Total
393
100%
27
2
0.4%
25
1
0.1%
34
1
0.2%
27
1
0.1%
35
1
0.2%
30
1
0.1%
38
1
0.2%
31
1
0.1%
40
1
0.2%
35
1
0.1%
41
1
0.2%
40
2
0.3%
45
1
0.2%
47
1
0.1%
Total
473
100%
48
2
0.3%
53
1
0.1%
60
1
0.1%
67
1
0.1%
88
1
0.1%
Total
714
100%
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Total
79 100%
Total
83 100%
Figure 1.1A: Bluefish Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
% Frequency
Total 2005 Measurement Data
Length Bluefish (12>inches)
(inches) Freq %Freq %Cum
13
9
0.4
0.4
14
29
1.4
1.8
15
34
1.7
3.5
16
52
2.5
6.0
17
86
4.2
10.2
18
152
7.4
17.6
19
133
6.5
24.1
20
139
6.8
30.9
21
158
7.7
38.7
22
189
9.2
47.9
23
134
6.5
54.4
24
138
6.7
61.2
25
108
5.3
66.4
26
140
6.8
73.3
27
145
7.1
80.4
28
153
7.5
87.8
29
85
4.2
92.0
30
76
3.7
95.7
31
31
1.5
97.2
32
15
0.7
98.0
33
15
0.7
98.7
34
7
0.3
99.0
35
5
0.2
99.3
36
6
0.3
99.6
37
3
0.1
99.7
38
1
0.0
99.8
39
2
0.1
99.9
40
2
0.1
100.0
Total
2,047
100
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Total Length (inches)
Job 1 Page 55
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Figure 1.2A: Striped Bass Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
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51
49
47
45
41
43
39
37
35
33
31
29
27
25
23
21
19
17
15
13
9
11
7
or
=
5
0.0
<
% Frequency
Length Striped Bass
< or = 5
0
0.0
0.0
6
2
0.1
0.1
7
0
0.0
0.1
8
19
0.5
0.6
9
17
0.5
1.1
10
24
0.7
1.7
11
29
0.8
2.5
12
112
3.1
5.6
13
91
2.5
8.2
14
99
2.8
10.9
15
115
3.2
14.1
16
161
4.5
18.6
17
239
6.7
25.3
18
334
9.3
34.6
19
244
6.8
41.4
20
260
7.2
48.6
21
198
5.5
54.1
22
227
6.3
60.4
23
138
3.8
64.3
24
162
4.5
68.8
25
144
4.0
72.8
26
124
3.5
76.2
27
101
2.8
79.0
28
117
3.3
82.3
29
83
2.3
84.6
30
72
2.0
86.6
31
66
1.8
88.4
32
91
2.5
91.0
33
44
1.2
92.2
34
65
1.8
94.0
35
39
1.1
95.1
36
44
1.2
96.3
37
27
0.8
97.1
38
21
0.6
97.7
39
19
0.5
98.2
40
19
0.5
98.7
41
15
0.4
99.1
42
9
0.3
99.4
43
5
0.1
99.5
44
3
0.1
99.6
45
4
0.1
99.7
46
6
0.2
99.9
47
0
0.0
99.9
48
2
0.1
99.9
49
1
0.0
100.0
50
0
0.0
100.0
51
1
0.0
100.0
Total
3,593
100
Figure 1.3A: Summer Flounder Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
16.0
14.0
12.0
% Frequency
Length Summer
Flounder
< or = 8
1
0.1
0.0
9
3
0.1
0.1
10
10
0.4
0.6
11
7
0.3
0.9
12
57
2.5
3.4
13
97
4.3
7.8
14
175
7.8
15.6
15
216
9.6
25.2
16
309
13.8
39.0
17
329
14.7
53.7
18
283
12.6
66.3
19
209
9.3
75.6
20
172
7.7
83.3
21
106
4.7
88.0
22
106
4.7
92.7
23
59
2.6
95.4
24
50
2.2
97.6
25
28
1.2
98.8
26
14
0.6
99.5
27
5
0.2
99.7
28
2
0.1
99.8
29
4
0.2
100.0
30
0
0.0
100.0
Total
2,242
100
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
< or =
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Figure 1.4A: Winter Flounder Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
25.0
20.0
% Frequency
Length Winter
Flounder
< or = 8
0
0.0
0.0
9
0
0.0
0.0
10
3
2.4
2.4
11
6
4.7
7.1
12
6
4.7
11.8
13
23
18.1
29.9
14
21
16.5
46.5
15
17
13.4
59.8
16
27
21.3
81.1
17
13
10.2
91.3
18
7
5.5
96.9
19
2
1.6
98.4
20
1
0.8
99.2
21
1
0.8
100.0
22
0
0.0
100.0
Total
127
100
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
< or =
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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18
19
20
21
22
Figure 1.5A: Scup Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
20.0
18.0
16.0
% Frequency
Length Scup
(inches)
Freq %Freq %Cum
< or = 4
5
0.5
0.5
5
2
0.2
0.7
6
16
1.6
2.3
7
21
2.1
4.4
8
60
6.0
10.4
9
110
10.9
21.3
10
123
12.2
33.5
11
190
18.9
52.4
12
144
14.3
66.8
13
142
14.1
80.9
14
135
13.4
94.3
15
47
4.7
99.0
16
8
0.8
99.8
17
1
0.1
99.9
18
1
0.1 100.0
Total
1,005
100
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
< or =
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Figure 1.6A: Tautog Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
16.0
14.0
12.0
% Frequency
Length Tautog
(inches)
Freq %Freq %Cum
< or = 7
2
0.4
0.4
8
21
4.6
5.0
9
8
1.8
6.8
10
13
2.9
9.7
11
10
2.2
11.9
12
32
7.1
18.9
13
22
4.9
23.8
14
41
9.1
32.9
15
56
12.4
45.2
16
63
13.9
59.1
17
69
15.2
74.4
18
51
11.3
85.6
19
26
5.7
91.3
20
22
4.9
96.2
21
8
1.8
98.0
22
5
1.1
99.1
23
0
0.0
99.1
24
4
0.9 100.0
25
0
0.0 100.0
Total
453
100
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
< or 8
=7
9
10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19
20 21 22
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23 24 25
26 27
28 29 30
Figure 1.7A: Black Sea Bass Length Frequency Distribution, 2005
16.0
14.0
12.0
% Frequency
Length Black Sea Bass
(inches)
Freq %Freq %Cum
1
0
0.0
0.0
2
0
0.0
0.0
3
0
0.0
0.0
4
1
0.7
0.7
5
2
1.3
2.0
6
19
12.8
14.8
7
14
9.4
24.2
8
17
11.4
35.6
9
10
6.7
42.3
10
9
6.0
48.3
11
6
4.0
52.3
12
8
5.4
57.7
13
10
6.7
64.4
14
20
13.4
77.9
15
9
6.0
83.9
16
13
8.7
92.6
17
5
3.4
96.0
18
3
2.0
98.0
19
0
0.0
98.0
20
2
1.3
99.3
21
0
0.0
99.3
22
1
0.7 100.0
23
0
0.0 100.0
24
0
0.0 100.0
Total
149
100
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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APPENDIX 1.1A: Connecticut Volunteer Angler Logbook
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Volunteer Angler Survey Logbook Instructions: Listed below are instructions for filling out the logbook. Upon logbook completion, tape the prepaid
postage logbook shut and drop it off in the mail. All information is kept confidential. Once the information is entered in our computer system and error checked, the
logbooks will be returned for your own records. If you any questions or comments regarding the survey, please contact Rod MacLeod at (860) 434-6043 or at E-Mail
address [email protected].
(1) Please enter the month and day fishing trip took place.
(2) Fishing start time in military time (Example: 11am = 1100, 1pm = 1300 hrs, 2pm = 1400, etc.).
(3) Actual fishing time or lines wet to the nearest ½ hour. Do not include travel time.
(4) Number of anglers in fishing party.
(5) Areas fished most in descending order as described on the chart located on the inside cover of logbook. Also, if most of the fishing took place in a river please
place a check mark in the box provided.
(6) Check mark your mode of fishing (boat or shore).
(7) Enter species code for 1st (primary) targeted species and 2nd (secondary) targeted species provided in the species code list below.
(8) Number of anglers that caught fish.
(9) Place a check mark if no fish were caught for the entire fishing party.
Catch Information: Catch information should include the total number of fish caught by the entire party. Enter the number of fish kept and released in the designated
boxes. If you caught fish other than those in the pre-coded boxes, please refer to the species code list below and enter the code in the designated blank boxes. If you
caught a fish not listed in the species code list, please write down the common name(s) in the blank box(es) provided.
Length Measurement Information: Please try to provide length measurement data on popular species caught including kept and released fish (exclude skates,
cunners, etc). Fish must be measured to the nearest ½ inch from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail (total length). In case of large catches, try to measure your
catch on a random basis. Measuring just large fish will not accurately reflect the actual size or age distribution of the population. When handling and measuring sublegal sized fish, anglers should use their best judgement and experience to insure that those fish are returned to the water unharmed.
Species Code List:
01 Albacore
02 Alewife
03 Atlantic Salmon
04 Blackfish (Tautog)
05 Blowfish (Puffer)
06 Bluefish (Adults > 12in.)
07 Atlantic Bonito
08 Brown Trout (Sea-Run)
09 Butterfish
10 Atlantic Cod
11 Cunner
12 Cusk-eel
13 Dogfish (all species)
14 Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi)
15 American Eel
16 Summer Flounder (Fluke)
17 Goosefish (Monkfish)
18 Haddock
19 Atlantic Herring
20 Spanish Mackerel
21 Hakes (Red, Spotted)
22 Atlantic Mackerel
23 White Marlin
24 Atlantic Menhaden
25 Pollock
26 Scup (Porgy)
27 Atlantic Sailfish
28 Windowpane Flounder
29 Black Sea Bass
30 Searobins (all species)
31 American Shad
32 Sharks(oceanic)
33 Skates
34 Smelt
35 Spot
36 Striped Bass
37 Swordfish
38 Oyster Toadfish
39 Atlantic Tomcod
40 Bluefin Tuna
41 Weakfish
42 Whiting (Silver Hake)
43 White Perch
44 Winter Flounder
45 Snapper Bluefish (≤12in.)
46 Yellowfin Tuna
47 Bigeye Tuna
48 Blue Marlin
49 Blueback Herring
50 Hickory Shad
51 Little Tunny (False Albacore)
52 Skipjack Tuna
53 Atlantic Wolffish
54 Northern Kingfish
55 Atlantic Croaker
Daily Fishing Trip Log
(1) Month
Day
(2) Military Time
(3) Hours Fished
(4) Number of
Anglers in Party
(5) Areas Fished (See Map)
1st
2nd
3rd
X Here if
Fished in River
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(6) _ Mode of Fishing
Boat
(7) Target Species (See Code List)
Shore
1st
Species Name
Code
(9) _ Here if No
Fish were Caught
2nd
Catch Information
Number
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(8) Number of Anglers
that Caught Fish
Length Measurement Information
Number
Released
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Length Data
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Length Data
Striped Bass
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Bluefish (Adults)
0 6
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Winter Flounder
4 4
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Blackfish
0 4
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Summer Flounder
1 6
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Scup (Porgy)
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JOB 2: MARINE FINFISH SURVEY
Part 1:
Long Island Sound Trawl Survey
Part 2:
Estuarine Seine Survey
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PART 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND TRAWL SURVEY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES..........................................................................................................................65
LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................67
GOAL .............................................................................................................................................68
OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................68
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................73
METHODS .....................................................................................................................................73
Sampling Design.................................................................................................................73
Sampling Procedures ..........................................................................................................74
Data Analysis ......................................................................................................................75
Indices of Abundance: Annual Mean Count and Weight per Tow........................75
Indices of Abundance: Indices-at-Age and Age Group.........................................76
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .....................................................................................................78
Overview of 2005 Catches..................................................................................................78
Length Frequencies.............................................................................................................80
Indices of Abundance .........................................................................................................81
Indices of Abundance: Important Recreational Species ....................................................83
Indices of Abundance: "Forage" Species...........................................................................87
Indices of Abundance: Elasmobranchs..............................................................................89
Indices of Abundance: Other Finfish Species of Interest ..................................................90
Indices of Abundance: Invertebrates .................................................................................92
MODIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................93
NARROWS.....................................................................................................................................94
LITERATURE CITED ...................................................................................................................100
TABLES 2.1 - 2.21 (LISTS)...........................................................................................................103
TABLES 2.22 - 2.46 (LISTS, Length Frequencies) .......................................................................123
TABLES 2.47 - 2.53 (Narrows)......................................................................................................149
FIGURES 2.1 - 2.9..........................................................................................................................157
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................167
Appendix 2.1.
Appendix 2.2.
Appendix 2.3.
Appendix 2.4.
Appendix 2.5
List of finfish species identified by A Study of Marine Recreational
Fisheries in Connecticut (F54R) programs..........................................................168
Annual total count of finfish, lobster and squid taken in the LISTS, 1984-2005. ....................... 171
Annual total weight (kg) of finfish, lobster and squid taken in LISTS, 1984-2005. ................... 173
Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in LISTS, 1984-2005........... 175
Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in the Narrows,
2000-2005 ................................................................................................................................... 197
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1.
Table 2.2.
Table 2.3.
Table 2.4.
Table 2.5.
Table 2.6.
Table 2.7.
Table 2.8.
Table 2.9.
Table 2.10.
Table 2.11.
Table 2.12.
Table 2.13.
Table 2.14.
Table 2.15.
Table 2.16.
Table 2.17.
Table 2.18.
Table 2.19.
Table 2.20.
Table 2.21.
Table 2.22.
Table 2.23.
Table 2.24.
Table 2.25.
Table 2.26.
Table 2.27.
Table 2.28.
Table 2.29.
Table 2.30.
Table 2.31.
Table 2.32.
Specifications for the Wilcox 14 m high-rise trawl net and associated gear. .......................104
The number of sites scheduled for sampling each month within the 12 depth-bottom
type strata..............................................................................................................................104
Length and age data collected in 2005. ................................................................................105
Number of Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS) samples taken by year and
cruise.....................................................................................................................................106
List of species observed in 2005...........................................................................................107
List of invertebrate species observed in 2005.......................................................................108
Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in 2005..........................109
Total counts and weight (kg) of finfish taken in the spring and fall sampling
periods, 2005. .......................................................................................................................110
Total catch of invertebrates taken in the spring and fall sampling periods, 2005. ...............111
Spring indices of abundance for selected species, 1984-2005..............................................112
Fall indices of abundance for selected species, 1984-2005. .................................................113
Finfish and invertebrate biomass indices for the spring sampling period,
1992-2005.............................................................................................................................114
Finfish and invertebrate biomass indices for the fall sampling period, 1992-2005 ............ 115
Bluefish indices of abundance, 1984-2005...........................................................................116
Scup indices at-age, 1984-2005............................................................................................117
Age frequency of striped bass taken in spring, 1984-2005. .................................................118
Striped bass indices-at-age, 1984-2005. ...............................................................................118
Summer flounder indices-at-age, 1984-2005. ......................................................................119
Tautog indices-at-age, 1984-2005. .......................................................................................120
Weakfish age 0 and age 1+ indices of abundance, 1984-2005.............................................121
Winter flounder indices-at-age, 1984-2005..........................................................................122
Alewife length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals (midpoint given),
1989-2005.............................................................................................................................124
American shad length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals, 1989-2005...................125
Atlantic herring length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1989-2005..................126
Atlantic menhaden length frequency, fall, 1996-2005. ........................................................127
Black sea bass length frequency, spring, 1cm intervals, 1987-2005……………………….128
Blueback herring length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1989-2005. ..............129
Bluefish length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005...............130
Bluefish length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005. ..................131
Butterfish length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, fall, 1986-1990, 1992-2005. ........................132
Fourspot flounder length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint
given), 1989, 1990, 1996-2005.............................................................................................133
Hickory shad length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1991-2005......................134
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Table 2.33. Long-finned squid length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint
given), 1986-1990, 1992-2005. ............................................................................................135
Table 2.34. Scup spring length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005. ................................................136
Table 2.35. Scup fall length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005......................................................137
Table 2.36. Striped bass spring length frequencies, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given),
1984-2005.............................................................................................................................138
Table 2.37. Striped bass fall length frequencies, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given),
1984-2005.............................................................................................................................139
Table 2.38. Summer flounder length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 19842005. .....................................................................................................................................140
Table 2.39. Summer flounder length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given),
1984-2005.............................................................................................................................141
Table 2.40. Tautog length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.................142
Table 2.41. Weakfish length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.............143
Table 2.42. Weakfish length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005. ................144
Table 2.43. Windowpane flounder length frequencies, spring, 1 cm intervals, 1989, 1990, 19942005 ......................................................................................................................................145
Table 2.44. Winter flounder length frequencies, April-May, 1 cm intervals, 1984–2005.......................146
Table 2.45. Winter flounder length frequencies, fall, 1 cm intervals, 1984–2005……………………...147
Table 2.46. Winter skate length frequencies, spring, 1995-2005. ...........................................................148
Table 2.47. Number of additional samples (non-standard LISTS) collected, by year and month ..........150
Table 2.48. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in the
Narrows in 2005. ..................................................................................................................151
Table 2.49. Total counts and weight (kg) of finfish taken in spring and fall sampling periods
in the Narrows, 2005. ...........................................................................................................152
Table 2.50. Total catch of invertebrates taken in the spring and fall sampling periods in the
Narrows, 2005. .....................................................................................................................152
Table 2.51. Species richness for the standard LISTS and Narrows Surveys, 2000-2005........................153
Table 2.52. Indices of abundance for selected species in the Narrows, 2000-2005. ...............................154
Table 2.53. Biomass indices of abundance for selected species in the Narrows, 2000-2005..................155
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1. Trawl Survey site grid ..........................................................................................................158
Figure 2.2. The number of finfish species observed annually, 1984-2005. ............................................159
Figure 2.3. Plots of abundance indices for: black sea bass, bluefish (total, age 0 and ages 1+),
butterfish, cunner, and dogfish (smooth and spiny). ...........................................................160
Figure 2.4. Plots of abundance indices for: flounders (fourspot, summer, windowpane, winter,
and winter ages 4+) and hakes (red, silver and spotted).......................................................161
Figure 2.5. Plots of abundance indices for: herrings (alewife, Atlantic, blueback), hogchoker,
Northern kingfish, Spanish mackerel, Atlantic menhaden, and moonfish. ..........................162
Figure 2.6. Plots of abundance indices for: ocean pout, fourbeard rockling, rough scad,
longhorn sculpin, scup (all ages, age 0, and ages 2+)...........................................................163
Figure 2.7. Plots of abundance indices for: searaven, searobins (striped and northern), shad
(American and hickory), skates (little and winter), and spot................................................164
Figure 2.8. Plots of abundance indices for: striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, tautog, and weakfish
(all ages, age 0 and ages 1+).................................................................................................165
Figure 2.9. Plots of abundance indices for: crabs (lady, horseshoe, rock and spider), American
lobster, and long-finned squid. .............................................................................................166
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JOB 2 PART 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND TRAWL SURVEY (LISTS)
GOAL
To collect, manage, synthesize and interpret fishery independent data on the living
resources of Long Island Sound for the fishery management and information needs
of Connecticut biologists, fishery managers, lawmakers and the public.
OBJECTIVES
1) Provide an annual index of counts and biomass per standard tow for 40 common
species.
The annual indices of abundance (numbers) per standard tow for 40 common species (38
finfish and two invertebrates) are presented for both spring and fall surveys in Table 2.10
and 2.11, respectively (also see Figs 2.3-2.9). Biomass indices are presented in Table
2.12-2.13. Abundance indices have decreased for more species than have increased in
both the spring and fall 2005 surveys. During spring sampling, indices for thirteen finfish
species decreased while only five increased. During the fall, eleven species decreased
while seven increased. Nearly 25,000 less finfish (6,582 kg) were captured in 2005 as
compared to 2004. Much of this difference can be attributed to lower scup availability
during the spring and fewer weakfish during the fall.
For the second year in a row hickory shad was the only finfish species at record high
abundance (numbers per tow) during the fall. Striped bass were also numerous in the
survey this year, rebounding from just average levels in 2004. Striped bass biomass was
the third highest in the time series as two smaller length modes were evident in the spring
survey (between 23 to 31 cm and 41 to 49 cm). Only one other species, young of year
scup, had a notable increase in abundance during 2005 (Table 2.15). The young of year
captured in the fall ranked second in twenty-two years of LISTS sampling with 373.3
fish/tow. However, a decrease of the age 2+ fish in the catch resulted in an overall 3rd
rank by numbers and 5th rank by weight. Several strong year classes of scup (since
1999), have resulted in double-digit indices of age 2+ scup for the last five years. The
strongest of these was observed in 2003 when more than a doubling of the index (and
more than 25 times the pre-1999 mean) occurred. In the last two years a substantial drop
in abundance occurred in Long Island Sound, however abundance is still more than eight
times the pre-1999 mean. Indices for Atlantic menhaden, alewife, and weakfish were
near record levels in 2004, but dropped this past season by 42%, 30%, and 56%,
respectively. Each of these three species ranks seventh in their respective time series this
year.
Nine finfish species and one invertebrate were at record low abundance (by number) in
2005. Of the nine finfish species, seven are spring species and are considered either
epibenthic or demersal ecologically. Four spring species; fourspot flounder, windowpane
flounder, ocean pout and little skate are currently at the survey’s minimum level and have
been in decline or below average for the last seven to ten years. Both longhorn sculpin
(minimum in 2005) and sea raven (close to minimum in 2005), once common in spring
catches during the initial years of the survey, have been at low levels since the early
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1990’s. Two other springtime species currently at their lowest abundance level in 2005,
northern searobin and silver hake, have only dropped to below average levels in the last
three years. Red hake abundance similarly has been below average for the last three
years and 2005 now ranks second lowest in the time series. Winter flounder generally
have established a decreasing trend in abundance since 1996 and, although the overall
spring (Apr-Jun) index is only slightly better than 2004, the April/May index used for
developing the catch-at-age matrix dropped another 21% this year to the lowest in the
time series. Additionally, LISTS winter flounder age 4+ index (see below) dropped 70%
this year to its lowest recorded value. Winter flounder abundance has only been above
average in two years (1994 and 1996) out of the last fourteen. Several species, although
not at record lows, remained at depressed levels again in 2005. Cunner abundance has
generally remained low since 1992. Tautog abundance has remained low for twelve out
of the last thirteen years and, although from 1999 to 2002 there appeared to be an
encouraging trend upward to average levels, the last three years once again slumped to
just 68% of the average. Another species with notably low abundance (continuing over
the last eight years) was Atlantic herring. Record low abundance was documented in
2002 for Atlantic herring and only minor improvement has been recorded since then.
Blueback herring abundance has been low for the last eight years. Spiny dogfish have
been at low abundance for the past 11 years.
Two finfish species seen in LISTS fall survey, Spanish mackerel and spot, were also
recorded as having lows in 2005, however, these two species are not abundant in the
survey each year and catches are thought to be highly affected by weather, temperature or
current patterns. The Long Island Sound fall lobster abundance in 2005 was a record low
(2.10 lobsters/tow) after some modest improvement in 2003 and 2004. The fall lobster
abundance dropped 86% from a record high in 1997 to the previous low in 2002.
Average fall abundance from 1984 through 2004 is 7.47 lobsters/tow. The spring
abundance index for lobster (2.43/tow) declined again this year marking the seventh
straight year of dropping indices and now ranks second lowest in the time series. LISTS
has recorded biomass for other commonly caught invertebrates since 1992. Two
invertebrates caught by LISTS, the lady crab and rock crab appear to be undergoing
declines in abundance since the mid to late nineties. Both the spring and fall abundance
indices for rock crab have hit record lows in 2005. Horseshoe crab and spider crab also
have shown a decline but only in the last couple of years. The fall spider crab abundance
is currently at a minimum and the spring index is near a record low. Although horseshoe
crab abundance had an increasing trend between 1987 (spring) and 1998 (fall), a
moderate drop has been observed during the last two years.
2) Provide age specific indices of abundance for scup, summer flounder, tautog and
winter flounder.
Age-specific indices of abundance are provided for scup (Table 2.15), summer flounder
(Table 2.18), tautog (Table 2.19) and winter flounder (Table 2.21). Scup abundance
indices have increased by nearly an order of magnitude since about 1998. Fall abundance
indices early in the survey time series (1984 through 1997) ranged between 10.7 (1984)
and 311.6 fish/tow (1991), averaging 52 fish/tow, however, since 1998 the fall index has
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ranged from 103.3 (1998) to 537.7 (1999), averaging 320 fish/tow, more than six times
the pre-1998 average. The overall 2005 abundance index (424.1 fish/tow) ranks 3rd
highest in the time series. Once again, high abundance of age 0 scup was observed
during the fall survey. The fall 2005 age 0 index ranks as the second most abundant yearclass behind 1999. However, the lack of young-of-year and age 1 fish during the 2003
survey translated, in 2004 and 2005, into poor age 1 (2004, 18th rank) and lower age 2
indices in 2005(from 1st in 2003 to 7th rank in 2005). This, along with a moderate drop in
age 3 scup this season (currently ranks 4th highest), resulted in LISTS age 2+ index
falling to the lowest index in the last five years. Older scup (age 3+) have been more
abundant during the past four seasons than in the last twenty years; with record
abundance for age three and four in 2003, age five during 2004, and ages six through
eight in 2005.
Summer flounder abundance peaked in 2002, dropped sharply during 2003 and 2004 and
now remains at the 1996 to 2000 levels. Although the preferred fall index has declined
sharply since 2002, abundance remains more than twice the average of the first twelve
years of the survey (1984-1995). The majority of the fall catch was smaller age-one fish
(45.4%) and age-two fish (30.9%) this year; similar to catches in 1999 to 2003. While
the overall index remained well below peak levels, all indices–at-age were above their
respective time series averages from age one and older fish.
The spring survey index for tautog was similar to the last two years and remained about
29% below average after a modest increasing trend over the preceding seven years.
Tautog abundance underwent a long-term decline from 1984 (2.75/tow) to 1995
(0.15/tow). Slight improvement was observed in 1996 (0.49/tow) and again in 2000
through 2002; however, abundance had been relatively stable at low levels since 1993.
The 2005 indices-at-age for all but age two, six, and seven were below their respective
averages for the time series. This differed from just a year earlier when none were above
their respective means.
The April-May winter flounder index, used to develop indices of abundance at age, fell
for the fourth straight year to the lowest recorded in the survey (16.10 fish/tow). This
season’s index is the seventh year of low abundance (Table 2.21, Figure 2.4) and should
be viewed with concern by fisheries managers. Only the age 0 index, obtained from the
Estuarine Seine Survey (Job 2, Part 2), shows a notable increase in abundance in the last
few years. From its lowest value in 2001, the age 0 index rose to about average in 2003
(8.07 fish per haul), then increased 35% in 2004 to 10.96 fish per haul: the highest this
index has attained since 1996. This year that index dropped by almost half to 5.63 fish
per haul. LISTS age 4+ (spawner) winter flounder index also continued to deteriorate in
2005 to the lowest level in twenty-two years. The decreasing trend in abundance for
older winter flounder this season was most evident for ages three through six where a
reduction of 65% (age 5) to 79% (age 4) was observed. For the past four years, the age
4+ indices have been less than 10 fish per tow.
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3) Provide a recruitment index for bluefish (age 0) and weakfish (age 0).
Recruitment indices (numbers per tow) are provided for bluefish (Table 2.14, Fig 2.3),
and weakfish (Table 2.20, Fig 2.8). The fall 2005 bluefish index (18.89 fish/tow)
dropped by more than 10 fish per tow this year and has been variable around the mean
(25.08 fish/tow) for the last six years (Table 2.11). Despite average overall abundance,
large catches of adult bluefish (age 1+) during the fall of 2004 resulted in a 21-year
record high abundance (in numbers) and the second highest biomass index of age 1+ fish.
Catches of age 1+ fish this past season (2.65 fish/tow) dropped sharply from 2004 to just
slightly lower than average abundance and were more similar to the 2000-2003 levels.
The overall LISTS index is dominated by young–of-year fish, which have decreased
slightly over the last two years to 12.10/tow. Higher abundances of age 0 fish were
observed in 1997-1999, however, for the last six years abundances have been at or
slightly below average.
Similar to bluefish, the age 0 weakfish catch drives the overall weakfish index. This
species has been very abundant in the fall survey over the last seven years. A strong year
class in 2000 drove the overall index to a record 63.42 fish per tow. Although the next
year class in 2001 caused the overall index to drop by 36% (40.51 fish/tow), abundance
for the following three years saw moderate increases up to the second most abundant
year, reaching 59.07 fish/tow in 2004. The 2005 index of 26.00 fish per tow resulted in
the largest single drop in abundance in the time series yet it still remains well above
average abundance levels during the first fifteen years of the survey. While recent
catches of age 0 weakfish remain relatively high, the age 1+ abundance during the fall
has generally fallen since the three years of peak abundance observed between 1995 and
1997. For the last four years, age 1+ abundance has remained about 50% lower than
average.
4) Provide length frequency distributions of bluefish, scup, striped bass, summer
flounder, tautog, weakfish, winter flounder, and other ecologically important species
suitable for conversion to age using modal analysis, age-length keys or other
techniques.
Length frequency distributions for these 18 species are presented in Tables 2.22 – 2.46.
These tables are provided primarily to give the reader an understanding of the size range
of these species in the survey. Lengths are converted to age frequencies for analysis of
the principal species. Changes such as an expansion in the size (age) composition for
several species are apparent in recent years including scup (Table 2.34-2.35), summer
flounder (Table 2.38-2.39) and striped bass (Table 2.36-2.37).
5) Provide annual total counts and biomass for all finfish species taken.
Appendix 2.4 presents a time series (1984-2005) of the finfish species collected each year
and their respective rank by numbers. Total counts and biomass for all finfish species
collected in 2005 are presented in Table 2.7. Table 2.8 lists 2005 count and weight of
finfish species by season (spring and fall). Survey catches, by number, were dominated
by butterfish (52%) in 2005. Scup was the second most dominant species (30%),
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however, it made up one quarter of the biomass while butterfish accounted for 17% of the
biomass. During the spring this year, winter flounder surpassed scup numerically with
25% of the catch, however, winter flounder made up only 12% of the biomass. Scup
accounted for 29% of the spring biomass. Butterfish were the most abundant species in
the fall catch (90,518 fish or 56%) followed by scup (49,136 fish or 31%). Both
butterfish and scup contributed about the same total weight for the fall period (24% and
23%, respectively).
6) Provide annual total biomass for all invertebrate species taken.
Annual total biomass of invertebrates since 1992 are included in Appendix 2.4. In this
appendix, species are ranked by their respective weight in kilograms. Total biomass for
each invertebrate species captured in 2005 is also presented in Table 2.7. Table 2.9 lists
total weight of invertebrate species by season (spring and fall). Combined, blue mussel
(971 kg) and long-finned squid (684 kg) accounted for roughly 56% of the invertebrate
biomass for the year. The third and fourth ranked American lobster (364 kg) and
horseshoe crab (304 kg) accounted for the 12% and 10% of the annual biomass,
respectively. Seasonally (Table 2.9), spring samples were mostly comprised of blue
mussel (43.6%), long-finned squid (17.4%), and American lobster (14%). Results of the
fall survey show long-finned squid comprised 30% of the total biomass (from 14,753
squid or 391 kg) and blue mussel ranked second with 18% of the biomass (238 kg).
Horseshoe crab (195 kg) and starfish (175 kg) were ranked third and fourth by weight,
accounting for 15% and 13% of the fall biomass, respectively.
7) Provide a species list for Long Island Sound based on LIS Trawl Survey sampling,
noting the presence of additional species from other sampling conducted by the
Marine Fisheries Divison.
A species list is provided in Appendix 2.1. Fifty-seven finfish species were observed in
the survey during 2005 (Table 2.5). No new species were observed in LISTS this past
season. A total of 118 species have been identified from all sampling conducted since
1984, ninety-six of which were observed by LISTS.
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INTRODUCTION
The Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS) was initiated in 1984 to provide
fishery independent monitoring of important recreational species in Long Island Sound.
Seven species were of primary interest: bluefish, scup, striped bass, summer flounder,
tautog, weakfish, and winter flounder. Length data for these species were collected from
every tow and scup, tautog, and winter flounder were sampled for ageing. All fish species
were identified and counted. Sampling was initially conducted monthly from April
through November to establish seasonal patterns of abundance and distribution.
Since 1984, several changes have been incorporated into LISTS. In 1991, the
sampling schedule was changed to a spring/fall format, although sampling is still
conducted on a monthly basis (April - June, September, and October). Beginning in
1992, species were weighed in aggregate with an onboard scale to provide indices of
biomass. And finally, more species have been sampled for lengths, such as windowpane
and fourspot flounders, and important forage species such as butterfish, long-finned
squid, and several species of herrings. By 2003, a total of 20 finfish species and two
invertebrate species (lobster and long-finned squid) had been added to the original list of
seven species measured. Additionally, rarely occurring species (totaling less than 30
fish/year each) are now measured. All of these changes served to improve the quality and
quantity of information made available to fishery managers for local and regional
assessment of stock condition, and to provide a more complete annual inventory of LIS
(Long Island Sound) fishery resources.
In the fall of 1999, an unusual die-off of lobsters occurred, particularly in the
western portion of the Sound known as ‘The Narrows’ (Johnson and Shake 2000). This
event lead to speculation that this area, which is adjacent to highly urbanized portions of
Connecticut and New York, was experiencing a broad decline in living resources
including finfish. Since the standard 40 sites per month did not cover this area, new sites
had to be sampled to evaluate finfish and invertebrate species composition and abundance
west of a north-south line from Norwalk, CT to Eatons Neck, NY. Therefore, starting in
2000, additional sites in the western portion of the Sound were sampled during each
month in addition to the LISTS sites. Sampling and data analysis for the Narrows,
although not funded by this project or covered by the objectives, will be discussed in a
separate section of this report (see ‘Narrows’) following the ‘Modifications’ section.
METHODS
Sampling Design
LISTS is conducted from longitude 72o 03' (New London, Connecticut) to
longitude 73o 39' (Greenwich, Connecticut). The sampling area includes Connecticut and
New York waters from 5 to 46 m in depth and over mud, sand and transitional
(mud/sand) sediment types. Sampling is divided into spring (April-June) and fall (SeptOct) periods, with 40 sites sampled monthly for a total of 200 sites annually. The
sampling gear employed is a 14 m otter trawl with a 51 mm codend (Table 2.1). To
reduce the bias associated with day-night changes in catchability of some species,
sampling is conducted during daylight hours (Sissenwine and Bowman 1978).
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LISTS employs a stratified-random sampling design. The sampling area is
divided into 1.85 x 3.7 km (1 x 2 nautical miles) sites (Figure 2.1), with each site
assigned to one of 12 strata defined by depth interval (0 - 9.0 m, 9.1 - 18.2 m, 18.3 - 27.3
m or, 27.4+ m) and bottom type (mud, sand, or transitional as defined by Reid et al.
1979). For each monthly sampling cruise, sites are selected randomly from within each
stratum. The number of sites sampled in each stratum was determined by dividing the
total stratum area by 68 km2 (20 square nautical miles), with a minimum of two sites
sampled per stratum (Table 2.2). Discrete stratum areas smaller than a sample site are
not sampled.
Sampling Procedures
Prior to towing at each site, temperature (oC) and salinity (ppt) are measured at 1
m below the surface and 0.5 m above the bottom using a YSI model 30 S-C-T meter.
Water is collected at depth with a five-liter niskin bottle, and temperature and salinity are
measured within the bottle immediately upon collection.
The otter trawl is towed from the 15.2 m aluminum R/V John Dempsey for 30
minutes at approximately 3.5 knots, depending on the tide. At completion of the tow the
catch is released onto a sorting table and sorted by species. Finfish, lobsters and squid
are counted and weighed (to the nearest 0.1 kg) in aggregate by species with a precision
marine-grade scale (30 kg, +/- 10 gm capacity). Catches weighing less than 0.1 kg are
recorded as 0.1 kg. For the initial two years (1984 & 1985), lobsters were the only
invertebrates recorded. Squid abundance has been recorded since 1986. Since 1992,
additional invertebrate species have been weighed in aggregate, and some have been
counted. The complete time series of species counted and weighed in the survey is
documented in Appendix 2.4.
For selected finfish species, lengths are recorded to the centimeter as either total
length or fork length (e.g. measurements from 100 mm to 109 mm are recorded as 10 cm)
and entered in the database as 105 mm (Table 2.3). Lobsters are measured to 1 mm
carapace length, except for the millimeter interval when they reach legal size (currently,
83-84 mm). For these lobsters, carapace length is recorded to the nearest 0.1 mm. Squid
are measured to the centimeter mantle length and horseshoe crab measurements are taken
using the prosomal width (cm).
The number of individuals measured from each tow varies by species, and also
depends on the size of the catch and range of lengths (Table 2.3). If a species is
subsampled, the length frequency of the catch is determined by multiplying the
proportion of individuals in each centimeter interval by the total number of individuals
caught. Some species are sorted and subsampled by length group so that all large
individuals are measured and a subsample of small (often young-of-year) specimens are
measured. All individuals not measured in a length group are counted. The length
frequency of each group is estimated as described above, i.e. the proportion of individuals
in each centimeter interval of the subsample is expanded to determine the total number of
individuals caught in the length group. The estimated length frequencies of each group
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are then appended to complete the length frequency for that species. This procedure is
often used with catches of bluefish, scup, and weakfish, which are usually dominated by
young-of-year or discrete age/length classes.
Scup, summer flounder, tautog, weakfish and winter flounder are sampled for age
determination (Table 2.3). Subsamples of scup, stratified by length group, are measured
to the nearest mm (fork length) and scales from each individual are taken for ageing.
Scup scales are removed posterior to the pectoral fin and ventral to the lateral line. The
scales are pressed onto plastic laminate with an Ann Arbor roller press to obtain an
impression of the scale, which is then viewed with a microfiche reader at 21x. Scales are
also taken from all summer flounder greater than 60 cm. At least 15 scales are removed
from the caudal peduncal area. These scales are pressed and aged to supplement the
National Marine Fisheries Service age key used to age summer flounder collected by
LISTS (see below). Most tautog taken in LISTS are aged due to the low numbers caught
in recent years (200-300 fish). Tautog are iced and taken to the lab, where their total
length (mm), sex, and total weight (gm) are recorded and their age is determined from
opercular bones (Cooper 1967). Subsamples of winter flounder, stratified by length
group (Table 2.3), are iced and taken to the lab where they are measured to the millimeter
(total length), weighed (gm), sexed, their maturity stage determined (NMFS 1989), and
they are aged with whole and sectioned otoliths (Simpson et al. 1988). Weakfish scales
are obtained and processed as described above for scup, and otoliths are sectioned and
read using procedures described in Simpson et al. 1988.
In reports prior to 2001, three species were not included in annual and seasonal
totals: American sand lance, bay anchovy, and striped anchovy. These species, with the
possible exception of striped anchovy, can be very abundant in Long Island Sound, but
are not retained well in the otter trawl. Additionally, many of these fish are young-ofyear and often drop out of the net as it is retrieved and wound on the net reel. For this
reason they were not included in the list of species to be counted when LISTS was started
in 1984. However, to more accurately document the occurrence of these species in
LISTS catches, American sand lance was added in 1994, striped anchovy was added in
1996, and bay anchovy was added in 1998. Since 2001, adults of these three species are
added to the annual and seasonal totals and the young-of-year are listed if present in the
year’s catch but are not quantified (Table 2.7, Appendix 2.4). Young-of-year for these
three species are included in the database but are cataloged with a separate species
identifier and are considered an estimate (Appendix 2.2).
Data Analysis
Indices of Abundance: Annual Mean Count and Weight per Tow
To evaluate the relative abundance of common species, an annual spring (April June) and fall (September-October) geometric mean number per tow and weight per tow
(biomass, kg) is calculated for the common finfish and invertebrate species. To calculate
the geometric mean, the numbers and weight per tow are logged (loge) to normalize the
highly skewed catch frequencies typical of trawl surveys:
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Transformed variable = ln(variable+1).
Means are computed on the log scale and then retransformed to the geometric mean:
geometric mean = exp(mean)-1.
The geometric mean count per tow was calculated from 1984 - 2005 for 38 finfish
species, lobster, and long-finned squid (1986 - 2005). The geometric mean weight per
tow was calculated using weight data collected since 1992 for the same species, plus an
additional 13 invertebrates.
For the seven finfish species that were measured on every tow--bluefish, scup,
striped bass, summer flounder, tautog, weakfish, and winter flounder--biomass indices
were calculated for the years 1984 - 1991 by using length/weight equations to convert
length frequencies to weight per tow. Bluefish, scup, weakfish and winter flounder
lengths were converted using equations from Wilk et al. 1978; striped bass conversions
were accomplished using an equation from Young et al. 1994; and summer flounder and
tautog conversions were accomplished using equations developed from LISTS data from
1984 -1987 and 1984 -1996 respectively.
Indices of Abundance: Indices-at-Age and Age Group
Annual age specific indices (indices-at-age matrices) were calculated for scup,
striped bass, summer flounder, winter flounder and tautog. The age data used to calculate
the indices came from three sources: striped bass ages were derived using the von
Bertalanffy (1938) equation; summer flounder age-length keys were obtained from the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center spring
and fall trawl surveys combined with LISTS ages (>60 cm); and scup, winter flounder
and tautog age-length keys (in 1 cm intervals) were obtained directly from LISTS. Since
fish growth can fluctuate annually as a function of population size or other environmental
factors, a year and season specific age-length key was used wherever possible. Once
lengths have been converted to age, the proportion at age is multiplied by the abundance
index of the appropriate season to produce an index of abundance at age.
Recruitment (young-of-year) and age 1+ (all fish age one and older) indices were
calculated for bluefish and weakfish. Observed modes in the length frequencies were
used to separate the two groups.
The specific methods used to calculate indices-at-age for each species were as follows:
♦ Bluefish. Since bluefish are not aged, modes observed in the fall length frequencies
were used to separate bluefish into age 0 and age 1+ groups, and a geometric mean
catch per tow was calculated for each group. Comparison of the mean length-at-ages
reported for young-of-year and age 1 bluefish in the New York Bight (Chiarella and
Conover 1990) and Long Island Sound (Richards 1976) with LISTS length
frequencies suggests that bluefish can easily be identified as either age 0 (snapper
bluefish) or adults (age 1+). Richards (1976) and Chiarella and Conover (1990)
determined that most bluefish less than 30 cm are age 0. A discontinuity in the
LISTS fall length frequencies occurs most years between 26 cm and 39 cm (Table
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2.29). Therefore 30 cm was determined to be a suitable length for partitioning age 0
and age one fish.
Although North Carolina state biologists have aged bluefish, their age keys were
not used to age Long Island Sound bluefish because North Carolina mean
lengths-at-age are not consistent with modes observed in Long Island Sound bluefish
length frequencies. This difference suggests that growth may vary by region, or that
early and late spawned bluefish may be differentially distributed along the coast
(Kendall 1979).
♦ Scup. An index-at-age matrix was developed for 1984-2005 using spring (May-June
only) and fall (September-October) LISTS data. April data was omitted since very
few scup are taken at this time. A total of 7,629 scup aged between 1984 and 2005
were used to make year and season specific age-length keys (1 cm intervals). In the
relatively few instances when the season/year specific key failed at a given 1 cm
length interval, a three-year pooled key was used to determine the age. Three-year
pooled keys were calculated using the years preceding and following the “run” year.
For the terminal year, only two years were used for the pooled key. The final
index-at-age was computed for both spring and fall indices-at-age. Since very few
scup older than age 9 are taken, an age 10+ group is calculated by summing indices
for ages 10 and up. To represent the full adult portion of the population an age 2+
index is calculated by summing the indices for ages 2 through 10+.
♦ Striped bass. To approximate the ages of striped bass taken in the survey, the
average of the Chesapeake Bay and Hudson River striped bass von Bertalanffy
parameters (Lmax = 49.9 in, K = 0.13, to = 0.16, Vic Crecco, pers. comm.) were used
in the rearranged von Bertalanffy equation:
t = (1/K) * (-loge ((Lmax - Lt) / Lmax)) + to
Since this equation estimates age t as a fraction of a year, the estimates were
rounded to the nearest year (e.g. age 3 = ages 2.5 to 3.4). A spring catch-at-age
matrix was developed for 1984 through 2004 by apportioning the spring index by the
percentage of fish at each age.
♦ Summer flounder. The year and season specific age-length keys (1 cm intervals)
used to age LISTS catches were provided by NMFS from their spring and fall trawl
surveys. These keys were supplemented with fish caught and aged by LISTS (60 cm
and over). Since 2001, whenever the season/year specific key failed at a given 1 cm
length interval a pooled year key using only adjacent years was used (Gottschall and
Pacileo 2002). Since it is thought that growth rates for summer flounder have
changed over time, a pooled key using only adjacent years would more accurately
represent fish that could not be aged by the season/year specific key. Using this
methodology, the catch-at-age matrix will remain unchanged for all but the terminal
year, which will be updated as the following years’ data becomes available.
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♦ Tautog. An index-at-age matrix was developed for 1984-2004 using all survey
months. A total of 5,095 tautog were aged from 1984 to 2003, however only the
4,054 samples from April, May, June, September and October were used to make
year and season specific age-length keys (1 cm intervals). Tautog collected in 20042005 have not yet been aged, therefore, the length frequencies was converted to an
age frequency using a pooled age key. Since the length frequency of tautog collected
in LISTS is sparse for fish greater than 60 cm in length and the age determinations are
so varied, all fish 60 cm or greater were assigned a length of 60 cm. The final
index-at-age was computed as the sum of the spring and fall indices-at-age. Finally,
due to the paucity of tautog older than age 20 in LISTS catches, an age 20+ group is
calculated by summing indices for ages 20 and up.
♦ Weakfish. Age 0 and age 1+ indices were calculated for both spring and fall surveys,
1984 - 2005. Since few weakfish are taken in April, the spring geometric mean was
calculated using only May and June. All weakfish taken in spring are assumed to be
age 1+. Similar to bluefish, the fall age 0 and 1+ index was calculated by using
length frequencies to separate the catch. Since a break in the fall length frequencies
generally occurs between 24 and 32 cm each year (Table 2.42), weakfish less than 30
cm are considered to be age 0 while those greater than or equal to 30 cm are ages 1+.
♦ Winter flounder. An index-at-age matrix was developed for 1984-2005 using April
and May LISTS data. June data was not used since length frequency data suggest that
many adult winter flounder have left the Sound by this time (an exception was made
for 1984, the first year of LISTS, because very few samples were taken in the spring
months). A total of 16,674 winter flounder aged between 1984 and 2005 were used
to make year and region (east of Stratford Shoal, west of Stratford Shoal) specific
age-length keys in 1 cm intervals. Similar to scup and summer flounder, three year
pooled keys using only the adjacent years (two years for the terminal year runs) were
used to assign ages if year specific keys were not available.
Overview of 2005 LISTS Catches
♦ Number of samples completed. During 2005, a total of 200 standard LISTS trawls
were conducted, with 120 trawls completed during the spring period and 80 trawls
completed during the fall period (Table 2.4).
♦ Number of species identified. Fifty-seven finfish species were observed in 2005
(Table 2.5). From 1984 to 2005, ninety-six species were identified (Appendix 2.1),
averaging 58 species per year with a range of 50 to 70 species (Fig 2.2). In addition,
a total of thirty-seven types of invertebrates were collected in 2005 (Table 2.6). Most
invertebrates are identified to species. However, in some difficult cases, invertebrates
were identified to genus or higher taxon.
♦ Total catch. Appendix 2.4 presents a time series (1984-2005) of the finfish species
collected each year and their respective rank by numbers. Annual total biomass of
invertebrates are also included in this appendix, and are ranked by weight (kg).
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A total of 178,073 finfish weighing 12,474.3 kg were sampled in 2005 (Table
2.7). In sixteen out of the last twenty-two years butterfish has been the highestranking finfish (numbers) in LISTS. In 2005, butterfish ranked first in numbers but
second in weight, with 92,996 individuals weighing 2,097.3 kg. Scup (porgy) ranked
second in number, with 52,642 individuals and first in weight for the year (3080.7
kg). Weakfish ranked third by number (9,191 fish), but eighth by weight since most
weakfish caught were juveniles. Bluefish (6,532 fish) and winter flounder (4,692
fish) ranked fourth and fifth numerically again this year as a result of good catches of
adult bluefish being observed this past fall and a continued decline of winter flounder
catches. Bluefish ranked fourth in weight for 2005 with 1,333.8 kg/tow behind
smooth dogfish (16th numerically but 3rd by weight). This is the second time in the
time series that winter flounder ranked as low as fifth numerically and thirteenth by
weight (566.1 kg/tow). Windowpane flounder ranked sixth with 1,982 fish and 13th
by weight with 177.5 kg total. Together the top five species, all having the same rank
as 2004, accounted for 93.3 % of total numbers of finfish and 60.3% of total weight.
The top two species (by weight), scup and butterfish, accounted for about 42% of the
total biomass.
Winter flounder topped the spring catches with 4,133 fish and accounted for about
a quarter of the total catch or 11.9% of the spring biomass (Table 2.8). Scup catches
this spring (3,506 fish) were about a third of what was seen during the spring of 2004.
Even with fewer scup caught, the biomass still made up the highest proportion of the
catch with 28.7% of the total springtime biomass. Winter flounder ranked third in
biomass (515.7 kg) behind stripped bass (522.6 kg or 12%). Butterfish ranked third
in numbers (2,478 fish) followed by Atlantic herring (1,165 fish).
Top rankings of finfish caught in the fall survey differed little in the last three
years. In fact, the rank order for the first seven species was identical in 2003 and
2004 and the top four ranks have been the same since 2001. In the fall, butterfish
(90,518 fish), scup (49,136 fish), weakfish (9,093 fish), and bluefish (6,507 fish)
dominated the catch, numerically accounting for over 96% of the catch (Table 2.8).
By weight, butterfish (1,915.8 kg) dominated the fall catch accounting for 23.6% of
the biomass. Scup was the second most dominant species with 1,832.7 kg or 22.6 %
of the total catch, however this was about half of what was seen in the fall of 2004.
The numerically abundant weakfish ranked fifth with 423.7 kg. The top five species
by weight: butterfish, scup, bluefish, smooth dogfish, and weakfish accounted for
79.8% of the total fall biomass.
A total of 2,982.1 kg of invertebrates were taken in 2005 (Table 2.7). Two tows
in eastern Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Connecticut River, yielded a
combined 958.8 kg of blue mussel and accounted for 32.6 % of the total invertebrate
biomass for the year. Long-finned squid was the second most dominant invertebrate
with 17,542 squid accounting for 83.2% of the invertebrate catch by number and
22.9% by weight (953.4 kg). American lobster (364.3 kg), Horseshoe crab (304.2
kg), and starfish (198.4 kg) ranked third, fourth, and fifth with 12.2%, 10.2%, and
6.7% of the biomass, respectively.
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The total catch of invertebrates taken in the spring was 1,679.2 kg (Table 2.9).
Long-finned squid had record spring abundance (9.43 squid/tow) in 2004 with 5,663
squid caught, however 2005 abundance was only about average and less than half of
the squid taken just a year earlier. Long-finned squid accounted for 17.4% of the
spring biomass behind blue mussel (43.6%). There was eight hundred and ninetyseven (897) American lobster (235.2 kg, 14%) recorded during the spring survey,
compared to 1,024 caught in 2004. The spring 2005 catch of horseshoe crab was less
than a quarter of the 2004 catch (by number) and was the lowest abundance since
1997. During fall 2005 sampling, 30.0% of the total biomass came from 14,753 longfinned squid. However, the fall index has dropped sharply from the second highest
abundance in 2003 to below average. Blue mussel, horseshoe crab and starfish made
up 18.3%, 14.9%, and 13.4% of the fall biomass, respectively. American lobster
ranked fifth in biomass from four-hundred ninety-two (492) lobsters in the fall. After
four years of low catches, the 2005 fall lobster abundance index of 2.10 lobsters/tow
is at the lowest level in the time series. These top five species represent 86.5% of
total invertebrate biomass in fall survey.
Length Frequencies
Length frequency tables are provided primarily to give the reader an
understanding of the size range of these species in the survey. Lengths are converted to
age frequencies for analysis of principal species. However, changes such as an expansion
in the size (age) range for some important recreational species are apparent in recent
years including more large scup (Table 2.34-2.35), summer flounder (Table 2.38-2.39),
and striped bass (Table 2.36-2.37).
Length frequencies were prepared for 19 species:
alewife
American shad
Atlantic herring
Atlantic menhaden
black sea bass
blueback herring
bluefish
butterfish
fourspot flounder
hickory shad
long-finned squid
scup
striped bass
summer flounder
tautog
weakfish
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
winter skate
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
fall
spring
spring and fall
spring and fall
fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring and fall
spring
spring and fall
spring
April-May and fall
spring
1989 - 2005
1989 - 2005
1989 - 2005
1996 - 2005
1987 – 2005
1989 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1986 - 1990, 1992 - 2005
1989 - 1990, 1996 - 2005
1991 - 2005
1986 - 1990, 1992 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1989, 1990, 1994 - 2005
1984 - 2005
1995 - 2005
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Table 2.22;
Table 2.23;
Table 2.24;
Table 2.25;
Table 2.26;
Table 2.27;
Table 2.28, Table 2.29;
Table 2.30;
Table 2.31;
Table 2.32;
Table 2.33;
Table 2.40;
Table 2.43;
Table 2.46.
For the years where length data are available, length frequencies were prepared for the
seasons or months for which the preferred indices of abundance and catch-at-age matrices
are calculated; for some species length frequencies are provided for both seasons.
Indices of Abundance
The geometric mean count per tow was calculated from 1984-2005 for 38 finfish
species plus lobster and long-finned squid (squid since 1986). All spring (April-June)
and fall (September-October) data are used to compute the abundance indices presented
in Tables 2.10 (spring) and 2.11 (fall), with the preferred seasonal index (for counts)
denoted by an asterisk. Geometric mean biomass-per-tow indices have been calculated
for 38 finfish and 15 invertebrate species (or species groups) since 1992, for both spring
and fall (Table 2.12 and 2.13, respectively).
Hickory shad was the only finfish species at record high abundance (fall, numbers
per tow) in 2005. Hickory shad abundance generally increased in the early 90’s,
however, the LISTS fall index has fluctuated widely from 1992 through 2001. Since
then, abundance has risen steadily to a record high in both numbers and biomass.
Though not the preferred index, spring abundance is also the highest seen since 1984.
Young-of-year scup were also very numerous this past fall, resulting in near record
abundance (ranked 2nd) for the recruitment index. This age group drove the overall scup
index to the third highest in the time series. The huge increase of age 2+ scup that was
seen in 2003 has moderated during the last two years to just above average levels,
however, today’s current abundance of older scup is still more than eight times the
abundance of pre-1999 levels when catches were much lower. Only one other species,
striped bass, was at high abundance during 2005. Good catches of striped bass from
23cm to 31cm during the spring accounted for a number two rank for this species. The
initial sixteen years of the survey had fairly steady striped bass indices, rising from 1989
to 1999. However, since then it has been inconsistent and dropped sharply twice. First,
from a peak in 1999 to average levels in 2001, then rose to the time series high in 2002
and dropped back to average again in 2004. Adult menhaden catches were also good
again this fall, resulting in the second highest biomass index behind the 2004 index.
Although weakfish young-of-year abundances had been high from 1999-2004 (Table
2.20, Figure 2.8), the abundance dropped by more than 50% in 2005. Since the youngof-year abundance is the major component of the fall index, a corresponding 56% drop in
overall weakfish abundance was also recorded this year.
An unusual number of epibenthic species were at record low abundance during
2005. Spring sampling showed seven species were at their respective lowest abundance
in the twenty-two year time series. Additionally one invertebrate, lobster, was at minimal
abundance during the fall and two finfish tied for lowest ranking (Table 2.10 and 2.11).
Windowpane flounder abundance has remained at low levels for the last fifteen years,
and the last eight have seen a steady decline to minimal levels this spring. Fourspot
flounder also has dropped steadily but only over the last three years. Abundance is
currently at a low and is one-quarter of the springtime average. Both ocean pout and
longhorn sculpin are also currently at series lows after generally decreasing since the
early nineties. Longhorn sculpin catches have been low in the survey for the last thirteen
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years. Similarly, two other epibenthic species that are at minimal abundance are the
northern searobin and little skate. Northern searobin catches have been comparatively
low in the survey since the first two years (1984-1985) when catches were considered
high. A slight increase in abundance was seen in 2000 to 2002 but abundance has since
dropped in the last three years. Good catches of little skate were observed in the survey
during the late eighties through the late nineties but catches have generally dropped since
then and have been below average for the last seven years.
Spring abundance for two species, winter flounder and red hake, are at near
record lows for the time series. The overall winter flounder spring (Apr-Jun) index is the
second lowest (behind 2004) in the last twenty-two years. The customized winter
flounder index (Table 2.21) which uses aged fish from April and May samples is at a
historic low with only 16 fish/tow being recorded. Average catches for the first ten years
of the survey were 94 winter flounder per standard tow. Winter flounder generally has
had a decreasing trend in abundance since 1996 and has seen lower than normal catches
in twelve of the last thirteen years. A declining trend in abundance of red hake has been
seen in the last six years except in 2002 when average catches were documented. Cunner
abundance has generally remained low and below the series mean since 1992. A slight
increase was observed for six years (1997-2002) to almost average levels in 2002 but the
index dropped again by 56% in 2003 and 27% since then. Tautog abundance has also
remained low for twelve out of the last thirteen years and, although there was a gradual
increasing trend from 1999 to 2002 up to average levels, the last three years have
remained about 33% below the average. Another species with notably low abundance is
the Atlantic herring. Although last spring the survey caught two and a half times more
herring than the year before, abundance is still considered low with nine of the last ten
years having below average catches. Similarly both, sea raven and spiny dogfish, once
common in spring catches during the startup years of the survey, have been at low levels
since the early 1990’s.
The two invertebrate species, the horseshoe crab and long finned squid, which had
positive gains in abundance during the last couple of years, have dropped substantially
this past season. Although the spring abundance for long-finned squid showed a
decreasing trend since the early 90’s, good catches were seen in the fall of 2003 with a 7
fold increase to near record levels. High abundance again continued during spring 2004,
with an uncharacteristic 4-fold increase. Abundance then declined to average levels in
the fall of 2004 and remained there throughout 2005. Biomass indices for horseshoe
crab, in both the spring and fall this year, declined from increasing trends of abundance
since the mid and late nineties. Four other decapod species that LISTS catalogs (lady
crab, rock crab, spider crab and lobster) are similarly at a low or minimum level since
biomass was first recorded in 1992. Lady crab (ovalipes ocellatus) biomass indices have
been at their lowest level for the last three years during the spring and at minimal levels
during the fall over the last four years. Rock crab (Cancer irroratus), have declined in
abundance since the mid to late nineties and are currently at the lowest level recorded for
both seasons. Spring biomass for spider crab (Libinia emarginata) rose from 2000 to a
peak in 2003 but has since dropped back to 2000 levels and currently ranks third lowest
in the time series. Fall abundance in 2005 is at a record low but biomass has been
consistently low for the last eight years. Lobster (Homarus americanus) abundance for
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both the spring and fall seasons during 2005 continued to drop since the mortality event
in Long Island Sound occurred in 1999. Record survey lows in numbers as well as
biomass were recorded this year.
Indices of Abundance: Important Recreational Species
Spring and fall abundance indices are presented in Tables 2.10-2.13. Indices of
abundance at age were also calculated for seven important recreational species: bluefish
(Table 2.14), scup (Table 2.15), striped bass (Table 2.16, 2.17), summer flounder ( Table
2.18), tautog (Table 2.19), weakfish (Table 2.20) and winter flounder (Table 2.21).
Bluefish and striped bass indices-at-age are based on the fall and spring surveys,
respectively, whereas winter flounder indices-at-age are based on only a portion of the
spring survey (April-May). Indices-at-age for tautog are based on a combination of the
spring and fall surveys. Both scup and weakfish indices-at-age are calculated and
presented separately for each season.
♦ Bluefish. The fall 2005 bluefish index (18.89 fish/tow) dropped by more than 10 fish
per tow this year and has been variable around the mean (25.08 fish/tow) for the last
six years (Table 2.11, Figure 2.3). Despite average overall abundance, large catches
of adult bluefish (age 1+) during the fall of 2004 resulted in a 21-year record high
abundance (in numbers) and the second highest biomass index of age 1+ fish.
Catches of age 1+ fish this past season (2.65 fish/tow) dropped sharply from 2004 and
were again just slightly lower than average or more similar to the 2000-2003 levels.
The age 1+ bluefish abundance (>29 cm) increased by a factor of twelve from 1999,
when a time series low was recorded (0.86/tow), to the anomolous high of 10.38
age1+ fish/tow (Table 2.14). At the inception of the survey, adult abundance
decreased from being 27% above the time series average in 1985 through 1989 to less
than 42% of average levels since 1989. For the next three years, a large increase
nearing record abundance levels was observed in 1992 (8.44/tow). The following
seven years marked a steady decline to less than 74% of average and the lowest
abundance recorded in 1999. The overall LISTS index is dominated by young–ofyear fish, which decreased slightly in the last two years to 12.10/tow. Higher
abundances of age 0 fish were observed in 1997-1999, however, for the last six years
abundances have been at or slightly below average. A sixty-nine percent drop in age
0 abundance occurred from the time series high (39.19/tow) in 1999 to 2005 (table
2.14, figure 2.3).
♦ Scup. Scup abundance indices have increased by nearly an order of magnitude since
about 1998 (Table 2.11, Figure 2.6). Excluding the exceptional, but short lived 1991
year class which produced an overall index of 311.6 fish/tow, fall abundance indices
early in the survey time series (1984 through 1997) ranged between 10.7 (1984) and
92.5 fish/tow, averaging 52 fish/tow. Since 1998 the fall index has ranged from 103.3
(1998) to 537.7 (1999), averaging 320 fish/tow, more than six times the pre-1998
average. High numbers of fish per tow result primarily from strong young-of year
indices (1999-2002, 2004-2005), as high as 498 fish/tow in 1999 (Table 2.15).
However, unlike the strong 1991 year class signal (291 fish/tow at age 0) which
produced only one subsequent double-digit index (26.5 at age 1 in 1992), several
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recent strong year classes have persisted at double digit strength through age 3 (2000,
2001 year classes) or age 4 (1999 year class) and have produced record abundance
indices at age through at least age 6.
A very strong young-of-year index was recorded in 2005; the second highest in the
time series, and abundance at ages 1 through 8 (with the exception of age 3) were all
well above average. This is coupled with a succession of strong year classes that
began as early as 1997. Only one year class, 2003, stands out as weak to moderate
recruitment in the last several years. The 2003 year class also produced the lowest
age 1 index in the last eleven years and the lowest age 2 index in the last five years.
The new scale of elevated scup abundance has also been apparent in the Spring
survey. Spring indices of adult (age 2+) fish jumped from 2 to 21.7 fish/tow between
1999 and 2000, and have remained elevated since. During the spring 2002 survey,
unusually high availability of scup resulted in an age 2+ index of 208.8 fish/tow,
almost 14 times the series average. Age 3 fish from the 1999 year-class were
particularly abundant at 123.2 fish/tow. Spring age 2+ indices in 2004 were the
second highest observed at 26.9 fish/tow (Table 2.15, Figure 2.6). However, this past
spring the age 2+ indices dropped to 7.3 fish/tow, which is the lowest seen in the last
six years.
♦ Striped bass. Highly variable striped bass indices have been observed in the last
several years. Three of the highest abundances were recorded during the spring of
1999, 2002, and 2005 (Table 2.10, Figure 2.8). Currently, catch in numbers per tow
is the second highest in LISTS time series, behind 2002, and third highest in weight
per tow. Two length modes were evident in the spring survey in the size range
between 23 and 31 cm and another from 41 to 49 cm (Table 2.36). Over 51% of the
catch occurred in this first length group while 19% occurred in the latter. Since 1999,
larger fish from 53 cm to 73 cm length have also been common during the spring and
comprised 19% to 49% of the annual catch. Prior to the mid 1990’s only 125 striped
bass exceeding 52 cm in length collectively were taken during the spring surveys.
Contrary to the spring catch, LISTS fall sampling during 2005 produced a
substantially lower index than the peak observed in 2004 (Table 2.11). However,
striped bass fall abundance is currently still 67% above the time series average and
about average for the last ten years.
Indications of a stock recovery first appeared in 1990 (Tables 2.10, Figure 2.8) and
continued strongly to a peak in 1999 (1.10/tow). Two years of decline followed in
2000-2001 before a sharp rise to almost three times the time series mean in 2002.
Overall abundance is currently still considered high and on average, over the last ten
years, LISTS is taking twelve times the number of stripers as it did in the first ten
years of the survey. Similar to the first 10 years of the survey, the majority of the
large catches still occur along the Connecticut shoreline in depths less than 18 m,
especially near the mouths of the Connecticut and Housatonic Rivers, Westport to
Bridgeport, CT, and Shoreham, NY. During 2005, the age structure was comprised
predominately of two year old (52.3%) fish and three – four year old (26.8%
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combined) fish (Table 2.16). All indices-at-age for ages two through eight in 2005
were above the respective averages for the time series (Table 2.17).
♦ Summer flounder. Summer flounder have rebounded from record low abundances
in the early and mid-nineties and have shown above average fall survey abundance
for a decade now. LISTS first observed a jump in abundance during the fall of 1996
to over 2 fish per tow (1984-2005 average is 1.86/tow). In more recent years, good
numbers of summer flounder have been taken in both the spring and fall surveys.
Summer flounder fall abundance peaked with 6.12 fish/tow in 2002 then dropped to
3.39 fish/tow in 2003. However, for the past two years abundance indices for both
surveys dropped substantially. The preferred fall index currently is 2.4 fish per tow
while the spring index dipped below the 1.1 fish per tow average to 0.80/tow (Table
2.10 – 2.11, Figure 2.4). Although the preferred fall index has declined sharply since
2002, abundance remains more than twice the average of the first twelve years of the
survey (1984-1995). Summer flounder have become more common in the spring
survey since the mid-nineties when an increasing abundance trend began. Excellent
springtime catches in 2003 resulted in record abundance and an index that exceeded
the fall numbers. Spring indices-at-age for two through four year olds were below
average for the first time since 1996, however, ages 5 and older remained above their
respective averages (Table 2.18). In 2002 and 2003 a large portion of the spring
catches (73% and 77%, respectively) were made up of one and two-year-old fish.
However, the one-year-old component of the catch for the past two years (0.26/tow in
2004 and 0.25/tow in 2005) was weak at only slightly over half of the series average.
Nonetheless, the one and two year old fish comprised 64% of the springtime catch in
2005. This same pattern was seen during the fall survey in 2005. The majority of
the catch was smaller age-one fish (45.4%) and age-two fish (30.9%) this year.
While the overall index remained well below peak levels, all indices–at-age were
above their respective averages from age one and older fish. The young-of-year
summer flounder index has been variable throughout the fall time series and may be
unreliable. Some of the benefits of higher abundance since the mid to late-nineties is
the presence of older and larger fish in the population. Eight and nine year old fish
are now represented in the age matrix; prior to 1997, the oldest fish were age 7 (Table
2.18). The length frequency distribution in table 2.36 and table 2.37 also illustrates
this, with an increase in larger (> 50 cm) fish captured in the past ten years during the
spring (average 51 fish compared to 5 fish pre-1996) and fall surveys (average 29 fish
compared to 9 fish pre-1996).
♦ Tautog. The 2005 spring survey index for tautog (0.57 fish/tow) was similar to the
last two years and remained about 29% below average after a modest increasing trend
over the preceding seven years. By 2002, the index attained the highest level
observed since 1991 (Table 2.10) with abundance reaching 0.9 fish/tow, or just above
average levels. Tautog abundance underwent a long-term decline from 1984
(2.75/tow) to 1995 (0.15/tow). Slight improvement was observed in 1996 (0.49/tow)
and again in 2000 through 2002; however, abundance had been relatively stable at
low levels since 1993, with six of the last ten years ranging from 0.40/tow to 0.49/tow
(Figure 2.8). Although the fall is not considered the preferred index, the fall
abundance this year was similar to the spring in that it was 21% below the time series
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average (Table 2.11). The 2005 indices-at-age for all but age two, six, and seven
were below their respective averages for the time series (Table 2.19). This differed
from just a year earlier when none were above their respective calculated averages.
Tautog indices at age do not track age classes well because of low Survey catch and
the overlap of ages at length. Another factor that obscures the catch-at-age matrix is
that the age at full recruitment to both the survey gear and the fishery varies between
ages 5 and 9 for tautog (Johnson and Gottschall, 1999).
♦ Weakfish. Age 0 weakfish dominate the overall index and have been very abundant
in the fall over the last seven years. A strong year class in 2000 drove the overall
index to double, reaching a record 63.42 fish per tow. Although the next year class in
2001 caused the overall index to drop by 36% (40.51/tow), abundance for the
following three years saw moderate increases up to the second most abundant year,
reaching 59.07 fish/tow in 2004 (Tables 2.11 and 2.20, Figure 2.8). The 2005 index
of 26.00 fish per tow resulted in the largest single drop in abundance in the time
series yet it still remains well above average abundance levels during the first fifteen
years of the survey. The Age 0 catches between 1999 and 2004 ranged from 30.93
fish/tow (1999) to 63.31 fish /tow (2000) and are unprecedented in the time series.
The average catch/tow of age 0 fish prior to 1999 was 7.12 fish/tow. While recent
catches of age 0 weakfish remain relatively high, the age 1+ abundance during the fall
has generally fallen since the three years of peak abundance observed between 1995
and 1997. For the last four years, age 1+ abundance in the fall has remained about
50% lower than average. Similarly, springtime abundance of age 1+ weakfish had
remained at roughly three times higher than the average (1997-1999) before declining
to 0.04 fish/tow in 2003 (the lowest since 1994). This past spring, LISTS recorded
moderate increases in age 1+ fish to 0.27 per tow or about 1.8 times the springtime
average. LISTS has typically caught between 23,561 (2000) and 5,592 (2003)
weakfish each fall during the past seven years (Table 2.42). Only 5 (2003) to 96
(2005) weakfish have been tallied during the same time period in spring samples.
(Table 2.41). The number of larger weakfish (>30 cm) sampled during the fall survey
decreased from an average of 118 fish from 1995 to 2001 to only 25 fish in 2002 and
5 fish in 2003. Twenty-six large fish were tallied in the fall of 2005. Many of these
larger weakfish were in the 37-47 cm range that was more common in LISTS during
the 1995-2001 period.
♦ Winter flounder. The overall spring survey abundance index for 2005 (17.41/tow)
was the second lowest on record and is currently only 25% of the long term mean of
69.02/tow (Table 2.10). The April-May index, used to develop indices of abundance
at age, fell for the fourth straight year to the lowest recorded in the survey at 16.10
fish/tow. This season’s index is the seventh year of low abundance (Table 2.21,
Figure 2.4) and illustrates why fisheries managers are concerned about the status of
this species. During the beginning of the time series a decline in abundance was
observed for a couple of years to slightly below average levels in 1986 (63.65/tow).
This was followed by increasing abundance for the next four years to the height of
winter flounder abundance in 1990 (223.09/tow). High winter flounder abundance
was short lived as abundance dropped 72% during the next two years to 61.39 fish per
tow in 1992. From 1992 through 1995, abundance varied at or below average levels,
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however, 1996 showed a more than two-fold increase to 110.62 fish per tow. Since
then abundance generally has dropped and has been in decline to the current low
level.
Only the age-0 index, obtained from the Estuarine Seine Survey (Job 2, Part 2),
shows a notable increase in abundance in the last few years. From its lowest value in
2001, the age 0 index rose to about average in 2003 (8.10 fish per haul), then
increased 35% in 2004 to 10.96 fish per haul: the highest this index attained since
1996. This year that index dropped by almost half to 5.63 fish per haul. LISTS age
4+ winter flounder index also continued to deteriorate in 2005 to the lowest level in
twenty-two years. The decreasing trend in abundance for older winter flounder this
season was most evident for ages three through six where a reduction of 65% (age 5)
to 79% (age 4) was observed. The 4+ index was at its height at the start of the
survey in 1984 (27.91/tow) then declined through 1988 to stable and average
abundance (around 13.10/tow) for the next three years. Dropping abundance
followed, and during 1995 the lowest observed catch/tow (2.31) at the time was
recorded. An unusual increase in abundance occurred in 1996 (15.92/tow) and for the
next five years it fluctuated around average levels. The high age 4+ indices from
1996-2001 are probably a result of the strong 1992 and 1994-1996 year classes. For
the past four years, the age 4+ indices have been depressed to less than 10 fish per
tow.
Indices of Abundance: “Forage” Species
♦ Alewife. Seventy-eight percent of LISTS alewife catches occur during the spring
survey with April having the highest abundance (2.24 fish/tow). Most of the largest
catches have occurred along the Connecticut shoreline from New Haven to
Hammonasset, at the mouth of the Housatonic river and adjacent to the Norwalk
Islands (Gottschall et. el., 2000). Currently alewife abundance is 22% above the time
series average of 1.01 fish per tow (Table 2.10, Figure 2.5). Abundance had
fluctuated at levels above average from 1994 to 2000 then declined to 0.75 fish/tow in
2001. Abundance then rose from 2002-2004 to the third highest in the time series
(1.86 fish/tow). Prior to 1993, abundance was generally below average but more
stable. Typically, LISTS catches of alewife are comprised mostly of juveniles (<25
cm: NMFS, 1989). In 2005, the spring length frequency included fish from 7 to 28
cm (99% juveniles) while during the fall, only alewife from 8 to 18 cm were observed
(Table 2.22).
♦ American shad.
Similar to alewife, American shad have a seasonal inshore
/offshore pattern of distribution within the Sound. The shallower waters along the
Connecticut shoreline exhibit the highest abundance during the spring and fall periods
(Gottschall et. el., 2000). Currently, the fall period (the preferred index) has remained
below average levels (1.14/tow) for the last six years including 2005, which was less
than half of the twenty-two year average (Table 2.11, Figure 2.7). American shad
abundance typically has fluctuated from highs and lows every two or three years, with
highs in 1984, 1989, 1995 and 1999 and lower than normal abundance from 1985 to
1987, 1990 to 1992, 1996, and 2000 to 2005. Typically shad taken in both the spring
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and fall survey are less than 25 cm (Table 2.23). Only three adult shad (>32 cm)
were observed in the spring of 2005 and none were observed during the fall survey.
Since 2000, only 21 adults (shad greater than 32 cm) were observed in the spring
survey, 7 of those were taken in the 2002 survey.
♦ Atlantic herring. Abundance of Atlantic herring in LISTS catches is highest in April
and May when adults are still present in the Sound. However, peak abundance in
Long Island Sound may actually occur during the summer months when young-ofyear herring are abundant. Although the gear employed for the LIS Trawl Survey
does not effectively retain young-of-year, they are abundant in the Sound during the
summer months; as seen during a separate sampling program that the Department
undertook in the early 90's. This program (see job 5, Simpson et. al. 1995) caught
upwards to 80,000 young-of-year in a 15 minute tow using a net with similar
dimensions but included a 6mm codend liner.
The 2005 LISTS spring index of 1.33 fish per tow, although almost twice the catch
during 2004, remains well below average (2.21/tow). This is the eigth straight year of
subnormal abundance (Table 2.10, Figure 2.5). Abundance increased considerably
from 1984 to peak levels in 1993 (7.24/tow), but has since declined to the low
numbers presently observed. Prior to 1998, annual LISTS catches averaged 4,876
fish, however, in the last eight years catches have only averaged about 939 fish (1,168
observed in 2004) (Appendix 2.2).
♦ Atlantic menhaden. LISTS largest catches typically occur from Guilford, CT to
Norwalk, CT in waters less than 18 m in depth (Gottschall et. al., 2000). Recently, in
the last five years, several good catches were observed just off Guilford and Fairfield,
CT. Similar to alewife, Atlantic menhaden abundance increased for three straight
years during 2002-2004 but dropped this past season. The fall of 2004 index (1.63
fish/tow) rose from a thirteen-year low during 2001 (0.32/tow) to the second highest
in the time series. Atlantic Menhaden abundance during the fall of 2005 (0.94
fish/tow), however, was only slightly above average but biomass was the second
highest since 1992, indicating that proportionally more adult fish were captured this
year (Table 2.11, Figure 2.5). In fact, this past fall, adult fish made up 65% of the
catch and was comparable to catches prior to 1998; before “peanut bunker” were
observed in LISTS catches. Menhaden length composition has changed from catches
of larger mature menhaden (greater than 24 cm) in 1996 and 1997 (97% and 65%
respectively) to small young-of–year menhaden in 1998-2001 and 2003-2004. From
1998 to 2001, the majority (89%-99%) of the catch was from 7-13 cm size fish.
Similarly, small menhaden less than 12 cm made up the majority of the catch in 2003
(84%) and 2004 (74%) (Table 2.25).
♦ Blueback herring. For the eighth consecutive year the fall abundance (0.06
fish/tow) remains below the 0.22 fish/tow average (Table 2.11, Figure 2.5). Over the
time series, abundance has exhibited peaks on two occasions; first in 1994 (0.93/tow),
followed by an abrupt decline for the next two years and then again in 1997
(0.75/tow) which was also followed by a sharp drop. However, abundance hasn’t
rebounded since 1997 and remains at the present low level. Since 1989, when
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blueback herring lengths were first recorded, fish from 5 to 25 cm have been
observed during the fall, although most fish recorded were 11 to 16 cm fork length
(Table 2.27). In recent years, the spring survey has taken more bluebacks and
abundance is higher than during the fall, however most spring catches are young of
year and age 1 fish located primarily near the mouths of major rivers along the
Connecticut shoreline.
♦ Butterfish. Butterfish are the most abundant species recorded in the survey and are
located throughout Long Island Sound during the late summer and fall period. After
a generally increasing trend in abundance over the time series, with four outstanding
years occurring in the 1990’s (301.72/tow in 1992, 320.06/tow in 1995, 355.49/tow in
1998, and record abundance of 477.91/tow in 1999), the fall butterfish index fell
below the 21 year series average of 172.75/tow in 2000 (125.97/tow). A slight
increase has occurred since, with the 2002 index of 165.07/tow near average, and the
2005 index of 197.24/tow just over the series mean (Table 2.11, Figure 2.3). The
2005 length composition was typical for the survey, ranging from 5 to 22 cm. In
most years two length modes are apparent. The majority collected in LISTS are part
of a single mode at 7-11 cm fish (roughly 82%) and another, much smaller mode, at
14-16 cm. This likely represents two age groups for this short-lived species (Table
2.30).
♦ Hickory shad. Hickory shad have become more common in LISTS samples during
the last several years. They were very rare in LISTS from 1985-1991, averaging 0.01
fish per tow during the fall (preferred index), however, since then abundance has
increased to a maximum this past fall of 0.25 shad per tow (Table 2.11, Figure 2.7).
Spring abundance has shown a similar increasing pattern, however, 2005 abundance
is second behind 1984 when an unusually high index was recorded for this species
(0.52/tow) (Table 2.10). During the spring 2001, a particularly large individual of 46
cm fork length was recorded, although typical length frequencies range between 17 to
40 cm in both spring and fall surveys (Table 2.32). The survey’s largest catches have
occurred in waters less than 18 meters deep off New Haven to Guilford, CT. During
spring sampling, consistent catches are also observed at the mouth of the Connecticut
River.
Indices of Abundance: Elasmobranchs
♦ Little skate. Little skate generally rank as the sixth or seventh most abundant fish in
LISTS catches. Spring abundance indices have generally been dropping since 1996
when LISTS averaged almost 19 skate per tow. During the spring 2005 survey,
LISTS averaged 1.65 skate per tow, which is the lowest observed in the time series
and about one-seventh the average (Table 2.10, Figure 2.7). Catches this year fell
almost 75% from the spring of 2004. Similarly, early in the time series (1984-1987)
abundance of little skate was also below average but for the next eleven years (with
the exception of 1995) levels increased and remained at or above the series average.
Little skate taken in the spring survey are most common along the transitional and
sand bottom types of the Mattituck Sill from Guilford, CT to Mattituck, NY.
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♦ Smooth dogfish. Smooth dogfish abundance in Long Island Sound typically
increases during the fall period when they are found in deeper waters of the central
and eastern basins (Gottschall et.al., 2000). During the last two fall seasons
abundance was similar (1.44/tow in 2004 and 1.41/tow in 2005) and about average
for the time series. Smooth dogfish indices initially declined during the first four
years of the survey and fluctuated at relatively low levels for the next twelve years
until an increase was observed in 2000 and 2001. During the last six years, fall
abundance has remained above the 1.26 fish/tow series average, however, only in
2002 and 2003 was abundance considered high for the time series (Table 2.11, Figure
2.3).
♦ Spiny dogfish. Low abundance of spiny dogfish in the spring continued in 2005 with
an index of 0.03 fish/tow. Overall, abundance has declined from above average
levels (0.14/tow) seen from 1985-1990 to near zero levels in 1993 and 1995 through
2000 (Table 2.10, Figure 2.3). LISTS abundance has increased slightly to half the
average levels for the last four years and remains about 79% less than the 1985
through 1990 period of higher abundance. Spiny dogfish typically occur in LISTS
samples in May, June and October. Sampling during the summer months prior to
1991 show that these fish probably leave the Sound as water temperatures rise and
then return in October and November. LISTS Sampling has only caught 230 fish in
the last five years; most of these being taken in the eastern basin of Long Island
Sound in depths greater than 27 meters. Ten spiny dogfish were observed this past
spring while thirty-one were taken in fall samples (Table 2.8). Recent concerns of
stock status has prompted LISTS to add spiny dogfish to the list of species to be
measured on each tow (Table 2.3). Since 2002, 87 male spiny dogfish between 69 cm
and 88 cm and 81 female spiny dogfish between 69 cm and 107 cm were measured.
♦ Winter skate. Winter skate abundance is highest in LISTS during the month of April
with most being taken in the eastern half of Long Island Sound over the Mattituck Sill
and in the Eastern Basin. Over the time series, winter skate abundance increased
from 1984 to a high in 1988, and then declined to near-average abundance in 1990.
From 1990 to 2000, abundance was near average levels, however in 2001, skate
abundance dropped by almost 38% to the lowest abundance observed in seventeen
years (Table 2.10, Figure 2.7). Abundance then steadily increased for the next three
years to just above average levels in 2004. This past spring LISTS cataloged only
0.09 skate per tow, a drop of 57% to just half of the series average. It should be noted
that, since 1999, a systematic effort has been made to distinguish winter skate from
little skate in the 36 to 54 cm size-range following the identification criteria of
Flescher (1980). LISTS assumes that any skate less than 36 cm is a little skate. Since
1995, 70% of the winter skate taken in the spring survey have been between 57 and
81 cm.
Indices of Abundance: Other Finfish Species of Interest
♦ Atlantic Sturgeon. Atlantic sturgeon are infrequently taken in LISTS surveys with
two hundred thirty-one being taken in the fall and only ninety-nine taken in the spring
survey since 1984. The preferred fall index reflects low and variable catches.
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Nonetheless, indices generally suggest an increase in abundance over the time series.
Atlantic sturgeon taken in the survey ranged from 54 to 213 cm and were probably
mostly juveniles (size at 50% maturity=200 cm; NMFS, 1989).
♦ Sea raven, longhorn sculpin, and ocean pout. These three cold-water species
remain at low abundance for the spring of 2005 (Table 2.10, Figure 2.6-2.7). Overall,
sea raven abundance declined from high levels in the mid-1980’s to near zero levels
from 1993 to 1997. Abundance increased moderately from 1998, however, a
decreasing trend has since occurred. Abundance is currently one-fifth of average
levels at 0.02 fish/tow (Table 2.10, Figure 2.7). Similarly, longhorn sculpin
decreased rapidly in 1991 and 1992 from peak abundance in 1990 (0.65 fish/tow) to
near zero levels from 1995 to 2004. No longhorn sculpins were observed in LISTS
this past spring bringing the index for this species to the lowest in twenty-three years.
Similarly, ocean pout abundance dropped to a series low in 2005. In the late eighties
through the mid-nineties it was common to catch 30 or 40 ocean pout in a survey but
since 1996, on average, about 13 have been taken and only three were observed this
year.
♦ Fourspot flounder and windowpane flounder. In most years fourspot flounder
ranked in the top ten species caught in LISTS (Appendix 2.3). However, in 2005
fourspot ranked twelfth and the spring abundance index (1.14/tow) was an all time
low. The 2005 spring index persists as the eighth year in a row that abundance has
been below average (Table 2.10, Figure 2.4). Except for the first two years of high
but declining abundance, the spring survey for fourspot flounder seems to be a
relatively stable index with two periods of increasing abundance, one between 1987
to 1992 and the other from 1993 to 1997. Both periods were followed by lower than
average indices for four and eight years respectively. Most fourspot flounder caught
in the spring are between 23 and 35 cm total length, however, catches range between
13 and 45 cm in the spring (the four largest were captured in 2005) and 5 to 39 cm in
the fall (Table 2.31). Within Long Island Sound, fourspot flounder spring abundance
is typically highest in the Western Basin and the western part of the Central Basin;
favoring greater depths and mud habitats.
Windowpane flounder are more typically found on the transitional bottom south of
Guilford, Connecticut. Also, similar to fourspot, windowpane flounder spring
abundance in 2005 (2.29 fish/tow) was at its lowest in the twenty-two year timeseries, continuing a nine-year trend of declining abundance (Table 2.10, Figure 2.4).
Abundance has also been at below average levels since 1990 and is currently about
6% of the long-term mean (40.50 fish/tow). Again similar to fourspot flounder, there
have been three peaks of abundance (1984, 1989, and 1996) with each one being
lower than the previous (172.27/tow in 1984, 101.71/tow in 1992, and 93.05/tow in
1996). Typically 96% of the catch is made up of fish between 10 and 30 cm,
however, catches range from 4 and 42 cm during the spring period (Table 2.43).
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Indices of Abundance: Invertebrates
♦ American lobster. The Long Island Sound spring abundance index for lobster
(2.43/tow) declined again this year marking the seventh straight year of dropping
indices for this species. This year’s spring index, falling only slightly from 2004, is
the fourth consecutive year in eleven that abundance was below the series mean
(6.62/tow) and now ranks second lowest in the time series (Table 2.10). Additionally,
fall abundance fell from 2004 and is now at the lowest level in the time series, at 2.10
lobsters per tow (Table 2.11, Figure 2.9). An unusually high jump in Long Island
Sound lobster abundance was first observed in LISTS; more than double the
preceding seven years during the fall of 1997 (19.60/tow) and over two and a half
times during the following survey in spring in 1998 (18.52 lobsters/tow). Both
seasonal indices have fallen sharply since peak levels (spring; 87% and fall 89%); the
spring has fallen each successive year while the fall dropped sharply by 47% in 1998
then rose slightly (7%) in 1999 and continued to decline through 2002 to 2.68
lobsters/tow. Abundance increased slightly in 2003 and 2004 to 3.03 lobsters/tow
and 3.68 lobsters/tow, respectively, before sinking to the low this past season. In
general, lobster abundance in both seasons was below average in the 1980’s, rose
during the early 1990’s, moderated or dipped slightly for two years and then abruptly
rose to a peak in 1997 (fall index) or 1998 (spring index). The decline in abundance
is coincident with reports of mass mortalities received from fishermen in November
of 1998. Similar reports from fishermen were received in the fall of 1999 and
sporadically in 2000. Along with reports of lobster mortalities, concerns were voiced
that other species including finfish were disappearing from western Long Island
Sound where most lobster mortalities occurred. In response, trawl sampling was
expanded into the far western Sound during 2000. A summary of catches from this
area, known as the Narrows, is provided in a separate section of this report.
♦ Long-finned squid. Squid abundance during the spring of 2003 fell to a twenty-year
low with 2.5 squid per tow being recorded (squid were not counted for the first two
years of the survey), additionally, it marked the sixth consecutive year of lower than
average abundance (4.57/tow). Abundance spiked in spring 2004 (9.43 squid/tow),
however, this past spring, abundance (4.76/tow) dropped back to average. The high
spring abundance recorded in 2004 may have been expected since the 2003 fall index
was at near record levels (269.32 squid/tow) and 92% of those captured were less
than 10cm. This large year-class likely carried through to the spring samples. Prior
to this rapid increase, the long-finned squid population within Long Island Sound had
generally declined since peaking in 1988 (9.37/tow spring index). Large long-finned
squid are present during the late spring (May and June) when, on average, 60% of the
catch are adults greater than 14 cm (72% in 2004, Table 2.33). The percentage of
juveniles sharply increases during LISTS fall sampling when 98% of the catch are
less than 15 cm. The high springtime catches in 2004 did not track through to fall
catches as abundance moderated to less than average levels. Similarly, the 2005 fall
index remains 33% less than average with 81.12 squid/tow (Table 2.11, Figure 2.9).
Long-finned squid catches have varied widely during LISTS fall sampling from lows
in 1986 (27.40/tow), 1987 (28.60/tow) and 2002 (35.48/tow) to peaks in 1988, 1993,
1998 and 2003 (159.16, 272.11, 202.29, and 269.32/tow, respectively).
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♦ Crabs. Biomass data for horseshoe crab (not a true crab, but listed here for
convenience), lady crab, rock crab, and spider crab have been recorded since 1992
(Table 2.12 Table 2.13, Figure 2.9). Two common crabs caught by LISTS, the lady
crab and rock crab appear to be undergoing declines in abundance since the mid to
late nineties. Horseshoe crab and spider crab also have shown a decline but only in
the last couple of years. Lady crab fall indices were stable from 1992 to 1995 at
about 1.5 kg/tow then, after increasing in 1996 to 3.54 kg/tow, abundance declined to
minimal levels in the last four years (0.08/tow in 2004 to 0.14/tow in 2004 and 2005).
Similarly, spring lady crab abundance, though not as good an index as the fall, has
dropped to minimum levels for the past three years (0.01/tow). Both spring and fall
abundance indices for rock crab have hit record lows in 2005 (0.05 kg/tow; spring
and 0.02 kg/tow; fall). Spring abundance of rock crab has fluctuated over the time
series, ranging from lows of 0.14 kg/tow in 1995 and 2004, and 0.02 kg/tow this year
to highs of 1.17 kg/tow in 1992 and 1.04 kg/tow in 1998. Fall rock crab abundance
has similarly dropped more steadily than the spring. Initial spider crab spring
abundance indices were 0.98 kg/tow in 1992, however, abundance rose modestly to
1.22 kg/tow during the next two years and then fell to an average 0.54 kg/tow from
1995 to 2000. Increases over the next three years in the spring resulted in peak (1.85
kg/tow) abundance during 2003 and the second highest abundance (1.42 kg/tow) in
2004. Abundance fell 75% to near record lows, or 0.36 kg/tow, this past season. The
spring and fall horseshoe crab biomass indices have trended upward since the
recorded low in 1995 (spring - 0.13 kg/tow, fall - 0.32 kg/tow); however, this trend
(leading to peak abundances) was broken in the spring of 2004 and 2005 (71% drop)
along with this past fall (52% drop). Current horseshoe crab indices during the
spring and fall are 59% and 77%, respectively, of the 1992-2004 mean.
MODIFICATIONS
Beginning in 2006, some additional invertebrates will be counted (Caprellid,
Pandalid and Palaemonetes shrimp, sea urchins and hard and surf clams). All lobster will
be measured to the nearest 0.1 mm so effects of gauge increases can be better analyzed
over the time series.
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NARROWS
Methods
The sample design in the Narrows relies upon stratified fixed sites. Initially sites
were randomly selected by strata, however, this approach was modified in favor of fixed
sites. Typically, this area is so heavily fished by lobstermen that there isn’t sufficient
area free of pot gear in which to tow the research trawl. In an attempt to reduce gear
conflicts and avoid known bottom hangs while still representatively sampling this
relatively small area (approximately 240 km2), site selection evolved from ten stratified
random sites during the spring of 2000 to six fixed sites starting in the fall of 2000. Six
sites yield a sampling intensity of about one site per 40 km2, which is a higher sampling
intensity than LISTS (1:68 km2). Five years of sampling in the Narrows showed
comparable overall species richness and abundances in the Narrows as compared to
LISTS (Gottschall and Pacileo 2005), therefore, for 2005 the number of sites to be
sampled in the Narrows was reduced to three sites per month with a resultant sampling
intensity of 1:80 km2.
Sampling gear and procedures for the Narrows survey are the same as described
for LISTS with one exception, all finfish species collected in the Narrows samples are
measured. Although data for these additional sites in the Narrows are collected and
analyzed in the same manner as for the LISTS sites, the data are analyzed separately to
maintain consistency within the LISTS database.
To compare finfish abundance in the Narrows to other areas of the Sound with
similar habitat characteristics, a micro-habitat analysis was initiated using statistical
(SAS) and geographic (ESRI ArcView) software to analyze the substrate type underlying
the actual path of the research vessel for all LISTS and Narrows tows where continuous
position information was recorded. In 1984, the initial bottom type designation for each
1x2 n.mi. site box in the Long Island Sound Trawl Survey site grid was based on
information from Reid et al. (1979). The same interpretation of the 1979 sediment data
was used to assign bottom types for the Narrows site boxes in 1999. This micro-habitat
analysis will rely on updated sediment information (Poppe et al. 2000) to determine
bottom types along the actual towpath for each sample.
Data files containing the latitude, longitude, depth, vessel heading and vessel
speed were saved continuously during each tow via GPS feed to an onboard laptop. The
individual data files were read into SAS (Statistical Analysis System v.9) where initial
quality control and assurance checks were completed before the edited observations were
formatted and separated into two data files per year, one file in an ArcView compatible
generate file format with only a tow identifier and GIS-ready coordinates for latitude and
longitude and another file with associated information identified by sample number.
Towpaths were created in ArcView by using the Gen2Shape extension (in ArcView 3)
and the ET GeoWizard extension (in ArcView 9) to import the generate file format with
GPS coordinates. Subsequently, other tow information was appended to the data table
for the towpath shapefile created in ArcView.
Sediment types along each towpath (1995-2005) will be determined using the
Paskevich and Poppe (2000) digital version of the Poppe et al. (2000) map showing the
Distribution of Surficial Sediment in Long Island Sound. Three data points along each
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towpath will be calculated for the beginning, middle and end of the tow and a sediment
type for each of those points will be assigned in ArcView based on the geospatial
alignment of these points with the surficial sediment layer. Once sediment types have
been assigned to three points for all of the tows, an analysis of variance procedure in SAS
(PROC ANOVA) will be run to determine how much of the variability in catch can be
explained by the sediment type(s), including whether having a mix of sediment types
throughout the tow effects the catch.
Results and Discussion
Summary of Catches in Narrows
During 2005, 15 tows were conducted at three fixed sites in the far western
section of Long Island Sound known as the Narrows (Table 2.47). The Narrows were
sampled each month of the standard LISTS (April, May, June, September and October),
generally after the standard sample sites for each month’s cruise had been completed.
Thirty-three (33) finfish and 19 invertebrate species were captured from the
Narrows (Table 2.48). Scup was the most abundant finfish by number (15,884) and the
second most abundant by weight (244.7 kg). Butterfish was the second most abundant by
number (2,922) but only accounted for 6% of the biomass. While striped bass was the
most abundant by weight (279.8 kg, 23.4% of finfish biomass), it accounted for only
0.7% of the catch by number (155 fish). The bulk of the invertebrate biomass was
comprised of 173 horseshoe crabs (80.5% of the catch by weight). Almost the same
number of American lobsters were caught (171), however, they only accounted for 12%
of the invertebrate biomass. Long-finned squid was the most abundant invertebrate by
number (418) yet accounted for a small amount of the biomass (3.5%).
During the fall 2005 sampling in the Narrows, 21 finfish species were observed
and a total of 20,443 finfish (538.0 kg) were captured (Table 2.49). An average of 13
finfish species per tow (Table 2.51) and 3,407 finfish per tow (90 kg/tow) were seen
during the fall. Catches during these six tows were dominated by scup (77.6% of the
catch in numbers and 42.6 of the biomass). Fourteen (14) invertebrate species (an
average of six species per tow) were collected during the fall, totaling 333.3 kg and
consisting mostly of horseshoe crabs (293.3 kg, 88% of the biomass) (Table 2.50).
Species richness (measured as the mean number of species per tow) is one way to
compare general ecosystem health for the Narrows with the rest of Long Island Sound.
Overall, the species richness values were fairly similar, both among years and between
surveys (Table 2.51). When the lobster die-off occurred in the late 1990’s, there was
concern that it would disproportionately affect the Narrows. There is little indication of
reduced finfish species richness in the Narrows versus the rest of the Sound. In fact, in
five of the past six spring surveys, and three of six fall surveys, finfish species richness
has been slightly greater in the Narrows than in LISTS samples. On the other hand,
invertebrate species richness tends to be lower at Narrows sites than in the rest of the
Sound (for 3 of 6 years in the spring and 5 of 6 years in the fall). Finfish species richness
in the fall is higher in all years than in the spring for both surveys. However, invertebrate
species diversity, while usually higher in the fall for the LISTS survey, was lower in the
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fall Narrows survey for four of the six years. Lower species richness during the fall in
the Narrows may be hypoxia related. Kaputa and Olsen (2000) documented dissolved
oxygen concentrations decline from east to west in LIS, with the lowest levels occurring
in the Narrows in the late summer.
In the standard LIS Trawl Survey (LISTS), the geometric mean catch per tow for
40 species is used to monitor trends in relative abundance of animals collected from year
to year. Using the same methodology, spring and fall indices of abundance (geometric
mean catch per tow) were generated for the same 40 species from the Narrows Survey
(Table 2.52). Biomass indices (geometric mean kg per tow) are presented in Table 2.53.
Of the species for which spring indices are a better indicator of relative abundance in
LISTS, eight finfish species increased in relative abundance (numbers) in the Narrows
from 2004 to 2005 while seven decreased. For five of the finfish species with increases
from 2004, spring 2005 abundances were also above the 2000-2004 average for the same
season, namely alewife, winter flounder, Atlantic herring, ocean pout and striped bass.
Springtime indices for cunner and windowpane flounder, however, were at the lowest
levels recorded in the Narrows since 2000. Of the finfish species for which fall indices
are a better indicator of relative abundance in LISTS, four species (American shad,
blueback herring, hickory shad and spotted hake) increased in relative abundance
(numbers) in the Narrows from 2004 to 2005 while abundance for 11 species decreased.
Five of the species with a reduction in the fall index of abundance dropped to the lowest
value recorded in the Narrows since 2000, namely smooth dogfish, summer flounder,
moonfish, northern searobin and weakfish. The fall index of abundance for scup in the
Narrows did not increase in 2005, however, it decreased very little from 2004 and
remained roughly twice the time-series mean. Although Fall is not the preferred season
for windowpane or winter flounder abundance in LISTS, their 2005 fall abundance
indices in the Narrows were quite high compared to the rest of the six-year time-series.
For many (10) of the species for which the spring indices are a better indicator of
abundance in LISTS, the spring indices of abundance show the same trends in the
Narrows as in LISTS. For example, in both LISTS and Narrows, the catch per tow of
cunner, tautog and black sea bass all increased from 2000-2002 then decreased to below
2000-levels in either 2003 or 2004. In 2005, the indices of abundance for these species
have remained similar between the surveys. Fourspot flounder have shown a similar
abundance pattern in both surveys as well, decreasing from 2000 to 2001, increasing in
2002 and decreasing again since 2002. Winter skate and alewife indices show a general
increasing trend in both surveys from 2000-2004. Subsequently, winter skate abundance
decreased in both surveys in 2005 while alewife abundance increased in the Narrows
survey but not LISTS in 2005. Windowpane flounder indices of abundance have
generally been decreasing over the six years of sampling in the Narrows, mirroring the
long term trend of decreasing abundance in LISTS. Striped bass indices have also shown
a decreasing trend in both surveys from 2000 – 2004 then increased in 2005, although the
catch per tow has been much higher in the Narrows than LISTS for all six years.
Historically, springtime catches of long-finned squid in Long Island Sound occur in the
eastern portions of the Sound (Gottschall et al. 2000). Nevertheless, in both LISTS and
Narrows surveys, the catch per tow for squid in 2004 increased to the highest in each
time series. The 2005 abundance of long-finned squid continued to increase slightly in
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the Narrows survey and remained high in LISTS even though it dropped by half from
2004-2005.
Another species with a predominantly eastern distribution in Long Island Sound
during the spring, and consequently low catch in the Narrows, is little skate. Very few
little skate occur in spring Narrows catches (0.08-0.46 per tow) as compared to LISTS
catches (1.65-8.03 per tow) from 2000-2005. Spiny dogfish, silver hake, northern
searobin and sea raven also tend to have higher abundances in LISTS. The trends
between the surveys, however, are similar for the northern searobin and fourbeard
rockling. In contrast, Atlantic herring, fourbeard rockling and ocean pout are all more
abundant in the Narrows survey. Atlantic herring abundance has been generally low in
both surveys 2000-2004, then increased ten-fold in the Narrows in 2005. Ocean pout
abundance has remained low in LISTS (below the time series mean for the past nine
years) but has shown a strong increasing trend in the Narrows since 2001.
A few species show different trends in spring abundance between the two
surveys. Notably, winter flounder indices in the Narrows were following the same trend
as LISTS from 2000-2002 but since then abundance has decreased by 32% in LISTS
while increasing by 84% in the Narrows. There has been divergence in the trends of the
lobster indices between the Narrows and LISTS for both seasons, however, the 2005
indices change the time-series trends in the Narrows significantly. Spring indices of
abundance for lobsters in LISTS have continued to decline steadily over the past six
years, from 11.01 in 2000 to 2.43 in 2005 (a time series low), while the fall survey
declined through 2002, leveled off in 2003 and 2004, then dropped again in 2005. In the
Narrows springtime abundance was more variable with increases in both 2002 and 2004,
although the overall trend has been decreasing abundance over the time series. Lobster
abundance in the Narrows fall survey showed a promising increasing trend for 2003 and
2004 but in 2005 decreased to its lowest level yet recorded for this survey (Table 2.52).
Of the finfish species for which the fall indices are a better indicator of abundance
in LISTS, six (6) species showed similar trends in abundance between the two surveys.
Hogchoker abundance increased from 2000 to 2003 then declined. Spotted hake
abundance decreased in 2001, increased until 2003 then decreased again in 2004 and rose
slightly in 2005. Smooth dogfish and summer flounder indices show generally the same
pattern in both surveys although the timing is off by one year. For smooth dogfish, the
LISTS index increased in 2002 then decreased, while in the Narrows the index increased
in 2003 then decreased. The LISTS summer flounder index also increased in 2002 then
decreased while the Narrows decreased after 2003. While scup indices follow the same
pattern in both surveys, the increase from 2003 to 2004 is much more dramatic in the
Narrows (an almost threefold increase) than in LISTS (a 91% increase). Except for an
anomalous increase in the Narrows index in 2001, the trends in bluefish abundance track
well between the two surveys. Long-finned squid also shows similar trends in fall
abundance between the two surveys, with decreases in 2002 and increases in 2003, the
2004 and 2005 abundances returned to near time-series means (2000-2005).
For a couple of the species for which the fall index is a better indicator of
abundance in LISTS, there is a different trend in abundance in the Narrows survey.
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While butterfish abundance in LISTS has remained relatively low since the peak catch in
1999, abundance in the Narrows has varied from 63.49 fish/tow in 2000 (roughly half the
value seen in LISTS that year) to over 1,000 fish/tow in 2001 and remained well above
LISTS abundance until 2005. For striped searobin, although the 2000-2004 trends differ
(decreasing abundance in the Narrows versus variable and generally increasing in
LISTS), the overall distribution in fall LISTS catches (1984-1994) shows higher
abundance in the western basin and the western portion of the central basin than in the
eastern portions of the Sound (Gottschall et al. 2000). This tends to agree with higher
abundance indices in the Narrows (18.59-37.69 per tow) than in LISTS (3.34-6.44 per
tow) for 2000-2004. Weakfish abundances in the fall differ in both magnitude and trend
between Narrows and LISTS surveys. Although peak weakfish abundance was recorded
in 2000 for both surveys (876.42 fish per tow in Narrows and 63.42 fish per tow in
LISTS), abundance, while much higher in the Narrows, has since declined in that survey
while remaining above the time series mean in LISTS for the seventh straight year.
In general terms, invertebrate biomass, measured as total weight of invertebrates
caught divided by the number of tows per year, has been higher in the Narrows than in
LISTS for five of the past six years (Appendices 2.4 & 2.5). Only in 2002 was the
biomass per tow of invertebrates lower in Narrows than in LISTS, and this was
principally due to an unusually large catch of blue mussels during spring sampling in the
eastern end of Long Island Sound. Typically, the majority of the invertebrate catch is
comprised of horseshoe crab, lobster and long-finned squid in both LISTS and Narrows
sampling.
Biomass indices (geometric mean kg per tow) calculated by season for a number
of invertebrate species allows for some comparison of trends in biomass between the two
surveys, (Tables 2.12-2.13 and 2.53 for LISTS and Narrows data, respectively).
Horseshoe crab biomass (kg/tow), 2000-2004, increased in the Narrows during both
seasons then, in 2005, decreased 78% in the spring (to its lowest level) and quadrupled in
the fall (to its highest level). In both seasons, horseshoe crab abundance in the Narrows
has outpaced the biomass indices seen in LISTS tows by factors of 2-50. Spider crab
biomass indices during spring sampling in both surveys increased from 2000-2004 then
dropped to the lowest value recorded for the Narrows and the third lowest for LISTS in
2005. Fall abundance of spider crabs, likewise, has remained at low levels in both
surveys except for an anomalously high index in the Narrows in 2001. These examples
are of particular interest because the overall pattern for the past six years has been
decreasing lobster abundance for American lobster, also an epibenthic invertebrate.
Micro-Habitat Analysis
Beginning in 1995, continuous vessel position data has been recorded during
trawl survey tows. Of the 2,322 tows conducted in standard LISTS and Narrows surveys
(1995-2005), 93% (2,162 tows) had usable files with position data. All of these data files
have been edited, formatted and converted into shapefiles (one shapefile for each year).
Currently, the updated sediment types have been assigned to five years’ worth of tows
(1,079 tows) and this work will continue. Summary statistics for the tows done so far
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show that typically over 50% (51-55%) of the tows have the same bottom type at the
beginning, middle and end of the tow. Less than 10% (4-6%) of the tows have different
bottom types at all three points and the remainder (40-45%) have the same bottom type at
two of the three points during the tow.
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TABLES 2.1 - 2.21
LISTS
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Table 2.1. Specifications for the Wilcox 14 m high-rise trawl net and associated gear.
Component
Description
Headrope
9.1 m long, 13 mm combination wire rope
Footrope
14.0 m long, 13 mm combination wire rope
Sweep
Combination type, 9.5 mm chain in belly, 7.9 mm chain in wing
Floats
7 floats, plastic, 203 mm diameter
Wings
102 mm mesh, #21 twisted nylon
Belly
Tail Piece
Codend
51 mm mesh, #54 braided nylon
Ground Wires
18.2 m long, 6x7 wire, 9.5 mm diameter
Bridle Wires:
top legs 27.4 m long, 6x7 wire, 6.4 mm diameter
Bottom Legs
27.4 m long, 6x7 wire, 11.1 mm, rubber disc type, 40 mm diameter
Doors
Steel "V" type, 1.2 m long x 0.8 m high, 91 kg
Tow Warp
6x7 wire, 9.5 mm diameter
Table 2.2. The number of sites scheduled for sampling each month within the 12 depth-bottom type strata.
Depth Interval (m)
Bottom type
0 - 9.0
9.1 - 18.2
18.3 - 27.3
27.4+
Totals
Mud
2
3
5
5
15
Sand
2
2
2
2
8
Transitional
3
5
5
4
17
Totals
7
10
12
11
40
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Table 2.3. Length and age data collected in 2005.
In addition to the species listed below, other rarely occurring species (totaling less than 30 fish/year each) were
measured.
Species measured
Measurement
# tows/day
# fish measured
alewife
American lobster
American shad
Atlantic herring
Atlantic menhaden
Atlantic sturgeon
blueback herring
bluefish
black sea bass
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
fourspot flounder
hickory shad
horseshoe crab
northern searobin
moonfish
smallmouth flounder
striped bass
striped searobin
scup
long-finned squid
summer flounder
tautog
weakfish
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
winter skate
FL (cm)
CL (0.1 mm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
TL (cm)
FL cm)
TL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
TL (cm)
FL (cm)
PW (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
TL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
FL (cm)
ML (cm)
FL (cm)
TL (cm)
FL (cm)
TL (cm)
TL (cm)
TL (cm)
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
1st -3rd
All
1st -3rd
All
3rd on
All
All
3rd on
Occasional
Occasional
All
3rd on
All
1st -3rd
All
All
All
1st -3rd
All
All
min of 15 / tow
min of 50 / tow
min of 15 / tow
min of 15 YOY and min of 30 adults / tow
min of 15 / tow
All
min of 15 / tow
min of 30 YOY / tow, all adults
All
min of 15 YOY and 15 adults / tow
All
All
All
min of 30/tow
All
All
min of 30/tow
min of 10/tow
min of 10/tow
All
min of 30/tow
min of 15 YOY and 30 / mode for age 1+
min of 30 / tow
All
All
min of 15 YOY / tow, all adults
min of 50 / tow
min of 100 / tow
All
Species aged
Structure
Subsample
scup
scales
summer flounder
tautog
weakfish
scales
opercular bones
scales / otoliths
winter flounder
otoliths
Collected every month. For each month scales are taken from the following: 3 fish/cm
<20 cm; 5/cm from 20-29 cm; and all fish > 30 cm.
all fish > = 60 cm
Collected from a minimum of 200 fish/year.
Collected each season. For each season, 1 scale and one otolith sample / cm up to 19 cm
and all scales and otoliths >= 20 cm.
Collected during April and May from two areas in the Sound: eastern-central and
western. For each month and area, subsamples are taken as follows: in the easterncentral area 7 fish / cm < 30 cm, 14 / cm from 30-36 cm, all fish > 36 cm. In the western
area 5 fish / cm < 30 cm, 10/cm from 30-36 cm, all fish > than 36 cm.
Notes: min = minimum; YOY = young-of-year; FL = fork length; TL = total length; CL = carapace length; ML = mantle length; PW = prosomal
width.
Job 2 Page 105
Table 2.4. Number of Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS) samples taken by year and cruise
In 1984, thirty-five sites per monthly cruise from April through November were scheduled for sampling. Starting in 1985, forty sites
per cruise were scheduled. In 1991, the Trawl Survey was modified to a spring (April - June) and fall (September - October)
format--July, August and November sampling was suspended. In 1993 and 1994, an additional cruise of 40 sites was added to the fall
period. The additional fall cruise was suspended in 1995.
Year
Cruise
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
April
May
June
July
August
September
Sept/Oct
October
November
13
19
35
34
35
35
29
41
5
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
41
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
17
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
39
40
40
-
40
40
40
40
40
-
Total
200
246
316
320
320
320
297
200
160
240
240
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
199
200
Job 2 Page 106
Table 2.5. List of finfish species observed in 2005.
Fifty-seven species were observed in 2005. (No new species were observed in 2005). Since 1984, ninety-six
species of finfish have been identified in LISTS (see Appendix I for the full list of species).
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
anchovy, bay
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cod, Atlantic
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, smallmouth
flounder, summer
flounder, windowpane
flounder, winter
glasseye snapper
goosefish
grubby
gunnel, rock
haddock
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, alewife
herring, blueback
hogchoker
jack, crevalle
jack, yellow
kingfish, northern
lizardfish, inshore
Anchoa mitchilli
Centropristes striata
Pomatomus saltatrix
Peprilus triacanthus
Gadus morhua
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Mustelus canis
Squalus acanthius
Paralichthys oblongus
Etropus microstomus
Paralichthys dentatus
Scophthalmus aquosus
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Priacanthus cruentatus
Lophius americanus
Myoxocephalus aeneus
Pholis gunnellus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Urophycis chuss
Merluccius bilinearis
Urophycis regia
Clupea harengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa aestivalis
Trinectes maculatus
Caranx hippos
Caranx bartholomaei
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Synodus foetens
lookdown
mackerel, Atlantic
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
pipefish, northern
pollock
puffer, northern
rockling, fourbeard
sand lance, American
scad, rough
scad, round
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
seasnail
sennet, northern
shad, American
shad, gizzard
shad, hickory
skate, clearnose
skate, little
skate, winter
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
Selene vomer
Scomber scombrus
Brevoortia tyrannus
Selene setapinnis
Macrozoarces americanus
Syngnathus fuscus
Pollachius virens
Sphoeroides maculatus
Enchelyopus cimbrius
Ammodytes americanus
Trachurus lathami
Decapterus punctatus
Stenotomus chrysops
Hemitripterus americanus
Prionotus carolinus
Prionotus evolans
Liparis atlanticus
Sphyraena borealis
Alosa sapidissima
Dorosoma cepedianum
Alosa mediocris
Raja eglanteria
Leucoraja erinacea
Leucoraja ocellata
Morone saxatilis
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Tautoga onitis
Cynoscion regalis
Names taken from: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico, American Fisheries Society, Sixth ed.,
2004.
Job 2 Page 107
Table 2.6. List of invertebrate species observed in 2005.
In 2005, thirty-seven invertebrate species were identified. In most cases, invertebrates are identified to species;
however, species that are very similar are identified to genus, and in difficult cases, to a higher taxon.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
arks
bryozoan, bushy
bryozoan, rubbery
clam, hard clams
clam, surf
coral, star
crab, mud
crab, Japanese shore
crab, blue
crab, flat claw hermit
crab, horseshoe
crab, lady
crab, rock
crab, spider
cyclocardia
hydroid spp.
jellyfish, lion's mane
lobster, American
mussel, blue
Noetia-Anadara spp.
Phylum Bryozoa
Alcyonidium verrilli
Artica-Mercinaria-Pitar sp.
Spisula solidissima
Astrangia poculata
Family Xanthidae
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Callinectes sapidus
Pagurus pollicaris
Limulus polyphemus
Ovalipes ocellatus
Cancer irroratus
Libinia emarginata
Cyclocardia borealis
Tubularia spp.
Cyanea capillata
Homarus americanus
Mytilus edulis
mussel, ribbed
northern moon snail
oyster, common
sand dollar
sea grape
sea urchin, purple
shrimp, mantis
shrimp, northern red
shrimp, sand
slipper shell, common
sponge spp.
sponge, boring
sponge, deadman's fingers
squid, boreal
squid, long-finned
starfish spp.
whelk, channeled
whelk, knobbed
Geukensia demissa
Lunatia heros
Crassostrea virginica
Echinarachnius parma
Molgula spp.
Arbacia punctulata
Squilla empusa
Pandalus montagui
Crangon septemspinosa
Crepidula fornicata
sponge spp.
Cliona celate
Haliclona spp.
Illex illecebrosus
Loligo pealeii
Asteriid spp.
Busycotypus canaliculatus
Busycon carica
Names taken from: A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore, Peterson Field Guide Series, 1978 (Gosner, 1978).
Job 2 Page 108
Table 2.7. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in 2005.
Finfish species are in order of descending count. Invertebrate species are in order of descending weight (nc = not
counted). Young-of-year bay and striped anchovy are neither separated by species or quantified; young-of-year
Atlantic herring are not quantified. Number of tows (sample size)=200.
count
butterfish
scup
weakfish
bluefish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
little skate
Atlantic herring
bay anchovy
striped searobin
alewife
fourspot flounder
red hake
summer flounder
striped bass
smooth dogfish
moonfish
northern searobin
Atlantic menhaden
spotted hake
tautog
American shad
silver hake
hickory shad
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
clearnose skate
rough scad
hogchoker
smallmouth flounder
black sea bass
spiny dogfish
Atlantic mackerel
winter skate
yellow jack
cunner
round scad
Atlantic cod
92,996
52,642
9,191
6,532
4,692
1,982
1,317
1,168
814
757
742
688
585
506
469
467
356
265
235
234
179
177
165
136
111
106
102
62
61
44
42
41
37
31
28
24
12
10
52.2
29.6
5.2
3.7
2.6
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,097.3
3,080.7
449.9
1,333.8
566.1
177.5
682.5
131.1
5.8
183.7
47.6
125.9
56.0
406.1
675.1
1,421.7
6.0
21.3
77.9
17.4
269.2
18.2
7.1
43.1
5.4
6.8
187.1
1.9
8.7
2.4
26.4
102.0
5.7
59.9
3.0
4.1
0.3
0.9
16.8
24.7
3.6
10.7
4.5
1.4
5.5
1.1
0
1.5
0.4
1
0.4
3.3
5.4
11.4
0
0.2
0.6
0.1
2.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0
0.1
1.5
0
0.1
0
0.2
0.8
0
0.5
0
0
0
0
9
9
8
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
152.7
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.7
0.2
0
1.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
rock gunnel
Atlantic sturgeon
northern sennet
American sand lance
northern puffer
northern kingfish
northern pipefish
ocean pout
sea raven
crevalle jack
gizzard shad
goosefish
grubby
% weight
%
species
species
haddock
seasnail
glasseye snapper
inshore lizardfish
lookdown
pollock
Total
count
%
weight
%
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
178,073
12,474.3
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
Atlantic herring, yoy
Invertebrates
blue mussel
long-finned squid
American lobster
horseshoe crab
starfish spp.
lion's mane jellyfish
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
lady crab
boring sponge
flat claw hermit crab
channeled whelk
common slipper shell
rubbery bryzoan
knobbed whelk
rock crab
ribbed mussel
hard clams
northern moon snail
sea grape
mantis shrimp
arks
hydroid spp.
mud crabs
sand shrimp
deadman's fingers sponge
purple sea urchin
bluecrab
mixed sponge species
surf clam
star coral
sand dollar
northern red shrimp
boreal squid
Japanese shore crab
northern cyclocardia
common oyster
Total
Job 2 Page 109
nc
17,542
1,389
161
nc
1,806
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
101
nc
nc
23
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
64
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
83.2
6.6
0.8
nc
8.6
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.5
nc
nc
0.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.3
nc
nc
nc
nc
971.0
683.5
364.3
304.2
198.4
97.3
92.0
64.6
48.8
26.1
23.1
23.0
12.2
11.0
9.7
9.3
7.6
7.2
4.7
4.5
3.8
3.5
3.4
2.5
2.1
32.6
22.9
12.2
10.2
6.7
3.3
3.1
2.2
1.6
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
nc
nc
3
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
1
5
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
0
0
nc
nc
1.1
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21,096
2,982.1
Table 2.8. Total counts and weight (kg) of finfish taken in the spring and fall sampling periods, 2005.
Species are listed in order of total count. Young-of-year bay anchovy, striped anchovy, and American sand lance are
not included. Number of tows (sample sizes): Spring = 120, Fall = 80.
species
winter flounder
scup
butterfish
Atlantic herring
windowpane flounder
alewife
bay anchovy
little skate
fourspot flounder
red hake
striped bass
summer flounder
spotted hake
tautog
silver hake
smooth dogfish
northern searobin
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
weakfish
striped searobin
American shad
hickory shad
hogchoker
bluefish
black sea bass
winter skate
cunner
spiny dogfish
Atlantic cod
Atlantic mackerel
rock gunnel
American sand lance
smallmouth flounder
Atlantic sturgeon
ocean pout
sea raven
clearnose skate
grubby
haddock
northern pipefish
seasnail
goosefish
Atlantic menhaden
pollock
Total
Spring
count
%
weight
%
4,133
3,506
2,478
1,165
702
644
620
531
491
476
422
174
173
152
145
137
112
105
103
98
88
79
76
43
25
20
18
17
10
9
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
2
24.6
20.9
14.8
6.9
4.2
3.8
3.7
3.2
2.9
2.8
2.5
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
515.7
1,248.0
181.5
130.6
114.1
43.4
3.9
269.0
104.5
44.8
522.6
152.5
8.3
228.3
6.6
412.7
12.5
6.7
4.9
26.2
50.9
8.5
19.6
5.6
37.5
16.9
32.5
3.4
33.3
0.8
3.5
0.4
0.2
0.6
94.3
0.7
0.5
3.5
11.9
28.7
4.2
3.0
2.6
1.0
0.1
6.2
2.4
1.0
12.0
3.5
0.2
5.2
0.2
9.5
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.2
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.9
0.4
0.7
0.1
0.8
0
0.1
0
0
0
2.2
0
0
0.1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16,801
4,351.1
species
Fall
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
weakfish
bluefish
windowpane flounder
little skate
striped searobin
winter flounder
moonfish
summer flounder
smooth dogfish
Atlantic menhaden
fourspot flounder
bay anchovy
northern searobin
red hake
clearnose skate
alewife
American shad
rough scad
spotted hake
hickory shad
striped bass
smallmouth flounder
Atlantic mackerel
spiny dogfish
tautog
yellow jack
black sea bass
silver hake
hogchoker
winter skate
round scad
blueback herring
northern sennet
cunner
northern puffer
northern kingfish
90,518
49,136
9,093
6,507
1,280
786
669
559
356
332
330
234
197
194
153
109
100
98
98
62
61
60
47
38
31
31
28
28
23
20
18
13
12
8
8
6
5
4
56.1
30.5
5.6
4.0
0.8
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,915.8
1,832.7
423.7
1,296.3
63.4
413.5
132.8
50.4
6.0
253.6
1,009.0
77.4
21.4
1.9
8.8
11.2
183.6
4.2
9.7
1.9
9.1
23.5
152.5
1.8
2.2
68.7
40.9
3.0
9.5
0.5
3.1
27.4
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.3
0.6
23.6
22.6
5.2
16.0
0.8
5.1
1.6
0.6
0.1
3.1
12.4
1.0
0.3
0
0.1
0.1
2.3
0.1
0.1
0
0.1
0.3
1.9
0
0
0.8
0.5
0
0.1
0
0
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
161,273
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.5
0.2
58.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
8,123.2
0
0
0.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Atlantic herring
rock gunnel
Atlantic sturgeon
crevalle jack
gizzard shad
northern pipefish
Atlantic cod
glasseye snapper
goosefish
inshore lizardfish
lookdown
fourbeard rockling
Total
Job 2 Page 110
Table 2.9. Total catch of invertebrates taken in the spring and fall sampling periods, 2005.
Species are ranked by total weight (kg). Number of tows (sample sizes): Spring = 120, Fall = 40.
Spring
count
%
weight
%
blue mussel
long-finned squid
American lobster
horseshoe crab
spider crab
boring sponge
bushy bryozoan
starfish spp.
rubbery bryzoan
channeled whelk
ribbed mussel
rock crab
sea grape
northern moon snail
hydroid spp.
arks
sand shrimp
mud crabs
lady crab
mantis shrimp
hard clams
bluecrab
star coral
sand dollar
boreal squid
northern red shrimp
common oyster
surf clam
purple sea urchin
nc
2,789
897
59
1,752
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
38
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
14
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
1
1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
50.2
16.1
1.1
31.6
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.7
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.2
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
0
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
732.9
292.4
235.2
109.6
83.6
79.3
25.8
25.1
23.4
10.1
8.8
8.6
7.6
7.4
7.1
4.3
3.6
3.4
2.3
2.1
1.8
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
43.6
17.4
14
6.5
5.0
4.7
1.5
1.5
1.4
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
5,552
species
species
Fall
count
long-finned squid
blue mussel
horseshoe crab
starfish spp.
American lobster
lady crab
bushy bryozoan
channeled whelk
spider crab
knobbed whelk
hard clams
mantis shrimp
rock crab
arks
northern moon snail
rubbery bryzoan
mud crabs
purple sea urchin
bluecrab
boring sponge
surf clam
sea grape
star coral
Japanese shore crab
northern red shrimp
14,753
nc
103
nc
492
nc
nc
nc
62
54
nc
23
nc
nc
51
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2
nc
nc
nc
nc
5
nc
nc
nc
Total
15,545
1,679.2
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% weight
94.9
nc
0.7
nc
3.2
nc
nc
nc
0.4
0.3
nc
0.1
nc
nc
0.3
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
391.1
238.1
194.6
175.0
129.1
47.7
39.5
16.0
14.4
13.7
12.7
9.7
6.6
3.4
2.9
1.9
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1,302.9
%
30.0
18.3
14.9
13.4
9.9
3.7
3.0
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table 2.10. Spring indices of abundance for selected species, 1984-2005.
The geometric mean count per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 2 invertebrates using April-June data. An asterisk next to the species name and time series mean,
indicates that the spring index is a better estimate than the fall index (Simpson et al. 1991). Two asterisks indicate that both the spring and the fall indices provide good
estimates.
Spring
Species
1984 1985
alewife *
0.43
0.10
black sea bass *
0.16
0.27
bluefish
0.00
0.02
butterfish
8.92
0.62
cunner *
1.28
0.29
dogfish, smooth
0.39
0.46
dogfish, spiny *
0.00
0.15
flounder, fourspot *
18.18 10.55
flounder, summer
0.63
0.44
flounder, windowpane * 172.27 119.82
flounder, winter *
111.96 66.81
hake, red *
15.04
3.02
hake, silver *
7.53
1.83
hake, spotted
0.00
0.00
herring, Atlantic *
0.00
0.58
herring, blueback
5.42
0.30
hogchoker
0.63
0.45
kingfish, northern
0.00
0.00
lobster, American**
7.09
3.1
mackerel, Spanish
0.00
0.00
menhaden, Atlantic
0.09
0.11
moonfish
0.00
0.00
ocean pout *
0.21
0.04
rockling, fourbeard*
2.87
0.37
scad, rough
0.00
0.00
sculpin, longhorn *
0.20
0.33
scup
2.80
5.65
sea raven*
0.36
0.37
searobin, northern *
6.48 14.38
searobin, striped
1.30
1.78
shad, American
0.10
1.36
shad, hickory
0.52
0.00
skate, little *
5.71
7.22
skate, winter*
0.00
0.12
spot
0.00
0.00
squid, long-finned**
nc
nc
striped bass *
0.02
0.00
sturgeon, Atlantic
0.06
0.00
tautog *
2.75
1.47
weakfish
0.02
0.00
1986
0.66
0.12
0.19
2.38
0.28
0.45
0.14
3.15
0.95
67.82
61.50
4.67
1.19
0.02
1.12
0.34
0.14
0.00
2.76
0.00
0.18
0.00
0.06
0.43
0.01
0.18
3.40
0.29
0.82
1.33
0.57
0.01
7.19
0.15
0.00
3.24
0.00
0.00
1.50
0.07
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
1.00
0.47
0.72
0.54
0.39
0.05
0.04
0.08
0.10
0.07
0.07
0.11
0.07
0.09
0.52
0.25
0.46
0.80
1.60
2.17
0.22
0.16
0.29
0.55
0.25
0.21
0.49
0.48
0.34
0.46
0.07
0.12
0.18
0.19
0.06
2.38
4.62
4.14
6.53
8.46
1.06
0.50
0.10
0.35
0.64
40.33 66.02 101.71 39.74 30.87
67.92 100.96 135.23 170.12 118.95
3.84
3.64 13.12
4.75
4.35
2.48
2.25
4.86
5.53
3.87
0.01
0.22
0.01
0.02
0.22
2.77
2.16
2.27
5.73
4.91
0.14
0.03
0.05
0.08
0.11
0.15
0.18
0.21
0.17
0.14
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
3.30
2.24
3.76
5.33
7.74
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.39
0.17
0.14
0.10
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.07
0.12
0.14
0.14
0.56
0.61
0.88
0.82
0.58
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.15
0.24
0.65
0.39
1.17
1.11
2.77
2.25
3.09
0.37
0.17
0.11
0.19
0.09
0.71
1.13
0.85
0.62
1.36
0.60
0.57
0.66
0.71
1.55
0.92
0.44
0.90
0.34
0.54
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
5.34 15.51 21.24 11.50 25.19
0.07
0.37
0.34
0.22
0.23
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.56
9.37
4.98
7.87
7.18
0.05
0.04
0.06
0.16
0.15
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.71
0.65
1.09
1.00
0.92
0.01
0.04
0.03
0.05
0.18
1992
0.39
0.03
0.31
2.60
0.11
0.56
0.04
9.33
0.55
13.17
54.31
4.83
2.67
0.08
2.73
0.20
0.24
0.00
7.88
0.00
0.14
0.00
0.14
0.80
0.00
0.12
1.75
0.03
1.18
1.52
0.75
0.02
12.41
0.18
0.00
6.44
0.22
0.03
0.82
0.12
1993
0.84
0.07
0.05
0.48
0.20
0.26
0.01
2.37
0.51
24.71
53.34
6.00
1.56
0.07
7.24
0.08
0.08
0.00
6.71
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.23
0.59
0.00
0.06
1.32
0.01
1.26
0.46
0.29
0.01
12.03
0.23
0.00
4.23
0.27
0.02
0.42
0.06
1994
1.83
0.12
0.07
1.71
0.07
0.60
0.06
2.59
0.86
23.54
74.35
0.89
1.73
0.02
2.95
0.55
0.11
0.00
4.10
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.10
0.27
0.00
0.04
1.88
0.01
1.21
0.93
0.68
0.02
16.96
0.14
0.00
3.82
0.30
0.03
0.44
0.03
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1995
0.96
0.07
0.03
1.06
0.16
0.33
0.00
5.00
0.28
10.69
48.11
4.12
4.88
0.21
4.23
0.29
0.03
0.01
8.36
0.00
0.11
0.00
0.09
0.58
0.00
0.03
5.24
0.01
1.07
1.28
0.49
0.01
6.58
0.12
0.00
6.21
0.59
0.01
0.15
0.11
1996
2.18
0.11
0.07
3.22
0.07
0.44
0.00
4.82
0.96
37.47
93.05
1.49
1.15
0.31
1.70
0.28
0.10
0.01
6.77
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.11
0.33
0.00
0.04
3.25
0.01
1.26
0.82
0.48
0.07
18.78
0.24
0.00
3.24
0.63
0.01
0.49
0.12
1997
1.44
0.10
0.18
6.16
0.15
0.24
0.01
7.54
1.00
30.43
57.41
1.41
4.32
0.25
2.53
0.25
0.05
0.01
7.67
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.08
0.60
0.00
0.02
3.23
0.01
1.73
0.71
1.08
0.05
11.23
0.16
0.00
5.14
0.85
0.01
0.40
0.27
1998
1.11
0.04
0.12
6.51
0.18
0.47
0.01
4.34
1.30
24.27
59.36
6.28
4.64
0.26
1.06
0.15
0.03
0.00
18.52
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.47
0.00
0.01
4.25
0.10
0.72
1.48
0.86
0.09
11.65
0.24
0.00
3.33
0.97
0.05
0.42
0.24
1999
1.89
0.08
0.24
1.90
0.18
0.54
0.01
3.53
1.44
14.19
32.80
7.21
12.57
1.11
0.99
0.02
0.06
0.00
12.49
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.06
0.66
0.00
0.01
2.22
0.04
1.03
1.82
0.80
0.12
7.56
0.17
0.00
3.49
1.10
0.04
0.40
0.28
2000
1.53
0.22
0.08
3.35
0.17
0.53
0.00
4.57
1.79
8.11
33.67
4.01
2.28
2.68
1.21
0.37
0.11
0.01
11.01
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.08
0.55
0.00
0.06
28.46
0.08
2.66
3.69
0.38
0.09
6.21
0.16
0.00
2.70
0.84
0.02
0.57
0.11
2001
0.75
0.25
0.07
2.94
0.20
0.55
0.04
3.83
1.75
9.04
46.40
2.64
7.64
1.52
0.85
0.19
0.10
0.00
7.56
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.57
0.00
0.02
7.20
0.04
1.55
2.36
0.08
0.04
8.03
0.10
0.00
2.73
0.61
0.01
0.70
0.17
2002
0.95
0.67
0.30
7.09
0.25
1.19
0.02
4.82
3.19
5.44
25.49
5.11
5.92
2.05
0.41
0.15
0.15
0.00
6.31
0.00
0.13
0.00
0.06
0.37
0.00
0.02
50.42
0.06
2.67
3.83
0.61
0.15
7.63
0.13
0.00
3.22
1.30
0.05
0.91
0.12
2003
1.14
0.21
0.16
3.17
0.11
0.63
0.03
2.78
3.42
4.90
21.22
1.18
0.76
1.18
0.49
0.27
0.15
0.00
3.89
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.06
0.36
0.00
0.01
4.84
0.01
1.16
1.85
0.20
0.09
7.03
0.16
0.00
2.50
0.87
0.00
0.52
0.02
2004
1.86
0.22
0.11
2.10
0.07
0.53
0.03
2.56
1.84
5.96
16.45
1.37
2.63
0.65
0.53
0.46
0.19
0.00
2.50
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.06
0.48
0.00
0.03
8.12
0.04
0.80
1.40
0.34
0.10
6.54
0.21
0.00
9.43
0.56
0.00
0.54
0.10
84-04
2005 Mean
1.30
1.01
0.07
0.15
0.11
2.27
0.08
0.25
0.44
0.03
0.06
1.14
5.53
0.80
2.29 40.50
17.41 69.02
1.06
4.71
0.57
3.92
0.37
1.33
2.21
0.33
0.11
0.00
2.43
6.62
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.10
0.35
0.65
0.00
0.00
0.13
3.48
0.02
0.11
0.32
2.13
0.31
0.28
0.25
1.65 11.03
0.09
0.18
0.00
4.76
4.83
1.17
0.46
0.02
0.57
0.80
0.17
Table 2.11. Fall indices of abundance for selected species, 1984-2005.
The geometric mean count per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 2 invertebrates using September-October data. An asterisk next to the species name and a time series
mean, indicates that the fall index provides a better estimate than the spring index (Simpson et al. 1991). Two asterisks indicate that both the spring and the fall indices
provide good estimates.
Species
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish *
butterfish *
cunner
dogfish, smooth *
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer *
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted *
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback *
hogchoker *
kingfish, northern *
lobster, American **
mackerel, Spanish *
menhaden, Atlantic *
moonfish *
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough *
sculpin, longhorn
scup *
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped *
shad, American *
shad, hickory *
skate, little
skate, winter
spot *
squid, long-finned **
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic *
tautog
weakfish *
1984
0.42
0.03
23.41
51.93
0.09
2.47
0.04
1.18
0.99
22.11
7.31
0.74
0.55
0.28
0.00
0.38
0.90
0.00
7.41
0.00
0.23
0.05
0.00
0.08
0.13
0.00
10.72
0.00
0.20
2.75
3.13
0.02
4.41
0.00
0.00
nc
0.01
0.03
0.72
1.55
1985
0.01
0.11
19.01
89.72
0.05
1.92
0.00
1.03
1.19
11.56
2.75
0.33
0.23
0.17
0.00
0.16
0.56
0.00
3.33
0.00
0.15
0.33
0.00
0.01
0.08
0.00
30.97
0.00
0.22
3.44
0.19
0.01
3.62
0.01
0.18
nc
0.00
0.01
0.32
6.35
1986
0.05
0.01
13.66
63.41
0.05
1.43
0.00
0.50
1.73
7.32
3.86
1.00
1.65
0.21
0.01
0.07
0.21
0.00
4.75
0.00
0.79
0.11
0.00
0.04
0.03
0.00
25.76
0.00
0.31
1.64
0.27
0.03
4.01
0.00
0.20
27.40
0.01
0.03
0.22
13.57
84-04
Fall
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Mean
0.04
0.19
0.16
0.11
0.07
0.19
0.40
0.66
0.16
0.24
1.23
0.11
0.42
0.25
0.55
0.22
0.58
0.26
0.43
0.03
0.05
0.01
0.06
0.14
0.01
0.04
0.06
0.01
0.05
0.03
0.07
0.23
0.18
0.43
1.01
0.15
0.35
0.17
14.32 15.49 26.25 23.88 33.43 25.22 18.92 32.06 24.46 20.80 37.90 31.41 45.31 20.57 24.24 18.75 28.53 29.13 18.89 25.08
60.09 146.67 174.87 154.65 170.59 301.72 87.73 93.05 320.06 173.74 186.62 355.49 477.91 125.97 142.89 165.07 112.86 175.37 197.24 172.88
0.06
0.05
0.06
0.05
0.08
0.09
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.01
0.05
0.08
0.06
0.07
0.04
0.03
0.06
0.04
0.05
0.81
0.91
0.41
0.55
0.46
0.78
0.95
0.49
0.46
0.80
0.59
0.72
0.93
1.88
1.69
3.58
3.10
1.44
1.41
1.26
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.12
0.00
0.02
0.05
0.10
0.00
0.01
0.04
0.07
0.03
0.04
0.16
0.05
0.00
0.18
0.22
0.37
1.73
0.80
1.47
0.74
1.44
1.55
1.33
0.44
2.05
3.29
1.63
1.19
1.15
1.17
1.09
0.96
1.14
1.11
1.40
1.42
0.14
0.87
1.26
1.02
1.11
0.55
0.54
2.19
2.50
1.72
2.68
1.91
4.42
6.12
3.39
1.95
2.41
1.86
6.85 12.10
8.68
7.19
4.71
6.79
9.48
3.89
2.43 28.13 13.36
4.64
2.53
2.81
1.81
1.86
3.39
2.27
6.14
5.42 10.07 11.03 15.42
6.10
6.41
9.32
6.13
3.77 12.29
7.75
6.69
8.66
7.08
3.07
1.74
1.25
2.19
2.15
0.37
0.75
1.14
0.44
0.33
0.39
1.81
0.59
0.20
1.62
0.89
0.53
0.29
1.20
0.41
0.15
0.73
0.76
0.45
0.01
0.30
0.60
0.96
0.32
0.48
0.20
3.34
0.22
0.06
0.80
0.07
0.16
0.09
0.07
0.07
0.18
0.18
0.09
0.14
0.10
0.05
0.11
0.03
0.39
1.48
0.50
0.16
1.68
0.12
0.41
0.61
1.18
0.35
0.86
1.95
0.14
0.32
0.52
0.02
0.40
0.08
0.04
0.03
1.47
0.14
0.14
0.00
0.19
0.06
0.25
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.38
0.02
0.02
0.13
0.53
0.34
0.10
0.04
0.08
0.11
0.93
0.27
0.05
0.75
0.16
0.06
0.06
0.20
0.06
0.10
0.09
0.06
0.22
0.17
0.30
0.17
0.22
0.38
0.15
0.18
0.05
0.07
0.18
0.05
0.05
0.19
0.10
0.15
0.21
0.26
0.15
0.13
0.22
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.02
0.06
0.03
0.19
0.04
0.04
0.12
0.05
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.04
0.03
0.03
5.95
3.54
3.75
7.29
9.90
9.52 11.50 10.13
8.05 10.07 19.60 10.47 11.18
6.83
4.28
2.68
3.03
3.68
2.10
7.47
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.01
0.42
0.23
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.14
0.13
0.45
0.66
0.59
2.00
0.40
1.02
0.56
0.43
0.57
0.73
1.08
0.97
0.32
0.76
0.95
1.63
0.94
0.69
0.04
0.41
0.10
0.04
0.17
0.22
0.04
0.34
0.25
1.99
0.91
2.08
1.15
2.11
0.82
1.36
0.69
0.74
1.55
0.66
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.21
0.15
0.07
0.04
0.06
0.03
0.06
0.01
0.11
0.07
0.03
0.04
0.12
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.04
0.01
0.27
0.42
0.08
0.08
0.01
0.00
0.21
0.03
0.00
0.18
0.05
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.07
0.07
0.14
0.09
0.19
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
18.54 39.70 65.09 69.48 311.57 83.73 77.06 92.52 59.14 61.46 41.28 103.27 537.68 521.10 177.64 348.70 152.23 291.46 424.06 148.53
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.38
0.18
0.43
0.43
0.15
0.25
0.80
0.12
0.27
0.14
0.93
0.62
0.47
1.15
1.25
0.51
1.03
0.68
0.90
3.44
3.83
2.39
1.97
2.75
4.44
2.00
0.74
4.03
2.62
3.68
4.48
5.68
3.34
4.85
6.44
4.67
3.26
3.34
0.29
2.66
3.10
0.65
0.72
0.54
1.11
1.84
1.90
0.27
0.91
1.22
1.73
0.55
0.41
0.76
0.75
0.95
0.54
1.14
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.05
0.04
0.10
0.04
0.09
0.10
0.05
0.12
0.09
0.03
0.04
0.09
0.13
0.25
0.05
2.72
8.13
4.31
7.50
5.24
5.52 10.00
6.41
3.37 11.55
6.90
7.73
5.23
5.25
5.07
5.39
2.99
3.12
3.90
0.00
0.03
0.03
0.05
0.02
0.07
0.09
0.12
0.07
0.17
0.08
0.05
0.06
0.01
0.13
0.13
0.00
0.07
0.10
0.02
0.09
0.00
0.04
0.02
0.00
0.38
0.18
0.03
0.99
0.08
0.00
0.28
0.63
0.08
0.35
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.17
28.60 159.16 85.60 69.12 62.97 172.95 272.11 127.96 155.28 180.99 68.57 202.29 132.50 109.87 60.18 35.48 269.32 94.47 81.12 121.83
0.01
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.05
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.13
0.40
0.18
0.23
0.27
0.23
0.37
0.12
0.77
0.25
0.03
0.00
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.08
0.08
0.06
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.07
0.03
0.08
0.05
0.10
0.04
0.03
0.04
0.50
0.25
0.17
0.16
0.23
0.20
0.15
0.14
0.11
0.07
0.11
0.23
0.36
0.23
0.20
0.26
0.37
0.16
0.19
0.73
3.54
8.69
5.71 12.11
3.22
4.18 11.21
5.64 15.49 12.93
5.28 31.36 63.42 40.51 41.45 49.46 59.07 26.00 18.83
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Table 2.12. Finfish and invertebrate biomass indices for the spring sampling period, 1992-2005.
The geometric mean weight (kg) per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 15 invertebrate species for the spring (AprilJune) sampling period.
Spring
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
hogchoker
kingfish, northern
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
shad, American
shad, hickory
skate, little
skate, winter
spot
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
Invertebrates
crab, blue
crab, horseshoe
crab, lady
crab, rock
crab, spider
lobster, American
mussel, blue
northern moon shell
oyster, common
shrimp, mantis
squid, long-finned
starfish sp.
whelks
1992
0.06
0.01
0.45
0.43
0.02
1.04
0.10
2.19
0.35
1.96
8.72
0.78
0.20
0.01
1.06
0.05
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.07
0.13
0.00
0.06
0.48
0.03
0.26
0.86
0.29
0.01
5.89
0.37
0.00
0.31
0.05
1.00
0.11
1993
0.17
0.03
0.08
0.10
0.04
0.44
0.02
0.75
0.27
2.53
7.54
0.85
0.14
0.01
2.03
0.02
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.09
0.10
0.00
0.02
0.49
0.00
0.35
0.30
0.09
0.01
5.99
0.52
0.00
0.43
0.05
0.51
0.03
1994
0.32
0.06
0.13
0.31
0.01
1.14
0.12
0.75
0.48
2.96
9.44
0.14
0.40
0.00
1.09
0.06
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.04
0.05
0.00
0.01
0.58
0.00
0.28
0.51
0.21
0.01
8.87
0.28
0.00
0.45
0.08
0.51
0.01
1995
0.15
0.03
0.04
0.19
0.03
0.63
0.00
1.48
0.16
1.60
6.51
0.66
0.36
0.02
1.77
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.04
0.00
0.04
0.10
0.00
0.01
0.65
0.00
0.27
0.77
0.10
0.01
3.38
0.21
0.00
0.49
0.03
0.19
0.05
1996
0.50
0.06
0.10
0.73
0.02
0.83
0.00
1.37
0.53
4.76
14.61
0.21
0.12
0.03
0.55
0.04
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.04
0.05
0.00
0.01
0.73
0.01
0.28
0.46
0.11
0.03
9.35
0.46
0.00
0.77
0.02
0.63
0.06
1997
0.25
0.06
0.23
1.27
0.03
0.42
0.01
2.08
0.60
4.16
10.63
0.33
0.39
0.09
0.88
0.04
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.03
0.11
0.00
0.01
0.75
0.00
0.33
0.40
0.23
0.02
6.00
0.29
0.00
1.13
0.04
0.42
0.15
1998
0.20
0.02
0.17
1.06
0.04
0.90
0.03
1.28
1.15
3.21
9.65
0.94
0.48
0.03
0.25
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.08
0.00
0.01
0.75
0.05
0.17
0.87
0.13
0.05
6.27
0.46
0.00
1.15
0.13
0.49
0.20
1999
0.37
0.05
0.35
0.52
0.04
1.05
0.02
0.96
1.09
2.38
6.67
1.05
0.56
0.13
0.22
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.13
0.00
0.00
0.56
0.03
0.22
1.14
0.20
0.06
4.25
0.27
0.00
1.86
0.08
0.51
0.31
2000
0.34
0.07
0.09
0.69
0.03
0.85
0.00
1.31
1.35
1.69
7.46
0.59
0.19
0.27
0.42
0.04
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.03
0.09
0.00
0.03
4.56
0.05
0.70
1.99
0.05
0.05
3.43
0.25
0.00
1.13
0.05
0.59
0.12
2001
0.15
0.17
0.08
0.79
0.04
0.82
0.08
1.28
1.21
1.97
9.77
0.45
0.54
0.17
0.26
0.02
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.12
0.00
0.01
2.85
0.02
0.51
1.40
0.01
0.03
4.47
0.21
0.00
0.93
0.03
0.78
0.11
2002
0.25
0.40
0.36
1.48
0.05
2.31
0.06
1.35
2.38
1.31
6.31
0.96
0.52
0.20
0.14
0.01
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.03
0.06
0.00
0.01
13.16
0.03
0.51
2.21
0.11
0.09
4.56
0.25
0.00
2.10
0.16
1.09
0.12
2003
0.19
0.17
0.20
0.64
0.03
1.10
0.07
1.01
2.45
1.21
6.64
0.13
0.06
0.13
0.19
0.02
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.06
0.00
0.01
2.28
0.01
0.40
1.21
0.03
0.05
4.35
0.24
0.00
1.38
0.00
0.61
0.03
2004
0.25
0.15
0.12
0.41
0.02
0.87
0.07
1.03
1.69
1.32
3.87
0.20
0.16
0.18
0.12
0.04
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.03
0.08
0.00
0.02
3.93
0.01
0.29
0.97
0.04
0.04
4.01
0.28
0.00
0.87
0.00
0.62
0.04
2005
0.22
0.07
0.14
0.55
0.02
0.77
0.05
0.44
0.67
0.54
2.94
0.22
0.05
0.05
0.32
0.04
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.00
1.65
0.00
0.08
0.22
0.05
0.10
1.05
0.12
0.00
1.52
0.05
0.65
0.09
0.03
0.15
0.35
0.25
1.17
0.98
0.01
2.80
0.31
0.05
0.04
0.06
1.01
0.22
0.16
0.02
0.08
0.45
0.23
0.61
1.08
0.11
2.32
0.01
0.04
0.00
0.13
0.91
0.13
0.04
0.00
0.18
0.60
0.16
0.64
1.22
0.01
1.53
0.07
0.12
0.06
0.05
0.67
0.06
0.07
0.02
0.02
0.13
0.18
0.14
0.32
0.15
3.24
0.03
0.03
0.00
0.05
0.89
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.09
0.61
0.50
0.45
0.96
0.10
2.72
0.03
0.02
0.00
0.04
0.55
0.03
0.07
0.02
0.04
0.33
0.50
0.32
0.52
0.08
3.02
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.03
0.99
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.10
0.55
0.39
1.04
0.69
0.19
6.56
0.05
0.04
0.02
0.03
0.41
0.05
0.06
0.03
0.10
0.80
0.16
0.55
0.39
0.06
4.95
0.03
0.05
0.01
0.07
0.62
0.04
0.08
0.04
0.07
0.74
0.13
0.25
0.35
0.06
3.90
0.04
0.05
0.00
0.18
0.51
0.06
0.09
0.01
0.12
0.94
0.04
0.35
1.02
0.03
3.04
0.01
0.08
0.01
0.08
0.41
0.28
0.13
0.04
0.14
0.76
0.07
0.31
1.30
0.02
2.55
0.17
0.10
0.00
0.04
0.42
0.24
0.12
0.01
0.32
1.33
0.01
0.36
1.85
0.23
1.48
0.08
0.10
0.00
0.03
0.42
0.29
0.31
0.01
0.17
0.96
0.01
0.14
1.42
0.14
1.03
0.11
0.06
0.00
0.03
1.69
0.12
0.15
0.00
0.05
0.39
0.01
0.05
0.36
0.38
1.00
0.09
0.02
0.00
0.01
1.08
0.06
0.05
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Table 2.13. Finfish and invertebrate biomass indices for the fall sampling period, 1992-2005.
The geometric mean weight (kg) per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 15 invertebrate species for the fall (Sept-Oct)
sampling period.
Fall
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
hogchoker
kingfish, northern
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
shad, American
shad, hickory
skate, little
skate, winter
spot
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
Invertebrates
crab, blue
crab, horseshoe
crab, lady
crab, rock
crab, spider
lobster, American
mussel, blue
northern moon shell
oyster, common
shrimp, mantis
squid, long-finned
starfish sp.
whelks
1992
0.03
0.01
16.39
6.31
0.02
1.20
0.03
0.14
0.87
0.51
0.84
0.11
0.04
0.09
0.07
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.01
0.36
0.02
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
4.96
0.00
0.02
0.82
0.14
0.03
2.47
0.11
0.00
0.09
0.21
0.22
0.47
1993
0.08
0.01
9.91
4.12
0.01
1.75
0.08
0.16
0.85
0.73
0.99
0.34
0.02
0.30
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.22
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
3.72
0.00
0.05
0.54
0.35
0.02
4.61
0.15
0.07
0.16
0.19
0.22
0.56
1994
0.10
0.01
9.45
3.40
0.01
0.76
0.18
0.14
0.47
0.42
0.78
0.19
0.28
0.15
0.01
0.12
0.01
0.00
0.04
0.36
0.03
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
3.33
0.00
0.06
0.32
0.39
0.04
3.47
0.21
0.03
0.11
0.13
0.15
1.26
1995
0.02
0.00
8.09
10.26
0.00
0.85
0.00
0.08
0.43
0.32
0.45
0.04
0.02
0.04
0.00
0.03
0.01
0.03
0.00
0.25
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.63
0.00
0.02
0.34
0.43
0.02
1.78
0.09
0.00
0.15
0.10
0.09
1.27
1996
0.04
0.01
7.62
9.30
0.00
1.16
0.01
0.48
1.61
2.11
1.56
0.48
0.01
0.37
0.02
0.01
0.04
0.01
0.00
0.25
0.12
0.00
0.02
0.02
0.00
3.68
0.00
0.04
0.81
0.06
0.05
5.66
0.25
0.14
0.21
0.02
0.07
1.88
1997
0.22
0.01
6.53
6.97
0.00
1.09
0.05
0.24
1.84
1.30
1.04
0.18
0.06
0.03
0.01
0.09
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.24
0.05
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.00
2.49
0.00
0.02
0.60
0.16
0.05
3.81
0.10
0.01
0.68
0.06
0.14
1.70
1998
0.02
0.05
5.06
13.27
0.01
1.32
0.10
0.19
1.77
0.61
0.87
0.10
0.01
0.08
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.09
0.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.50
0.00
0.08
1.04
0.26
0.02
4.06
0.09
0.00
0.38
0.04
0.27
0.94
1999
0.07
0.07
8.51
15.43
0.01
1.27
0.05
0.14
2.27
0.38
1.37
0.06
0.03
0.17
0.00
0.01
0.04
0.01
0.00
0.39
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
22.72
0.00
0.06
1.37
0.42
0.07
2.85
0.08
0.06
0.39
0.21
0.31
3.39
2000
0.02
0.07
8.34
4.45
0.01
2.85
0.06
0.35
1.77
0.45
1.28
0.32
0.01
0.34
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.22
0.13
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
30.76
0.00
0.08
1.59
0.14
0.05
2.92
0.01
0.13
0.51
0.08
0.30
3.17
2001
0.09
0.23
6.11
7.80
0.01
3.02
0.24
0.17
3.19
0.30
0.62
0.07
0.01
0.09
0.00
0.05
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
11.28
0.00
0.13
1.27
0.07
0.02
2.88
0.21
0.01
0.48
0.23
0.20
2.41
2002
0.03
0.31
7.87
6.56
0.01
6.09
0.07
0.25
4.41
0.38
0.55
0.02
0.01
0.19
0.00
0.01
0.05
0.00
0.00
0.35
0.08
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
23.69
0.00
0.18
2.12
0.16
0.02
3.00
0.21
0.08
0.70
0.18
0.27
2.86
2003
0.09
0.08
8.99
3.47
0.02
6.18
0.00
0.30
3.27
0.43
0.34
0.19
0.02
0.41
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.00
0.03
0.25
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
28.95
0.00
0.11
2.43
0.17
0.05
1.96
0.00
0.00
0.26
0.27
0.43
1.72
2004
0.04
0.08
16.39
6.24
0.01
2.95
0.27
0.29
1.74
0.26
0.32
0.14
0.02
0.03
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.49
0.04
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.00
16.31
0.00
0.11
0.96
0.15
0.07
2.02
0.11
0.01
1.25
0.09
0.21
2.85
2005
0.05
0.08
8.75
7.85
0.01
2.70
0.34
0.19
1.93
0.57
0.41
0.10
0.01
0.08
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.43
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
13.79
0.00
0.09
0.82
0.10
0.14
2.32
0.16
0.00
0.48
0.12
0.23
2.52
0.15
0.17
1.01
1.52
0.58
0.53
0.02
3.17
0.07
0.03
0.01
0.05
5.00
0.11
0.28
0.17
0.40
1.16
1.58
0.55
1.89
0.01
4.11
0.06
0.02
0.02
0.08
7.92
0.08
0.28
0.05
0.15
0.55
1.52
0.18
0.46
0.03
3.58
0.12
0.03
0.00
0.02
4.71
0.07
0.06
0.04
0.11
0.32
1.56
0.09
0.25
0.17
3.03
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.02
4.68
0.00
0.08
0.04
0.26
1.27
3.54
0.45
0.71
0.18
3.48
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.13
5.53
0.01
0.22
0.11
0.16
1.32
1.84
0.32
0.42
0.50
7.22
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.06
2.20
0.02
0.10
0.10
0.35
0.93
0.82
0.37
0.25
0.17
4.24
0.09
0.02
0.00
0.02
6.40
0.05
0.27
0.17
0.16
1.09
0.48
0.22
0.24
0.03
4.16
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.09
6.06
0.02
0.23
0.11
0.17
1.31
0.60
0.19
0.21
0.22
2.65
0.04
0.00
0.01
0.18
4.05
0.12
0.38
0.05
0.33
1.39
0.17
0.13
0.30
0.17
1.91
0.12
0.04
0.00
0.05
2.39
0.22
0.52
0.10
0.30
1.76
0.14
0.12
0.27
0.10
1.10
0.11
0.10
0.00
0.06
1.81
0.09
0.38
0.06
0.13
1.67
0.10
0.04
0.47
0.01
1.28
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.02
5.88
0.01
0.24
0.02
0.18
1.93
0.08
0.08
0.32
0.13
1.46
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.04
3.38
0.10
0.24
0.00
0.16
0.93
0.14
0.02
0.13
0.12
0.84
0.10
0.01
0.00
0.03
3.47
0.11
0.20
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Table 2.14. Bluefish indices of abundance, 1984-2005.
Using September and October length data, the geometric mean catch per tow was
calculated for two age groups of bluefish: age-0 and all fish age 1 and older. Age-0
was defined as bluefish less than 30 cm fork length.
Fall
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
mean
age 0
count / tow
20.34
11.27
8.05
9.01
10.73
21.07
12.82
22.57
9.23
11.61
24.85
16.85
13.85
31.26
25.89
39.19
14.67
19.04
12.35
16.85
13.30
12.10
age 0
kg / tow
2.51
1.64
1.13
0.88
1.59
3.17
2.09
2.75
1.27
1.96
2.54
2.48
2.27
2.56
2.08
5.43
2.97
2.11
2.25
3.16
2.39
2.39
ages 1+
count / tow
1.61
4.16
3.77
3.11
2.20
1.92
6.14
5.59
8.44
3.34
3.07
4.07
2.34
2.35
1.65
0.86
2.18
2.62
3.63
2.16
10.38
2.65
ages 1+
kg / tow
2.03
6.25
5.96
4.85
4.43
3.80
8.92
8.49
14.88
7.11
6.09
5.32
4.09
3.68
2.70
1.61
3.75
3.87
4.81
3.31
13.96
5.04
17.37
2.34
3.60
5.71
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Table 2.15. Scup indices-at-age, 1984-2005.
Spring (May and June) and fall (September and October) catch and age data were used to determine the geometric mean indices-atage1. The spring and fall age keys were used to expand length frequencies to age frequencies and then the spring and fall overall
indices were proportioned by the percentage of fish in each age. The 0-10+ index represents the overall index (sum of ages 0-10+),
and the adult 2+ index is provided as the sum of ages 2-10+ index. All fish older than age 9 were included in the age 10+ index2.
Spring
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
0-10+
2.797
5.648
7.230
2.186
2.061
6.249
4.867
7.046
1.749
2.530
3.892
13.587
7.766
7.558
10.826
4.732
146.224
22.486
257.914
13.116
26.915
8.483
26.542
2+
Age 0
2.308
2.707
2.785
1.758
0.893
0.615
2.345
2.795
1.360
2.492
3.093
0.645
2.562
4.394
0.761
2.021
21.711
20.837
208.764
12.980
26.902
7.325
15.463
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.000
Age 1
Age 2
Age 3
Age 4
Age 5
Age 6
Age 7
Age 8
Age 9 Age 10+
0.489
1.311
0.577
0.307
0.074
0.004
0.002
0
0
0.034
2.941
2.002
0.327
0.244
0.047
0.025
0.050
0
0.004
0.008
4.444
1.651
0.988
0.137
0.003
0.003
0.003
0
0
0.003
0.428
1.646
0.071
0.034
0.007
0
0
0
0
0
1.168
0.309
0.502
0.054
0.026
0
0
0
0
0.003
5.634
0.563
0.034
0.016
0
0.001
0.001
0
0
0
2.521
2.098
0.206
0.037
0.005
0
0
0
0
0
4.251
1.436
1.258
0.086
0.012
0.002
0
0
0
0
0.389
1.212
0.093
0.052
0.002
0
0.002
0
0
0
0.038
2.286
0.189
0.006
0.006
0.002
0.002
0
0
0
0.799
2.038
0.931
0.100
0.015
0.003
0.007
0
0
0
12.943
0.387
0.199
0.052
0.003
0.003
0
0
0
0
5.204
2.477
0.074
0.004
0.006
0.002
0
0
0
0
3.164
2.610
1.679
0.063
0.009
0.023
0.005
0.005
0
0
10.065
0.578
0.115
0.063
0.005
0
0
0
0
0
2.711
1.755
0.162
0.074
0.030
0
0
0
0
0
124.513
17.184
4.237
0.195
0.064
0.030
0
0
0
0
1.649
18.988
1.575
0.252
0.018
0.003
0.001
0
0
0
49.150
66.611 123.248
17.437
1.294
0.099
0.035
0.040
0
0
0.136
4.047
3.284
4.964
0.608
0.069
0.005
0.005
0
0
0.014
3.965
8.956
4.904
8.207
0.764
0.079
0.018
0.009
0
1.157
1.278
1.055
1.511
1.269
1.944
0.223
0.045
0
0
11.079
6.436
7.081
1.385
0.497
0.049
0.009
0.003
0.001
0.002
Fall
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
(1)
(2)
0-10+
10.721
30.972
25.761
18.544
39.699
65.087
69.477
311.570
83.731
77.057
92.523
59.136
61.459
41.276
103.272
537.683
521.103
177.641
348.703
152.227
291.458
424.063
2+
Age 0
Age 1
Age 2
Age 3
Age 4
Age 5
Age 6
Age 7
Age 8
Age 9 Age 10+
1.692
7.986
1.043
0.783
0.519
0.280
0.092
0.018
0
0
0
0
1.277
24.914
4.781
0.425
0.587
0.190
0.044
0.030
0.002
0
0
0
2.519
12.863
10.379
2.277
0.219
0.013
0.005
0.005
0
0
0
0
2.063
12.468
4.013
1.405
0.579
0.058
0.009
0.009
0.004
0
0
0
2.092
31.687
5.920
1.818
0.242
0.032
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.596
40.920
22.571
1.501
0.083
0.012
0
0
0
0
0
0
7.396
54.350
7.731
6.946
0.398
0.034
0.005
0.008
0
0
0.005
0
2.953 291.568
17.050
1.759
1.040
0.147
0.008
0
0
0
0
0
6.244
50.971
26.516
5.540
0.398
0.287
0.013
0.007
0
0
0
0
1.165
74.061
1.831
1.019
0.121
0.012
0.010
0
0
0.003
0
0
0.657
90.778
1.088
0.457
0.185
0.012
0.003
0
0
0
0
0
0.150
32.465
26.521
0.144
0.006
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.400
51.497
8.562
1.365
0.029
0
0.005
0
0
0
0
0
0.809
31.791
8.677
0.630
0.172
0.008
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.628
90.404
12.240
0.537
0.069
0.022
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.574 498.180
30.930
8.349
0.195
0.019
0.011
0
0
0
0
0
9.265 250.391 261.446
8.323
0.794
0.140
0.008
0
0
0
0
0
20.239 140.506
16.897
18.421
1.607
0.186
0.025
0
0
0
0
0
41.179 259.902
47.623
23.321
16.812
0.665
0.325
0.048
0
0.007
0
0
83.963
52.910
15.354
32.065
22.394
26.440
2.493
0.539
0.016
0.016
0
0
36.277 251.052
4.129
8.338
15.082
5.978
6.245
0.534
0.072
0.008
0.021
0
18.183 373.318 32.5615
8.1442
2.4374
4.0146
1.5049
1.6894
0.3322
0.0601
0
0
148.529
11.054
111.984
25.491
5.972
2.930
1.645
0.443
0.057
0.004
0.002
0.001
0.000
In 1984, 1985, 2003, and 2004 less than the number of scheduled tows were conducted in some months: in 1984, thirteen tows were conducted
in May and nineteen in June; in 1985, five tows were conducted in June, in 2003 , the 40 scheduled October tows were conducted in November
and thus dropped, and in 2004, thirty-nine tows were conducted in June (see Table 2.4).
A total of six fish were taken age 10+, all of which were taken between 1984 and 1988. The oldest fish aged was a 14-year-old taken in 1985.
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Table 2.16. Age frequency of striped bass taken in spring, 1984-2005.
Ages were derived from trawl survey length data using the average of Hudson River and Chesapeake Bay von Bertalanffy
parameters (Vic Crecco, pers. comm.).
Year
Age
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Total
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
28
11
4
3
6
98
12
36
119
41
113
47
150
30
15
220
0
0
0
0
1
3
8
7
8
7
10
26
97
116 122
87
20
41
76
38
38
54
0
0
0
2
4
1
2
3
13
16
20
8
37
40
68
42
22
15
48
23
18
59
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
5
5
14
18
7
14
17
28
95
22
28
45
39
21
33
0
0
0
2
1
1
3
0
1
8
8
6
7
14
20
46
32
36
52
41
22
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
1
1
8
9
3
17
12
13
25
23
14
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
3
2
4
1
4
4
2
12
5
3
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
7
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
8
7
11
43
32
34
59
65
150 184 238 362 334 229 184 414 207 135 421
Note: number of fish taken but not measured = one in 1984, one in 1988, two in 1990.
Table 2.17. Striped bass indices-at-age, 1984-2005.
Spring length data was converted to ages using the average of Hudson River and Chesapeake Bay von Bertalanffy parameters
(Vic Crecco, pers comm). Indices-at-age were then determined by apportioning the spring indices (from Table 2.10) by the
percentage of fish in each age.
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
mean
Spring
Index
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.04
0.06
0.16
0.15
0.22
0.27
0.30
0.59
0.63
0.85
0.97
1.10
0.84
0.61
1.30
0.87
0.56
1.17
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0093
0
0
0.0103
0
0
0
0.0037
0
0.0063
0.0042
0.0042
0
2
0
0
0
0.0125
0.0057
0.0273
0.1042
0.0516
0.0259
0.0140
0.0277
0.3855
0.0411
0.1286
0.3189
0.1346
0.4163
0.1558
0.4722
0.1267
0.0627
0.6100
3
0
0
0
0
0.0057
0.0164
0.0298
0.0328
0.0518
0.0326
0.0462
0.1023
0.3321
0.4143
0.3269
0.2857
0.0737
0.1359
0.2392
0.1605
0.1588
0.1497
4
0
0
0
0.0125
0.0229
0.0055
0.0074
0.0141
0.0841
0.0745
0.0923
0.0315
0.1267
0.1429
0.1822
0.1379
0.0811
0.0497
0.1511
0.0971
0.0752
0.1636
5
0
0
0
0.0125
0
0.0055
0.0037
0.0234
0.0324
0.0652
0.0831
0.0275
0.0479
0.0607
0.0750
0.3119
0.0811
0.0928
0.1416
0.1647
0.0878
0.0915
6
0
0
0
0.0125
0.0057
0.0055
0.0112
0
0.0065
0.0372
0.0369
0.0236
0.0240
0.0500
0.0536
0.1510
0.1179
0.1193
0.1637
0.1732
0.0919
0.0776
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0094
0
0.0326
0.0046
0.0039
0.0274
0.0321
0.0080
0.0558
0.0442
0.0431
0.0787
0.0971
0.0585
0.0444
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0047
0.0129
0.0047
0.0046
0.0118
0.0068
0.0143
0.0027
0.0131
0.0147
0.0066
0.0378
0.0211
0.0125
0.0250
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0094
0.0065
0.0047
0.0046
0
0.0103
0.0071
0.0027
0
0.0037
0.0066
0.0094
0.0296
0.0084
0.0028
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0037
0.0047
0
0
0
0.0039
0
0
0
0.0033
0.0074
0
0.0031
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0034
0
0
0.0033
0
0
0
0
0.0042
0.0028
0.46
0.0018
0.1196
0.1164
0.0661
0.0627
0.0516
0.0236
0.0080
0.0049
0.0012
0.0005
Age
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Table 2.18. Summer flounder indices-at-age, 1984-2005.
Year and season specific age keys obtained from the NMFS spring and fall surveys were used to convert LISTS length
frequencies to ages. Starting in 2000 LISTS ageing data (60 cm and over) were added to the age key to supplement
the older age groups. Indices-at-age were determined for each season by apportioning the spring and fall overall
indices (from Table 2.10 and Table 2.11) by the percentage of fish in each age. The age 0-7+ index is the sum of
indices ages 0-9.
Spring
Year
0-7+
Age 0
Age 1
Age 2
Age 3
Age 4
Age 5
Age 6
Age 7
Age 8
Age 9
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
0.6291
0.4410
0.9510
1.0572
0.4986
0.1016
0.3475
0.6391
0.5546
0.5074
0.8601
0.2796
0.9609
0.9991
1.3067
1.4401
1.7898
1.7468
3.1851
3.4211
1.8381
0.8038
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.3236
0.0166
0.7700
0.9515
0.2317
0.0111
0.3053
0.3892
0.3182
0.3216
0.4959
0.2023
0.6216
0.4481
0.0734
0.3263
0.3805
0.8408
1.0571
1.6080
0.2592
0.2523
0.2610
0.3168
0.0892
0.0793
0.2232
0.0550
0.0201
0.2059
0.1906
0.1504
0.3136
0.0608
0.2370
0.4461
0.5952
0.5563
0.7853
0.3395
1.2637
1.0159
0.8180
0.2641
0.0445
0.0489
0.0742
0.0202
0.0352
0.0191
0.0156
0.0205
0.0229
0.0101
0.0324
0.0110
0.0868
0.0740
0.4693
0.3521
0.4240
0.3653
0.4646
0.3949
0.4100
0.1495
0
0.0587
0.0126
0.0036
0.0085
0.0164
0.0065
0.0235
0
0.0152
0
0
0
0.0121
0.1167
0.1110
0.0538
0.1073
0.2233
0.2316
0.1878
0.0334
0
0
0.0050
0.0026
0
0
0
0
0.0229
0.0101
0
0
0.0052
0.0134
0.0324
0.0696
0.1316
0.0488
0.0930
0.0851
0.0338
0.0364
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0054
0.0197
0.0248
0.0092
0.0333
0.0362
0.0462
0.0817
0.0393
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0182
0.0055
0.0103
0
0
0
0
0.0067
0.0236
0.0327
0.0302
0.0196
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0054
0.0051
0.0145
0.0025
0.0145
0.0046
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0091
0.0042
0.0029
0.0046
1.1216
0.0000
0.4739
0.3820
0.1617
0.0566
0.0264
0.0122
0.0061
0.0020
0.0008
Year
0-7+
Age 0
Age 1
Age 2
Age 3
Age 4
Age 5
Age 6
Age 7
Age 8
Age 9
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
0.9888
1.1931
1.7157
1.3963
1.4159
0.1363
0.8678
1.2557
1.0178
1.1113
0.5517
0.5408
2.1914
2.4980
1.7153
2.6787
1.9134
4.4181
6.1211
3.3879
1.9537
2.4099
0
0.2453
0.1738
0.0749
0.0150
0
0.0321
0.0363
0.0131
0.0842
0.1325
0.0424
0.0840
0.0693
0
0.0482
0.1151
0.0208
0.4415
0
0.2545
0.0671
0.5648
0.3605
1.1902
1.0573
0.8739
0.0227
0.6720
0.8141
0.5685
0.8371
0.3008
0.3812
1.0394
0.8494
0.3251
0.8000
0.5117
2.6891
3.0870
1.4584
0.3848
1.0930
0.3269
0.4984
0.2681
0.2309
0.4782
0.1051
0.1214
0.3457
0.3578
0.1490
0.0957
0.1043
1.0276
1.2261
1.0456
1.4412
0.8244
1.1372
1.9304
1.3192
0.7551
0.7441
0.0713
0.0804
0.0817
0.0305
0.0366
0.0085
0.0339
0.0432
0.0561
0.0362
0.0138
0.0090
0.0375
0.3016
0.2867
0.2963
0.2971
0.4342
0.4769
0.4069
0.4398
0.3554
0.0140
0
0.0019
0.0027
0.0122
0
0.0042
0.0082
0.0134
0.0029
0.0089
0.0039
0.0029
0.0321
0.0392
0.0823
0.1122
0.1095
0.1216
0.0873
0.0804
0.0866
0.0042
0.0085
0
0
0
0
0.0042
0.0041
0.0089
0
0
0
0
0.0099
0.0187
0.0084
0.0433
0.0153
0.0429
0.0908
0.0241
0.0316
0.0042
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0041
0
0.0019
0
0
0
0.0084
0
0.0023
0.0067
0.0078
0.0168
0.0164
0.0150
0.0123
0.0034
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0012
0
0
0
0
0.0040
0.0089
0
0.0166
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0029
0.0042
0
0
0
0.0032
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.8604
0.0897
0.8947
0.6566
0.1656
0.0352
0.0135
0.0040
0.0008
0.0003
0.0000
Fall
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Table 2.19. Tautog indices-at-age, 1984-2005.
Year and season specific age keys obtained from the LISTS spring and fall surveys were used to convert LISTS
length frequencies to ages. Indices-at-age were then determined for each season by apportioning the spring and
fall overall indices (from Table 2.10 and Table 2.11) by the percentage of fish in each age, and then summing the
spring and fall indices-at-age. The age 1-20+ index is the sum of indices ages 1 – 20+. The age 20+ category
includes 29 fish ranging from 20 to 30 years of age.
Age
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
1 - 20+
3.4692
1.7967
1.7200
1.2129
0.9008
1.2589
1.1612
1.1465
1.0252
0.5694
0.5838
0.2530
0.5630
0.5079
0.6442
0.7614
0.8002
0.8947
1.1666
0.8977
0.6938
0.7595
1
0.0109
0.0000
0.0010
0.0231
0.0038
0.0000
0.0055
0.0049
0.0206
0.0033
0.0084
0.0039
0.0073
0.0000
0.0000
0.0498
0.0008
0.0062
0.0086
0.0015
0.0074
0.0030
2
0.0816
0.0175
0.0277
0.0813
0.0313
0.0425
0.0893
0.0216
0.0484
0.0209
0.0370
0.0086
0.0518
0.0390
0.0425
0.0792
0.0469
0.0302
0.0262
0.0141
0.0143
0.0482
3
0.1898
0.0942
0.0918
0.0591
0.0463
0.0670
0.1555
0.0600
0.0691
0.0490
0.0315
0.0093
0.0305
0.0675
0.0281
0.0583
0.0577
0.0865
0.0586
0.0084
0.0174
0.0372
4
0.3030
0.1918
0.0494
0.0604
0.0726
0.1382
0.1121
0.1195
0.0423
0.0325
0.0691
0.0299
0.0086
0.0568
0.0701
0.0666
0.0828
0.0830
0.1016
0.0597
0.0426
0.0610
5
0.4596
0.1696
0.1067
0.0998
0.0454
0.0894
0.1140
0.1242
0.0492
0.0171
0.0558
0.0603
0.0762
0.0574
0.0821
0.1015
0.0739
0.1294
0.1743
0.1485
0.0905
0.0869
6
0.4956
0.1248
0.1874
0.1330
0.0402
0.1154
0.0486
0.1487
0.1229
0.0605
0.0551
0.0265
0.0452
0.0639
0.0876
0.1379
0.1404
0.1197
0.1972
0.2358
0.1262
0.1218
7
0.2871
0.1854
0.2086
0.1911
0.0756
0.1495
0.0500
0.0931
0.1324
0.0596
0.0555
0.0213
0.0654
0.0491
0.0875
0.0748
0.1376
0.1193
0.1895
0.1590
0.1156
0.1123
8
0.2863
0.3001
0.2295
0.1373
0.1007
0.1600
0.1249
0.1254
0.0849
0.0423
0.0799
0.0347
0.0711
0.0556
0.0848
0.0843
0.0897
0.1058
0.2091
0.0926
0.1035
0.0971
9
0.3101
0.2022
0.3453
0.0959
0.1641
0.1046
0.0872
0.1071
0.0632
0.0489
0.0516
0.0149
0.0667
0.0486
0.0465
0.0431
0.0392
0.0715
0.0739
0.0778
0.0611
0.0664
10
0.3530
0.0902
0.1074
0.0521
0.0790
0.0817
0.0621
0.1067
0.0636
0.0522
0.0312
0.0219
0.0608
0.0101
0.0575
0.0203
0.0467
0.0453
0.0419
0.0185
0.0368
0.0422
0.9279
0.0078
0.0385
0.0573
0.0745
0.0933
0.1109
0.1110
0.1158
0.0907
0.0543
11
0.1260
0.1595
0.1482
0.0603
0.0469
0.0569
0.0979
0.0608
0.0599
0.0368
0.0234
0.0036
0.0231
0.0072
0.0192
0.0191
0.0213
0.0408
0.0257
0.0274
0.0208
0.0268
12
0.2285
0.0982
0.0734
0.0530
0.0394
0.0932
0.0376
0.0256
0.0512
0.0351
0.0238
0.0036
0.0128
0.0119
0.0164
0.0090
0.0130
0.0161
0.0185
0.0088
0.0185
0.0173
13
0.0914
0.0226
0.0420
0.0478
0.0295
0.0430
0.0568
0.0397
0.0440
0.0351
0.0071
0.0073
0.0102
0.0144
0.0055
0.0087
0.0123
0.0150
0.0107
0.0059
0.0126
0.0117
14
0.0497
0.0994
0.0565
0.0311
0.0225
0.0404
0.0399
0.0361
0.0581
0.0129
0.0118
0.0000
0.0048
0.0048
0.0055
0.0029
0.0101
0.0003
0.0070
0.0184
0.0067
0.0076
Age
15
0.0455
0.0000
0.0161
0.0247
0.0492
0.0348
0.0221
0.0217
0.0236
0.0157
0.0118
0.0000
0.0100
0.0121
0.0000
0.0000
0.0084
0.0053
0.0147
0.0029
0.0060
0.0041
16
0.0328
0.0249
0.0085
0.0267
0.0086
0.0172
0.0250
0.0006
0.0208
0.0152
0.0096
0.0000
0.0091
0.0071
0.0027
0.0000
0.0104
0.0106
0.0039
0.0124
0.0052
0.0072
17
0.0473
0.0039
0.0115
0.0104
0.0063
0.0067
0.0088
0.0159
0.0167
0.0129
0.0024
0.0036
0.0086
0.0000
0.0055
0.0030
0.0023
0.0037
0.0000
0.0000
0.0030
0.0014
18
0.0152
0.0124
0.0002
0.0005
0.0056
0.0048
0.0170
0.0118
0.0298
0.0097
0.0047
0.0000
0.0004
0.0024
0.0000
0.0029
0.0000
0.0001
0.0000
0.0029
0.0016
0.0011
19
0.0009
0.0000
0.0023
0.0048
0.0052
0.0000
0.0035
0.0080
0.0167
0.0097
0.0070
0.0000
0.0001
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0027
0.0026
0.0000
0.0000
0.0015
0.0015
20+
0.0549
0.0000
0.0065
0.0205
0.0286
0.0136
0.0034
0.0151
0.0078
0.0000
0.0071
0.0036
0.0003
0.0000
0.0027
0.0000
0.0040
0.0033
0.0052
0.0031
0.0025
0.0047
0.0517
0.0423
0.0267
0.0247
0.0155
0.0120
0.0082
0.0058
0.0031
0.0087
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Table 2.20. Weakfish age 0 and age 1+ indices of abundance, 1984-2005.
Using spring (May, June) and fall (September, October) length data, the geometric mean catch per tow was calculated
for three groups of weakfish: fall age-0, spring - all fish age 1 and older (1+), and fall - all fish age 1 and older (1+).
Weakfish less than 30 cm fork length in the fall were defined as age-0.
Fall
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
mean
Fall
Spring
age 0
count / tow
1.00
6.19
13.16
0.63
3.49
8.69
5.56
11.95
3.05
4.08
11.19
5.22
15.23
12.38
5.02
30.93
63.31
40.09
41.35
49.41
58.98
25.86
age 0
kg / tow
0.14
0.74
0.91
0.13
0.30
0.94
0.56
1.44
0.31
0.46
1.23
0.84
1.49
1.03
0.76
3.21
3.34
2.20
2.85
1.77
2.99
2.50
ages 1+
count / tow
0.53
0.24
0.24
0.11
0.06
0.02
0.08
0.31
0.18
0.12
0.06
0.70
0.56
0.89
0.28
0.39
0.30
0.52
0.16
0.07
0.21
0.12
age 1+
kg / tow
0.84
0.46
0.51
0.16
0.13
0.10
0.13
0.41
0.24
0.18
0.13
0.64
0.52
0.81
0.36
0.51
0.32
0.54
0.26
0.17
0.25
0.18
ages 1+
count / tow
0.02
0.00
0.10
0.02
0.05
0.04
0.07
0.28
0.12
0.10
0.04
0.18
0.19
0.42
0.37
0.45
0.18
0.27
0.16
0.04
0.15
0.27
ages 1+
kg / tow
0.15
0.10
0.33
0.11
0.17
0.16
0.13
0.26
0.22
0.15
0.12
0.16
0.19
0.34
0.41
0.59
0.28
0.26
0.26
0.14
0.16
0.23
18.61
1.32
0.29
0.37
0.15
0.22
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Table 2.21. Winter flounder indices-at-age, 1984-2005.
The Long Island Sound Trawl Survey April and May catch and age data was used to calculate the geometric mean
indices-at-age. An April-May age key was used to convert lengths to ages, and an overall April-May index (the ages 113 index in the table) was apportioned by the percentage of fish at age. The 4+ index is the sum of indices ages 4-13
and represents the abundance of winter flounder that are recruited to the fishery. The age-0 indices were obtained from
the Estuarine Seine Survey (Job 2 Part 2).
Catch-at-age: numbers
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
Age
1 - 13
111.96
83.58
63.65
79.92
137.59
148.19
223.09
150.20
61.39
63.60
84.44
50.12
110.62
71.31
72.91
41.35
45.41
54.50
43.71
27.84
20.46
16.10
4+
27.91
18.13
15.43
13.35
12.13
14.97
15.29
14.31
10.49
9.16
4.87
2.31
15.92
13.84
17.06
11.10
13.26
15.61
7.99
8.83
6.81
2.03
0
15.46
1.90
2.85
5.23
11.90
5.61
14.23
10.10
19.22
7.47
9.24
8.70
4.33
1.34
3.06
8.07
10.96
5.63
1
8.21
4.11
6.69
7.32
14.49
13.56
11.31
8.52
6.80
19.11
9.57
14.35
11.46
12.53
11.22
6.56
7.11
8.45
6.27
2.47
6.32
7.06
2
44.01
28.46
26.00
44.69
71.87
78.43
131.52
66.99
31.32
19.87
64.14
23.69
59.07
25.53
32.40
12.42
16.66
19.60
19.90
7.83
3.88
6.18
3
31.83
32.88
15.53
14.56
39.10
41.23
64.97
60.39
12.78
15.46
5.86
9.77
24.17
19.41
12.23
11.27
8.40
10.85
9.56
8.71
3.45
0.84
4
20.96
14.17
12.26
5.05
8.59
10.85
8.97
9.31
8.97
4.81
3.01
1.36
14.41
9.45
12.67
6.09
7.70
8.06
4.43
4.79
3.88
0.81
5
4.23
2.33
2.05
6.55
1.83
2.84
4.09
4.05
1.10
3.24
1.14
0.63
0.97
3.76
3.15
3.20
3.42
5.46
1.95
1.95
1.92
0.67
6
1.23
0.82
0.50
1.28
1.46
0.98
1.96
0.80
0.36
0.80
0.49
0.20
0.28
0.51
0.99
1.14
1.53
1.28
1.02
0.77
0.64
0.21
7
0.67
0.45
0.24
0.11
0.16
0.14
0.19
0.14
0.05
0.15
0.17
0.08
0.14
0.07
0.14
0.61
0.31
0.68
0.35
0.82
0.21
0.16
8
0.74
0.19
0.24
0.24
0.04
0.09
0.05
0
0
0.11
0.05
0.02
0.06
0.03
0.02
0.04
0.26
0.05
0.11
0.29
0.11
0.10
9
0.04
0.11
0.10
0.13
0.02
0.06
0
0
0
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.04
0.01
0.07
0.01
0.01
0.08
0.03
0.07
0.03
0.05
10
0.01
0.04
0.01
0
0.02
0.01
0.02
0
0
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.01
0
0.02
0.01
0
0.10
0.14
0.01
0.01
11
0.03
0.02
0.03
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
83.14
12.80
8.22
9.35
39.44
21.54
8.56
2.85
0.91
0.28
0.13
0.04
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
1
0.31
0.15
0.24
0.30
0.54
0.43
0.33
0.32
0.27
0.54
0.34
0.51
0.41
0.48
0.36
0.23
0.32
0.27
0.31
0.09
0.19
0.28
2
3.06
2.54
2.16
4.03
6.06
7.99
10.37
6.82
3.82
1.93
7.13
2.70
6.11
2.61
3.59
1.41
2.31
2.33
3.05
0.96
0.53
0.96
3
4.50
5.26
2.55
2.50
7.17
8.56
11.21
11.92
3.41
3.36
1.79
3.12
6.53
5.48
3.43
3.33
2.78
3.48
3.06
2.79
1.20
0.38
4
5.18
3.97
3.68
1.39
2.64
3.62
3.79
3.53
3.81
1.96
1.51
0.71
6.32
4.26
4.88
2.60
3.68
3.39
2.13
2.35
2.13
0.57
5
1.51
0.97
0.88
2.59
0.93
1.32
2.19
1.47
0.71
1.73
0.77
0.39
0.61
2.23
1.64
1.59
2.05
3.05
1.12
1.21
1.24
0.61
6
0.49
0.46
0.32
0.64
0.74
0.47
0.89
0.43
0.25
0.51
0.43
0.18
0.22
0.36
0.60
0.69
0.96
0.87
0.70
0.50
0.50
0.22
Age
7
0.30
0.33
0.21
0.08
0.12
0.10
0.14
0.10
0.02
0.11
0.16
0.08
0.12
0.07
0.09
0.39
0.29
0.51
0.28
0.59
0.18
0.17
8
0.28
0.11
0.16
0.14
0.03
0.07
0.04
0
0
0.08
0.06
0.02
0.06
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.21
0.05
0.09
0.23
0.10
0.09
9
0.03
0.08
0.09
0.09
0.02
0.05
0
0
0
0.04
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.01
0.05
0.00
0.01
0.07
0.02
0.06
0.02
0.06
10
0.01
0.03
0.01
0
0.03
0.01
0.04
0
0
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0
0.03
0.01
0
0.07
0.08
0.01
0.02
11
0.01
0.02
0.03
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0.33
3.92
4.65
3.12
1.43
0.54
0.20
0.08
0.03
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
Catch-at-age: biomass (kg)
Year
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
84-04
Mean
1-13
15.68
13.91
10.33
11.76
18.28
22.62
29.01
24.59
12.29
10.26
12.20
7.72
20.41
15.53
14.66
10.29
12.63
14.02
10.83
8.87
6.11
3.37
4+
7.81
5.96
5.39
4.94
4.51
5.64
7.09
5.54
4.79
4.43
2.95
1.39
7.36
6.96
7.28
5.32
7.22
7.94
4.41
5.03
4.19
1.75
14.32
5.42
0
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Note: 1984: April = 0 tows, May = 13 tows, and 19 tows in June used to increase sample size; 1985: April = 0 tows, May = 41 tows; 1986-1991:
April = 40 tows, May = 40 tows; 1992: April = 0 tows, May = 40; 1993-1995: April = 40 tows, May = 40 tows; 1996: April = 17 tows, May = 63
tows; 1997-2004: April = 40 tows and May = 40 tows.
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TABLES 2.22 - 2.46
LENGTH FREQUENCIES (LISTS)
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Table 2.22. Alewife length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1989–2005.
From 1989 - 1990, lengths were recorded from the first three tows of each day; since 1991, lengths have been
recorded from every tow.
Spring
length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
3
2
5
4
6
3
1
4
5
7
3
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
56
1990
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
7
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
1991
0
0
0
2
0
5
4
4
9
8
8
4
9
7
7
3
8
8
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
93
1992
0
0
0
0
1
4
7
4
7
5
5
16
8
2
2
1
2
6
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
74
1993 1994
0
0
2
0
18
3
15
9
11
19
10
44
6
83
47
122
77
172
68
140
84
159
63
108
59
81
37
33
27
24
13
17
10
26
3
12
1
12
3
5
1
5
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
556 1,076
1995 1996
0
0
0
0
3
0
6
1
18
2
11
2
17
8
48
16
35
26
54
32
38
86
32
203
7
254
7
180
10
161
14
107
12
103
12
76
7
34
2
9
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
334 1,304
length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1990
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
1992
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
8
10
12
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
1993
0
0
0
3
5
27
120
88
16
21
53
25
13
1
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
377
1995
0
0
0
0
4
5
9
14
11
0
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
1997
0
0
0
6
22
64
127
63
69
56
44
28
32
9
17
34
48
44
28
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
701
1998 1999 2000
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
2
9
0
6
21
7
6
28
11
20
52
12
32
43
44
42
99
61
56
234
51
120
334
50
144
320
34
330
85
22
136
15
11
99
20
17
82
22
22
72
27
18
47
41
16
47
90
14
21
58
2
11
11
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
395 1,275 1,515
2001
1
0
16
32
23
14
5
4
7
6
4
5
4
3
9
12
18
36
45
23
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
274
2002
0
0
0
1
5
6
29
70
139
157
86
82
15
6
17
28
46
63
49
12
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
820
2003
0
1
3
18
32
27
25
11
28
25
26
21
19
26
13
22
25
40
42
29
17
2
0
0
0
0
0
452
2004
0
0
1
6
55
87
100
83
63
33
31
33
18
42
30
50
48
36
13
11
5
2
2
0
0
0
0
749
2005
0
1
2
16
32
26
55
61
37
50
74
73
71
59
26
21
18
7
6
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
642
1998
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
7
0
0
1
4
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
2001
0
0
3
6
23
59
86
72
23
24
36
27
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
364
2002
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
3
3
17
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
2003
0
0
0
1
7
33
64
4
3
5
20
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
156
2004
0
0
0
0
1
6
7
12
16
28
30
12
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
113
2005
0
0
1
1
7
14
8
17
15
15
12
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
98
Fall
1994
0
0
0
1
1
30
82
84
36
31
14
33
24
11
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
354
1996
0
0
0
0
1
5
25
21
30
9
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
95
1997
0
0
0
1
1
6
12
21
31
53
110
194
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
492
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1999
0
0
0
0
1
3
6
9
11
5
25
34
11
4
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
117
2000
0
0
0
1
4
5
9
17
10
8
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
58
Table 2.23. American shad length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals, 1989-2005.
From 1989 - 1990, lengths were recorded from the first three tows of each day; since 1991, lengths have been recorded
from every tow.
Spring
length
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
Total
1989
0
0
0
4
49
29
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
91
1990
0
0
0
0
1
8
5
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
1991
0
0
1
10
82
49
4
10
31
10
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
202
1992
0
0
3
8
17
23
33
25
20
7
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
5
4
7
2
2
1
163
1993
0
8
7
4
6
10
6
6
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
61
1994
0
2
2
4
22
72
374
158
18
6
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
3
1
1
1
675
1995
0
17
16
11
22
68
40
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
189
1996
0
0
5
9
191
154
47
9
16
15
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
452
length
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
129
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
192
1990
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
143
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
205
1991
0
7
4
7
4
22
93
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
159
1992
0
1
5
21
2
7
41
102
30
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
214
1993
0
2
23
54
33
10
53
466
394
24
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,061
1994
0
6
26
208
245
20
57
229
197
50
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1,047
1995
0
7
16
24
14
2
84
335
83
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
568
1996
0
0
1
7
2
0
0
15
19
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
1997
0
6
24
59
177
319
62
2
5
1
0
0
0
3
0
4
2
3
1
0
1
0
0
669
1998
1
9
27
85
108
97
32
1
8
7
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
378
1999
0
5
20
31
65
52
20
35
50
14
1
0
0
3
0
1
4
3
6
1
1
1
0
313
2000
0
5
46
29
21
32
13
1
4
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
157
2001
0
2
1
2
2
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
2002
0
13
101
87
41
49
17
4
7
4
0
5
2
1
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
337
2003
0
6
12
11
0
3
0
4
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
43
2004
0
1
8
14
45
6
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
83
2005
1
6
11
10
25
4
0
6
7
3
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
79
1998
0
1
14
13
4
64
290
123
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
509
1999
0
5
27
44
6
13
130
251
179
17
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
674
2000
0
0
0
0
0
2
16
104
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
161
2001
0
1
4
1
0
5
47
34
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
96
2002
0
1
1
0
0
11
199
44
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
256
2003
0
4
14
22
0
15
121
80
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
262
2004
2
5
6
4
2
77
155
21
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
273
2005
0
4
3
5
0
3
23
46
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
98
Fall
1997
2
6
20
28
5
12
67
99
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
251
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Table 2.24. Atlantic herring length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1989-2005.
Lengths were recorded from the first three tows of each day.
Spring
length
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Total
1989
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
15
1990
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
0
1
31
4
16
161
333
424
201
195
315
447
347
338
247
156
127
50
11
8
3,427
1991
0
0
0
3
4
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
8
38
33
29
19
67
72
70
160
297
337
360
514
513
319
383
139
22
13
1
3,411
1992
5
0
11
16
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
29
15
24
111
61
311
751
503
382
391
492
142
77
1
2
0
3,341
1993
0
4
3
1
2
1
1
3
3
38
215
203
122
174
100
28
21
41
35
96
387
436
645
921
807
825
550
287
129
33
0
8
6,119
1994
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
8
11
9
17
42
32
39
43
29
14
111
224
485
560
947
604
387
204
29
6
2
0
3,808
1995
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
7
8
12
12
78
283
399
245
290
416
1,028
723
706
337
231
14
14
1
0
4,814
1996
0
0
0
3
15
5
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
2
0
6
10
26
15
20
22
46
85
93
64
37
29
4
1
0
0
489
length
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1990
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
1992
1
99
328
176
34
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
642
1993
0
3
16
3
5
9
13
24
11
7
7
0
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
110
1994
0
0
4
6
9
11
2
0
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
1995
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1996
0
0
0
14
11
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
1997
0
0
1
0
69
165
27
0
2
0
5
29
59
12
4
10
21
40
14
19
7
18
117
202
236
234
82
31
15
2
0
0
1,421
1998 1999
2
0
18
504
149 1,547
92
237
84
18
28
5
11
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
8
0
5
0
2
0
0
1
5
1
4
2
11
10
4
15
1
19
2
9
31
10
33
35
44
37
21
25
1
11
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
566 2,491
2000
0
61
104
1
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
0
0
6
11
38
36
47
99
70
80
104
69
24
0
0
0
0
767
2001
0
0
0
3
11
6
8
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
11
65
85
77
14
33
31
46
24
34
29
8
4
0
1
0
497
2002
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
17
32
87
71
18
30
27
19
52
3
0
0
0
0
363
2003
0
1
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
4
17
36
63
65
72
52
27
8
0
0
0
368
2004
0
2
30
10
8
9
3
0
0
0
1
9
49
65
140
275
117
67
12
16
0
0
3
3
14
9
1
3
1
0
0
0
847
2005
0
0
76
140
118
73
8
0
0
0
3
7
14
20
63
98
57
67
19
11
15
25
21
78
106
87
40
19
0
0
0
0
1,165
1998
0
0
3
59
49
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
112
2000
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
0
0
1
12
47
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
80
2004
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
Fall
1997
0
0
2
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
12
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1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table 2.25. Atlantic menhaden length frequency, fall, 1996-2005.
Menhaden are scheduled to be measured from every tow. However, the following numbers of menhaden
were not measured: 5 juveniles and 4 adults in 1996, and 7 adults in 1997.
Fall
length
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Total
1996
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
23
30
11
2
0
0
0
73
1997
0
0
0
0
1
11
5
6
11
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
17
25
17
6
1
0
0
103
1998
0
0
0
0
18
53
120
49
44
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
306
1999
0
0
0
20
51
152
471
337
25
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
6
28
42
27
19
1
0
1,187
2000
0
0
0
12
73
128
125
51
35
15
6
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
7
12
4
4
1
484
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2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
25
30
16
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
86
2002
0
0
0
2
6
8
9
14
10
14
20
24
8
12
17
16
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
18
29
39
27
25
9
5
320
2003
1
2
17
32
22
9
1
1
1
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
8
8
3
2
1
0
119
2004
0
0
1
26
178
135
143
47
18
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
44
65
51
10
7
1
740
2005
0
0
0
0
11
22
19
13
9
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
21
54
43
21
5
2
1
234
Table 2.26. Black sea bass length frequencies, spring, 1 cm intervals, 1987-2005.
From 1987 lengths have been recorded from every tow.
Spring
length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
Total
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
1
2
1
8
1
5
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
1
0
1
5
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
6
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
10
0
7
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
4
0
1
1
3
15
1
5
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
11
12
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
3
6
11
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
1
7
11
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
3
13
0
3
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
5
6
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
11
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
13
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
15
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
11
4
4
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
11
3
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
12
19
16
3
12
22
11
20
18
8
16
47
67 239
46
49
19
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Table 2.27. Blueback herring length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1989-2005.
From 1989 - 1990, lengths were recorded from the first three tows of each day; since 1991, lengths have been
recorded from every tow.
Spring
length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
1990
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1991
0
2
3
2
5
3
5
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
2
0
0
0
29
1992
0
0
0
0
10
4
0
4
15
27
65
11
2
0
4
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
147
1993
0
2
2
3
7
9
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
1994
0
7
76
114
74
41
9
13
5
3
8
9
3
2
1
1
3
3
0
1
0
0
373
1995
1
2
20
11
9
9
5
5
3
4
3
1
0
4
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
83
1996
0
0
4
5
19
10
3
2
1
7
7
10
4
3
0
3
4
3
2
1
0
2
90
length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Total
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
77
24
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
140
1990
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
1992
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
11
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
1993
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
8
24
18
20
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
76
1994
0
0
0
0
0
1
13
227
225
247
94
14
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
827
1995
1
0
5
33
21
3
4
14
48
40
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
172
1996
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
1997
0
0
0
21
45
258
4
0
1
0
0
4
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
338
1998
2
2
5
15
45
48
16
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
140
1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
2000
0
4
10
14
18
28
18
12
3
2
1
3
5
0
2
1
3
5
3
1
1
2
136
2001
0
1
7
5
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
10
15
3
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
52
2002
0
0
12
9
9
6
3
1
0
4
1
7
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
56
2003
0
3
7
23
26
11
4
1
0
0
4
4
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
89
2004
0
2
9
23
47
39
20
12
0
0
4
4
3
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
0
173
2005
0
1
8
14
6
10
12
3
7
8
13
11
1
2
5
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
104
1998
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
18
28
16
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
72
1999
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
8
2000
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
36
117
52
10
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
227
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
2003
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
2004
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
15
17
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
42
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
8
Fall
1997
0
1
2
2
2
8
3
12
117
111
34
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
292
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Table 2.28. Bluefish length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.
Lengths were recorded from every tow.
Spring
length 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
6
0
1
0
2
0
27
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
6
0
1
0
1
0
29
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
31
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
39
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
4
6
5
0
7
41
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
26
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
3
1
9
13
7
1
2
43
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
17
4
0
0
1
2
0
3
2
0
5
6
3
0
1
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
0
1
0
47
0
0
3
2
3
0
0
4
5
3
0
0
0
0
1
6
1
2
3
1
1
1
49
0
0
2
1
5
2
1
7
12
2
0
0
4
10
3
6
1
1
9
4
6
1
51
0
0
4
3
6
1
0
6
7
1
2
0
2
6
2
6
2
2
6
3
3
2
53
0
0
4
1
11
0
1
4
0
1
1
0
3
2
1
3
1
1
6
1
1
2
55
0
0
3
2
8
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
3
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
57
0
1
0
0
6
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
4
1
2
59
0
0
3
0
2
2
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
61
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
4
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
63
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
65
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
69
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
71
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
75
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
77
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
81
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
83
Total
0
1
35
13
43
13
17 146
42
13
12
6
16
38
23
51
26
29
56
36
18
25
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Table 2. 29. Bluefish length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.
Fall
length
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
Total
1984
1
2
38
1,308
2,559
1,797
426
246
68
19
2
0
0
0
0
4
25
64
32
6
13
21
25
31
20
13
4
6
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
6,737
1985
2
11
18
148
1,789
2,067
554
96
21
24
5
2
0
0
0
8
66
133
63
14
11
55
58
44
25
9
5
20
13
12
11
7
1
2
1
3
2
1
0
5,301
1986
0
0
20
65
514
932
386
169
86
15
0
0
0
0
0
1
35
118
101
20
63
52
43
21
9
4
15
5
11
11
11
8
13
3
5
1
2
0
0
2,739
1987
0
5
95
430
982
546
118
19
9
5
0
0
1
2
4
16
56
84
41
21
9
11
14
14
25
30
11
9
5
6
3
10
4
8
3
1
1
0
0
2,598
1988
0
3
116
603
334
779
780
532
193
18
1
0
0
0
1
2
6
23
31
32
25
19
16
18
8
1
12
8
15
12
14
17
7
7
9
3
1
0
0
3,646
1989
0
0
78
743
1,500
2,342
2,436
903
198
18
5
0
0
0
0
1
10
72
101
34
19
21
19
32
21
12
7
4
4
2
4
10
19
7
5
4
3
1
0
8,635
1990
0
3
75
107
508
1,183
1,222
507
150
62
9
0
1
6
17
41
145
245
156
25
25
17
36
16
5
1
3
5
9
13
12
12
15
16
13
10
1
2
0
4,673
1991
2
51
315
540
443
1,086
1,164
627
398
212
32
1
0
0
0
1
19
130
229
137
69
88
73
21
5
3
6
6
6
1
1
9
5
5
8
6
2
0
0
5,701
1992
33
325
474
392
497
1,060
838
263
28
1
0
0
0
0
3
21
118
169
77
35
72
179
210
162
90
54
29
10
11
12
3
4
11
15
17
6
4
1
0
5,224
1993
1994
0
1
5
82
82 1,450
603 5,722
432 3,786
698 1,862
2,445 1,041
1,174
803
214
469
66
265
10
62
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
4
30
19
116
42
125
79
32
74
7
81
9
50
13
26
42
11
56
33
32
69
11
108
20
54
20
30
39
16
49
2
35
1
17
11
7
8
5
4
8
6
2
0
4
0
1
6,457 16,234
1995
0
1
162
825
216
641
1,897
934
202
14
3
0
0
2
22
92
192
125
37
10
19
20
21
25
6
3
1
4
5
7
5
4
5
4
4
3
1
1
1
5,514
Job 2 Page 131
1996
1997
0
3
0
148
7 2,946
65 4,163
602
870
3,323 1,005
1,845
769
487
332
32
154
7
25
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
52
18
110
22
52
23
20
61
6
74
27
38
16
17
10
10
5
10
8
8
10
8
10
2
5
1
2
3
4
2
1
3
1
1
5
7
3
8
6
0
1
2
0
0
0
6,688 10,776
1998
13
429
1,774
3,566
1,267
287
211
199
216
370
167
7
0
1
1
2
28
46
28
30
29
33
23
9
9
2
6
5
10
7
5
2
1
1
4
1
0
0
0
8,789
1999
4
293
1,205
654
637
863
435
913
1,096
1,032
476
53
1
0
0
1
7
15
11
1
7
9
7
10
4
10
12
3
3
3
3
6
7
0
5
1
1
1
0
7,789
2000
0
2
64
210
410
370
1,200
2,246
840
337
9
0
0
0
0
2
31
129
73
16
9
14
32
40
16
3
6
11
6
11
7
3
8
2
1
0
1
1
0
6,110
2001
1
40
302
259
458
1,247
670
391
161
76
18
5
0
0
0
15
52
90
31
15
15
25
26
12
5
4
8
10
3
2
5
5
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
3,957
2002
1
9
153
399
342
106
149
617
723
355
50
1
1
3
13
27
67
152
86
10
8
14
13
18
12
12
9
3
6
5
6
7
7
4
1
3
1
0
0
3,393
2003
0
8
103
110
44
661
1,487
1,011
104
2
0
0
0
0
1
6
20
15
13
6
14
19
18
7
6
8
4
5
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
3,682
2004
0
18
1,072
1,168
428
274
556
677
550
339
53
10
2
14
79
188
428
212
33
15
27
47
59
22
31
48
40
17
21
22
9
12
6
6
1
3
0
1
0
6,488
2005
0
77
729
950
390
619
1,527
1,188
429
178
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
43
57
38
35
57
22
8
14
15
12
27
14
11
10
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
6,506
Table 2.30. Butterfish length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, fall, 1986-1990, 1992–2005.
Length frequencies of butterfish taken from the first three tows of each day.
Fall
length
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Total
1986
0
0
0
0
0
12
117
277
1,143
919
623
409
259
95
106
184
48
30
4
18
0
0
0
0
4,244
1987
1
0
2
3
10
146
1,093
2,236
2,017
1,204
1,041
2,477
1,946
1,334
387
124
59
10
8
2
0
0
0
8
14,108
1988
0
0
87
1,141
5,778
5,728
4,844
5,489
1,068
477
51
204
172
196
197
228
115
19
2
0
0
0
0
0
25,796
1989
0
0
0
23
144
678
1,425
3,196
4,927
1,661
216
45
144
139
210
117
102
27
26
0
2
0
0
0
13,082
1990
0
0
0
3
62
173
471
2,515
5,886
2,781
827
212
52
234
415
133
83
91
8
0
0
0
0
0
13,946
1992
0
0
0
475
2,429
13,780
22,246
22,133
6,614
634
65
94
50
101
177
130
347
16
8
1
0
0
0
0
69,300
1993
0
0
20
436
3,144
4,344
5,983
7,781
4,001
871
360
2,400
1,721
797
390
124
54
19
3
8
8
0
0
0
32,464
1994
0
0
1
16
197
1,701
7,653
17,663
8,178
2,414
1,951
2,610
1,238
679
41
144
110
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
44,599
1995
0
3
8
268
426
5,055
11,919
12,110
3,765
832
346
131
273
597
951
853
429
68
0
0
0
0
0
0
38,034
1996
0
0
2
180
601
1,540
3,292
5,856
6,674
5,493
2,344
976
2,072
2,104
1,196
392
59
34
11
0
0
0
0
0
32,826
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1997
0
0
2
33
461
1,614
5,449
11,122
10,645
6,050
2,849
818
289
197
238
335
407
211
20
10
0
0
0
0
40,750
1998
1999
0
0
0
2
1
3
20
13
317
250
920
3,755
4,070 24,915
14,691 53,739
29,516 31,244
23,892
8,496
7,162
2,009
675
1,156
498
481
272
212
388
92
574
158
168
80
263
62
14
7
62
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
83,503 126,680
2000
0
0
0
72
334
2,709
8,904
16,392
13,110
3,528
915
306
93
30
151
392
198
106
4
1
0
0
0
0
47,245
2001
0
0
16
69
409
1,405
3,196
4,444
6,002
2,997
2,004
1,714
2,307
2,026
1,521
391
310
199
155
31
0
0
0
0
29,196
2002
0
0
15
53
616
1,842
7,453
14,401
14,408
5,682
430
264
247
190
85
152
266
206
94
15
14
0
0
0
46,433
2003
0
0
0
52
685
4,972
5,630
3,067
832
294
639
570
231
95
156
66
8
0
13
1
1
0
0
0
17,312
2004
0
2
7
29
710
9,342
18,524
13,237
13,284
4,193
982
218
350
420
320
208
89
29
16
1
1
0
0
0
61,962
2005
0
0
0
260
658
2991
14062
18276
16897
8203
2391
1265
212
188
203
137
177
44
11
4
1
0
0
0
65,980
Table 2.31. Fourspot flounder length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1989, 1990,
1996-2005.
Spring
length
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
Total
1989
2
5
21
19
17
11
56
103
120
89
51
8
2
0
0
0
0
504
1990
0
2
8
19
42
341
528
225
139
60
27
33
12
4
0
0
0
1,440
1996
0
0
1
8
31
198
279
208
193
117
54
15
6
3
0
0
0
1,113
1997
0
0
3
16
60
161
353
456
392
192
76
22
3
0
0
0
0
1,734
1998
0
5
8
14
13
16
105
209
233
137
60
16
4
2
0
0
0
822
1999
1
5
12
61
28
32
72
97
81
66
60
25
7
1
0
0
0
548
length
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
Total
1989
0
0
5
9
10
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
1990
0
1
0
4
15
17
0
0
0
2
3
7
3
1
0
0
0
0
53
1996
0
0
0
2
5
35
42
22
0
9
42
41
24
20
6
4
0
0
252
1997
0
1
23
46
68
55
16
0
2
2
7
10
5
3
1
0
0
0
239
1998
0
4
19
27
22
21
3
0
2
5
16
22
22
6
1
1
0
0
171
1999
0
0
0
5
24
42
16
4
3
0
5
4
5
3
1
0
0
0
112
2000
0
0
1
22
26
239
422
256
201
139
81
39
12
1
0
0
0
1,439
2001
1
0
2
5
4
42
181
300
245
153
45
11
8
2
0
0
0
999
2002
0
3
17
89
99
33
84
199
191
175
89
26
7
3
0
0
0
1,015
2003
0
0
2
8
6
8
124
228
187
163
88
47
12
6
0
0
0
879
2004
0
3
13
8
4
4
26
82
129
178
113
35
5
2
0
0
0
602
2005
0
0
0
0
1
14
71
75
64
68
52
31
11
3
2
1
1
394
2000
0
0
2
4
6
5
1
1
2
17
58
77
54
25
7
5
2
0
266
2001
1
1
2
17
25
15
0
0
0
1
3
5
10
1
1
0
1
0
83
2002
0
0
0
5
3
9
3
1
2
5
7
13
18
18
13
6
3
0
106
2003
0
0
4
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
7
11
4
7
5
0
0
46
2004
0
1
1
12
9
13
1
0
1
0
4
6
13
30
19
6
2
0
118
2005
0
0
0
4
9
17
26
2
0
0
1
5
5
6
2
7
0
1
85
Fall
Job 2 Page 133
Table 2.32. Hickory shad length frequencies, spring and fall, 1 cm intervals, 1991-2005.
Hickory shad were measured from every tow, with the exception of one fish in each of fall 1996, fall 1997, and fall
1998.
Spring
length
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Total
1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1992
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1993
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1994
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1995
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1996
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
1997
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
length
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Total
1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1992
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
10
1993
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
1994
0
0
0
0
3
1
6
8
3
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
1995
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1996
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
3
0
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
1997
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
1998
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
4
5
2
6
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
1999
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
6
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
2000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
5
4
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
2001
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
10
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
4
5
5
2
2
3
1
4
4
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
40
2003
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
2
3
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
2004
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
2005
1
1
1
1
5
4
3
1
0
1
1
6
18
14
5
6
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
75
1999
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
5
2
0
0
2
7
2
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
32
2000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
2
4
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
16
2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
2003
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
2004
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
2
0
2
0
18
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
1
2
8
15
12
5
5
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
60
Fall
1998
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
Job 2 Page 134
Table 2.33. Long-finned squid length frequencies, spring and fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1986-1990, 1992-2005.
Length frequencies of squid taken from the first three tows of each day.
Spring
length
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
Total
1986
0
0
2
5
3
43
45
21
59
52
26
19
13
4
8
0
1
2
0
0
303
1987
0
1
8
13
32
335
611
822
569
542
398
369
439
219
199
86
38
38
1
0
4,720
1988
0
38
113
71
129
354
594
522
445
245
145
98
78
29
38
14
0
4
0
0
2,917
1989
0
0
0
2
5
18
84
191
187
91
82
63
85
40
23
13
0
5
0
5
894
1990
0
1
0
3
13
35
126
289
272
157
107
111
85
81
36
15
11
6
0
0
1,348
1992
0
10
25
40
45
129
178
120
89
97
68
20
35
27
7
10
2
1
0
0
903
1993
0
73
196
90
107
296
372
507
345
170
72
44
48
34
9
7
2
0
0
0
2,372
1994
0
168
225
146
211
257
188
147
52
31
23
16
9
5
3
1
2
0
0
0
1,484
1995
1
135
354
311
615
624
278
178
119
95
26
17
40
7
12
5
8
0
0
0
2,825
length
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
Total
1986
0
0
16
151
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
180
1987
157
1,212
1,835
1,346
813
247
108
19
2
28
2
1
5,770
1988
59
1,039
1,886
479
126
45
20
11
23
0
0
0
3,688
1989
113
1,211
1,124
391
128
72
34
22
6
8
6
3
3,118
1990
74
1,108
1,305
349
82
41
9
6
1
1
1
0
2,977
1992
316
4,413
10,225
4,704
1,630
526
58
0
0
0
0
0
21,872
1993
914
5,838
8,690
6,725
2,950
1,145
463
127
22
2
2
1
26,879
1994
89
1,809
3,954
4,711
3,662
1,259
510
174
43
10
12
0
16,233
1995
181
1,682
4,150
4,205
2,445
546
187
48
2
0
0
0
13,446
1996
5
62
57
74
130
172
158
85
68
34
16
9
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
880
1997
1
46
90
86
121
223
393
340
188
117
106
94
43
11
14
5
4
0
0
0
1,882
1998
18
426
769
449
201
84
31
19
15
10
11
3
5
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
2,045
1999
4
42
38
61
129
194
193
110
61
38
21
26
7
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
933
2000
11
68
50
36
57
203
196
135
90
59
37
24
19
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
990
2001
0
17
39
68
126
177
91
65
42
38
20
19
9
7
2
1
2
0
0
0
723
2002
7
92
64
55
89
147
148
93
34
33
15
8
7
5
8
4
1
1
0
0
811
2003
0
27
15
37
57
141
137
83
38
29
26
21
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
622
2004
6
121
153
75
143
519
862
827
343
260
164
104
45
20
14
1
0
0
0
0
3,657
2005
0
12
24
13
39
197
442
407
198
135
89
64
37
12
2
1
0
0
0
0
1,672
1997
130
1,582
2,446
1,504
736
279
75
28
10
1
0
0
6,791
1998
135
2,530
6,150
4,932
1,891
696
302
113
17
1
1
0
16,768
1999
133
1,577
4,172
3,637
2,112
700
369
231
117
45
21
1
13,115
2000
55
1,598
4,046
2,878
1,251
627
332
174
42
12
0
1
11,016
2001
36
893
1,919
1,455
792
285
134
40
5
3
0
0
5,562
2002
90
956
2,260
1,417
569
232
65
16
4
1
0
0
5,610
2003
90
3,111
5,752
3,670
1,076
60
3
0
0
0
0
0
13,762
2004
171
2,450
5,464
2,694
1,018
240
151
44
9
4
0
0
12,245
2005
101
2,302
4,889
3,289
1,511
501
108
55
3
2
2
0
12,763
Fall
1996
82
1,968
4,620
4,078
1,962
876
243
62
7
0
6
0
13,904
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Table 2.34. Scup spring length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005.
Spring
length
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Total
1984
0
0
4
8
10
5
2
0
2
9
37
22
28
11
3
7
6
4
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
166
1985
0
0
30
138
362
194
51
7
4
47
91
204
130
71
15
7
22
38
28
11
3
12
14
11
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1,497
1986
0
0
50
377
724
427
122
64
4
26
91
208
182
131
36
6
103
124
77
73
35
4
6
3
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2,877
1987
0
6
33
46
38
9
4
2
11
65
119
174
100
33
15
4
3
5
2
2
3
5
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
684
1988
0
3
46
160
144
31
9
0
4
19
40
34
16
25
44
49
33
14
4
3
1
4
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
689
1989
0
84
1,049
2,523
2,075
312
87
72
137
121
105
95
50
33
13
7
12
9
5
3
4
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,801
1990
0
0
11
270
493
280
56
22
40
202
310
231
121
30
26
18
12
6
7
3
1
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,143
1991
0
12
80
514
1,365
576
122
0
3
8
63
182
347
256
223
292
225
103
33
15
5
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,430
1992
0
0
9
49
67
57
18
11
3
4
49
135
258
136
65
11
10
21
15
10
4
6
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
942
1993
0
0
0
3
4
3
4
5
77
217
339
286
159
35
27
17
25
14
8
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1,232
1994
0
0
11
48
92
67
23
2
7
48
142
194
203
99
95
56
44
23
10
8
6
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,183
1995
0
11
408
1,202
1,437
809
108
20
3
6
11
28
30
22
19
17
19
24
15
5
8
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,204
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1996
0
0
152
537
1,055
826
397
29
3
61
264
545
390
153
34
10
1
8
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,474
1997
0
0
10
145
311
151
36
25
11
49
123
216
136
81
62
96
86
46
20
5
3
3
0
3
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1,624
1998
0
10
163
1,381
1,617
712
359
154
66
24
57
89
66
21
11
8
17
18
12
10
7
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,806
1999 2000
2001 2002
0
0
1
0
24
61
0
16
128
976
98
400
355 5,293
405 2,303
313 10,571
645 3,389
131 8,815
586 1,706
51 4,041
265
722
16 1,043
104
498
1
201
220
247
13
48 1,349 1,035
75
229 4,517 2,943
161 1,034 8,611 4,097
172 1,451 6,452 3,619
130 1,106 1,840 3,679
78
513
518 6,253
29
173
292 8,129
25
240
755 5,618
26
282
833 2,385
13
199
278 1,292
10
154
132 1,266
7
50
93
491
2
13
88
282
6
19
36
147
0
8
8
71
1
6
3
35
3
3
2
10
0
4
2
11
0
3
1
4
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1,771 36,537 28,134 50,654
2003
0
0
0
4
19
33
25
7
7
121
415
733
720
390
427
660
931
977
1,025
741
363
201
81
33
23
11
4
2
0
1
1
0
0
7,955
2004
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
42
327
485
403
261
381
584
1,077
982
745
844
1,215
1,200
730
331
116
37
28
11
8
1
1
1
1
0
9,817
2005
0
4
77
169
136
62
19
8
56
129
129
140
114
29
42
111
174
161
216
332
353
379
332
171
101
41
16
1
2
1
0
1
0
3,506
Table 2.35. Scup fall length frequencies, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005.
Fall
length
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Total
1984
1985
0
8
1
61
16
90
295
249
627
588
345 1,827
719 2,637
262 2,025
8 1,064
0
9
14
59
30
265
86
339
91
473
46
299
27
170
8
44
21
15
47
8
59
38
75
77
93
64
46
49
38
53
38
64
31
18
9
21
8
16
7
7
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3,050 10,641
1986
0
0
313
626
753
507
210
84
19
4
41
322
603
452
361
188
55
36
44
116
133
84
38
13
9
12
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
5,030
1987
0
0
213
1,193
491
499
434
77
12
22
144
288
277
149
61
29
20
52
87
88
61
33
27
28
36
11
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
4,344
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
17
1
3
14
196
0
6
103
128
57
120
483
28
312
625
612
340 1,805 1,516
554
931
1,782 1,367
640 4,923 1,554 4,383 5,217
2,264 1,765 2,152 11,168 2,595 9,063 11,585
2,050 1,500 3,806 13,883
936 9,169 13,327
656
798 2,728 5,539
250 5,754 4,712
81
95
601 1,191
78
814
432
17
124
28
88
40
12
46
53
670
51
2
304
13
4
274 1,449
13
46
860
70
22
649 1,102
171
305 1,393
176
68
313
487
373
910
942
251
117
111
213
362
683
465
168
103
81
87
415
242
110
70
87
85
42
309
39
28
56
57
93
43
266
13
145
95
34
87
34
424
56
254
111
41
96
34
333
64
265
88
56
18
14
101
86
181
44
38
17
9
34
98
27
16
33
4
6
21
47
23
12
17
10
3
10
19
17
10
11
7
1
2
13
22
10
7
3
1
3
6
13
7
6
0
0
1
1
6
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9,496 10,592 13,249 41,363 12,705 30,983 37,272
1995
1996
0
0
0
0
1
13
41
185
219
788
602 2,048
1,867 3,502
1,916 2,667
606
525
103
31
46
39
403
161
1,283
459
1,478
491
869
299
262
111
47
51
18
75
9
70
4
58
4
23
3
7
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9,782 11,609
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1997
1998
0
0
18
4
70
224
338 1,246
1,020 2,354
1,318 4,330
1,479 4,515
1,184 3,126
499
728
191
94
44
56
130
180
517
504
588
738
289
446
101
193
21
72
32
33
34
33
39
27
17
16
10
7
12
5
4
2
1
2
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7,957 18,939
1999
2000
2001
2002
0
0
0
1
1
1
28
117
21
168
317
603
1,041
991 1,891 2,132
4,570 4,228 5,003 5,571
9,886 7,464 7,327 9,315
18,224 9,302 5,369 10,102
29,863 6,831 2,837 6,754
20,073 1,806
888 2,020
6,931
467
312
488
1,190
428
229
197
198 2,744
309
276
459 6,889
690
854
742 10,695
762 1,403
1,583 7,208
593 1,642
1,548 3,508
225 1,370
1,196
771
294
733
436
396
769
621
289
337
967
797
460
216
655 1,214
329
189
328 1,185
173
124
195 1,071
66
49
96
769
13
35
55
271
19
42
27
184
4
20
11
67
2
13
14
32
0
3
4
22
1
2
3
14
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
99,319 64,927 30,198 49,829
2003
2004
2005
0
2
13
19
143
363
214 1,302
850
573 4,723 4,122
1,589 8,721 9,683
701 10,637 11,328
205 10,751 8,808
33 5,987 5,295
3 1,896 1,973
6
344
734
87
77
680
249
159 1,158
325
268
784
201
130
555
92
75
359
43
37
261
175
78
234
586
189
308
693
339
194
500
447
147
315
544
88
506
744
104
726 1,072
146
720
878
173
558
790
212
261
731
214
101
433
174
75
122
101
23
45
46
14
25
18
5
10
3
3
2
5
1
1
0
0
4
0
9,602 51,706 49,133
Table 2.36. Striped bass spring length frequencies, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984–2005.
All striped bass taken in the Survey were measured, with the exception of one fish taken in 1984, one in 1988, and two in
1990.
Spring
length 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
1
3
0
8
0
0
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
9
0
0
11
1
8
1
22
0
0
23
23
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
2
0
0
0
18
0
2
28
1
18
7
32
4
2
57
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
2
0
2
28
2
5
30
2
24
15
38
4
1
67
27
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
2
0
1
1
24
4
12
21
14
28
16
27
11
4
50
29
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
2
1
2
2
12
4
14
20
10
29
5
17
7
5
19
31
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
1
0
3
7
8
5
20
24
7
6
12
10
10
6
33
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
1
1
0
8
20
2
19
16
3
4
7
7
13
7
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
8
26
25
25
15
2
11
12
11
11
4
37
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
19
42
23
13
2
14
14
7
4
7
39
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
3
1
3
4
17
30
25
19
6
7
20
3
2
20
41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
5
1
0
7
16
17
11
3
2
17
5
1
13
43
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
2
2
3
12
6
19
9
4
1
17
2
3
12
45
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
6
0
7
10
15
10
5
6
9
3
2
17
47
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
3
4
1
5
13
14
6
4
3
8
5
6
17
49
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
3
4
2
7
7
12
6
4
3
9
7
1
4
51
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
5
4
2
7
4
8
11
5
2
5
6
6
9
53
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
2
2
5
3
13
13
7
3
8
9
3
7
55
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
8
1
2
3
6
21
4
5
9
9
6
13
57
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
4
2
2
2
7
7
22
4
5
10
11
4
5
59
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
5
2
3
3
2
26
4
10
17
7
6
6
61
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
5
1
0
2
3
2
21
8
13
6
9
7
7
63
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
3
5
10
15
10
4
13
9
4
8
65
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
4
6
10
9
6
19
14
6
4
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
3
3
1
3
1
10
3
13
15
10
5
7
69
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
1
10
5
6
6
5
3
9
71
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
7
6
2
5
8
5
12
10
2
6
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
6
1
2
4
10
5
5
75
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
5
2
0
6
1
77
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
2
3
0
1
2
1
7
1
1
4
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
4
0
2
4
81
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
0
1
83
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
0
1
85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
2
0
87
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
89
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
91
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
93
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
95
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
97
Total
0
0
0
8
7
11
43
32
34
59
65 151 184 239 361 335 229 184 413 208 135 422
Job 2 Page 138
Table 2.37. Striped bass fall length frequencies, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984–2005.
All striped bass taken in the Survey were measured on each tow.
Fall
length
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
97
99
101
Total
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
19
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
18
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
11
0
0
1
1
18
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
9
9
2
9
1
0
0
0
14
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
8
4
1
9
0
0
3
0
29
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
5
14
7
5
5
0
3
0
27
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
10
5
5
2
0
4
1
26
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
5
0
2
3
11
5
5
5
2
7
1
11
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
3
0
8
0
2
0
13
6
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
3
1
2
4
2
2
0
12
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
2
3
6
7
3
1
9
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
4
6
5
3
0
7
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
6
1
6
0
8
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
4
3
4
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
3
3
5
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
0
2
3
1
2
2
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
4
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
10
0
0
6
8
22
16
15
48
80
37
62
64
28
56
8 243
47
Job 2 Page 139
Table 2.38. Summer flounder length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984–2005.
All summer flounder taken in the Survey were measured, with the exception of one fish in 1990.
Spring
length 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
17
0
0
0
36
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
19
0
0
11
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
3
0
0
21
0
0
10
31
1
0
1
3
2
0
9
1
2
2
0
0
0
6
1
13
1
2
23
1
0
22
33
2
0
2
6
1
9
20
1
2
10
1
2
6
5
2
27
3
3
25
8
0
43
25
20
0
7
12
6
22
32
3
11
10
2
14
7
26
13
79
8
14
27
7
0
39
6
18
0
15
17
14
15
10
9
45
22
5
32
21
60
50 135
25
10
29
9
1
17
3
18
0
19
23
12
12
19
12
44
27
4
42
23
53
89 104
14
19
31
0
7
13
5
12
1
12
9
8
7
22
2
14
25
7
22
28
16
57
54
18
15
33
2
8
4
2
13
3
1
5
6
7
16
2
12
11
11
22
22
10
41
49
13
12
35
1
3
4
5
8
2
1
6
2
6
20
1
10
20
28
26
34
20
57
75
34
8
37
3
3
3
4
5
1
2
5
2
7
7
0
12
16
38
18
36
12
61
71
51
9
39
1
3
7
1
8
2
1
6
5
4
6
3
5
10
35
14
33
19
51
77
49
13
41
0
1
3
0
2
2
0
0
2
4
6
7
6
6
22
16
22
24
28
58
48
10
43
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
8
4
0
4
0
5
4
15
11
29
16
21
33
18
5
45
0
0
3
3
3
1
1
4
2
1
3
0
1
6
9
10
18
14
20
43
28
12
47
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
2
1
0
2
1
3
2
12
17
7
10
14
32
26
6
49
0
0
5
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
3
15
9
8
12
19
19
13
8
51
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
5
5
9
5
8
10
21
16
6
53
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
3
2
6
8
8
8
14
10
13
5
55
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
4
5
8
12
9
3
2
57
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
3
3
8
8
2
6
12
8
4
59
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
3
4
4
6
5
5
3
61
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
7
10
9
0
63
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
2
8
2
1
65
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
5
4
0
67
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
4
2
0
69
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
3
4
71
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
75
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
77
Total
33
32 189 203 118
18
67 109
72 101 188
51 186 188 230 289 334 342 588 962 416 172
Job 2 Page 140
Table 2.39. Summer flounder length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984–2005.
All summer flounder taken in the Survey were measured, with the exception of two fish in 1985.
Fall
length
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
Total
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
7
0
3
2
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
5
0
5
0
0
6
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
11
1
17
0
5
2
0
2
2
7
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
19
0
10
1
0
3
6
9
3
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
3
0
4
2
14
13
0
5
5
10
0
10
30
10
0
3
3
3
8
8
8
12
17
1
16
3
28
14
3
6
33
22
4
33
35
20
0
10
11
14
29
7
13
33
37
11
18
8 104
70
15
3
55
21
17
44
28
41
0
14
21
19
31
10
6
33
44
10
39
23 109 106
29
6
37
20
10
35
21
37
0
11
28
15
29
25
6
38
72
17
50
33
81 158
28
18
32
16
11
26
16
36
1
18
30
12
37
10
16
49
54
21
52
31
61 119
16
21
57
11
24
26
5
21
1
18
13
13
16
4
9
23
27
34
43
31
28
61
22
25
30
3
16
9
3
18
1
15
13
9
6
5
2
15
10
32
22
13
16
77
21
32
25
2
11
6
6
8
3
3
5
6
11
7
2
13
11
36
8
8
15
35
18
29
15
3
12
1
2
3
3
3
3
8
3
7
1
8
7
15
4
18
23
24
10
26
15
3
1
4
1
1
2
0
8
4
6
0
3
8
4
9
7
11
20
14
8
9
7
1
1
2
2
1
4
1
7
4
3
1
0
3
5
7
12
7
8
5
5
7
8
1
2
1
2
1
0
2
4
2
1
0
2
0
3
4
3
5
9
1
2
4
3
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
5
10
2
4
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
2
1
6
3
4
7
4
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
117 141 225 171 203
16 102 153 114 194
93
70 248 299 206 293 220 531 770 189 228 331
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Table 2.40. Tautog length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.
All tautog taken in the Survey were measured.
Spring
length 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
1
1
1
0
4
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
3
0
0
2
4
13
0
0
2
3
1
8
10
1
3
3
4
0
1
3
0
0
6
4
1
0
1
1
15
2
1
2
6
3
6
14
4
3
1
4
0
3
5
0
0
5
3
3
1
1
3
17
4
2
2
6
8
14
25
13
6
5
2
1
2
5
1
3
4
8
4
2
0
0
19
8
3
7
2
8
14
27
11
3
6
4
1
0
7
1
3
4
5
5
1
2
3
21
9
5
6
5
12
23
28
20
4
4
6
2
0
7
4
1
6
13
5
1
1
5
23
11
9
5
5
8
15
15
8
4
4
7
2
2
7
3
3
5
11
12
3
3
4
25
11
7
15
3
4
13
20
12
1
4
4
1
1
5
8
3
8
8
11
3
4
1
27
10
16
8
5
7
18
16
8
6
6
16
2
2
5
2
2
7
4
9
4
5
8
29
15
7
15
5
10
20
22
7
2
6
5
1
2
9
3
1
3
9
21
6
10
3
31
14
7
13
14
8
12
13
13
5
1
6
1
5
11
9
9
8
9
31
18
12
8
33
14
11
18
7
15
16
15
16
9
0
5
0
6
13
6
6
9
10
28
9
7
2
35
15
10
39
26
25
19
13
18
4
3
9
2
5
8
5
9
20
20
40
19
21
14
37
17
15
35
18
20
19
21
25
13
5
12
3
11
6
8
10
19
17
47
14
26
13
39
19
14
65
20
25
38
19
27
14
4
12
4
13
5
16
7
28
27
55
15
20
18
41
23
23
50
19
38
45
18
25
16
10
12
2
11
15
13
19
27
29
48
24
21
11
43
36
27
53
23
34
52
49
31
21
11
15
2
7
12
17
17
28
23
71
16
30
10
45
31
18
59
21
40
53
34
40
25
8
18
4
8
11
10
12
17
20
47
18
9
14
47
31
24
37
17
41
60
38
38
15
11
13
1
5
10
10
11
10
15
29
7
9
15
49
22
17
31
10
35
39
38
29
20
9
13
3
8
3
14
9
7
17
18
8
11
8
51
18
12
16
10
25
27
37
16
16
8
9
1
6
7
9
3
6
9
16
4
2
2
53
12
3
11
11
23
21
24
16
13
8
6
3
8
7
7
4
8
5
10
2
5
2
55
4
0
18
10
8
14
16
13
10
4
2
3
4
3
4
4
7
2
4
4
1
1
57
7
3
3
5
6
11
8
7
7
4
4
0
1
1
0
2
2
3
5
1
1
0
59
3
2
1
2
5
4
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
61
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
63
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
65
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
67
Total
336 236 513 257 412 566 528 407 227 129 189
40 113 168 151 139 245 277 523 181 208 150
Job 2 Page 142
Table 2.41. Weakfish length frequencies, spring, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.
Weakfish were measured from every tow.
Spring
length 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
9
3
23
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
1
2
3
4
1
2
9
10
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
3
5
3
5
4
1
2
13
3
0
3
27
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
3
3
7
12
12
16
5
1
20
0
0
2
22
29
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
3
3
3
7
15
21
21
8
5
9
1
0
2
20
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
3
2
1
5
19
10
10
1
5
0
0
0
11
33
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
13
0
0
0
0
4
11
4
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
37
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
41
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
47
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
49
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
51
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
53
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
55
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
57
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
59
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
61
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
2
0
0
1
0
0
63
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
65
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
0
1
69
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
71
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
73
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
75
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
77
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
81
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
83
Total
1
0
9
2
6
5
9
51
18
11
13
28
43
81
92
85
29
59
28
5
28
96
Job 2 Page 143
Table 2.42. Weakfish length frequencies, fall, 2 cm intervals (midpoint given), 1984-2005.
Weakfish were measured from every tow, with the exceptions of 968 juveniles in 1988 and 863 juveniles in 1989 that were not measured.
Fall
length
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
Total
1984
0
0
0
15
24
69
54
17
5
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
5
3
4
5
7
3
0
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
7
10
5
2
3
0
1
1
0
0
259
1985
2
0
3
70
168
187
474
1,196
379
92
14
13
14
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
4
6
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
3
5
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
2,650
1986
0
0
51
448
1,625
2,191
894
107
50
4
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
4
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
5,415
1987
0
0
0
15
84
98
22
3
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
3
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
246
1988
0
2
13
37
63
60
31
17
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
234
1989
0
1
46
247
566
1,152
1,699
750
162
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4,628
1990
0
0
2
39
130
207
519
629
312
57
6
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,911
1991
0
0
0
11
423
522
831
949
741
347
267
65
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
9
9
20
22
26
19
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,270
1992
0
0
48
218
233
289
292
120
35
22
9
2
2
0
0
2
1
2
8
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,299
1993
0
1
22
76
222
340
550
503
235
63
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
8
8
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,047
1994
0
0
16
127
413
1,586
2,561
2,538
665
146
71
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
4
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8,141
1995
0
2
34
74
33
137
566
957
748
141
11
3
0
0
0
3
6
13
16
23
38
27
9
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,850
Job 2 Page 144
1996
0
0
34
110
366
713
1,529
2,084
1,165
187
8
0
0
0
1
3
12
19
21
41
18
11
6
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,332
1997
0
3
92
431
749
598
214
356
651
417
106
5
0
0
1
0
8
18
31
37
43
28
15
10
2
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,823
1998
1999 2000
2001 2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
13
0
0
0 1,065
89
2
27
53 5,951 1,054
253
110
976 7,488 3,672 1,009
589 1,748 3,650 4,135 2,455
788 2,802 1,641 2,124 3,740
1,160 2,889 1,821
764 1,875
497 2,007 1,169
366
851
104 1,147
565
250
345
50
357
100
84
94
0
234
22
5
13
0
38
0
2
13
0
4
0
0
11
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
3
1
12
0
1
10
0
9
3
1
10
3
13
7
3
13
5
9
18
3
11
14
6
24
3
10
15
1
22
1
8
8
0
34
1
2
9
1
8
0
1
5
0
5
4
1
0
0
2
0
2
3
0
2
1
2
4
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
5
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,404 12,331 23,561 12,683 10,686
2003 2004
0
0
6
0
357
30
1,026 1,263
1,186 4,329
1,108 5,940
1,153 3,909
590 1,168
132
471
29
235
0
74
0
31
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
4
0
1
1
4
0
6
0
1
0
6
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,592 17,478
2005
0
0
8
11
197
1,246
2,538
2,739
1,798
413
89
26
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
6
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9,092
Table 2.43. Windowpane flounder length frequencies, spring, 1 cm intervals, 1989, 1990, 1994-2005.
Spring
length
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
Total
1989
0
4
0
0
0
0
25
69
89
337
430
414
305
174
78
65
174
216
299
319
270
177
189
138
148
78
99
50
8
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,171
1990
0
0
0
0
2
40
66
96
74
53
66
124
180
212
178
132
144
116
143
108
103
87
103
79
38
26
35
20
15
3
5
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,256
1994
1
0
0
0
4
16
67
169
305
362
232
152
126
209
372
357
289
217
139
163
147
183
184
138
70
68
42
25
13
2
5
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,064
1995
0
0
0
0
1
3
12
86
148
259
189
180
89
70
99
139
143
85
82
57
54
54
70
56
44
24
27
12
4
9
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
2,001
1996
0
0
0
1
3
2
34
79
162
288
381
487
310
331
339
548
604
567
401
409
280
236
235
187
117
97
66
31
25
5
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
6,234
1997
0
0
2
4
5
9
15
37
76
136
309
362
606
754
588
440
366
429
438
368
323
231
191
222
145
98
75
23
12
8
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,274
1998
0
0
0
2
4
5
7
19
60
131
200
211
177
130
165
260
362
461
311
229
227
188
178
162
138
67
58
34
13
6
1
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3,812
1999
0
1
2
4
3
2
8
20
40
37
45
96
123
165
160
194
386
357
301
217
217
206
136
161
97
53
42
39
26
3
1
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3,147
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2000
0
0
5
17
27
11
17
5
3
10
11
24
27
23
32
26
75
136
166
138
125
121
106
91
56
47
37
12
16
8
2
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1,381
2001
0
0
1
2
7
10
13
29
23
29
26
43
55
73
94
78
89
95
232
290
245
208
126
88
83
59
39
25
21
15
5
10
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2,118
2002
0
0
1
7
6
21
12
8
10
5
8
15
12
9
24
19
15
22
45
110
141
133
114
69
62
41
42
19
17
7
4
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1,002
2003
2
0
10
22
23
20
11
3
7
9
13
13
15
15
23
26
31
45
50
92
123
111
76
88
68
37
35
22
9
2
4
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
1,015
2004
0
1
2
3
6
11
19
24
25
58
100
101
72
65
56
45
60
32
42
39
66
109
100
86
71
48
51
32
16
10
9
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1,365
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
12
16
25
22
23
37
22
4
16
13
22
29
42
36
47
52
49
29
24
20
13
5
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
571
Table 2.44. Winter flounder length frequencies, April-May, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005.
Winter flounder were measured from every tow.
length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
Total
1984
0
0
0
0
1
3
26
35
149
196
255
177
182
153
117
169
108
104
63
81
74
90
62
43
29
42
24
20
7
7
12
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,237
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
8
3
1
10
3
7
6
52
16
17
38
29
9
35
49
29
70
139
54
28
188
114
135
312
375
121
127
455
239
359
628 1,117
228
284
617
483
869
954 2,563
342
219
733
820 1,378 1,260 3,243
729
308
808 1,060 1,882 1,424 3,847 1,127
467
771 1,033 1,819 1,579 3,627 1,169
473
763 1,028 1,953 1,651 3,544 1,568
574
730 1,006 1,507 1,724 3,145 1,648
794
780
855 1,596 1,532 3,054 1,690
607
665
666 1,136 1,462 2,434 1,676
591
600
592 1,045 1,358 1,904 1,493
486
534
552
963 1,407 1,481 1,332
479
521
442
897 1,160 1,416 1,099
346
427
377
748
971 1,092 1,113
318
341
374
520 1,015 1,018
939
187
375
333
541
982
846
858
232
240
281
420
736
639
788
129
244
230
366
648
586
598
86
189
220
253
502
525
511
70
178
154
266
339
305
397
71
124
151
120
247
307
241
85
77
113
169
163
171
157
69
86
61
111
73
218
108
45
56
85
69
47
113
107
19
42
47
54
68
70
65
11
39
53
33
65
44
30
8
15
20
25
20
24
25
15
17
19
15
18
48
7
4
18
11
22
3
18
13
0
18
8
9
8
12
9
0
1
2
6
7
3
1
1
3
0
8
3
8
5
0
2
3
3
0
1
1
1
4
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
8
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7,152 10,707 11,543 19,350 22,455 37,996 20,283
April-May
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
36
4
2
3
0
0
1
72
26
28
4
2
5
7
208
41
97
21
15
41
18
433
137
307
61
75
128
75
698
442
618
246
260
283
136
921
835
877
461
528
492
170
713 1,006
772
582
497
554
180
528 1,149
854
788
517
488
254
526 1,487
792
956
484
481
323
485 1,680
766
992
553
574
373
501 1,540
698 1,099
599
713
398
580 1,467
692 1,149
666
658
397
542 1,217
632 1,032
574
622
344
624
896
515 1,012
529
685
277
626
742
469
821
429
592
302
549
556
367
795
444
524
212
426
359
346
676
402
486
278
418
310
311
701
401
544
202
349
296
318
692
377
529
242
383
219
231
719
461
527
181
320
216
318
568
496
505
181
197
173
260
549
416
518
160
221
122
244
460
401
466
133
178
103
180
540
365
448
96
200
117
130
367
313
323
98
142
91
76
375
260
277
60
139
72
63
267
193
195
38
159
65
42
190
166
140
35
112
52
30
119
136
136
26
79
49
33
84
89
79
26
36
25
12
50
68
32
4
10
21
16
28
37
37
0
17
15
14
12
18
13
3
3
16
7
13
10
5
0
5
6
3
1
6
3
0
2
6
3
6
2
2
0
2
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,231 11,449 15,565 11,124 16,445 10,790 12,106
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1999
0
0
1
7
18
50
135
252
252
225
204
214
290
313
283
296
320
218
290
260
344
304
360
418
389
362
321
249
228
191
159
103
90
35
18
20
14
4
3
3
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
7,246
2000
0
0
0
2
3
23
84
145
169
185
177
210
254
248
327
311
314
289
266
218
228
223
251
252
285
279
300
227
262
220
195
150
120
80
54
16
20
7
11
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
6,413
2001
0
0
2
5
20
55
161
256
239
223
162
159
245
251
313
362
308
306
233
205
244
249
259
311
326
299
286
228
172
189
189
143
133
77
70
35
26
10
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,755
2002
0
0
0
0
4
5
34
88
148
132
148
174
160
206
317
364
353
353
337
395
311
285
259
187
248
215
201
171
155
109
107
94
60
59
24
32
11
9
4
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,763
2003
0
0
0
1
2
11
28
57
50
54
50
66
76
86
142
174
127
87
84
79
97
129
150
170
200
206
166
167
138
116
115
73
53
79
44
38
17
7
13
3
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
3,160
2004
0
0
1
5
22
36
129
174
188
132
81
53
41
65
72
59
79
53
48
47
46
61
84
92
103
96
112
95
122
94
88
91
93
46
56
34
18
9
1
7
2
3
0
1
0
1
0
2,640
2005
0
0
3
5
32
73
164
278
337
209
163
128
122
108
117
148
125
69
71
51
49
36
36
25
32
35
33
38
45
48
31
34
27
25
25
11
7
9
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2,758
Table 2.45. Winter flounder length frequencies, fall, 1 cm intervals, 1984-2005.
Winter flounder were measured from every tow.
Fall
length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Total
1984
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
18
25
31
60
65
89
111
97
100
67
63
38
34
36
16
34
13
14
8
6
5
1
4
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
949
1985
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
16
37
57
63
55
49
53
41
36
37
33
22
17
14
10
10
6
3
6
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
575
1986
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
16
43
82
116
104
118
86
50
45
27
22
17
13
9
7
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
769
1987
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
8
47
54
67
72
53
72
79
83
53
54
44
25
21
14
5
11
5
3
2
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
781
1988
0
0
1
7
3
10
8
34
97
243
295
302
207
167
212
184
184
138
104
77
40
32
32
12
9
13
4
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,422
1989
0
0
0
0
4
3
6
38
127
343
367
293
315
213
199
146
121
105
107
68
85
39
43
33
30
10
12
4
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2,717
1990
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
6
34
130
260
345
327
319
326
310
245
176
146
91
53
49
38
16
12
14
1
3
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,914
1991
0
0
1
1
1
1
9
34
72
139
144
91
110
99
108
95
96
79
73
40
48
20
13
17
7
5
8
2
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1,321
1992
0
0
3
5
8
9
6
18
72
85
149
182
140
111
99
97
84
68
42
37
28
17
8
13
7
7
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,300
1993
0
0
4
43
83
39
42
159
331
409
435
377
247
151
85
68
51
39
39
38
29
30
22
10
12
7
8
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2,771
1994
1
1
1
0
3
6
10
63
149
230
219
187
146
142
141
124
111
56
38
24
26
28
13
8
10
7
8
3
2
2
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,765
1995
0
0
0
1
0
3
16
28
67
87
96
77
61
64
41
32
23
19
13
10
5
2
3
3
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
657
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1996
0
1
0
2
3
11
16
54
157
218
255
225
173
132
119
136
96
97
65
58
47
25
27
14
17
10
13
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,984
1997
0
0
0
0
4
5
6
23
77
113
165
176
175
116
126
78
65
38
55
32
23
26
20
14
7
7
5
2
4
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1,370
1998
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
20
68
137
190
192
160
87
60
46
25
28
24
15
14
11
13
8
7
3
11
4
5
5
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1,146
1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
44
128
194
243
268
225
158
108
86
52
29
27
29
19
17
13
17
8
7
5
9
1
4
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1,699
2000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
20
53
111
156
170
169
148
107
89
62
41
47
35
30
21
25
15
13
8
6
9
10
6
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,364
2001
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
13
62
123
122
116
80
66
32
28
25
20
16
33
24
31
15
20
22
17
4
4
6
2
3
3
1
1
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
907
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
24
37
40
43
33
31
35
23
38
28
31
28
27
20
9
10
8
4
6
10
7
4
4
3
5
5
3
3
0
1
0
0
1
527
2003
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
10
9
11
10
8
9
10
10
17
15
10
18
21
11
10
10
16
11
12
10
4
4
1
4
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
262
2004
0
1
0
2
0
2
9
21
41
65
61
48
37
19
21
7
8
4
2
1
0
5
3
4
6
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
392
2005
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
4
28
77
98
99
66
52
33
24
14
9
6
1
7
6
5
5
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
557
Table 2.46. Winter skate length frequencies, spring, 1995-2005.
Winter skate were scheduled to be measured from every tow. However, the following numbers of skate were
not measured: 4 in 1995, 10 in 1996, and 2 in 1997.
Spring
length
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
Total
1995
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
1
2
4
1
2
1
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
1996
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
5
2
2
1
0
3
3
4
2
2
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
40
1997
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
2
2
4
2
1
2
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
27
1998
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
5
1
4
7
2
4
3
0
5
6
4
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
55
1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
3
7
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
2000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
29
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2001
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
18
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
4
1
1
3
2
0
2
1
0
1
1
26
2003
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
2
0
1
4
2
0
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
37
2004
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
2
4
6
4
2
0
0
1
0
2
1
3
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
45
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
2
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
TABLES 2.47 - 2.53
NARROWS
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Table 2.47. Number of additional samples (non-standard LISTS) taken by year and month, 1999-2005.
These additional samples were taken west of Norwalk in a section of the Sound referred to as ‘The Narrows’ to
document species composition and abundance. Precipitated by the lobster mortality events noted in 1999, samples
were initially collected ad hoc. In May and June 2000, 10 sites per month were selected. From September 2000
through 2004, six sites were selected for each month that LISTS was conducted. During 2005, sampling was reduced
to three sites for each month of LISTS sampling .
Cruise
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
1999
4
10
2000
2
10
10
6
6
-
2001
6
6
6
6
6
-
Year
2002
6
6
6
6
6
-
2003
6
6
6
5
6
-
2004
6
6
6
5
2
-
2005
3
3
3
3
3
-
14
34
30
30
29
25
15
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Table 2.48 Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in the Narrows in 2005.
counted). Number of tows (sample size) = 15.
species
Vertebrates
count
%
scup
butterfish
winter flounder
Atlantic herring
bluefish
windowpane flounder
weakfish
bay anchovy
striped bass
alewife
American shad
striped searobin
Atlantic menhaden
hickory shad
spotted hake
smooth dogfish
moonfish
fourspot flounder
tautog
red hake
summer flounder
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
silver hake
ocean pout
little skate
yellow jack
black sea bass
clearnose skate
northern searobin
pollock
Atlantic silverside
winter skate
Totals
15,884
2,922
1,030
918
603
521
491
181
155
100
68
62
57
52
51
24
23
21
17
15
15
12
8
8
5
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
23,259
68.3
12.6
4.4
3.9
2.6
2.2
2.1
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
weight
%
244.7
72.6
127.5
154.2
88.8
33.3
22.7
1.3
279.8
5.7
4.3
19.4
19.0
12.9
2.9
47.6
0.7
4.5
17.8
2.6
18.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
2.0
1.0
0.3
1.8
6.0
0.8
0.2
0.1
3.2
1,197.6
20.4
6.1
10.6
12.9
7.4
2.8
1.9
0.1
23.4
0.5
0.4
1.6
1.6
1.1
0.2
4.0
0.1
0.4
1.5
0.2
1.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
long-finned squid
rock crab
hydroid spp.
spider crab
starfish spp.
bluecrab
mud crabs
mantis shrimp
bushy bryozoan
channeled whelk
sand shrimp
hard clams
lady crab
Japanese shore crab
blue mussel
Totals
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
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Invertebrates
count
%
173.0
171.0
418.0
.
.
23.0
.
.
1.0
.
3.0
.
3.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
792
21.8
21.6
52.7
.
.
2.9
.
.
0.1
.
0.4
.
0.4
.
.
.
.
.
.
weight
%
330.3
48.0
14.2
10.1
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
410.2
80.5
11.7
3.5
2.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Table 2.49 Total counts and weight (kg) of finfish taken in spring and fall sampling periods in the Narrows, 2005.
Species are listed in order of total count. Number of tows (sample sizes): Spring = 9, Fall = 6.
species
Atlantic herring
winter flounder
butterfish
bay anchovy
striped bass
alewife
windowpane flounder
spotted hake
scup
American shad
smooth dogfish
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
hickory shad
tautog
red hake
fourbeard rockling
silver hake
blueback herring
ocean pout
weakfish
summer flounder
little skate
black sea bass
clearnose skate
Atlantic menhaden
northern searobin
pollock
winter skate
Totals
Spring
count
%
918
631
560
179
131
84
62
48
27
25
24
21
21
15
11
10
8
8
6
5
5
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2,817
32.6
22.4
19.9
6.4
4.6
3.0
2.2
1.7
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
Fall
weight
%
154.2
84.7
42.1
1.1
231.4
4.9
11.6
2.0
15.7
1.3
47.6
4.5
12.8
3.3
15.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
0.2
2.0
1.2
6.5
1.0
1.8
6.0
1.5
0.8
0.2
3.2
659.6
23.4
12.8
6.4
0.2
35.1
0.7
1.8
0.3
2.4
0.2
7.2
0.7
1.9
0.5
2.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
1.0
0.2
0.3
0.9
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.5
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
bluefish
weakfish
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
Atlantic menhaden
American shad
striped searobin
hickory shad
striped bass
moonfish
alewife
summer flounder
blueback herring
tautog
red hake
spotted hake
yellow jack
bay anchovy
Atlantic silverside
Totals
15,858
2,362
603
486
458
399
55
44
41
37
25
23
15
11
6
6
5
3
3
2
1
20,443
77.6
11.6
2.9
2.4
2.2
2.0
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
229.0
30.5
88.8
21.5
21.7
42.8
17.5
3.0
6.6
9.6
48.4
0.7
0.8
11.8
0.2
2.5
1.1
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.1
538.0
42.6
5.7
16.5
4.0
4.0
8.0
3.3
0.6
1.2
1.8
9.0
0.1
0.1
2.2
0.0
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
Table 2.50 Total catch of invertebrates taken in the spring and fall sampling periods in the Narrows, 2005.
Species are ranked by total weight (kg). Number of tows (sample sizes): Spring = 9, Fall =6.
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
rock crab
long-finned squid
hydroid spp.
spider crab
starfish spp.
bushy bryozoan
mud crabs
sand shrimp
mantis shrimp
channeled whelk
blue mussel
Totals
Spring
count
23
89
.
30
.
23
.
.
.
.
.
2
1
.
.
168
%
weight
%
13.8
53.0
.
17.9
.
13.9
.
.
.
.
.
0.9
0.6
.
.
37.0
25.9
5.6
3.1
1.4
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
76.9
48.1
33.7
7.3
4.0
1.8
1.4
0.9
0.9
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
long-finned squid
rock crab
bluecrab
spider crab
starfish spp.
channeled whelk
hard clams
lady crab
mantis shrimp
mud crabs
Japanese shore crab
Totals
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Fall
count
150
83
388
.
1
.
.
2
.
.
.
2
.
.
626
%
weight
%
23.9
13.2
62.1
.
0.2
.
.
0.3
.
.
.
0.3
.
.
293.3
22.1
11.1
4.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
333.3
88.0
6.6
3.3
1.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
Table 2.51 Species richness for the standard LISTS and Narrows Surveys, 2000-2005.
Species richness is measured as the mean number of species captured per tow. Sample sizes (number of tows) are
noted in parentheses.
SPRING
LISTS
Narrows
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
finfish
12.6
(120)
11.3
(120)
13.6
(120)
11.2
(120)
11.2
(119)
9.2
(120)
13.1
(22)
12.1
(18)
13.2
(18)
12.3
(18)
11.5
(18)
12.3
(9)
invertebrates
5.9
(120)
6.6
(120)
6.8
(120)
8.6
(120)
7.0
(119)
5.3
(120)
5.7
(22)
6.3
(18)
7.9
(18)
7.4
(18)
7.7
(18)
5.7
(9)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
finfish
13.6
(80)
13.3
(80)
14.2
(80)
14.2
(40)
13.3
(80)
13.6
(80)
14.8
(12)
14.9
(12)
15.6
(12)
14.0
(5)
12.7
(7)
12.7
(6)
invertebrates
7.2
(80)
7.1
(80)
7.1
(80)
6.2
(40)
6.2
(80)
5.7
(80)
7.2
(12)
6.2
(12)
5.9
(12)
6.0
(5)
5.4
(7)
6.0
(6)
FALL
LISTS
Narrows
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Table 2.52. Indices of abundance for selected species in the Narrows, 2000-2005.
The geometric mean count per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 2 invertebrates. April-June data were used for the Spring
indices, September-October data for the Fall (in 2003, there was no October sampling). A time series mean indicates the seasonal
index that provides the better estimate of relative abundance in LISTS (Simpson et al. 1991. For American lobster and long-finned
squid, both spring and fall indices provide good estimates of abundance.
Species
Spring
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
hogchoker
kingfish, northern
lobster, American
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
shad, American
shad, hickory
skate, little
skate, winter
spot
squid, long-finned
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
0.72 1.01 0.93 2.21 1.32 3.38
0.07 0.31 0.49 0.24 0.15 0.17
0.00 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00
2.12 8.13 2.85 1.73 4.35 5.62
0.53 0.63 0.70 0.36 0.22 0.00
0.67 0.55 0.71 0.35 0.85 0.96
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8.87 5.67 8.64 3.19 3.08 1.13
2.27 1.36 2.02 1.09 0.66 0.32
43.94 22.83 16.24 19.09 5.66 5.12
19.27 54.28 35.31 42.24 57.04 64.86
4.92 0.45 0.44 0.70 1.81 0.56
0.47 3.85 4.75 0.14 0.69 0.42
36.46 11.84 15.76 8.44 1.70 1.60
0.46 4.99 2.81 4.00 2.52 20.73
0.12 0.14 0.07 0.55 0.34 0.32
0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
13.30 4.90 10.19 5.99 6.69 2.23
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.03 0.04 0.38 0.29 0.04 0.13
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.18 0.21 0.23 0.32
1.20 0.99 1.15 0.42 0.83 0.54
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35.36 8.27 15.17 2.41 1.11 1.40
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.68 0.79 0.48 0.18 0.04 0.11
30.05 8.69 15.43 6.93 3.18 1.42
0.47 0.46 0.92 0.60 0.55 1.27
0.04 0.14 0.17 0.42 0.47 0.62
0.46 0.08 0.08 0.20 0.19 0.21
0.00 0.00 0.05 0.04 0.16 0.09
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.40 0.51 0.76 0.22 1.28 1.27
2.30 3.13 2.18 2.23 1.45 5.80
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.59 0.87 1.14 0.48 0.34 0.51
0.62 0.47 0.27 0.09 0.19 0.42
00-04
Mean
1.24
0.25
0.49
0.00
5.89
21.55
41.63
1.66
1.98
2.96
8.21
0.12
0.92
0.01
0.00
0.63
0.20
0.05
0.63
2.26
0.68
Species
2000
Fall
2001 2002 2003 2004
00-04
2005
Mean
alewife
0.12
0.47
0.18
0.00
0.00
0.94
black sea bass
0.13
0.00
0.67
0.00
0.00
0.00
bluefish
21.60 209.12 47.20 62.01 49.46
32.97 77.88
butterfish
63.49 1,170.26 620.92 348.18 860.19 141.44 612.61
cunner
0.27
0.06
0.07
0.15
0.00
0.00
dogfish, smooth
0.72
0.82
1.65
2.25
0.35
0.00
1.16
dogfish, spiny
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
flounder, fourspot
0.19
2.09
0.49
1.05
0.81
0.00
flounder, summer
2.04
2.39
4.29
5.18
4.26
1.31
3.63
4.93
6.50
7.26
5.85
6.27
28.19
flounder, winter
8.49
10.82
7.93
2.68 19.43
40.56
hake, red
0.15
0.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.36
hake, silver
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
hake, spotted
5.39
1.06
1.78
3.48
0.00
0.26
2.34
herring, Atlantic
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
herring, blueback
0.00
0.06
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.38
0.01
hogchoker
0.07
0.06
0.07
0.15
0.00
0.00
0.07
kingfish, northern
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.00
0.02
lobster, American
7.11
5.04
4.91
7.68 13.47
3.50
7.64
mackerel, Spanish
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
menhaden, Atlantic
4.22
2.98
9.09
4.68 34.48
6.13 11.09
moonfish
5.52
2.93 10.35
2.44
1.90
1.21
4.63
ocean pout
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
rockling, fourbeard
0.40
0.17
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
scad, rough
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
sculpin, longhorn
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
708.08 439.21 862.96 540.86 1,598.89 1,551.89 830.00
scup
sea raven
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
searobin, northern
0.20
0.43
0.27
0.00
0.36
0.00
0.25
searobin, striped
37.69
24.63 24.22 21.76 18.59
5.89
shad, American
0.47
0.90
3.34
0.15
3.77
4.54
1.73
shad, hickory
0.23
0.39
0.16
0.00
0.00
1.18
0.16
skate, little
0.19
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
skate, winter
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.00
spot
1.47
0.12
1.50
0.32
0.00
0.00
0.68
squid, long-finned
36.75
52.37 19.86 75.50 55.77
32.53 48.05
striped bass
0.59
1.06
1.07
1.70
0.53
2.48
sturgeon, Atlantic
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
tautog
0.61
0.17
0.57
0.15
0.10
0.59
876.42 151.45 142.64 496.38 90.66
21.87 351.51
weakfish
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Table 2.53. Biomass indices of abundance for selected species in the Narrows, 2000-2005.
The geometric mean weight (kg) per tow was calculated for 38 finfish and 2 invertebrates. April-June data were used for the
Spring indices, September–October data for the Fall.
Spring
Fall
Species
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Species
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
hogchoker
kingfish, northern
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
shad, American
shad, hickory
skate, little
skate, winter
spot
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
Invertebrates
crab, blue
crab, horseshoe
crab, lady
crab, rock
crab, spider
lobster, American
mussel, blue
northern moon shell
oyster, common
shrimp, mantis
Squid, long-finned
starfish spp.
whelks
0.15
0.02
0.00
0.35
0.11
0.50
0.00
1.84
2.87
6.09
2.36
0.47
0.04
2.04
0.21
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.00
0.00
3.01
0.00
0.42
14.14
0.14
0.03
0.31
0.00
0.00
5.07
0.00
0.57
0.44
0.07
0.23
0.14
1.91
0.10
0.98
0.00
1.75
1.39
4.10
5.90
0.06
0.59
0.98
1.54
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.12
0.00
0.01
1.81
0.00
0.26
4.70
0.20
0.08
0.06
0.00
0.00
4.55
0.00
0.57
0.50
0.14
0.35
0.04
0.58
0.12
1.14
0.00
2.26
1.63
2.68
6.15
0.08
0.37
1.02
1.33
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.17
0.00
0.06
0.12
0.00
0.00
4.25
0.00
0.12
8.74
0.11
0.12
0.06
0.08
0.00
4.78
0.00
0.85
0.21
0.37
0.19
0.07
0.39
0.06
0.47
0.00
1.00
0.73
3.86
9.23
0.06
0.02
0.64
0.93
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.20
0.00
0.10
0.05
0.00
0.00
1.17
0.00
0.04
4.16
0.11
0.22
0.11
0.03
0.00
4.51
0.00
0.42
0.10
0.14
0.14
0.01
1.07
0.04
1.14
0.00
1.14
0.68
1.27
7.40
0.13
0.07
0.26
0.58
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.11
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.60
0.00
0.01
2.06
0.08
0.13
0.14
0.11
0.00
2.72
0.00
0.38
0.16
0.44
0.15
0.00
1.45
0.00
1.77
0.00
0.35
0.45
1.03
8.60
0.14
0.05
0.17
2.18
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.11
0.00
0.16
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.83
0.00
0.07
0.95
0.13
0.25
0.09
0.17
0.00
11.42
0.00
0.55
0.12
0.02
0.03
5.84
2.66
0.06
0.58
0.00
0.03
1.82
0.75
1.21
0.04
0.00
1.54
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
1.37
0.14
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.00
36.09
0.00
0.02
9.02
0.08
0.12
0.10
0.00
0.24
1.20
0.00
0.49
19.41
0.05
0.00
21.51
49.88
0.01
0.84
0.00
0.23
2.21
0.97
1.22
0.06
0.00
0.32
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.68
0.08
0.00
0.02
0.01
0.00
42.49
0.00
0.05
12.49
0.08
0.19
0.00
0.09
0.02
2.67
0.00
0.13
3.85
0.03
0.10
9.39
16.64
0.01
1.78
0.00
0.06
2.99
1.40
1.66
0.00
0.00
0.51
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
2.98
0.28
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
65.76
0.00
0.04
13.81
0.52
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.34
2.00
0.00
0.61
5.11
0.00
0.00
14.81
6.06
0.02
3.91
0.00
0.06
4.62
0.76
0.60
0.00
0.00
0.57
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
2.71
0.08
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
136.42
0.00
0.00
10.46
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.04
4.95
0.00
0.02
9.59
0.00
0.00
33.79
15.98
0.00
0.44
0.00
0.08
4.93
0.86
1.63
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
1.18
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
23.07
0.00
0.04
4.67
0.40
0.00
0.00
0.22
0.00
0.90
0.00
0.04
1.91
0.11
0.00
11.26
3.34
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.31
1.69
3.84
0.13
0.00
0.11
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.69
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
22.32
0.00
0.00
0.85
0.44
0.61
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.58
0.00
0.31
1.97
0.01
0.00
1.52
0.01
0.39
0.13
0.01
4.06
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.24
0.08
1.02
0.00
0.03
0.00
3.41
0.02
0.48
0.42
0.01
2.10
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.20
0.06
1.22
0.00
0.08
0.00
5.58
0.01
0.70
0.68
0.12
4.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.24
0.06
1.11
0.00
0.01
0.00
4.56
0.00
0.58
1.60
0.23
2.51
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.10
0.03
1.00
0.02
0.00
0.01
6.45
0.01
0.52
1.90
0.24
2.74
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.25
0.16
0.04
0.00
0.00
1.40
0.00
0.55
0.07
0.11
1.10
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.26
0.07
0.01
alewife
black sea bass
bluefish
butterfish
cunner
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
hogchoker
kingfish, northern
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
rockling, fourbeard
scad, rough
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
shad, American
shad, hickory
skate, little
skate, winter
spot
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
weakfish
Invertebrates
crab, blue
crab, horseshoe
crab, lady
crab, rock
crab, spider
lobster, American
mussel, blue
northern moon shell
oyster, common
shrimp, mantis
squid, long-finned
starfish spp.
whelks
0.55
0.02
4.95
0.04
0.18
0.13
0.00
2.57
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.37
2.39
1.56
0.00
0.19
0.02
9.39
0.01
0.13
0.69
0.00
2.40
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.13
2.59
0.74
0.00
0.16
0.02
9.05
0.00
0.24
0.13
0.00
1.76
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.35
1.58
0.90
0.02
0.04
0.00
15.89
0.04
0.06
0.04
0.00
2.90
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.19
2.29
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.03
11.32
0.01
0.09
0.03
0.00
4.74
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.08
1.96
0.08
0.00
0.06
0.00
46.66
0.03
0.43
0.06
0.00
1.61
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
1.38
0.05
0.03
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FIGURES 2.1 - 2.9
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Figure 2.1. Trawl Survey site grid. Each sampling site is 1x2 nmi (nautical miles). A four-digit number identifies the site: the first two digits are the row
numbers (corresponding to minutes of latitude) and the last two digits are the column numbers (corresponding to two nautical miles in length on the longitudinal
axis). Examples: site 1428 near Guilford and 0028 near Mattituck. (Note: The sites in column 16 are approximately 2x1 nmi. The grid was drawn on the
Eastern and Western Long Island Sound 80,000:1 nautical charts, which overlap by the area in column 16.)
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Figure 2.2. The number of finfish species observed annually, 1984-2005.
80
70
60
65
61 63 63
55
52 53 50 52
57 57
64
61
51
57
55
54
63
62
59 57
50
40
30
20
10
Year
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2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
0
1984
Number of species
70
Figure 2.3. Plots of abundance indices for: black sea bass, bluefish (total, age 0, and ages 1+),
butterfish, cunner, and dogfish (smooth and spiny).
0.45
0.6
0.35
0.30
0.5
0.25
0.4
0.20
0.3
0.15
0.2
0.10
0.1
0.05
50
bluefish age 0 - fall indices
8
6
4
10
2
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
12.0
5
10.0
4
8.0
0
bluefish ages 1+, fall indices
16
14
20
2
10
6.0
8
6
4.0
kg / tow
3
kg / tow
12
count / tow
4
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
1
2.0
0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0
Year
butterfish - fall indices
18
1.4
16
500
cunner - spring indices
1.2
0.05
10
300
8
200
6
count / tow
12
kg / tow
14
400
4
100
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
1.0
0.04
0.8
0.03
0.6
0.02
0.4
0.01
0.2
2
0.06
0.0
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0
Year
Year
dogfish, smooth - fall indices
dogfish, spiny - spring indices
7
3.5
6
3.0
0.20
0.12
4
2.0
3
1.5
2
1.0
kg / tow
2.5
0.14
0.15
5
count / tow
4.0
0.10
0.08
0.10
0.06
0.04
0.05
0.5
1
0.02
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0
0.00
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Legend:
kg / tow
Year
2
Year
= count / tow;
= kg / tow; ---- = mean count / tow
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kg / tow
count / tow
10
20
6
30
10
count / tow
12
Year
40
count / tow
14
30
Year
600
18
16
40
0.0
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
50
bluefish - fall indices
kg / tow
0.40
kg / tow
black sea bass - spring indices
0.7
count / tow
count / tow
0.8
flounder, fourspot - spring indices
10
1.0
5
5.0
count / tow
1.5
flounder, summer - fall indices
6.0
2.0
15
4.0
3.0
2.0
0.5
1.0
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Year
100
50
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
250
25
150
20
100
15
10
50
hake, red - spring indices
9
16
25
8
7
14
4
3
10
5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
1.0
0.8
10
0.6
8
6
0.4
2
1
4
0
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.2
2
Year
kg / tow
6
5
15
count / tow
20
1.2
12
kg / tow
count / tow
0
Year
flounder, winter, ages 4+, April / May
0.0
Year
hake, silver - spring indices
hake, spotted - fall indices
0.6
12
2.5
0.4
8
0.3
6
0.2
4
2.0
count / tow
10
0.45
0.40
0.5
kg / tow
count / tow
5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
30
0.35
0.30
1.5
0.25
0.20
1.0
0.15
0.10
2
0.1
0.5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.05
Year
Legend:
35
30
200
Year
14
flounder, winter - April / May
kg / tow
count / tow
150
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
count / tow
flounder, windowpane - spring
kg / tow
200
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Year
= count / tow;
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0.00
kg / tow
count / tow
7.0
2.5
kg / tow
20
kg / tow
Figure 2.4. Plots of abundance indices for: flounders (fourspot, summer, windowpane, winter, and
winter ages 4+) and hakes (red, silver, and spotted).
Figure 2.5. Plots of abundance indices for: herrings (alewife, Atlantic, and blueback), hogchoker,
Northern kingfish, Spanish mackerel, Atlantic menhaden, and moonfish.
herring, Atlantic - spring indices
8.0
2.0
0.5
7.0
0.3
1.0
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
count / tow
1.5
5.0
1.0
3.0
0.5
1.0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
Year
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
count / tow
0.12
0.02
0.00
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
kg / tow
hogchoker - fall indices
0.14
kg / tow
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.01
0.00
Year
0.05
0.03
0.40
0.04
0.35
0.04
0.30
0.03
0.25
0.03
0.20
0.02
0.15
0.02
0.10
0.01
0.05
0.01
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
count / tow
0.45
0.01
0.00
kg / tow
mackerel, spanish - fall indices
0.04
kg / tow
kingfish, northern - fall indices
0.20
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.00
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Year
0.5
2.0
0.4
1.5
0.3
1.0
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
count / tow
2.0
kg / tow
2.5
count / tow
0.6
moonfish - fall indices
0.12
0.10
1.5
0.08
1.0
0.06
0.04
0.5
0.02
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Year
= count / tow;
0.14
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kg / tow
menhaden, Atlantic - fall indices
2.5
Legend:
1.5
4.0
2.0
herring, blueback - fall indices
count / tow
2.0
6.0
0.4
Year
count / tow
2.5
kg / tow
0.6
kg / tow
count / tow
herring, alewife - spring indices
2.5
Figure 2.6. Plots of abundance indices for: ocean pout, fourbeard rockling, rough scad, longhorn
sculpin, and scup (all ages, age 0, and ages 2+).
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
rockling, fourbeard - spring indices
3.5
0.14
3.0
0.12
2.5
0.10
2.0
0.08
1.5
0.06
1.0
0.04
0.5
0.02
0.0
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
0.40
0.35
0.30
0.7
0.03
0.6
0.06
0.03
0.5
0.05
0.4
0.04
0.3
0.03
0.2
0.02
0.1
0.01
0.25
0.02
0.20
0.02
0.15
0.01
0.10
0.01
0.05
sculpin, longhorn - spring indices
0.04
0.00
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
count / tow
scad, rough - fall indices
0.07
0.0
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
scup - fall indices
500
35
600
30
500
25
400
20
300
15
200
10
100
count / tow
600
400
300
200
100
5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
scup age 0 - fall indices
0
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
scup ages 2+ - spring indices
90
200
80
175
70
150
count / tow
count / tow
225
125
100
75
60
50
40
30
50
20
25
10
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Legend:
Scup ages 2+ - fall indices
Year
= count / tow;
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kg / tow
Year
0.45
kg / tow
count / tow
0.20
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.00
count / tow
ocean pout - spring indices
kg / tow
0.25
Figure 2.7. Plots of abundance indices for: sea raven, searobins (striped and northern), shad
(American and hickory), skates (little and winter), and spot.
searobin, northern - spring indices
0.06
0.35
0.05
0.20
0.03
0.15
0.02
count / tow
0.04
0.25
kg / tow
0.8
14.0
0.7
12.0
0.6
10.0
0.5
8.0
0.4
6.0
0.3
4.0
0.2
2.0
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
0.10
0.01
0.05
0.00
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
2.5
3.0
2.0
4.0
1.5
3.0
1.0
2.0
shad, American - fall indices
0.4
2.5
2.0
0.3
1.5
0.2
1.0
0.1
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
0.30
0.5
0.0
Year
shad, hickory - fall indices
0.16
30
0.14
0.25
skate, little - spring indices
10
25
8
0.08
0.15
0.06
0.10
count / tow
0.10
kg / tow
count / tow
0.12
0.20
20
6
15
4
10
0.04
0.05
2
5
0.02
0.00
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
0.4
kg / tow
5.0
3.5
kg / tow
count / tow
6.0
3.0
count / tow
searobin, striped - fall indices
kg / tow
7.0
Year
0
Year
skate, winter - spring indices
0.6
1.2
0.5
1.0
spot - fall indices
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.2
0.3
0.2
count / tow
count / tow
0.4
kg / tow
0.3
0.8
0.10
0.08
0.6
0.06
0.4
0.1
0.04
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Legend:
0.02
Year
= count / tow;
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0.00
kg / tow
count / tow
0.30
16.0
kg / tow
sea raven - spring indices
0.40
Figure 2.8. Plots of abundance indices for: striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, tautog, and weakfish
(all ages, age 0, and ages 1+).
0.12
2.0
0.10
0.25
0.08
0.20
0.06
0.15
0.04
0.10
0.02
0.05
0.00
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.00
1.0
kg / tow
count / tow
1.2
1.5
0.8
0.6
1.0
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
sturgeon, Atlantic - fall indices
2.5
0.0
Year
0.30
kg / tow
striped bass - spring indices
count / tow
1.4
Year
tautog - spring indices
3.0
4.0
3.5
2.5
2.5
1.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
kg / tow
count / tow
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
Year
4.0
70
60
3.5
60
50
3.0
2.0
30
1.5
20
10
2.0
30
0.0
1.0
0.5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.0
Year
weakfish ages 1+, spring indices
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
count / tow
0.8
0.7
kg / tow
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
Year
= count / tow;
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0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
kg / tow
weakfish ages 1+, fall indices
count / tow
1.5
10
Year
Legend:
2.5
40
20
0.5
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
3.0
50
1.0
4.0
3.5
count / tow
2.5
40
weakfish age 0 - fall indices
kg / tow
weakfish - fall indices
kg / tow
count / tow
70
Figure 2.9. Plots of abundance indices for: crabs (lady, horseshoe, rock, and spider), American
lobster, and long-finned squid.
crab, lady - spring and fall indices
crab, horseshoe - spring and fall indices
4.0
2.5
3.5
2.0
2.5
kg / tow
kg / tow
3.0
2.0
1.5
1.0
Spring
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
1992
1.5
0.0
1994
1996
Fall
1998
2000
2002
2004
1992
Spring
Year
crab, rock - spring and fall indices
1994
1996
Fall
1998
2000
2002
2004
Year
crab, spider - spring and fall indices
1.4
2.0
1.2
1.5
kg / tow
kg / tow
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
1.0
0.5
0.2
25
1996
Fall
1998
2000
2002
0.0
1992
2004
Spring
Year
lobster - spring indices
1994
Fall
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
Year
lobster - fall indices
8.0
25
8.0
7.0
7.0
20
5.0
15
4.0
10
3.0
5.0
15
4.0
10
2.0
5
6.0
count / tow
6.0
kg / tow
count / tow
20
3.0
2.0
5
1.0
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
1.0
0.0
0
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
1.8
300
1.6
1.0
0.8
0.6
7.0
6.0
200
5.0
150
4.0
100
3.0
0.4
0.2
2.0
50
0.0
Year
1.0
0
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Year
= count / tow;
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9.0
8.0
count / tow
1.4
1.2
squid, long-finned - fall indices
250
kg / tow
squid, long-finned - spring indices
count / tow
0.0
Year
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Legend:
kg / tow
Spring
1994
0.0
kg / tow
0.0
1992
APPENDICES
Job 2 Page 167
Appendix 2.1. List of finfish species identified by A Study of Marine Recreational Fisheries in Connecticut
(F54R) programs. LISTS has collected ninety-six species from 1984-2005.
This appendix contains a list of 118 species identified (Bold type indicates new species) from all sampling programs
conducted since 1984. Species are listed alphabetically by common name (AFS 1991). Sampling program
abbreviations are as follows: ESS = Estuarine Seine Survey; IS = Inshore Survey of Juvenile Winter Flounder; LISTS
= Long Island Sound Trawl Survey; SNFH = A Study of Nearshore Finfish Habitat. Gear codes are as follows: BT =
beam trawl; OT = otter trawl; PN = plankton net; S = seine.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sampling Program
Gear
anchovy, bay
anchovy, striped
banded rudderfish
bass, calico
bass, striped
bigeye
bigeye, short
black sea bass
bluefish
bonito, Atlantic
burrfish, striped
butterfish
cod, Atlantic
cornetfish, bluespotted
cornetfish, red
croaker, Atlantic
cunner
cusk-eel, fawn
cusk-eel, striped
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
eel, American
eel, conger
filefish, orange
filefish, planehead
flounder, American plaice
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
flounder, yellowtail
glasseye snapper
goatfish, dwarf
goatfish, red
goby, code
goby, naked
goosefish
grubby
gunnel, banded
gunnel, rock
haddock
hake, red
Anchoa mitchilli
Anchoa hepsetus
Seriola zonata
Pomoxis sp.
Morone saxatilis
Priacanthus arenatus
Pristigenys alta
Centropristes striata
Pomatomus saltatrix
Sarda sarda
Chilomycterus schoepfi
Peprilus triacanthus
Gadus morhua
Fistularia tabacaria
Fistularia petimba
Micropogonias undulatus
Lepophidium profundorum
Ophidion marginatum
Mustelus canis
Squalus acanthius
Anguilla rostrata
Conger oceanicus
Aluterus schoepfi
Monacanthus hispidus
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
SNFH
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; LISTS
LISTS
ESS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
IS
IS; LISTS
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS; LISTS
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS; SNFH
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
IS; LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS
ESS; IS,LISTS
IS; LISTS
ESS; IS
LISTS
IS; LISTS
BT; OT; S
OT
OT
PN
OT
OT
OT
BT; OT; S
OT; S
OT
S
BT; OT; S
OT
BT
BT; OT
OT
BT; OT; S
OT
OT
OT; S
OT
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
OT
OT
OT
BT; OT
BT; OT; S
BT; OT; S
BT; OT; S
BT; OT; PN; S
BT; OT
OT
OT
OT
S
BT; OT, S
BT; OT
BT; OT; PN; S
BT; S
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
BT; OT
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Paralichthys oblongus
Etropus microstomus
Scophthalmus aquosus
Pleuronectes americanus
Pleuronectes ferrugineus
Priacanthus cruentatus
Upeneus parvus
Mullus auratus
Gobiosoma robustrum
Gobiosoma bosci
Lophius americanus
Pholis fasciata
Pholis gunnellus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Urophycis chuss
Job 2 Page 168
Appendix 2.1 cont.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sampling Program
Gear
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, alewife
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
herring, round
hogchoker
jack, crevalle
jack, yellow
killifish, rainwater
killifish, striped
kingfish, northern
lamprey, sea
lizardfish, inshore
lookdown
lumpfish
mackerel, Atlantic
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
mullet, white
mummichog
ocean pout
oyster toadfish
perch, silver
perch, white
perch, yellow
pipefish, northern
pollock
pompano
pompano, African
puffer, northern
pumpkinseed
radiated shanny
rockling, fourbeard
salmon, Atlantic
sandbar (brown) shark
scad, bigeye
scad, mackerel
scad, rough
scad, round
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
seahorse
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
seasnail
Merluccius bilinearis
Urophycis regia
Clupea harengus
Alosa aestivalis
Etrumeus teres
Trinectes maculatus
Caranx hippos
Caranx bartholomaei
Lucania parva
Fundulus majalis
Petromyzon marinus
Synodus foetens
Selene vomer
Cyclopterus lumpus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberomorus maculatus
Brevoortia tyrannus
Selene setapinnis
Mugil curema
Fundulus heteroclitus
Macrozoarces americanus
Opsanus tau
Bairdiella chrysura
Morone americana
Perca flavescens
Syngnathus fuscus
Pollachius virens
Trachinotus carolinus
Alectis ciliaris
Sphoeroides maculatus
Lepomis gibbosus
Ulvaria subbifurcata
Enchelyopus cimbrius
Salmo salar
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Selar crumenophthalmus
Decapterus macarellus
Trachurus lathami
Decapterus punctatus
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Stenotomus chrysops
Hemitripterus americanus
Hippocampus sp.
Prionotus carolinus
Prionotus evolans
Liparis atlanticus
IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; LISTS; SNFH
LISTS; SNFH
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS
ESS; IS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
ESS; LISTS
LISTS
IS; LISTS; SNFH
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS
ESS
LISTS
IS
ESS;IS; LISTS; SNFH
SNFH
LISTS
ESS
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS
SNFH
IS; LISTS; SNFH
LISTS
ESS; LISTS; SNFH
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS; SNFH
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS; SNFH
ESS; IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS; SNFH
BT; OT
BT; OT; S
OT; PN; S
OT; PN
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
BT; OT; S
OT; S
BT; OT; S
S
BT; S
BT; OT; S
OT
OT; S
OT
BT; OT; PN
OT
OT
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
S
S
OT
BT; OT; PN; S
BT
BT; OT; PN
PN
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
S
OT
BT; OT; S
S
PN
BT; OT; PN
OT
OT; PN; S
OT
OT
OT
OT
OT
OT; PN
BT; OT; S
OT; PN
BT; OT; S
BT; OT; PN; S
BT; OT; S
OT; PN
Job 2 Page 169
Appendix 2.1 cont.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sampling Program
Gear
sennet, northern
shad, American
shad, gizzard
shad, hickory
sharksucker
sheepshead minnow
silverside, Atlantic
silverside, inland
skate, barndoor
skate, clearnose
skate, little
skate, winter
smelt, rainbow
snapper, grey
spot
stargazer, northern
stickleback, black spot
stickleback, four-spine
stickleback, nine-spine
stickleback, three-spine
stingray, roughtail
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
tomcod, Atlantic
triggerfish, gray
weakfish
Sphyraena borealis
Alosa sapidissima
Dorosoma cepedianum
Alosa mediocris
Echeneis naucrates
Cyprinodon variegatus
Menidia menidia
Menidia beryllina
Dipturus laevis
Raja eglanteria
Leucoraja erinacea
Leucoraja ocellata
Osmerus mordax
Lutjanus griseus
Leiostomus xanthurus
Astroscopus guttatus
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Apeltes quadracus
Pungitius pungitius
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Dasyatis centroura
Acipenser oxyrhynchus
Tautoga onitis
Microgadus tomcod
Balistes capriscus
Cynoscion regalis
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS
SNFH
LISTS
IS; LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
ESS
IS; LISTS
ESS
ESS
ESS; IS
ESS
ESS; IS
LISTS
LISTS
ESS; IS; LISTS
LISTS
IS; LISTS
OT
BT; OT; S
OT
OT
OT
S
BT; OT; PN; S
PN
OT
BT; OT
BT; OT; S
OT
BT; OT; PN; S
S
BT; OT
S
S
BT; S
S
BT; S
OT
OT
BT; OT; S
BT; OT; PN; S
OT
BT; OT
Job 2 Page 170
Appendix 2.2. Annual total count of finfish, lobster and squid taken in the LISTS, 1984-2005.
Counts include all tows- number of tows conducted is shown in second row. Refer to Table 2.4 for details on number of tows conducted per month. Note: nc = not counted.
Anchovy spp., (yoy) and sand lance, (yoy) are estimated.
Common name
(number of tows)
anchovy, bay
anchovy, striped
anchovy, spp (yoy-est)
bigeye
bigeye, short
black sea bass
bluefish
bonito, Atlantic
butterfish
cod, Atlantic
cornetfish, red
croaker, Atlantic
cunner
cusk-eel, fawn
cusk-eel, striped
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
eel, American
eel, conger
filefish, orange
filefish, planehead
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
glasseye snapper
goatfish, dwarf
goatfish, red
goby, naked
goosefish
grubby
gunnel, rock
haddock
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, alewife
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
herring, round
hogchoker
jack, crevalle
jack, yellow
kingfish, northern
lamprey, sea
lizardfish, inshore
1984
200
nc
nc
nc
0
1
34
9,927
0
37,137
0
0
0
359
0
0
846
89
2
0
0
4
0
2,691
2
208
26,200
13,921
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3,696
1,525
78
284
112
1,722
22
293
0
0
0
0
0
1985
246
nc
nc
nc
0
2
53
8,946
2
67,944
0
0
0
98
0
0
919
252
0
0
1
20
0
2,759
0
249
18,936
13,851
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
6
0
1,161
724
69
37
510
117
15
282
1
0
0
0
0
1986
316
nc
nc
nc
0
0
44
5,712
0
44,624
0
0
0
97
0
0
850
173
1
0
0
1
0
2,126
2
716
22,514
19,033
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3,061
1,464
96
242
2,536
267
0
140
0
0
0
0
0
1987
320
nc
nc
nc
1
0
24
3,517
1
42,519
0
0
0
129
0
0
526
76
0
0
0
0
0
2,112
15
531
15,588
22,696
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
0
2,258
1,848
55
819
2,549
104
1
87
1
0
0
1
0
1988
320
nc
nc
nc
2
1
22
3,857
1
60,746
0
0
0
72
0
1
564
434
0
0
0
25
0
4,653
39
414
26,919
36,706
7
0
1
0
0
1
5
5
0
3,808
3,427
255
415
2,721
247
0
113
4
0
0
1
0
1989
320
nc
nc
nc
2
2
21
12,568
1
94,928
0
0
0
268
0
0
374
99
2
0
1
13
0
2,924
13
47
31,082
45,563
0
0
0
0
0
15
9
10
0
7,365
3,551
12
473
2,560
367
0
118
0
41
1
0
2
1990
297
nc
nc
nc
1
0
39
8,195
0
80,778
1
1
0
196
0
0
284
417
0
0
0
23
0
4,698
4
242
14,738
59,981
1
0
0
2
0
3
6
9
0
3,300
4,243
42
287
25,029
124
0
259
0
8
1
1
0
1991
200
nc
nc
nc
0
0
39
5,845
0
40,537
0
0
0
75
0
0
193
14
0
0
0
1
0
3,553
20
263
8,482
26,623
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
2,085
1,537
73
103
4,003
38
0
104
0
11
4
1
0
1992
160
nc
nc
nc
0
0
5
5,269
0
95,961
0
0
0
30
0
0
304
6
0
1
0
0
0
2,774
12
186
2,980
9,548
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
1,606
544
68
122
4,565
175
2
61
0
2
2
0
0
1993
240
nc
nc
nc
0
1
20
6,469
2
67,087
0
1
41
65
0
0
420
14
1
3
1
10
0
1,447
30
293
8,526
16,843
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
4,183
508
497
934
6,271
106
6
73
6
2
10
2
0
1994
240
nc
nc
nc
1
1
34
16,245
0
54,378
0
0
3
25
0
0
361
58
0
0
1
1
0
1,674
17
282
6,678
21,481
0
0
0
0
0
8
5
1
0
546
2,136
184
1,431
3,850
1,199
2
37
8
6
7
0
1
1995
200
nc
nc
nc
0
0
12
5,524
0
64,930
2
0
0
41
0
0
168
0
0
2
0
0
0
2,584
19
121
3,815
15,558
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
1,977
1,941
72
386
9,135
255
0
17
1
32
25
0
0
Job 2 Page 171
1996
200
nc
11
nc
0
3
27
6,705
0
49,360
0
0
0
17
0
0
275
1
0
1
0
3
0
2,815
41
434
14,116
22,722
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
872
489
384
1,402
972
97
0
45
0
6
6
1
0
1997
1998
1999
200
200
200
nc
nc
548
0
0
216
nc
nc
2,667
0
0
2
2
0
0
22
18
50
10,815
8,814
7,843
0
0
0
70,985 136,926 191,100
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
43
65
51
0
0
0
0
0
1
167
310
305
7
18
10
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
4,122
1,908
1,393
58
97
96
486
436
582
10,324
6,483
4,643
14,701 15,697 10,288
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
11
5
2
0
0
0
1
7
1
748
3,015
2,973
1,973
1,870
5,126
77
142
381
1,194
456
1,393
3,455
893
2,511
630
211
19
0
31
0
15
12
39
3
0
8
2
6
20
7
15
6
1
0
0
2
1
7
2000
200
2,303
0
15,700
1
0
69
6,135
0
60,490
1
0
0
50
0
0
467
4
0
0
0
0
0
2,590
61
555
2,488
8,867
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
2,393
679
1,425
1,572
770
143
0
40
0
3
2
0
1
2001
200
443
47
935
0
1
134
3,986
0
45,264
0
0
0
51
4
0
598
48
1
2
0
1
0
2,167
98
875
3,065
9,826
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1,382
3,945
606
638
497
279
5
85
0
3
2
0
21
2002
200
992
0
1,515
0
5
394
3,450
1
66,550
0
0
0
55
0
0
1,019
17
0
0
0
0
0
1,859
139
1,356
1,991
6,884
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
2,103
2,013
798
855
365
68
0
100
1
13
1
0
1
2003
200
2,434
2
3,410
0
0
64
3,766
0
36,133
58
0
0
42
0
0
570
85
0
3
0
1
0
1,877
49
1,181
2,177
4,676
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
6
26
873
496
656
746
459
110
0
92
2
1
1
1
0
2004
199
1,523
0
13,110
0
0
124
6,504
0
94,735
33
0
0
21
0
0
503
38
0
1
0
0
1
1,406
50
644
2,275
4,021
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
7
829
1,417
230
859
851
218
0
83
2
1
5
0
0
2005
200
814
0
0
0
0
42
6,532
0
92,996
10
0
0
24
0
0
467
41
0
0
0
0
0
688
44
506
1,982
4,692
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
9
2
585
165
234
742
1,168
111
0
61
2
28
4
0
1
total
5,058
9,057
276
37,337
10
19
1,291
156,624
8
,596,108
106
2
44
1,872
4
2
10,490
1,902
7
15
4
106
1
54,820
905
10,606
236,002
404,177
12
4
1
7
1
80
54
62
46
50,818
41,620
6,434
15,390
75,781
6,607
84
2,156
39
185
99
9
37
Appendix 2.2 cont.
Common name
(number of tows)
lobster, American
lookdown
lumpfish
mackerel, Atlantic
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
perch, white
pipefish, northern
pollock
pompano, African
puffer, northern
rockling, fourbeard
rudderfish, banded
salmon, Atlantic
sand lance, (yoy-est)
scad, bigeye
scad, mackerel
scad, rough
scad, round
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
seahorse, lined
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
seasnail
sennet, northern
shad, American
shad, gizzard
shad, hickory
shark, sandbar
sharksucker
skate, barndoor
skate, clearnose
skate, little
skate, winter
smelt, rainbow
spot
squid, long-finned
stingray, roughtail
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
toadfish, oyster
tomcod, Atlantic
triggerfish, gray
weakfish
Total
1984
200
1985
246
1986
316
1987
320
1988
320
1989
320
1990
297
1991
200
1992
160
1993
240
1994
240
1995
200
1996
200
1997
200
1998
200
1999
200
2000
200
2001
200
2002
200
2003
200
2004
199
2005
200
5,995
3,549
4,924
6,923
6,032
7,645
9,696
8,524
8,160 12,582
9,123
9,944
9,490 16,467 16,211 13,922 10,481
5,626
3,880
2,923
1,843
1,389
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
68
17
20
29
45
376
46
2
4
17
11
1
5
8
13
21
2
0
5
8
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
2
1
233
106
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
161
304
718
600
335
623
407
348
1,115
298
411
318
88
116
306
1,187
492
86
366
799
746
235
7
226
23
7
142
60
10
24
62
6
149
33
921
287
1,188
645
1,817
225
424
133
182
356
26
3
14
14
30
58
39
42
18
66
42
30
26
15
13
17
18
6
13
14
18
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
8
2
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
5
21
2
2
0
1
0
2
4
4
2
6
2
4
5
0
3
8
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
0
3
2
2
5
1
28
4
1
3
1
28
14
4
8
6
3
5
5
376
89
184
312
563
686
393
163
150
242
93
169
109
199
133
233
185
251
106
113
173
106
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3
25
95
0
2
4
178
4
4
3
19
70
6
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
1,000
5
0
0
100
1,075
0
430
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
63
1
1
0
0
3
0
2
1
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
0
4
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
32
19
89
180
81
41
1
0
100
13
0
35
65
0
0
0
10
10
12
14
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
2
0
0
4
11
12
14
82
51
32
107
107
263
139
31
11
7
5
7
4
2
2
14
5
3
5
5
0
8,806 18,054 16,449
9,761 12,566 37,642 21,193 45,790 13,646 32,218 38,456 13,985 16,087
9,582 23,742 101,095 101,464 58,325 100,481 26,926 61,521 52,642
57
59
70
88
52
34
44
19
4
1
1
2
2
3
30
9
19
7
11
3
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
585
2,267
546
280
605
381
357
609
313
951
878
1,317
672
579
360
547
2,014
1,594
2,123
1,632
784
265
1,434
2,295
2,035
1,482
2,086
2,211
2,353
865
857
1,491
1,298
682
1,008
819
1,321
1,690
3,129
2,061
2,394
2,235
1,308
757
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
1
2
0
0
8
1,852
425
642
1,036
3,208
4,007
550
361
380
1,142
1,723
755
501
922
901
987
316
109
593
689
356
177
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
71
4
7
6
4
40
2
1
12
10
31
6
29
25
40
56
42
14
45
41
39
136
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
54
3
39
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
1
3
2
8
8
1
4
1
4
20
22
18
65
59
68
22
102
2,751
4,614
4,303
3,847
9,471
9,349 11,902
6,479
3,495
6,051
6,714
2,372
6,203
4,068
4,305
3,686
3,340
4,311
4,242
4,071
3,044
1,317
1
20
34
17
114
120
85
50
31
62
51
41
88
48
62
41
31
38
45
82
53
31
0
0
0
0
5
4
2
2
0
9
9
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
34
38
10
29
0
8
2
0
124
53
3
195
10
0
45
204
13
52
1
8
0
0
0 11,018 15,135 33,400 21,304 23,789 12,322 32,780 58,312 25,396 23,974 22,720 13,048 27,443 21,580 16,585
9,080
8,034 21,350 23,022 17,542
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
10
13
12
30
31
59
117
38
42
81
81
165
232
319
400
397
293
214
469
383
378
469
11
3
6
6
7
13
9
3
30
60
60
6
3
5
17
39
7
18
18
29
8
9
734
773
796
624
629
791
693
501
265
164
224
61
136
190
194
217
287
319
565
225
232
179
3
4
9
0
0
3
4
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
2
6
2
8
9
1
0
2
1
0
8
2
3
3
4
8
5
2
4
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
366
2,740
7,751
327
1,341
5,914
2,246
4,320
1,317
2,060
8,156
2,881
6,375
3,904
3,495 12,416 23,595 12,739 10,713
8,183 17,505
9,191
122,527 152,574 153,383 136,139 216,479 294,026 277,183 174,235 186,975 230,300 204,795 163,532 165,756 170,557 257,779 392,447 271,189 170,580 227,225 129,982 240,860 197,000
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total
5,058
175,328
6
2
735
355
10,060
6,927
525
24
60
26
1
133
5,027
1
1
413
2,610
108
18
799
36
896
820,431
525
1
19,660
35,810
19
21
21,632
7
661
1
1
104
1
414
109,935
1,145
37
828
437,833
5
4,232
367
8,799
57
48
4
147,535
4,535,522
Appendix 2.3. Annual total weight (kg) of finfish, lobster and squid taken in LISTS, 1992-2005.
Counts include all tows-see Table 2.4 for number of tows conducted. Note: nw = not weighed.
Common name
(number of tows)
anchovy, bay
anchovy, striped
Anchovy, spp (yoy-est)
bigeye
bigeye, short
black sea bass
bluefish
bonito, Atlantic
butterfish
cod, Atlantic
cornetfish, red
croaker, Atlantic
cunner
cusk-eel, fawn
cusk-eel, striped
dogfish, smooth
dogfish, spiny
eel, American
eel, conger
filefish, orange
filefish, planehead
flounder, fourspot
flounder, summer
flounder, winter
glasseye snapper
goatfish, red
goby, naked
goosefish
grubby
gunnel, rock
haddock
hake, red
hake, silver
hake, spotted
herring, alewife
herring, Atlantic
herring, blueback
herring, round
hogchoker
jack, crevalle
jack, yellow
kingfish, northern
lamprey, sea
lizardfish, inshore
lobster, American
lookdown
lumpfish
mackerel, Atlantic
mackerel, Spanish
menhaden, Atlantic
moonfish
ocean pout
perch, white
pipefish, northern
pollock
pompano, African
puffer, northern
rockling, fourbeard
salmon, Atlantic
1992
160
nw
nw
nw
0.0
0.0
1.8
2,462.9
0.0
1,357.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
0.0
0.0
863.2
30.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
382.4
0.6
142.1
286.1
1,344.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
127.7
22.0
10.3
9.2
797.5
8.5
0.2
5.6
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
1,537.9
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
60.6
1.5
7.7
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
12.8
0.0
1993
240
nw
nw
nw
0.0
0.1
6.4
2,226.1
6.4
1,450.1
0.0
0.1
2.5
6.2
0.0
0.0
1,339.1
58.4
1.6
0.2
0.1
0.8
0.0
193.6
2.6
193.1
578.9
1,898.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
254.4
21.9
55.9
54.5
1,120.0
4.7
0.3
7.3
0.5
0.2
1.0
1.0
0.0
2,700.3
0.0
0.2
1.3
5.3
103.9
0.6
16.4
0.3
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.9
15.7
0.1
1994
240
nw
nw
nw
0.1
0.1
11.0
2,341.7
0.0
1,202.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
2.1
0.0
0.0
934.6
199.6
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
202.4
1.5
173.0
597.2
2,060.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
63.9
127.6
32.4
83.2
769.3
31.2
0.2
3.9
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.0
0.1
1,956.1
0.3
0.0
0.9
6.4
87.8
4.1
9.1
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
8.5
0.0
1995
200
nw
nw
nw
0.0
0.0
4.7
1,156.1
0.0
1,664.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
4.4
0.0
0.0
566.8
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
402.9
1.2
79.6
356.2
1,614.7
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.3
0.1
0.0
0.2
145.6
61.6
6.5
24.6
1,631.7
7.5
0.0
1.7
0.1
2.1
2.5
0.0
0.0
2,141.9
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
41.9
2.1
6.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
14.7
0.0
1996
1997
1998
1999
200
200
200
200
nw
nw
nw
5.6
0.2
0.0
0.0
6.1
nw
nw
nw
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
12.1
10.5
10.6
17.2
1,118.2 977.6 899.0 1,218.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1,844.7 2,017.2 3,661.1 4,171.6
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
4.1
8.1
5.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
862.8 527.3 989.8 923.0
2.1
13.7
44.5
51.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
407.2 615.3 306.0 203.9
2.3
2.4
6.4
5.2
266.4 326.0 431.3 459.8
1,223.6 986.1 741.1 594.2
3,335.0 2,439.4 2,450.3 2,011.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
1.6
3.2
0.3
0.2
0.7
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.1
95.5
80.5 217.5 226.5
20.0
70.8
88.3
99.6
42.6
19.0
12.2
38.8
134.6
81.3
35.1 107.6
189.8 515.1
74.6
45.4
6.2
16.5
5.1
1.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
5.4
1.8
1.9
5.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.7
1.9
0.6
0.9
1.3
0.6
0.7
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.5
2,113.5 3,800.9 3,873.9 3,397.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.7
1.1
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
40.5
38.5
9.2
90.9
11.6
4.6
13.4
9.6
7.2
4.8
2.7
3.9
0.1
0.9
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.5
1.1
8.6
17.3
11.6
28.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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2000
200
12.2
0.0
4.5
0.1
0.0
22.6
1,408.0
0.0
1,458.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
5.3
0.0
0.0
1,038.5
9.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
398.6
2.7
471.3
368.8
1,921.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
162.6
28.8
92.3
96.0
124.1
6.8
0.0
5.9
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
2,184.5
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
31.8
15.0
4.9
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
14.7
0.0
2001
200
3.6
1.2
0.8
0.0
0.1
74.8
751.2
0.0
1,834.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.9
0.2
0.0
1,407.6
128.6
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
362.7
3.8
628.1
475.5
1,993.6
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
109.7
152.2
34.9
41.7
72.6
11.1
0.1
10.5
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.0
2.2
1,531.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.7
3.8
2.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
21.5
0.0
2002
2003
2004
2005
200
200
199
200
6.6
13.3
10.3
5.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
188.3
49.6
40.5
26.4
1,099.7 791.6 2,140.6 1,333.8
2.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1,924.2 682.8 1,842.7 2,097.3
0.0
2.8
4.7
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.2
6.7
3.7
4.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2,814.3 1,527.4 1,435.3 1,421.7
48.0 239.5 104.7 102.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
326.9 350.1 309.3 125.9
4.9
3.0
2.8
2.4
989.3 845.7 627.2 406.1
343.3 378.8 333.7 177.5
1,584.1 1,421.9 839.9 566.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.6
0.0
1.3
0.6
0.2
206.6
73.4
51.6
56.0
89.6
13.9
27.3
7.1
48.2
70.4
37.8
17.4
70.2
55.3
56.1
47.6
63.9
89.1
58.3 131.1
2.4
4.0
6.5
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
13.3
8.6
9.5
8.7
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.4
0.1
0.1
3.0
0.2
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
1,005.7 690.9 481.5 364.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
1.9
0.0
5.7
0.0
2.1
0.0
0.0
96.3 344.9 110.7
77.9
7.4
2.3
3.4
6.0
4.3
2.9
5.4
0.7
0.0
1.4
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
9.7
9.2
13.0
6.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total
2,839
57.4
7.6
12.3
0.4
1.0
476.5
19,924.5
8.8
27,208.0
8.9
0.1
2.8
70.0
0.2
0.1
16,651.4
1,032.8
2.2
3.6
0.2
1.7
0.1
4,587.2
41.8
6,039.0
7,441.0
25,481.8
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
15.5
2.2
1.9
3.0
1,871.5
830.7
518.7
897.0
5,682.5
117.0
1.4
89.1
3.1
11.3
10.0
3.1
3.4
27,780.5
0.4
0.2
20.6
15.5
1,139.6
85.4
78.8
4.1
3.1
0.2
0.1
5.9
192.9
0.1
Appendix 2.3 cont.
Common name
(number of tows)
1992
160
1993
240
1994
240
1995
200
1996
200
1997
200
1998
200
1999
200
2005
200
Total
2,839
sand lance, (yoy - est)
scad, bigeye
scad, mackerel
scad, rough
scad, round
sculpin, longhorn
scup
sea raven
seahorse, lined
searobin, northern
searobin, striped
seasnail
sennet, northern
shad, American
shad, gizzard
shad, hickory
sharksucker
skate, barndoor
skate, clearnose
skate, little
skate, winter
smelt, rainbow
spot
squid, long-finned
stingray, roughtail
striped bass
sturgeon, Atlantic
tautog
toadfish, oyster
tomcod, Atlantic
triggerfish, gray
weakfish
nw
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
nw
0.0
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
0.2
0.0
1.5
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.7
1.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.3
9.0
3.2
1.6
1.3
2.1
0.8
1.0
0.3
5.0
1.5
0.9
2.0
3.4
0.0
837.7 867.9 878.1 770.5 739.4 530.5 740.5 3,641.3 6,679.0 5,828.4 13,814.0 5,221.9 6,801.1 3,080.7
3.9
0.6
0.2
0.7
1.5
0.4
11.3
4.9
9.2
4.1
4.1
1.6
2.4
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35.6
97.9
66.7 166.9
57.4
60.4
39.4
52.0 251.2 222.7 267.3 252.2 112.0
21.3
305.1 260.0 208.6 277.5 278.7 230.5 509.7 497.0 1,036.1 861.0 1,065.0 805.1 465.4 183.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.7
63.3 138.9 165.8
81.4
36.2
66.8
60.2 117.3
25.8
9.6
40.3
40.8
24.2
18.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
4.9
4.4
7.6
2.5
10.2
9.1
15.9
19.4
17.1
6.7
19.6
20.1
14.2
43.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
1.0
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
10.3
11.3
1.8
11.0
1.7
7.4
36.8
39.4
37.9 132.4 107.3 130.8
48.2 187.1
1,389.0 2,534.8 3,091.5 1,055.3 2,801.8 1,945.8 2,085.5 1,829.6 1,604.7 2,022.6 2,121.9 2,187.3 1,689.8 682.5
105.3 220.9 139.2
89.2 212.7 109.7 180.7
89.8
66.5 112.2 133.5 162.1 100.3
59.9
0.0
0.6
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.6
4.3
0.3
14.1
1.1
0.0
5.7
17.8
1.3
7.2
0.1
0.9
0.0
844.9 1,629.1 965.4 796.4 720.4 515.2 767.0 826.4 582.3 346.2 279.9 573.2 953.4 683.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.6
3.4
0.0
0.0
2.5
24.4
0.0
4.1
0.0
89.4 210.3 198.6 185.3 373.5 509.9 484.2 815.4 602.6 472.5 855.2 770.3 811.8 675.1
244.8 633.6 848.6 145.5
19.9
37.8 189.7 498.6
79.0 270.6 275.3 550.2 117.6 152.7
508.3 320.0 373.9
95.1 225.9 271.8 347.1 326.6 463.5 491.2 921.1 346.0 353.7 269.2
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.8
2.5
0.4
4.7
5.0
0.8
0.0
1.3
0.8
0.3
0.8
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
94.8 121.2 344.5 275.7 414.9 362.0 268.2 771.3 554.5 415.0 442.0 194.8 426.9 449.9
3.3
2.0
2.0
0.9
12.6
1.7
32.1
50,431.0
45.4
0.1
1,703.0
6,983.4
0.7
1.7
888.8
0.7
194.8
0.3
2.8
0.4
763.4
27,042.1
1,782.0
1.7
63.4
10,483.3
85.0
7,054.1
4,063.9
5,313.4
17.8
4.5
3.2
5,135.7
Total
14,031.0 19,406.4 18,216.5 13,905.2 17,669.1 17,291.1 19,646.7 23,279.9 21,927.8 20,876.6 31,349.0 18,956.8 20,494.5 13,522.1
270,572.7
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2000
200
2001
200
2002
200
2003
200
2004
199
Appendix 2.4. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in LISTS in 1984.
Finfish species are in order of descending count. Number of tows (sample size)=102.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
18,700
31.0
.
.
Atlantic mackerel
species
count
48
0.1
% weight
.
%
.
windowpane flounder
13,746
22.8
.
.
spotted hake
46
0.1
.
.
winter flounder
bluefish
6,847
6,738
11.4
11.2
.
.
.
.
sea raven
ocean pout
32
25
0.1
0
.
.
.
.
scup
3,225
5.4
.
.
rough scad
22
0
.
.
fourspot flounder
1,868
3.1
.
.
longhorn sculpin
12
0
.
.
little skate
1,491
2.5
.
.
black sea bass
11
0
.
.
red hake
1,323
2.2
.
.
moonfish
7
0
.
.
American shad
982
1.6
.
.
Atlantic sturgeon
6
0
.
.
blueback herring
925
1.5
.
.
round herring
5
0
.
.
striped searobin
697
1.2
.
.
spiny dogfish
4
0
.
.
silver hake
575
1.0
.
.
American eel
2
0
.
.
smooth dogfish
534
0.9
.
.
striped bass
2
0
.
.
tautog
472
0.8
.
.
oyster toadfish
2
0
.
.
northern searobin
448
0.7
.
.
goosefish
1
0
.
.
fourbeard rockling
303
0.5
.
.
northern sennet
1
0
.
.
weakfish
260
0.4
.
.
northern puffer
1
0
.
.
hogchoker
252
0.4
.
.
red goatfish
1
0
.
.
cunner
220
0.4
.
.
Total
summer flounder
150
0.2
.
.
alewife
100
.
.
60,230
108
0.2
.
.
Invertebrates
hickory shad
71
0.1
.
.
American lobster
2865
Atlantic menhaden
67
0.1
.
.
Total
2,865
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Appendix 2.4. cont. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in LISTS in 1985.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
34,512
41.4
.
.
spot
species
scup
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
bluefish
weakfish
northern searobin
little skate
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
red hake
Atlantic herring
smooth dogfish
tautog
American shad
silver hake
summer flounder
hogchoker
moonfish
blueback herring
longhorn sculpin
cunner
sea raven
fourbeard rockling
Atlantic menhaden
black sea bass
spotted hake
12,155
11,194
7,980
5,302
2,650
2,098
1,705
1,289
1,078
573
504
405
323
280
250
175
163
142
100
80
51
50
44
38
35
27
14.6
13.4
9.6
6.4
3.2
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.3
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
count
% weight
%
26
0
.
.
round herring
rough scad
Atlantic mackerel
spiny dogfish
winter skate
alewife
planehead filefish
rock gunnel
oyster toadfish
goosefish
ocean pout
Atlantic bonito
crevalle jack
grubby
gray triggerfish
hickory shad
orange filefish
northern puffer
Atlantic sturgeon
Atlantic tomcod
Total
15
14
13
13
13
9
7
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
83,395
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Invertebrates
American lobster
Total
1589
1,589
100
.
-
.
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Finfish species are in order of descending count. Invertebrate species are in order of descending weight. Number of
tows (sample size)=196.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
scup
weakfish
little skate
bluefish
red hake
Atlantic herring
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
silver hake
tautog
smooth dogfish
summer flounder
northern searobin
American shad
Atlantic menhaden
blueback herring
alewife
fourbeard rockling
cunner
sea raven
hogchoker
longhorn sculpin
spiny dogfish
25,192
18,848
15,341
7,910
5,427
3,210
2,789
2,657
1,999
1,487
886
723
566
430
414
396
344
318
256
216
123
76
70
60
51
47
28.0
20.9
17.0
8.8
6.0
3.6
3.1
3.0
2.2
1.7
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
winter skate
spotted hake
black sea bass
spot
Atlantic mackerel
moonfish
ocean pout
oyster toadfish
hickory shad
rough scad
Atlantic sturgeon
clearnose skate
American eel
goosefish
grubby
northern pipefish
northern puffer
smallmouth flounder
striped bass
Total
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
Total
Job 2 Page 177
count
32
30
28
25
19
14
14
9
6
5
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
90,031
2,553
6,537
9,090
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
%
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
28.1
71.9
.
.
-
.
.
species
count
%
weight
%
winter flounder
butterfish
windowpane flounder
scup
bluefish
little skate
red hake
Atlantic herring
fourspot flounder
silver hake
alewife
striped searobin
summer flounder
American shad
tautog
Atlantic menhaden
smooth dogfish
weakfish
fourbeard rockling
northern searobin
sea raven
blueback herring
cunner
hogchoker
rough scad
15,600
14,674
11,031
5,029
2,611
2,140
1,729
1,628
1,298
906
754
543
374
371
363
329
257
248
241
220
86
79
79
61
48
25.6
24.1
18.1
8.3
4.3
3.5
2.8
2.7
2.1
1.5
1.2
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
longhorn sculpin
spotted hake
spiny dogfish
ocean pout
black sea bass
winter skate
striped bass
Atlantic tomcod
smallmouth flounder
moonfish
rock gunnel
Atlantic sturgeon
spot
clearnose skate
hickory shad
Atlantic bonito
Atlantic mackerel
round herring
sea lamprey
count
32
22
19
14
13
13
10
8
7
6
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
Total
60,862
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
3,544
10,552
Total
14,096
Job 2 Page 178
% weight
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
%
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
25.1
74.9
.
.
-
.
.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
scup
little skate
bluefish
fourspot flounder
red hake
weakfish
silver hake
striped searobin
Atlantic herring
American shad
northern searobin
tautog
smooth dogfish
summer flounder
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
alewife
moonfish
rough scad
longhorn sculpin
winter skate
spotted hake
hogchoker
Atlantic menhaden
sea raven
cunner
spiny dogfish
smallmouth flounder
45,983
25,695
19,497
10,184
6,539
3,688
2,478
1,933
1,287
1,210
1,194
1,193
1,187
474
455
385
320
302
164
153
137
128
103
101
87
75
69
50
48
39
34
36.7
20.5
15.6
8.1
5.2
2.9
2.0
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
count
ocean pout
Atlantic mackerel
spot
black sea bass
striped bass
yellowtail flounder
grubby
rock gunnel
rainbow smelt
crevalle jack
bigeye scad
bigeye
planehead filefish
hickory shad
northern puffer
Atlantic sturgeon
Atlantic tomcod
Atlantic bonito
dwarf goatfish
goosefish
northern pipefish
short bigeye
striped cusk-eel
sea lamprey
Total
30
24
18
17
17
6
5
5
5
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
125,344
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
2,114
22,769
8.5
91.5
.
.
.
.
Total
24,883
Job 2 Page 179
% weight
-
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
scup
bluefish
little skate
red hake
weakfish
American shad
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
silver hake
Atlantic herring
tautog
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
northern searobin
Atlantic mackerel
Atlantic menhaden
smooth dogfish
alewife
longhorn sculpin
cunner
hogchoker
winter skate
spiny dogfish
ocean pout
bigeye scad
moonfish
summer flounder
47,089
32,361
25,109
17,391
8,649
7,079
5,689
5,496
1,977
1,877
1,763
1,697
1,154
600
397
307
297
237
230
202
190
107
106
91
91
66
58
45
42
35
29.3
20.2
15.6
10.8
5.4
4.4
3.5
3.4
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
sea raven
black sea bass
rough scad
striped bass
yellow jack
goosefish
smallmouth flounder
rock gunnel
grubby
spotted hake
rainbow smelt
planehead filefish
Atlantic sturgeon
Atlantic tomcod
bigeye
American eel
short bigeye
oyster toadfish
white perch
northern sennet
northern puffer
banded rudderfish
Spanish mackerel
Total
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
Total
Job 2 Page 180
count
34
15
11
11
11
9
9
8
7
7
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
160,581
3,447
13,883
17,330
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
%
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
19.9
80.1
.
.
-
.
.
species
count
%
weight
%
winter flounder
butterfish
scup
windowpane flounder
Atlantic herring
little skate
bluefish
fourspot flounder
silver hake
red hake
weakfish
striped searobin
tautog
American shad
fourbeard rockling
longhorn sculpin
northern searobin
Atlantic menhaden
smooth dogfish
summer flounder
cunner
alewife
spiny dogfish
hogchoker
winter skate
blueback herring
striped bass
sea raven
ocean pout
black sea bass
spotted hake
Atlantic mackerel
rough scad
47,184
45,373
15,393
9,825
8,779
6,456
4,688
3,270
2,334
2,237
1,921
866
554
406
299
243
232
219
209
170
168
160
150
84
61
46
45
42
39
27
21
10
10
31.1
29.9
10.2
6.5
5.8
4.3
3.1
2.2
1.5
1.5
1.3
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
count
seasnail
planehead filefish
moonfish
rock gunnel
yellow jack
grubby
spot
Atlantic sturgeon
oyster toadfish
goosefish
smallmouth flounder
Atlantic tomcod
clearnose skate
lookdown
red goatfish
rainbow smelt
bigeye scad
bigeye
hickory shad
mackerel scad
northern kingfish
northern puffer
red cornetfish
sandbar shark
sea lamprey
yellowtail flounder
Total
8
7
7
7
7
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
151,600
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
5,369
14,538
Total
19,907
Job 2 Page 181
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
%
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
27.0.
73.0.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
little skate
bluefish
weakfish
Atlantic herring
fourspot flounder
red hake
silver hake
striped searobin
northern searobin
tautog
American shad
Atlantic menhaden
summer flounder
smooth dogfish
fourbeard rockling
longhorn sculpin
hogchoker
alewife
cunner
spotted hake
winter skate
ocean pout
black sea bass
blueback herring
striped bass
45,790
40,537
26,623
8,482
6,479
5,845
4,320
4,003
3,553
2,085
1,537
865
609
501
361
348
263
193
163
139
104
103
75
73
50
42
39
38
38
29.9
26.4
17.4
5.5
4.2
3.8
2.8
2.6
2.3
1.4
1.0
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
species
moonfish
smallmouth flounder
sea raven
spiny dogfish
yellow jack
goosefish
northern puffer
northern kingfish
Atlantic tomcod
Atlantic sturgeon
clearnose skate
Atlantic mackerel
mackerel scad
rainbow smelt
Spanish mackerel
spot
bigeye scad
planehead filefish
hickory shad
red goatfish
rough scad
sea lamprey
oyster toadfish
Total
count
24
20
19
14
11
8
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
153,389
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
8,524
12,322
Total
20,846
Job 2 Page 182
% weight
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
%
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
40.9
59.1
.
.
-
.
.
counted). Number of tows (sample size)=160.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
winter flounder
bluefish
Atlantic herring
little skate
windowpane flounder
fourspot flounder
red hake
weakfish
Atlantic menhaden
striped searobin
silver hake
American shad
northern searobin
smooth dogfish
tautog
summer flounder
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
alewife
spotted hake
moonfish
hogchoker
striped bass
longhorn sculpin
winter skate
cunner
Atlantic sturgeon
ocean pout
hickory shad
smallmouth flounder
goosefish
clearnose skate
Atlantic tomcod
mackerel scad
spiny dogfish
95,961
13,646
9,548
5,269
4,565
3,495
2,980
2,774
1,606
1,317
1,115
857
544
380
313
304
265
186
175
150
122
68
62
61
42
31
31
30
30
18
12
12
10
8
8
6
6
65.7
9.3
6.5
3.6
3.1
2.4
2.0
1.9
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,357.3
837.7
1,344.8
2,462.9
797.5
1,389.0
286.1
382.4
127.7
94.8
60.6
305.1
22.0
63.3
35.6
863.2
508.3
142.1
8.5
12.8
9.2
10.3
1.5
5.6
89.4
9.0
105.3
3.7
244.8
7.7
4.9
0.6
2.5
10.3
1.3
0.2
30.7
11.7
7.2
11.5
21.1
6.8
11.9
2.5
3.3
1.1
0.8
0.5
2.6
0.2
0.5
0.3
7.4
4.4
1.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0.8
0.1
0.9
0
2.1
0.1
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0.3
species
black sea bass
northern pipefish
Atlantic mackerel
sea raven
northern kingfish
round herring
yellow jack
Atlantic silverside
conger eel
northern puffer
Spanish mackerel
Total
count
5
5
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
146,035
Invertebrates
American lobster
blue mussel
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
lady crab
rock crab
boring sponge
spider crab
starfish spp.
whelks
bluecrab
mantis shrimp
northern moon snail
common oyster
surf clam
hard clams
bushy bryozoan
purple sea urchin
mud crabs
star coral
8,160
nc
32,780
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
Total
40,940
Job 2 Page 183
% weight
1.8
0.4
1.0
3.9
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.5
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11,648.2
19.9
nc
80.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1,537.9
1,157.1
844.9
514.1
375.4
239.1
225.5
186.0
148.6
57.5
34.7
18.1
10.3
8.6
7.3
2.4
1.7
1.2
1.0
0.4
0.3
0.1
5,372
28.6
21.5
15.7
9.6
7.0
4.5
4.2
3.5
2.8
1.1
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
Atlantic herring
little skate
bluefish
red hake
fourspot flounder
weakfish
striped searobin
northern searobin
American shad
alewife
silver hake
spotted hake
smooth dogfish
Atlantic menhaden
fourbeard rockling
summer flounder
tautog
Spanish mackerel
blueback herring
rough scad
striped bass
ocean pout
cunner
Atlantic sturgeon
winter skate
spot
hogchoker
Atlantic silverside
northern puffer
smallmouth flounder
Atlantic croaker
black sea bass
spiny dogfish
Atlantic mackerel
longhorn sculpin
planehead filefish
hickory shad
northern pipefish
rainbow smelt
crevalle jack
northern kingfish
Atlantic tomcod
clearnose skate
white perch
conger eel
35,361
18,785
16,090
7,953
6,269
5,186
4,402
3,963
1,262
1,142
1,079
935
791
788
500
331
283
271
241
224
157
136
96
92
78
66
64
60
59
57
56
54
23
23
20
16
14
11
11
9
9
9
9
5
5
5
4
4
3
33.0
17.6
15.0
7.4
5.9
4.8
4.1
3.7
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
847.8
581.4
1,855.7
547.6
1,119.8
2,172.3
1,343.2
232.0
182.3
60.3
165.4
96.8
101.1
48.2
21.1
36.7
857.6
94.1
15.6
137.9
308.2
2.2
4.3
3.8
198.7
16.4
6.1
633.6
213.2
4.5
5.2
1.0
0.4
2.1
1.1
5.0
58.4
0.9
3.2
0.7
4.1
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.8
7.7
0.3
0.2
7.1
4.8
15.4
4.6
9.3
18.1
11.2
1.9
1.5
0.5
1.4
0.8
0.8
0.4
0.2
0.3
7.1
0.8
0.1
1.1
2.6
0
0
0
1.7
0.1
0.1
5.3
1.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
species
count
goosefish
American sand lance
Atlantic bonito
lumpfish
moonfish
sea lamprey
Atlantic salmon
American eel
northern sennet
orange filefish
round herring
red cornetfish
red goatfish
short bigeye
sea raven
yellow jack
Total
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
107,035
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
0.3
6.4
0.2
0.2
1.0
0.1
1.6
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
12,012.4
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
blue mussel
horseshoe crab
spider crab
lady crab
rock crab
starfish spp.
boring sponge
whelks
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
northern moon snail
common oyster
surf clam
hard clams
purple sea urchin
arks
mud crabs
star coral
blood star
sand shrimp
sand dollar
northern red shrimp
polychaetes
10,306
39,723
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
20.6
79.4
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,173.5
1,176.5
945.1
673.8
511.2
428.0
155.9
45.7
37.4
36.6
34.0
31.6
27.6
20.0
8.9
2.0
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
34.4
18.6
15.0
10.7
8.1
6.8
2.5
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
50,029
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% weight
6,313
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
winter flounder
bluefish
windowpane flounder
little skate
Atlantic herring
weakfish
silver hake
fourspot flounder
American shad
alewife
blueback herring
striped searobin
northern searobin
red hake
smooth dogfish
Atlantic menhaden
summer flounder
tautog
spotted hake
moonfish
fourbeard rockling
striped bass
Atlantic sturgeon
spiny dogfish
ocean pout
hogchoker
black sea bass
winter skate
American sand lance
Spanish mackerel
cunner
smallmouth flounder
hickory shad
rough scad
Atlantic mackerel
spot
rainbow smelt
crevalle jack
goosefish
northern kingfish
33,538
25,451
20,615
7,703
6,062
5,604
3,836
3,320
1,703
1,494
1,289
1,211
1,052
927
800
490
310
276
242
207
148
93
92
81
60
55
42
36
33
33
25
25
18
15
14
13
11
11
9
8
8
7
28.7
21.8
17.6
6.6
5.2
4.8
3.3
2.8
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
776.8
660.8
1,992.2
1,159.8
574.5
2,565.3
768.6
160.0
112.9
195.6
133.2
75.0
26.6
183.6
63.7
54.0
816.3
61.4
141.6
346.5
25.7
2.6
8.4
198.6
848.6
186.2
9.1
3.8
10.9
101.5
0.6
1.7
1.3
1.3
3.7
0.2
0.9
1.1
0.6
0.5
2.0
0.5
6.3
5.4
16.2
9.4
4.7
20.9
6.3
1.3
0.9
1.6
1.1
0.6
0.2
1.5
0.5
0.4
6.6
0.5
1.2
2.8
0.2
0
0.1
1.6
6.9
1.5
0.1
0
0.1
0.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
longhorn sculpin
grubby
mackerel scad
Atlantic silverside
bigeye scad
lookdown
northern puffer
Atlantic tomcod
bigeye
clearnose skate
inshore lizardfish
northern pipefish
rock gunnel
sea raven
white perch
yellow jack
Total
7
5
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
117,002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.6
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
1.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
12,284.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7,057
15,299
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
22,356
31.6
68.4
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1,533.9
594.8
386.7
377.5
338.5
335.0
136.8
124.6
51.4
34.6
18.4
14.1
9.8
4.2
3.7
3.0
1.9
1.3
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.1
3,972
38.6
15.0
9.7
9.5
8.5
8.4
3.4
3.1
1.3
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
blue mussel
lady crab
spider crab
rock crab
starfish spp.
northern moon snail
common oyster
whelks
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
arks
boring sponge
hard clams
bushy bryozoan
mud crabs
surf clam
purple sea urchin
Total
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% weight
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
winter flounder
scup
Atlantic herring
bluefish
windowpane flounder
weakfish
fourspot flounder
little skate
red hake
silver hake
northern searobin
American shad
striped searobin
alewife
Atlantic menhaden
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
smooth dogfish
striped bass
summer flounder
American sand lance
spotted hake
tautog
cunner
winter skate
Atlantic silverside
moonfish
yellow jack
ocean pout
northern kingfish
smallmouth flounder
hogchoker
black sea bass
hickory shad
Atlantic sturgeon
longhorn sculpin
clearnose skate
goosefish
rainbow smelt
Atlantic tomcod
64,930
15,558
13,985
9,135
5,524
3,815
2,881
2,584
2,372
1,977
1,941
1,317
755
682
386
318
255
169
168
165
121
95
72
61
41
41
39
33
32
30
25
19
17
12
6
6
5
4
4
4
4
50.1
12.0
10.8
7.0
4.3
2.9
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.5
1.5
1.0
0.6
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,664.5
1,614.7
770.5
1,631.7
1,156.1
356.2
275.7
402.9
1,055.3
145.6
61.6
166.9
81.4
277.5
24.6
41.9
7.5
14.7
566.8
185.3
79.6
0.4
6.5
95.1
4.4
89.2
0.9
2.1
2.1
6.5
2.5
1.2
1.7
4.7
2.5
145.5
1.3
11.0
3.3
0.3
0.8
15.2
14.7
7.0
14.9
10.5
3.2
2.5
3.7
9.6
1.3
0.6
1.5
0.7
2.5
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.1
5.2
1.7
0.7
0
0.1
0.9
0
0.8
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
1.3
0
0.1
0
0
0
species
count
spot
Atlantic cod
conger eel
haddock
northern pipefish
sea raven
African pompano
crevalle jack
grubby
Atlantic mackerel
mackerel scad
northern puffer
oyster toadfish
yellowtail flounder
Total
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
129,609
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
0.1
1.2
0.2
0.1
0.7
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
0.1
10,966.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
lady crab
horseshoe crab
spider crab
rock crab
blue mussel
boring sponge
whelks
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
northern moon snail
starfish spp.
arks
hard clams
purple sea urchin
sand shrimp
ghost shrimp
mud crabs
common razor clam
shore shrimp
9,944
23,974
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
29.3
70.7
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,141.9
796.4
535.0
116.8
95.4
78.3
47.0
14.0
12.8
11.2
10.8
8.1
6.0
5.8
4.7
1.4
0.7
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
55.1
20.5
13.8
3
2.5
2
1.2
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
33,918
Job 2 Page 186
% weight
3,888
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
winter flounder
scup
windowpane flounder
bluefish
weakfish
little skate
fourspot flounder
alewife
striped searobin
Atlantic herring
moonfish
red hake
northern searobin
American shad
silver hake
summer flounder
spotted hake
smooth dogfish
striped bass
spot
tautog
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
Atlantic menhaden
winter skate
hogchoker
smallmouth flounder
rough scad
hickory shad
black sea bass
ocean pout
cunner
striped anchovy
longhorn sculpin
northern kingfish
yellow jack
Atlantic mackerel
planehead filefish
mackerel scad
49,360
22,722
16,087
14,116
6,705
6,375
6,203
2,815
1,402
1,008
972
921
872
672
501
489
434
384
275
232
195
136
109
97
88
88
45
41
35
29
27
26
17
11
7
6
6
5
3
3
37.0
17.0
12.0
10.6
5.0
4.8
4.6
2.1
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,844.7
3,335.0
739.4
1,223.6
1,118.2
414.9
2,801.8
407.2
134.6
278.7
189.8
11.6
95.5
57.4
36.2
20.0
266.4
42.6
862.8
373.5
14.1
225.9
8.6
6.2
40.5
212.7
5.4
2.3
1.5
10.2
12.1
7.2
2.6
0.2
2.1
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.1
12.4
22.5
5.0
8.2
7.5
2.8
18.9
2.7
0.9
1.9
1.3
0.1
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.1
1.8
0.3
5.8
2.5
0.1
1.5
0.1
0
0.3
1.4
0
0
0
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
northern puffer
rock gunnel
short bigeye
Atlantic sturgeon
bigeye scad
grubby
sea raven
Atlantic tomcod
clearnose skate
conger eel
gizzard shad
goosefish
sea lamprey
spiny dogfish
white perch
Total
Invertebrates
American lobster
lady crab
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
spider crab
rock crab
blue mussel
whelks
mantis shrimp
boring sponge
bushy bryozoan
starfish spp.
arks
northern moon snail
bluecrab
hard clams
surf clam
mud crabs
purple sea urchin
Total
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count
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
133,546
9,490
nc
22,720
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
32,210
0.3
0.2
0.3
19.9
0.1
0.2
1.5
0.3
1.7
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.7
2.1
0.1
%
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14,835.2
29.5
nc
70.5
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,113.5
1,160.4
720.4
717.0
293.9
162.7
42.7
42.5
39.4
33.0
20.9
19.2
15.2
6.2
4.3
4.3
4.0
3.2
1.4
0.3
0.1
5,405
39.1
21.5
13.3
13.3
5.4
3.0
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
winter flounder
bluefish
windowpane flounder
scup
fourspot flounder
little skate
weakfish
Atlantic herring
silver hake
alewife
American shad
striped searobin
red hake
blueback herring
northern searobin
summer flounder
striped bass
moonfish
fourbeard rockling
tautog
smooth dogfish
Atlantic menhaden
spotted hake
rough scad
smallmouth flounder
winter skate
cunner
hickory shad
black sea bass
hogchoker
ocean pout
grubby
spot
Atlantic mackerel
northern kingfish
spiny dogfish
Atlantic sturgeon
clearnose skate
longhorn sculpin
white perch
crevalle jack
sea raven
Atlantic silverside
goosefish
inshore lizardfish
round scad
70,985
14,701
10,815
10,324
9,582
4,122
4,068
3,904
3,455
1,973
1,194
922
819
748
630
579
486
319
287
199
190
167
116
77
65
58
48
43
25
22
15
15
11
10
8
7
7
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
50.3
10.4
7.7
7.3
6.8
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.4
1.4
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,017.2
2,439.4
977.6
986.1
530.5
615.3
1,945.8
362.0
515.1
70.8
81.3
66.8
230.5
80.5
16.5
60.4
326.0
509.9
4.6
17.3
271.8
527.3
38.5
19.0
2.0
2.4
109.7
4.1
9.1
10.5
1.8
4.8
0.7
1.1
1.7
0.9
13.7
37.8
7.4
0.8
0.9
0.6
0.4
0.1
1.6
0.2
0.2
15.5
18.8
7.5
7.6
4.1
4.7
15.0
2.8
4.0
0.5
0.6
0.5
1.8
0.6
0.1
0.5
2.5
3.9
0
0.1
2.1
4.1
0.3
0.1
0
0
0.8
0
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.3
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
American sand lance
short bigeye
yellow jack
bigeye scad
Atlantic cod
haddock
northern pipefish
northern puffer
roughtail stingray
sea lamprey
Atlantic tomcod
yellowtail flounder
Total
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
141,040
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
50.6
0.1
0.1
0.3
12,974.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0
0
Invertebrates
American lobster
lady crab
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
spider crab
rock crab
bushy bryozoan
boring sponge
whelks
bluecrab
mantis shrimp
starfish spp.
hard clams
blue mussel
northern moon snail
northern comb jelly
arks
common oyster
surf clam
mud crabs
sand shrimp
common razor clam
blood star
star coral
northern red shrimp
shore shrimp
purple sea urchin
16,467
nc
13,048
204
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
22
33
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
55.3
nc
43.8
0.7
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.1
0.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3,800.9
592.5
515.2
472.4
188.3
94.1
88.0
28.0
21.7
16.5
14.8
13.6
9.3
7.3
3.8
3.5
3.3
2.0
1.8
1.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
64.6
10.1
8.8
8.0
3.2
1.6
1.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
29,774
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% weight
5,882
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
winter flounder
bluefish
windowpane flounder
little skate
weakfish
red hake
fourspot flounder
silver hake
striped searobin
moonfish
American shad
Atlantic herring
alewife
summer flounder
striped bass
northern searobin
smooth dogfish
Atlantic menhaden
blueback herring
tautog
spotted hake
fourbeard rockling
smallmouth flounder
cunner
winter skate
hickory shad
round herring
sea raven
northern puffer
clearnose skate
black sea bass
spiny dogfish
Atlantic sturgeon
northern kingfish
Atlantic mackerel
ocean pout
hogchoker
haddock
yellow jack
grubby
round scad
American sand lance
136,926
23,742
15,697
8,814
6,483
4,305
3,495
3,015
1,908
1,870
1,321
1,188
901
893
456
436
400
360
310
306
211
194
142
133
97
65
62
40
31
30
28
20
18
18
17
15
13
13
12
7
6
5
4
4
64.0
11.1
7.3
4.1
3.0
2.0
1.6
1.4
0.9
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,661.1
740.5
2,450.3
899.0
741.1
2,085.5
268.2
217.5
306.0
88.3
509.7
13.4
60.2
74.6
35.1
431.3
484.2
39.4
989.8
9.2
5.1
347.1
12.2
11.6
6.4
8.1
180.7
15.9
0.6
11.3
0.5
36.8
10.6
44.5
189.7
1.3
1.1
2.7
1.9
0.5
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.3
24.4
4.9
16.3
6.0
4.9
13.9
1.8
1.4
2.0
0.6
3.4
0.1
0.4
0.5
0.2
2.9
3.2
0.3
6.6
0.1
0
2.3
0.1
0.1
0
0.1
1.2
0.1
0
0.1
0
0.2
0.1
0.3
1.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
goosefish
oyster toadfish
gray triggerfish
longhorn sculpin
bigeye scad
inshore lizardfish
mackerel scad
roughtail stingray
Total
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
214,025
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3.2
0.9
2.3
1.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.4
15,005.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16,211
27,443
303
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
51
nc
49
40
52
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
18
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
44,167
36.7
62.1
0.7
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.1
nc
0.1
0.1
0.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3,873.9
767.0
489.4
309.0
291.2
241.4
157.2
63.1
56.0
55.6
24.9
22.5
18.2
12.8
10.1
9.8
8.6
5.6
5.4
3.7
2.0
1.4
1.1
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.1
6,434
60.2
11.9
7.6
4.8
4.5
3.8
2.4
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
blue mussel
lady crab
rock crab
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
boring sponge
knobbed whelk
starfish spp.
bluecrab
channeled whelk
whelks
northern moon snail
mantis shrimp
common oyster
hard clams
arks
red bearded sponge
surf clam
sea grape
mud crabs
boreal squid
purple sea urchin
star coral
moon jelly
ghost shrimp
Total
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% weight
%
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
weakfish
winter flounder
bluefish
silver hake
windowpane flounder
little skate
red hake
Atlantic herring
striped searobin
alewife
fourspot flounder
Atlantic menhaden
American shad
moonfish
summer flounder
bay anchovy
northern searobin
striped bass
spotted hake
smooth dogfish
fourbeard rockling
tautog
striped anchovy
American sand lance
smallmouth flounder
hickory shad
cunner
black sea bass
spot
winter skate
hogchoker
Atlantic sturgeon
clearnose skate
bigeye scad
Atlantic mackerel
yellow jack
blueback herring
ocean pout
northern puffer
spiny dogfish
sea raven
crevalle jack
inshore lizardfish
northern kingfish
northern sennet
planehead filefish
bigeye
conger eel
191,100
101,095
12,416
10,288
7,843
5,126
4,643
3,686
2,973
2,511
1,690
1,393
1,393
1,187
987
645
582
548
547
397
381
305
233
217
216
178
96
56
51
50
45
41
39
39
22
21
21
20
19
17
14
10
9
8
7
6
6
3
2
2
54.1
28.6
3.5
2.9
2.2
1.5
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,171.6
3,641.3
771.3
2,011.7
1,218.0
99.6
594.2
1,829.6
226.5
45.4
497.0
107.6
203.9
90.9
117.3
9.6
459.8
5.6
52.0
815.4
38.8
923.0
28.8
326.6
6.1
0.3
5.2
19.4
5.9
17.2
5.7
89.8
5.0
498.6
39.4
1.4
3.1
1.9
1.1
3.9
1.1
51.1
4.9
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.5
21.9
19.1
4.0
10.6
6.4
0.5
3.1
9.6
1.2
0.2
2.6
0.6
1.1
0.5
0.6
0.1
2.4
0
0.3
4.3
0.2
4.8
0.2
1.7
0
0
0
0.1
0
0.1
0
0.5
0
2.6
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
goosefish
grubby
northern pipefish
longhorn sculpin
oyster toadfish
Atlantic silverside
gizzard shad
haddock
round scad
striped cusk-eel
sharksucker
Spanish mackerel
Atlantic tomcod
white perch
Total
count
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
353,203
Invertebrates
American lobster
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
lady crab
rock crab
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
knobbed whelk
bluecrab
channeled whelk
mantis shrimp
boring sponge
blue mussel
northern moon snail
starfish spp.
common oyster
arks
mud crabs
hard clams
sand shrimp
purple sea urchin
northern red shrimp
surf clam
sea grape
star coral
common razor clam
moon jelly
nemerteans
13,922
21,580
384
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
61
89
81
376
nc
61
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
Total
36,554
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% weight
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.3
1.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.7
0.4
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19,054.7
38.1
59.0
1.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.0
nc
0.2
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3,397.9
826.4
634.1
159.7
118.6
95.4
78.0
32.5
24.8
21.3
21.1
19.3
19.3
16.7
14.1
9.1
8.8
4.7
2.8
1.8
1.7
1.5
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5,514
61.6
15.0
11.5
2.9
2.2
1.7
1.4
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
weakfish
winter flounder
bluefish
little skate
striped searobin
fourspot flounder
windowpane flounder
red hake
bay anchovy
northern searobin
moonfish
alewife
spotted hake
Atlantic herring
silver hake
summer flounder
Atlantic menhaden
smooth dogfish
American shad
striped bass
tautog
spot
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
black sea bass
smallmouth flounder
cunner
hickory shad
hogchoker
winter skate
sea raven
clearnose skate
ocean pout
longhorn sculpin
Atlantic sturgeon
oyster toadfish
northern pipefish
northern puffer
American sand lance
spiny dogfish
rock gunnel
yellow jack
Atlantic silverside
Atlantic mackerel
101,464
60,490
23,595
8,867
6,135
3,340
3,129
2,590
2,488
2,393
2,303
2,014
1,817
1,572
1,425
770
679
555
492
467
316
293
287
204
185
143
69
61
50
42
40
31
19
18
18
14
7
6
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
44.4
26.5
10.3
3.9
2.7
1.5
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,679.0
1,458.3
554.5
1,921.4
1,408.0
1,604.7
1,036.1
398.6
368.8
162.6
12.2
251.2
15.0
96.0
92.3
124.1
28.8
471.3
31.8
1,038.5
25.8
602.6
463.5
17.8
14.7
6.8
22.6
2.7
5.3
17.1
5.9
66.5
9.2
37.9
4.9
5.0
79.0
2.5
0.2
0.4
0.3
9.9
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.8
34.9
7.6
2.9
10.0
7.3
8.4
5.4
2.1
1.9
0.8
0.1
1.3
0.1
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.2
2.5
0.2
5.4
0.1
3.1
2.4
0.1
0.1
0
0.1
0
0
0.1
0
0.3
0
0.2
0
0
0.4
0
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
species
northern kingfish
round scad
bigeye
Atlantic cod
goosefish
inshore lizardfish
lined seahorse
white perch
yellowtail flounder
Total
count
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
228,425
Invertebrates
American lobster
horseshoe crab
long-finned squid
lady crab
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
rock crab
boring sponge
mantis shrimp
blue mussel
channeled whelk
knobbed whelk
starfish spp.
bluecrab
northern moon snail
hydroid spp.
fan worm tubes
hard clams
arks
mud crabs
sand shrimp
purple sea urchin
common oyster
sea grape
blood star
northern comb jelly
common razor clam
northern red shrimp
surf clam
10,481
420
16,585
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1,086
nc
223
138
76
nc
nc
104
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
Total
29,113
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% weight
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19,156.5
36.0
1.4
57.0
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3.7
nc
0.8
0.5
0.3
nc
nc
0.4
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,184.5
689.4
582.3
308.4
99.4
95.2
60.4
58.6
49.0
36.8
36.4
32.0
29.9
29.0
26.0
19.3
9.7
4.8
3.4
3.3
3.1
2.8
2.7
2.4
2.3
1.4
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
4,374
49.9
15.8
13.3
7.1
2.3
2.2
1.4
1.3
1.1
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
counted). Young-of-year bay anchovy, striped anchovy, and American sand lance are not quantified. Number of tows
(sample size)=200.
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
weakfish
winter flounder
little skate
bluefish
silver hake
windowpane flounder
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
northern searobin
red hake
summer flounder
alewife
spotted hake
smooth dogfish
Atlantic herring
bay anchovy
tautog
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
moonfish
striped bass
black sea bass
American shad
smallmouth flounder
Atlantic menhaden
hogchoker
clearnose skate
cunner
spiny dogfish
striped anchovy
winter skate
inshore lizardfish
Atlantic sturgeon
hickory shad
spot
rough scad
northern puffer
sea raven
ocean pout
round herring
longhorn sculpin
fawn cusk-eel
northern pipefish
American sand lance
seasnail
yellow jack
conger eel
northern kingfish
oyster toadfish
Atlantic silverside
58,325
45,264
12,739
9,826
4,311
3,986
3,945
3,065
2,167
2,061
1,594
1,382
875
638
606
598
497
443
319
279
251
225
214
134
109
98
86
85
65
51
48
47
38
21
18
14
13
10
8
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
37.7
29.3
8.2
6.4
2.8
2.6
2.6
2.0
1.4
1.3
1.0
0.9
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,828.4
1,834.0
415.0
1,993.6
2,022.6
751.2
152.2
475.5
362.7
861.0
222.7
109.7
628.1
41.7
34.9
1,407.6
72.6
3.6
491.2
11.1
21.5
3.8
472.5
74.8
9.6
3.8
4.7
10.5
132.4
5.9
128.6
1.2
112.2
2.2
270.6
6.7
1.3
0.7
0.7
4.1
2.3
0.1
1.5
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.1
30.7
9.7
2.2
10.5
10.6
4.0
0.8
2.5
1.9
4.5
1.2
0.6
3.3
0.2
0.2
7.4
0.4
0
2.6
0.1
0.1
0
2.5
0.4
0.1
0
0
0.1
0.7
0
0.7
0
0.6
0
1.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
American eel
planehead filefish
goosefish
naked goby
northern sennet
rock gunnel
red goatfish
roughtail stingray
short bigeye
yellowtail flounder
Total
count
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
154,514
0.6
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2.5
0.1
0.2
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18,997.8
Finfish not ranked
American sand lance, yoy
anchovy spp, yoy
Invertebrates
American lobster
horseshoe crab
long-finned squid
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
starfish spp.
rock crab
blue mussel
lady crab
knobbed whelk
channeled whelk
boring sponge
northern moon snail
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
sea grape
hydroid spp.
arks
mud crabs
hard clams
sand shrimp
common oyster
fan worm tubes
purple sea urchin
moon jelly
ghost shrimp
bobtail squid
common razor clam
northern red shrimp
surf clam
Total
Job 2 Page 192
5,626
503
9,080
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
118
190
nc
182
nc
304
38
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
nc
nc
16,043
35.1
3.1
56.6
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.7
1.2
nc
1.1
nc
1.9
0.2
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
1,531.2
870.7
346.2
302.5
162.9
154.7
86.3
84.7
79.0
57.6
53.3
48.0
30.0
25.9
17.5
16.5
6.2
6.1
5.3
5.0
4.0
3.6
3.0
2.8
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
3,907
39.2
22.3
8.9
7.7
4.2
4.0
2.2
2.2
2.0
1.5
1.4
1.2
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
weakfish
winter flounder
little skate
bluefish
striped searobin
northern searobin
red hake
silver hake
windowpane flounder
fourspot flounder
summer flounder
smooth dogfish
bay anchovy
alewife
spotted hake
American shad
tautog
striped bass
moonfish
black sea bass
Atlantic menhaden
Atlantic herring
smallmouth flounder
fourbeard rockling
hogchoker
blueback herring
clearnose skate
cunner
spot
hickory shad
winter skate
Atlantic sturgeon
spiny dogfish
ocean pout
yellow jack
sea raven
rough scad
oyster toadfish
northern puffer
Atlantic mackerel
short bigeye
goosefish
American sand lance
longhorn sculpin
northern sennet
northern pipefish
Atlantic bonito
crevalle jack
gizzard shad
grubby
100,481
66,550
10,713
6,884
4,242
3,450
2,394
2,123
2,103
2,013
1,991
1,859
1,356
1,019
992
855
798
593
565
469
424
394
366
365
139
106
100
68
59
55
52
45
45
18
17
13
13
11
10
8
6
5
5
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
47.0
31.1
5.0
3.2
2.0
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13,814.1
1,924.2
442.0
1,584.1
2,121.9
1,099.7
1,065.0
267.3
206.6
89.6
343.3
326.9
989.3
2,814.3
6.6
70.2
48.2
40.3
921.1
855.2
7.4
188.3
96.3
63.9
4.9
9.7
13.3
2.4
107.3
7.2
7.2
19.6
133.5
275.3
48.0
4.3
1.4
4.1
0.7
4.7
0.3
2.5
0.2
0.6
0.1
0.9
0.2
0.2
2.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
46.0
6.4
1.5
5.3
7.1
3.7
3.5
0.9
0.7
0.3
1.1
1.1
3.3
9.4
0
0.2
0.2
0.1
3.1
2.8
0
0.6
0.3
0.2
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0
0.1
0.4
0.9
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
count
inshore lizardfish
northern kingfish
rock gunnel
rainbow smelt
roughtail stingray
Total
1
1
1
1
1
213,796
% weight
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
24.4
30,062.0
%
0
0
0
0
0.1
nc
3,880
517
nc
8,034
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
36
174
nc
40
84
71
226
nc
nc
nc
nc
3
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
nc
1
13,067
nc
29.7
4.0
nc
61.5
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.3
1.3
nc
0.3
0.6
0.5
1.7
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
0
2,497.8
1,005.7
862.9
348.4
279.9
117.0
91.8
85.0
83.9
74.6
55.8
43.6
40.3
19.1
16.1
12.3
11.2
7.8
7.3
7.3
5.3
5.2
4.7
2.3
1.6
1.0
1.0
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5,691
43.9
17.7
15.2
6.1
4.9
2.1
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
Invertebrates
blue mussel
American lobster
horseshoe crab
spider crab
long-finned squid
lady crab
starfish spp.
bushy bryozoan
boring sponge
rock crab
channeled whelk
northern moon snail
knobbed whelk
bluecrab
mantis shrimp
arks
hydroid spp.
sea grape
hard clams
mud crabs
purple sea urchin
sand shrimp
rubbery bryzoan
surf clam
blood star
common oyster
northern red shrimp
anemones
bobtail squid
ghost shrimp
ribbed mussel
sea cucumber
Total
Job 2 Page 193
counted). Young-of-year bay and striped anchovy are neither separated by species or quantified; young-of-year Atlantic
herring are not quantified. Number of tows (sample size)=160.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
weakfish
winter flounder
bluefish
little skate
bay anchovy
windowpane flounder
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
northern searobin
summer flounder
red hake
alewife
smooth dogfish
spotted hake
Atlantic herring
American shad
silver hake
striped bass
tautog
Atlantic menhaden
fourbeard rockling
blueback herring
moonfish
hogchoker
black sea bass
Atlantic cod
clearnose skate
smallmouth flounder
winter skate
cunner
haddock
Atlantic sturgeon
hickory shad
American sand lance
ocean pout
rough scad
oyster toadfish
spiny dogfish
rock gunnel
round scad
glasseye snapper
conger eel
Atlantic mackerel
crevalle jack
northern pipefish
northern puffer
longhorn sculpin
sea raven
striped anchovy
Atlantic silverside
25,483
17,552
5,596
4,245
3,717
2,867
2,254
1,858
1,658
1,529
1,468
1,151
681
608
552
527
448
305
217
215
210
121
111
98
97
89
57
57
55
38
38
36
26
23
22
19
14
12
9
7
6
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
34.4
23.7
7.6
5.7
5.0
3.9
3.0
2.5
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.6
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
524.6
4,389.3
131.9
1,276.5
655.0
1,554.1
12.5
333.9
327.7
687.0
240.7
825.0
31.1
49.4
1,508.8
41.6
87.8
23.5
8.3
542.1
325.4
16.1
9.0
3.4
1.3
8.3
45.7
2.7
105.9
2.4
90.6
5.9
1.3
391.9
10.3
0.2
2.9
0.5
5.0
34.8
0.4
0.3
0.1
1.1
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.9
1.3
0.1
0.1
3.7
30.6
0.9
8.9
4.6
10.8
0.1
2.3
2.3
4.8
1.7
5.8
0.2
0.3
10.5
0.3
0.6
0.2
0.1
3.8
2.3
0.1
0.1
0
0
0.1
0.3
0
0.7
0
0.6
0
0
2.7
0.1
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Species
count
%
weight
%
barndoor skate
Planehead filefish
rainbow smelt
sea lamprey
Spanish mackerel
Total
1
1
1
1
1
74,107
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0.1
0.1
1.3
2.1
14,323.6
0
0
0
0
0
399
nc
1,958
19,231
nc
nc
nc
nc
334
nc
1,307
96
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
110
24
nc
nc
4
nc
nc
2
4
nc
1
1
nc
nc
nc
23,471
1.7
nc
8.3
81.9
nc
nc
nc
nc
1.4
nc
5.6
0.4
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.5
0.1
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
0
0
nc
0
0
nc
nc
nc
670.5
640.6
479.7
421.3
107.5
80.9
73.7
61.3
58.8
54.3
40.6
35.1
31.1
20.9
19.7
16.8
12.0
9.6
8.8
6.8
6.5
6.5
6.0
4.9
4.3
3.9
1.9
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2,887
23.2
22.2
16.6
14.6
3.7
2.8
2.6
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.4
1.2
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
Invertebrates
Horseshoe crab
spider crab
American lobster
long-finned squid
boring sponge
rock crab
starfish spp.
channeled whelk
bushy bryozoan
knobbed whelk
sea grape
northern moon snail
blue mussel
lady crab
hydroid spp.
ribbed mussel
sand shrimp
arks
mud crabs
rubbery bryzoan
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
hard clams
star coral
coastal mud shrimp
purple sea urchin
blood star
northern red shrimp
Japanese shore crab
anemones
sand dollar
common razor clam
moon jelly
Total
Job 2 Page 194
counted). Young-of-year bay and striped anchovy are neither separated by species or quantified; young-of-year Atlantic
herring are not quantified. Number of tows (sample size)=199.
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
weakfish
bluefish
winter flounder
little skate
windowpane flounder
bay anchovy
silver hake
fourspot flounder
striped searobin
alewife
Atlantic herring
red hake
northern searobin
Atlantic menhaden
summer flounder
smooth dogfish
striped bass
American shad
tautog
spotted hake
blueback herring
moonfish
fourbeard rockling
black sea bass
hogchoker
American sand lance
winter skate
smallmouth flounder
hickory shad
spiny dogfish
Atlantic cod
clearnose skate
cunner
ocean pout
rough scad
round scad
94,735
61,521
17,505
6,504
4,021
3,044
2,275
1,523
1,417
1,406
1,308
859
851
829
784
746
644
503
378
356
232
230
218
182
173
124
83
70
53
50
39
38
33
22
21
18
14
11
46.7
30.3
8.6
3.2
2.0
1.5
1.1
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,842.7
6,801.1
426.9
2,140.6
839.9
1,689.8
333.7
10.3
27.3
309.3
465.4
56.1
58.3
51.6
112.0
110.7
627.2
1,435.3
811.8
24.2
353.7
37.8
6.5
3.4
13.0
40.5
9.5
0.2
100.3
2.8
14.2
104.7
4.7
48.2
3.7
5.4
0.7
0.3
9.7
35.7
2.2
11.2
4.4
8.9
1.8
0.1
0.1
1.6
2.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.6
3.3
7.5
4.3
0.1
1.9
0.2
0
0
0.1
0.2
0
0
0.5
0
0.1
0.5
0
0.3
0
0
0
0
spot
Atlantic sturgeon
haddock
sea raven
northern kingfish
northern puffer
longhorn sculpin
seasnail
crevalle jack
8
8
7
7
5
5
5
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.9
117.6
0.6
2.4
0.5
0.4
3.4
0.2
0.2
0
0.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
northern pipefish
rock gunnel
Atlantic tomcod
white perch
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.5
0
0
0
0
species
American plaice
conger eel
gizzard shad
goosefish
pollock
roughtail stingray
oyster toadfish
yellow jack
Total
count
%
weight
%
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
4.1
0.8
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
202,887
19,056.6
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
Invertebrates
long-finned squid
horseshoe crab
American lobster
spider crab
blue mussel
bushy bryozoan
channeled whelk
starfish spp.
boring sponge
rock crab
sea grape
lady crab
northern moon snail
knobbed whelk
mantis shrimp
arks
mud crabs
sand shrimp
bluecrab
hard clams
23,022
534
1,843
nc
nc
nc
nc
199
nc
nc
1
803
nc
nc
nc
nc
21
159
nc
nc
nc
13
nc
86.5
2.0
6.9
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.7
nc
nc
0.0
3.0
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.1
0.6
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
953.4
873.4
481.5
355.5
250.2
50.9
42.4
42.3
41.7
41.7
35.2
34.0
22.9
16.4
14.5
11.5
7.7
7.0
7.0
5.4
4.7
2.8
2.3
28.8
26.4
14.5
10.7
7.6
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
surf clam
purple sea urchin
hydroid spp.
rubbery bryzoan
star coral
northern red shrimp
5
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
blood star
coastal mud shrimp
sea cucumber
nc
1
2
nc
0
0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
Total
Job 2 Page 195
26,603
3,309.4
species
count
%
weight
%
butterfish
scup
weakfish
bluefish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
little skate
Atlantic herring
bay anchovy
striped searobin
alewife
fourspot flounder
red hake
summer flounder
striped bass
smooth dogfish
moonfish
northern searobin
Atlantic menhaden
spotted hake
tautog
American shad
silver hake
hickory shad
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
clearnose skate
rough scad
hogchoker
smallmouth flounder
black sea bass
spiny dogfish
Atlantic mackerel
winter skate
yellow jack
cunner
round scad
Atlantic cod
92,996
52,642
9,191
6,532
4,692
1,982
1,317
1,168
814
757
742
688
585
506
469
467
356
265
235
234
179
177
165
136
111
106
102
62
61
44
42
41
37
31
28
24
12
10
52.2
29.6
5.2
3.7
2.6
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,097.3
3,080.7
449.9
1,333.8
566.1
177.5
682.5
131.1
5.8
183.7
47.6
125.9
56.0
406.1
675.1
1,421.7
6.0
21.3
77.9
17.4
269.2
18.2
7.1
43.1
5.4
6.8
187.1
1.9
8.7
2.4
26.4
102.0
5.7
59.9
3.0
4.1
0.3
0.9
16.8
24.7
3.6
10.7
4.5
1.4
5.5
1.1
0
1.5
0.4
1
0.4
3.3
5.4
11.4
0
0.2
0.6
0.1
2.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0
0.1
1.5
0
0.1
0
0.2
0.8
0
0.5
0
0
0
0
9
9
8
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
152.7
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.7
0.2
0
1.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
rock gunnel
Atlantic sturgeon
northern sennet
American sand lance
northern puffer
northern kingfish
northern pipefish
ocean pout
sea raven
crevalle jack
gizzard shad
goosefish
grubby
species
haddock
seasnail
glasseye snapper
inshore lizardfish
lookdown
pollock
Total
count
%
weight
%
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
178,073
12,474.3
Finfish not ranked
anchovy spp, yoy
Invertebrates
blue mussel
long-finned squid
American lobster
horseshoe crab
starfish spp.
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
lady crab
boring sponge
channeled whelk
rubbery bryzoan
knobbed whelk
rock crab
ribbed mussel
hard clams
northern moon snail
sea grape
mantis shrimp
arks
hydroid spp.
mud crabs
sand shrimp
purple sea urchin
bluecrab
surf clam
star coral
sand dollar
northern red shrimp
boreal squid
Japanese shore crab
common oyster
Total
Job 2 Page 196
nc
17,542
1,389
161
nc
1,806
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
101
nc
nc
23
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
64
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
83.2
6.6
0.8
nc
8.6
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.5
nc
nc
0.1
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
0.3
nc
nc
nc
nc
971.0
683.5
364.3
304.2
198.4
97.3
92.0
64.6
48.8
26.1
23.1
23.0
12.2
11.0
9.7
9.3
7.6
7.2
4.7
4.5
3.8
3.5
3.4
2.5
2.1
32.6
22.9
12.2
10.2
6.7
3.3
3.1
2.2
1.6
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
nc
nc
3
nc
nc
nc
1
nc
1
5
nc
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
nc
nc
0
nc
0
0
nc
nc
1.1
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21,096
2,982.1
Appendix 2.5. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in the Narrows in 2000.
species
Vertebrates
count
%
scup
weakfish
butterfish
striped searobin
spotted hake
windowpane flounder
winter flounder
bluefish
fourspot flounder
red hake
moonfish
striped bass
northern searobin
summer flounder
Atlantic menhaden
alewife
smooth dogfish
Atlantic herring
fourbeard rockling
tautog
American shad
spot
bay anchovy
cunner
little skate
silver hake
black sea bass
hickory shad
blueback herring
yellow jack
Atlantic tomcod
hogchoker
northern puffer
13,196
11,347
4,151
1,921
1,707
1,451
688
480
332
291
160
126
105
102
101
74
72
63
51
44
41
33
32
32
19
17
6
6
5
3
2
1
1
Total
36,660
36
31
11.3
5.2
4.7
4
1.9
1.3
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
weight
%
766.8
269.4
90.9
688.3
94.6
198.1
79.7
107.9
53.6
14.3
1.8
244.3
14.2
130.5
37.1
4.9
43
16.9
4.1
48.4
6.9
3.7
0.5
3.8
11.2
0.9
0.9
2.6
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
26.1
9.2
3.1
23.4
3.2
6.7
2.7
3.7
1.8
0.5
0.1
8.3
0.5
4.4
1.3
0.2
1.5
0.6
0.1
1.6
0.2
0.1
0
0.1
0.4
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
species
American lobster
horseshoe crab
starfish spp.
long-finned squid
hydroid spp.
rock crab
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
spider crab
mud crabs
anemones
hard clams
lady crab
sand shrimp
blue mussel
bushy bryozoan
moon jelly
purple sea urchin
Total
Note: nc= not counted
2,940.4
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count
%
weight
%
1,615
152
0
740
nc
nc
256
43
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,809
57.5
5.4
.
26.4
317.1
221.9
145.7
43
34.8
13.9
11
7.7
4.9
1.3
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
805.9
39.3
27.5
18.1
5.3
4.3
1.7
1.4
1.0
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9.1
1.5
0.1
Appendix 2.5. cont. Total number and weight (kg) of finfish and invertebrates caught in the Narrows in 2001.
species
Vertebrates
count
%
butterfish
scup
bluefish
weakfish
winter flounder
Atlantic herring
striped searobin
spotted hake
windowpane flounder
fourspot flounder
silver hake
Atlantic menhaden
striped bass
summer flounder
alewife
moonfish
fourbeard rockling
northern searobin
American shad
smooth dogfish
tautog
cunner
red hake
hickory shad
black sea bass
blueback herring
bay anchovy
oyster toadfish
inshore lizardfish
Atlantic tomcod
hogchoker
little skate
northern puffer
spot
yellow jack
rough scad
longhorn sculpin
smallmouth flounder
winter skate
19,703
7,551
2,980
2,744
1,476
1,099
959
800
704
357
277
241
104
83
70
64
53
50
43
35
32
22
19
11
10
6
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Total
39,521
49.9
19.1
7.5
6.9
3.7
2.8
2.4
2.0
1.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Invertebrates
weight
%
993.3
983.8
311.0
82.5
163.2
286.8
436.6
39.5
118.8
60.0
19.2
14.3
231.6
100.6
2.1
1.0
2.8
8.1
8.8
69.6
24.6
2.2
2.0
4.9
6.9
0.3
0.3
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.2
1.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.8
25.0
24.7
7.8
2.1
4.1
7.2
11.0
1.0
3.0
1.5
0.5
0.4
5.8
2.5
0.1
0
0.1
0.2
0.2
1.7
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
starfish spp.
long-finned squid
spider crab
bushy bryozoan
rock crab
anemones
hydroid spp.
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
mud crabs
lady crab
blue mussel
sand shrimp
hard clams
northern moon snail
green crab
moon jelly
Total
3,980.6
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count
%
weight
%
176
906
nc
766
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
120
15
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2
nc
nc
nc
8.9
45.6
299.3
218.9
43.5
33.6
24.1
15.1
13.8
11.5
9.3
5.7
3.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
43.9
32.1
6.4
4.9
3.5
2.2
2.0
1.7
1.4
0.8
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,985
38.6
6.0
0.8
0.1
681.4
Vertebrates
species
count
%
weight
%
scup
butterfish
weakfish
striped searobin
winter flounder
bluefish
Atlantic herring
Atlantic menhaden
windowpane flounder
spotted hake
fourspot flounder
silver hake
moonfish
American shad
summer flounder
striped bass
alewife
bay anchovy
smooth dogfish
tautog
spot
black sea bass
fourbeard rockling
cunner
northern searobin
red hake
hickory shad
ocean pout
yellow jack
blueback herring
little skate
smallmouth flounder
winter skate
clearnose skate
crevalle jack
hogchoker
Total
12,983
10,870
2,474
1,333
1,237
819
641
613
539
511
404
197
184
172
122
97
89
78
68
54
38
37
29
27
23
16
8
5
5
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
33,687
38.5
32.3
7.3
4.0
3.7
2.4
1.9
1.8
1.6
1.5
1.2
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,438.6
273.9
80.2
618.6
203.0
136.0
160.2
107.5
89.1
33.1
76.4
8.4
3.5
13.4
87.6
287.8
3.7
0.9
136.2
41.1
5.3
19.6
2.2
2.5
3.4
1.6
4.6
1.3
0.5
0.3
1.8
0.3
3.0
4.0
0.1
0.1
3,849.8
37.4
7.1
2.1
16.1
5.3
3.5
4.2
2.8
2.3
0.9
2.0
0.2
0.1
0.3
2.3
7.5
0.1
0
3.5
1.1
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.1
0
0
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
starfish spp.
long-finned squid
rock crab
spider crab
hydroid spp.
mantis shrimp
bluecrab
bushy bryozoan
hard clams
mud crabs
anemones
sand shrimp
sea grape
green crab
blue mussel
channeled whelk
lady crab
northern moon snail
common oyster
Total
Job 2 Page 199
Invertebrates
count
203
894
288
426
nc
nc
nc
290
17
nc
49
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
3
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
2,170
%
weight
%
9.3
41.2
13.3
19.6
357.4
226.9
50.7
24.8
20.1
17.4
10.4
10.4
3.9
3.3
2.6
1.4
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
48.6
30.9
6.9
3.4
2.7
2.4
1.4
1.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13.4
0.8
2.3
0.1
734.7
Vertebrates
species
scup
weakfish
butterfish
winter flounder
windowpane flounder
spotted hake
striped searobin
Atlantic herring
bluefish
alewife
fourspot flounder
striped bass
bay anchovy
summer flounder
Atlantic menhaden
American shad
blueback herring
smooth dogfish
red hake
tautog
moonfish
hickory shad
fourbeard rockling
cunner
ocean pout
black sea bass
little skate
northern searobin
oyster toadfish
silver hake
spot
clearnose skate
hogchoker
northern pipefish
Atlantic tomcod
white perch
winter skate
Total
Invertebrates
count
%
weight
%
3,518
2,970
2,602
977
523
471
448
325
313
167
164
128
91
74
67
40
32
29
24
18
17
12
12
10
7
6
5
4
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
26.9
22.7
19.9
7.5
4.0
3.6
3.4
2.5
2.4
1.3
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,016.4
61.4
53.6
216.1
94.9
19.9
229.8
65.8
78.4
10.4
32.4
250.3
0.8
52.9
32.0
2.7
0.9
75.2
1.2
16.3
0.4
5.2
0.9
1.3
2.2
4.5
2.6
0.7
1.8
0.3
0.2
1.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.6
43.5
2.6
2.3
9.3
4.1
0.9
9.8
2.8
3.4
0.4
1.4
10.7
0
2.3
1.4
0.1
0
3.2
0.1
0.7
0
0.2
0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0
0.1
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
13,070
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
spider crab
starfish spp.
long-finned squid
rock crab
hydroid spp.
mantis shrimp
sand shrimp
mud crabs
hard clams
anemones
bluecrab
channeled whelk
lady crab
blue mussel
arks
bushy bryozoan
ghost shrimp
northern moon snail
Total
2,334.4
Job 2 Page 200
count
%
weight
%
201
620
.
.
837
.
.
105
64
.
.
.
.
2
5
.
.
.
.
.
1
.
11.0
33.8
.
.
45.6
.
.
5.7
3.5
.
.
.
.
0.1
0.3
.
.
.
.
.
0.1
.
322.0
159.3
43.5
25.9
19.2
19.1
8.1
6.0
3.0
1.2
1.0
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
52.5
26.0
7.1
4.2
3.1
3.1
1.3
1.0
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,835
610.8
species
butterfish
scup
weakfish
winter flounder
bluefish
Atlantic menhaden
striped searobin
windowpane flounder
Atlantic herring
fourspot flounder
bay anchovy
spotted hake
American shad
red hake
summer flounder
smooth dogfish
striped bass
alewife
silver hake
fourbeard rockling
moonfish
blueback herring
hickory shad
tautog
ocean pout
cunner
little skate
winter skate
northern searobin
black sea bass
round scad
Atlantic tomcod
smallmouth flounder
American eel
hogchoker
northern kingfish
pollock
Total
Vertebrates
count
%
14,627
12,706
1,924
1,404
498
337
274
254
156
156
132
116
88
66
60
60
57
37
37
26
25
16
16
14
8
6
6
6
5
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
33,133
44.2
38.4
5.8
4.2
1.5
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
weight
%
295.6
243.5
31.8
179.9
309.5
13.0
135.3
41.9
24.7
37.2
1.6
6.4
5.4
2.4
75.0
111.1
120.9
2.8
1.4
1.9
0.8
0.6
3.8
16.5
2.9
0.8
3.7
5.8
0.5
3.8
0.3
0.2
0.2
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
1,682.7
17.6
14.5
1.9
10.7
18.4
0.8
8.0
2.5
1.5
2.2
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.1
4.5
6.6
7.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0
0
0.2
1.0
0.2
0
0.2
0.3
0
0.2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
species
horseshoe crab
American lobster
spider crab
long-finned squid
rock crab
starfish spp.
hydroid spp.
mud crabs
mantis shrimp
sand shrimp
hard clams
channeled whelk
anemones
lady crab
star coral
Japanese shore crab
ribbed mussel
Total
Job 2 Page 201
Invertebrates
count
%
239
703
nc
678
nc
122
nc
nc
nc
30
nc
nc
11
nc
nc
nc
nc
nc
25
nc
1,808
13.2
38.9
37.5
6.7
1.7
0.6
1.4
weight
%
413.8
181.4
47.9
23.3
11.7
6.4
4.5
4.3
2.1
1.5
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
701.1
59.0
25.9
6.8
3.3
1.7
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vertebrates
% weight
%
species
count
scup
butterfish
winter flounder
Atlantic herring
bluefish
windowpane
flounder
weakfish
bay anchovy
striped bass
alewife
American shad
striped searobin
Atlantic menhaden
hickory shad
spotted hake
15,884
2,922
1,030
918
603
521
68.3
12.6
4.4
3.9
2.6
2.2
244.7
72.6
127.5
154.2
88.8
33.3
20.4
6.1
10.6
12.9
7.4
2.8
horseshoe crab
American lobster
long-finned squid
rock crab
hydroid spp.
173.0
171.0
418.0
.
.
23.0
21.8
21.6
52.7
.
.
2.9
330.3
48.0
14.2
10.1
1.4
1.1
80.5
11.7
3.5
2.5
0.3
0.3
491
181
155
100
68
62
57
52
51
2.1
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
22.7
1.3
279.8
5.7
4.3
19.4
19.0
12.9
2.9
1.9
0.1
23.4
0.5
0.4
1.6
1.6
1.1
0.2
.
.
1.0
.
3.0
.
3.0
.
.
.
.
0.1
.
0.4
.
0.4
.
.
1.1
1.0
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
smooth dogfish
moonfish
fourspot flounder
tautog
red hake
summer flounder
blueback herring
fourbeard rockling
silver hake
ocean pout
little skate
yellow jack
black sea bass
clearnose skate
northern searobin
pollock
Atlantic silverside
winter skate
Totals
24
23
21
17
15
15
12
8
8
5
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
23,259
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
47.6
0.7
4.5
17.8
2.6
18.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
2.0
1.0
0.3
1.8
6.0
0.8
0.2
0.1
3.2
1,197.6
4.0
0.1
0.4
1.5
0.2
1.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
spider crab
starfish spp.
bluecrab
mud crabs
mantis shrimp
bushy bryozoan
channeled whelk
sand shrimp
common slipper
shell
hard clams
lady crab
Japanese shore crab
blue mussel
Totals
.
.
.
.
792
.
.
.
.
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
410.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Finfish not ranked
American sand lance, yoy
anchovy spp, yoy
Atlantic herring,
yoy
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count
Invertebrates
% weight
species
%
PART 2: ESTUARINE SEINE SURVEY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................204
METHODS ......................................................................................................................204
RESULTS .......................................................................................................................205
Relative Abundance of Juvenile Winter Flounder...........................................................205
Presence of other Important Recreational Finfish ...........................................................205
Relative Abundance of Forage Species ...........................................................................206
Relative Abundance of Invertebrate Species ...................................................................206
MODIFICATIONS
......................................................................................................215
LITERATURE CITED ...................................................................................................215
Appendix 2.1: Finfish species taken in the Estuarine Seine Survey, 1988-2005. ...........216
Appendix 2.2: Invertebrate species taken in the Estuarine Seine Survey, 2005..............217
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1: Mean catch of species commonly taken in seine samples, 1988-2005 ..........208
Table 2.2: Mean catch of young-of-year winter flounder at eight sites sampled
by seine, 1988-2005 .......................................................................................210
Table 2.3: Total catch of all invertebrate species taken in seine samples, 2005 .............211
Table 2.4: Total catch of all finfish species taken in seine samples, 1988-2005.............212
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1: Sampling locations of the seine survey along the coast of Connecticut .......207
Figure 2.2: Mean catch of all finfish taken in seine samples, 1988-2005 .......................207
Figure 2.3: Mean catch of young-of-year winter flounder, 1988-2005 ...........................209
Figure 2.4: Mean catch and occurrence rate of tautog taken in seine samples,
1988-2005 .....................................................................................................209
Figure 2.5: Mean catch of forage fish at eight sites sampled by seine, 1988-2005.........214
Figure 2.6: Total catch of forage fish at eight sites sampled by seine, 1988-2005..........218
Figure 2.7: Total catch of four recreational important finfish at eight sites sampled
by seine, 1988-2005 .......................................................................................218
Figure 2.8: Total catch of four recreational important finfish at eight sites sampled
by seine, 1988-2005 .......................................................................................219
Figure 2.9: Total catch of flounder species at eight sites sampled by seine,
1988-2005 ......................................................................................................219
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JOB 2 PART 2: ESTUARINE SEINE SURVEY
OBJECTIVES
1) Provide an annual index of recruitment for winter flounder (Age0, 1+), all finfsh
species taken,
and all crab species.
The 2005 annual index of recruitment for young-of-year winter flounder (5.6 fish/haul)
was the seventh lowest ranking out of 18 annual indices, and below the series average of
8.2 flounder/haul.
2) Provide an annual total count for all finfish taken.
Mean catch of all finfish (173 fish/haul) was the sixth highest ranking out of 18 annual
indices and well above the series average of 136 fish/haul (Figure 2.2). Geometric means
were calculated for 20 species commonly captured since the survey began in 1988 (Table
2.1).
3) Provide an Index for shallow subtidal forage species abundance.
An index of forage abundance was generated using the catch of four of the most common
forage species caught: Atlantic silversides, striped killifish, mummichog, and sheepshead
minnow. The index for 2005 (122 forage fish/haul) was the seventh highest of the time
series, and well above the time series average of 100 forage fish/haul.
METHODS
Eight subtidal sites (Figure 2.1) are sampled with an eight meter (25 ft.) bag seine with
6.4mm (0.25 in.) bar mesh during September 2005. Area swept was standardized to 4.6 M
(15 ft.), width by means of a taut spreader rope and a 30 meter (98 ft.), measured distance,
parallel to, or at a 45º angle to the shoreline, against the current or tide if present. At each
site, six seine hauls were taken within two hours before and after low slack tide during
daylight hours. Sites in Groton, Waterford, Old Lyme, Clinton, New Haven, Bridgeport and
Greenwich have been sampled since 1988. The Milford site was added in 1990.
Finfish and crabs taken in each sample are identified to species or lowest practical taxon (full
listing given in Appendix 2.1, 2.2) and counted. One exception is inland silversides, which
are not separated from Atlantic silversides because they are rare and difficult to identify.
Qualitative counts were used for menhaden when abundant (A= 1000) to minimize discard
mortality. Winter flounder are measured to total length (mm), and classified as young-ofyear (YOY) if less than 12 cm and age 1+ if 14cm or larger. The age of flounder near this
size was verified in 1990-1992 by examination of the sagittal otolith. Physical data
recorded at each seine location included water temperature and salinity at one-meter depth.
The geometric, or retransformed natural log mean catch per standard haul is calculated for
catches at each site and collectively for the 22 most abundant species, with separate indices
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for young-of-year and winter flounder age 1 and older. Confidence intervals (95%) for each
geometric mean are retransformations of the corresponding log intervals. Frequency of
occurrence is given as a percentage of all samples taken each year.
RESULTS
A total of 48 seine hauls were taken in 2005 at eight sites, yielding a total catch of 8,321 fish
of 24 species and 3,832 invertebrates of 10 species. Mean catch of all finfish (173 fish/tow)
was the sixth highest in the time series (Figure 2.2). This relatively high catch is attributed
to above average catches of Atlantic silversides, striped killifish, mummichog and
sheepshead minnnow. Geometric means were calculated for 22 species commonly captured
since the survey began in 1988 (Table 2.1). The most frequently caught species was Atlantic
silversides, which occurred in 100 percent of all samples, followed by striped killifish (96%),
YOY winter flounder (94% occurrence), grubby (46%), tautog (42%), northern puffer
(31%), scup (29%) and mummichog (27%). This rank order has changed from the previous
years, with a notable increase in winter flounder, grubby, pipefish scup and northern puffer
occurrence. Tautog abundance and occurrence rate increased significantly in 1998-99,
returned to the series average in 2005, similar to 2000-01. Previous to 2005, tautog relative
abundance had significantly increased to all-time abundance levels in 2002-04 (Figure 2.3).
Striped killifish abundance and occurrence was the highest in the 18 year time-series in
2005. Scup abundance and occurrence was the second highest in the 18 year time-series in
2005. Grubby, cunner, northern kingfish, northern pipefish, tautog and winter flounder (age
1+ and older) abundance and occurrence was average for the 18 year time-series in 2005.
Four-spine stickleback was absent in 2005, similar to 1995, 1997, 2002-03. All other species
occurred in less than 30% of all samples, with occurrence rates similar to previous years.
Relative Abundance of Juvenile Winter Flounder and Tautog
The 2005 index of YOY winter flounder (5.6fish/haul) was the seventh lowest ranking out of
18 annual indices (Table 2.2, Figure 2.3 and 2.7), and below the series average of 8.2
flounder / haul. Overall, the time series indicates that relatively strong year classes were
produced in 1988, 1992, 1994, and 1996 (Figure 2.4).
The 2005 index of YOY tautog (0.7 fish/haul) was the seventh highest ranking out of 18
annual indices (Table 2.1, Figure 2.3 and 2.7), and at the series average of 0.67 tautog / haul.
Overall, the time series indicates a significant increasing trend in abundance of young-ofyear tautog from 1988 to 2005. (P<0.01, t=3.6, df=18), (Table 2.1, Figure 2.3).
Presence of Other Important Recreational Finfish
Juvenile striped bass first occurred in the survey in 1999 with one individual captured. In
2003 six more YOY stripers were taken (Table 2.4, Figure 2.8). However, no striped bass
were captured in 2005. YOY summer flounder have occurred in four years of the 18 year
time series (1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998). YOY black sea bass first appeared in 1991 and
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every year since 1997, reaching their highest abundance in 2001, (Figure 2.7). Weakfish
occurred for the first time in the time series in 2003, (Table 2.3). Snapper bluefish have
occurred in 13 out of 18 years of the time series, reaching peak abundance in 1999. YOY
scup is another recent addition to the seine survey, first occurring in 1999, with the highest
relative abundance in the last five years of the time series, a reflection of strong recruitment
in recent years (Table 2.4, Figure 2.8). Juvenile tautog have occurred every year in the seine
survey except 1989.
Relative Abundance of Forage Species
Seine survey catches are dominated by forage species, defined here as short-lived, highly
fecund species that spend the majority of their life cycle inshore where they are common
food for piscivorous fish. An index of forage abundance was generated using the catch of
four of the most common forage species caught: Atlantic silversides, striped killifish,
mummichog, and sheepshead minnow (Figure 2.5, Figure 2.6). The index for 2005 was the
seventh highest in the 18 year time series. Atlantic silversides were the most abundant, and
the only species present at all sites in all samples (Table 2.1). An increase in this species'
abundance in 2002 through 2005 reversed a two-year decrease from 2000-2001.
Mummichog abundance was average in 2005. Sheepshead minnow abundance increased,
ranking eighth highest in the 18 year time series in both total catch and percent occurrence.
Striped killifish abundance and occurrence increased substantially and was the highest in the
18 year time series.
Forage fish abundance has generally been increasing since 1997 (Figure 2.5) after a period of
lower abundance (decreasing trend) since 1991. Forage fish abundance is driven
numerically by the occurrence of adult Atlantic silverside (Figure 2.6) and more recently
striped killifish, the second most abundant forage species. Striped killifish are more suited
to marine habitats, than other ‘Fundulus’ species captured in the estuarine seine survey.
Both Atlantic silverside and striped killifish were captured in above average numbers in
2005, suggesting strong year class production 2 –3 years ago, since the survey captures
adults more effectively. Mummichog, the third most abundant forage fish (Table 2.3) in the
survey, peaked in abundance in 1994 followed by the lowest time series abundance in 1995,
appears to be declining. Sheepshead minnow the least abundant of the four forage fish
species monitored has recently shown elevated abundance in 2002-2005.
Relative Abundance of Invertebrate Species
A total of 3,832 invertebrates of 10 species were captured in 2005 (Table 2.3), (Appendix
2.2). Seven crab species were present in the seine hauls, along with two shrimp species
and one gastropod. Shore shrimp, sand shrimp, hermit crab, green crab and mud snails
were the most abundant, and only hermit crabs were present at all sites (Table 2.3).
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Figure 2.1: Sampling locations of the seine survey along the coast of Connecticut.
.
Figure 2.2: Mean catch (numbers) of all finfish taken in seine samples, 1988-2005.
Mean catch per haul includes samples at all sites. Note that sampling at the Milford site began in 1990.
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Mean Catch
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
181
85
75
131
115
93
109
69
60
61
152
197
183
83
161
303
249
173
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Table 2.1: Mean catch of species commonly taken in seine samples, 1988-2005. Geometric mean
catch per haul is given with percent occurrence in parentheses. See Appendix 3.1 for complete species names.
Species
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Atlantic
Silverside
60.7
(95)
32.6
(95)
45.0
(81)
88.5
(100)
53.2
(100)
42.7
(94)
37.7
(100)
27.0
(96)
17.7
(94)
23.1
(92)
81.6
(100)
102.5
(94)
99.7
(100)
36.1
(92)
80.1
(100)
113.6
(96)
85.1
(100)
81.3
(100)
Black Sea
Bass
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.2
(15)
0.1
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(6)
0.1
(8)
0.02
(2)
0.98
(25)
0.39
(17)
0.18
(13)
0.44
(25)
0.14
(8)
Bluefish
(Snapper)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.02
(2)
0.1
(10)
0.02
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.01
(2)
0.1
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.01
(2)
0.1
(15)
0.9
(46)
0.04
(4)
0.1
(13)
0.02
(2)
0.15
(10)
0.20
(15)
0.06
(4)
Cunner
0.2
(17)
0.2
(14)
0.03
(4)
0.1
(11)
0.2
(15)
0.0
(0)
0.4
(23)
0.2
(15)
0.4
(13)
0.01
(2)
0.03
(23)
0.5
(23)
0.3
(19)
0.16
(15)
0.33
(13)
0.18
(17)
0.48
(29)
0.30
(21)
Fluke
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.03
(4)
0.08
(10)
0.0
(0)
0.02
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0
(0)
Four-Spine
Stickleback
0.3
(17)
0.4
(19)
0.0
(0)
0.7
(22)
0.1
(5)
0.1
(4)
0.01
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.04
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(8)
0.04
(4)
0.01
(2)
0.05
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.5
(2)
0
(0)
Grubby
0.8
(33)
0.0
(0)
0.03
(4)
0.1
(11)
0.5
(31)
0.1
(8)
0.4
(33)
0.3
(25)
0.2
(19)
0.3
(29)
0.2
(17)
0.5
(27)
0.1
(10)
0.24
(17)
0.31
(21)
0.53
(29)
1.26
(50)
0.84
(46)
0.05
(5)
0.0
(0)
0.03
(4)
0.05
(4)
0.54
(19)
0.04
(6)
0.10
(10)
0.03
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.08
(6)
0.4
(6)
0.4
(15)
0.4
(10)
0.01
(2)
1.0
(27)
8.1
(58)
0.42
(8)
0.21
(6)
Mummichog
2.8
(47)
1.7
(50)
1.1
(35)
1.9
(40)
1.6
(38)
3. 7
(50)
3.5
(42)
0.7
(35)
1.2
(44)
0.5
(15)
2.0
(42)
0.8
(29)
3.2
(44)
1.4
(42)
3.4
(54)
2.9
(44)
2.8
(35)
1.5
(27)
Northern
Kingfish
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.04
(6)
0.1
(8)
0.2
(10)
0.03
(4)
0.1
(15)
0.04
(4)
0.1
(13)
0.02
(10)
0.1
(8)
0.05
(4)
0.17
(13)
0.05
(4)
0.21
(15)
0.32
(17)
0.11
(10)
Northern
Pipefish
0.7
(39)
0.3
(29)
0.5
(41)
1.1
(57)
0.9
(35)
0.9
(50)
1.1
(58)
0.5
(33)
1.0
(44)
0.4
(33)
1.8
(71)
1.0
(48)
1.0
(54)
1.4
(48)
0.46
(19)
0.30
(25)
0.74
(48)
0.53
(25)
Northern
Puffer
0.1
(8)
0.2
(19)
0.1
(10)
0.4
(25)
0.1
(8)
0.4
(23)
0.2
(17)
0.5
(40)
0.2
(15)
0.1
(6)
0.1
(10)
0.2
(19)
0.6
(35)
0.17
(17)
0.70
(35)
0.70
(31)
0.67
(40)
0.54
(31)
Scup
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.46
(23)
0.99
(35)
0.56
(25)
0.24
(13)
0.88
(29)
Sheepshead
Minnow
0.7
(27)
1.0
(33)
0.1
(9)
0.6
(21)
0.04
(4)
0.01
(2)
0.02
(2)
0.1
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(4)
0.1
(4)
0.1
(6)
0.4
(17)
0.24
(10)
0.58
(15)
0.66
(19)
0.51
(15)
0.23
(15)
Striped
Killifish
9.6
(72)
11.0
(76)
6.0
(65)
4.2
(73)
3.1
(58)
5.1
(63)
5.3
(63)
4.0
(69)
2.0
(54)
1.5
(40)
7.2
(75)
4.5
(67)
8.6
(63)
7.5
(71)
14.5
(85)
14.9
(81)
12.9
(73)
19.4
(96)
Smallmouth
Flounder
0.02
(3)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.02
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(13)
0.1
(10)
0.1
(6)
0.03
(4)
0.1
(4)
0.0
(0)
0.3
(21)
0.4
(6)
0.13
(13)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
Striped Bass
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.02
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.06
(6)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
Striped
Searobin
0.2
(11)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(13)
0.2
(10)
0.1
(8)
0.9
(46)
0.1
(10)
0.01
(2)
0.1
(10)
0.4
(35)
1.9
(60)
0.6
(38)
0.1
(10)
0.38
(29)
0.35
(25)
0.66
(40)
0.49
(38)
0.18
(13)
Tautog
0.3
(22)
0.0
(0)
0.3
(22)
0.7
(42)
0.4
(31)
0.2
(19)
0.8
(33)
0.7
(33)
0.3
(13)
0.2
(19)
1.0
(44)
1.3
(46)
0.5
(23)
0.61
(40)
1.5
(54)
1.1
(50)
1.4
(54)
0.7
(42)
Weakfish
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
0.15
(13)
0.0
(0)
0.0
(0)
Winter
Flounder
15.5
(97)
1.9
(74)
2.9
(74)
5.2
(92)
11.9
(98)
5.6
(88)
14.2
(98)
10.1
(94)
19.2
(100)
7.5
(94)
9.3
(92)
8.7
(88)
4.3
(77)
1.3
(58)
3.1
(79)
8.1
(85)
11.0
(98)
5.6
(94)
0.1
(14)
0.1
(10)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(15)
0.1
(8)
0.2
(21)
0.2
(17)
0.2
(19)
0.2
(10)
0.1
(15)
0.1
(10)
0.1
(6)
0.1
(15)
0.03
(4)
0.03
(2)
0.0
(0)
0.13
(17)
0.17
(21)
0.6
(31)
0.0
(0)
0.2
(13)
0.2
(13)
0.2
(23)
0.3
(23)
0.3
(17)
0.1
(17)
0.7
(35)
0.4
(23)
0.1
(13)
0.1
(13)
0.05
(6)
0.0
(0
0.01
(2)
0.7
(10)
0.2
(21)
0.17
(15)
Menhaden
(young-of-year)
Winter
Flounder
(age 1 + older)
Windowpane
Flounder
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Figure 2.3: Mean catch of young-of-year winter flounder, 1988-2005. The 95% confidence interval for
each index is show as a vertical bar. Note that all sites are included with sampling at the Milford site beginning in 1990.
Winter Flounder Young-of-Year
25
Mean Catch
20
15
10
5
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year Class
Figure 2.4: Mean catch of tautog young-of-year taken in seine samples, 1988-2005. Geometric
mean catch per haul (numbers) and occurrence (percent) includes samples at all sites. The time series mean of 0.67
tautog / haul is shown by the black line. Note that sampling at the Milford site began in 1990.
60
1.6
Tautog
50
Mean Catch
1.2
40
1
30
0.8
0.6
20
0.4
10
0.2
0
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Mean Catch
Series Mean
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Occurrence Rate
Percent Occurrence
1.4
Table 2.2: Mean catch of young-of-year winter flounder at eight sites sampled by seine,
1988-2005.
The 95% confidence interval, rounded to the nearest whole number, for each geometric mean per haul is given in
parentheses. Sites are listed west to east, left to right.
Year
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Greenwich Bridgeport
9.7
(3-29)
0.6
(0-2)
0.5
(0-1)
2.0
(1-2)
6.2
(4-19)
4.3
(1-21)
4.3
(1-20)
7.2
(4-13)
*12.6
(6-24)
3.4
(1-12)
9.0
(5-17)
8.0
(4-15)
6.7
(2-17)
1.2
(.1-3.4)
5.1
(1.6-13.3)
5.9
(1.2-20.4)
11.3
(6.4-19.4)
7.7
(2.7-19.6)
*19.0
(1-23)
1.7
(1-10)
4.0
(0-5)
1.8
(0-5)
3.3
(1-8)
1.2
(0-3)
4.5
(2-7)
1.9
(0-5)
7.7
(4-14)
2.9
(0-14)
1.2
(0-3)
1.0
(0-4)
2.1
(0-6)
0.2
(.2-.9)
0.9
(0-2.7)
1.9
(0.4-4.8)
1.0
(0.3-2.1)
1.9
(1.4-2.7)
Milford
not
sampled
not
sampled
1.6
(0-4)
2.7
(1-6)
4.3
(1-16)
3.6
(2-5)
4.6
(1-12)
1.8
(0-7)
*6.6
(5-9)
1.6
(0-4)
0.9
(0-2)
3.5
(1-10)
0.8
(0-3)
0.6
(.1-1.3)
0.3
(0-0.8)
0.9
(0-4.1)
3.4
(0.9-8.5)
5.1
(1-18.3)
New
Clinton
Haven
38.7
2.7
(23-65)
(1-7)
4.7
1.1
(2-11)
(1-2)
5.7
0.2
(2-14)
(0-1)
6.4
4.1
(3-13)
(2-7)
40.2
5.5
(17-94)
(3-10)
11.5
1.4
(6-20)
(0-4)
35.3
8.1
(21-59)
(2-31)
19.0
3.2
(14-26)
(1-9)
*49.3
11.8
(31-79)
(7-18)
3.8
6.6
(2-9)
(1-14)
22.4
4.0
(14-35)
(3-5)
0.9
2.6
(0-2)
(1-7)
1.7
0.5
(1-4)
(0-1)
0.0
1.1
(0)
(.1-3.1)
1.1
2.66
(.2-2.5)
(0.7-7)
1.7
4.6
(0.2-4.9) (2.1-9.0)
33.1
*18.4
(12.3-86) (9.2-35.7)
1.6
11.1
(0.4-4.1)
(5-23.6)
*record high for a site.
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Old
Waterford
Groton
All
Lyme
Sites
58.4
29.6
11.4
15.5
(27-126)
(19-46)
(8-16)
(10-23)
1.6
3.5
1.5
1.9
(0-5)
(2-7)
(0-4)
(1-3)
16.8
2.6
2.2
2.9
(10-21)
(0-4)
(0-8)
(2-4)
15.3
18.2
5.6
5.2
(7-31)
(8-39)
(3-9)
(3-6)
48.0
32.5
6.3
11.9
(32-134)
(18-59)
(4-10)
(7-18)
13.3
16.7
8.6
5.6
(4-38)
(13-22)
(5-15)
(4-8)
61.7
21.0
38.4
14.2
(37-103)
(8-52)
(9-144)
(9-21)
34.2
36.6
30.3
10.1
(17-70)
(23-58)
(23-40)
(7-15)
91.3
30.5
15.7
*19.2
(64-130)
(14-63)
(9-26)
(14-26)
52.0
11.3
23.7
7.5
(33-80)
(9-15)
(4-134)
(5-11)
57.2
21.9
17.6
9.3
(38-86)
(12-40)
(4-67)
(6-14)
*137.1
36.1
25.7
8.7
(75-249)
(24-55)
(12-55)
(5-14)
48.3
*41.6
0.8
4.3
(29-81)
(31-55)
(0-3)
(2-7)
0.9
9.1
4.1
1.3
(.8-2.4)
(4.9-16.2)
(.7-14.5)
(.8-2.1)
15.6
9.0
3.1
3.1
(8.7-27.3)
(5.9-13.5)
(0-17.3)
(2-4.6)
51.1
32.3
*45.8
8.1
(19.7-130.1) (15.2-67.6) (8.0-243.3) (4.7-13.4)
11.1
13.0
33.8
11.0
(4.2-27.4)
(5.7-28.5) (20.2-56.1) (7.6-15.6)
4.1
7.3
16.7
5.6
(0.3-18.8)
(2-21.9)
(6.5-40.7) (3.9-8.0)
Table 2.3: Total catch of invertebrate species at eight sites sampled by seine, 2005.
Sites are listed west to east.
Species
Blue
Crab
Green
Crab
Hermit
Crab
Japan
Crab
Lady
Crab
Mud
Crab
Mole
Crab
Mud
Snail
Rock
Crab
Sand
Shrimp
Spider
Crab
Shore
Shrimp
Greenwich Bridgeport
Milford
0
0
0
New
Haven
0
Clinton
Waterford
Groton
1
Old
Lyme
1
0
0
All
Sites
2
18
0
7
2
24
168
24
26
269
43
267
14
141
71
1
14
16
567
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
34
1
33
39
0
5
2
119
18
0
0
33
0
0
1
0
52
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
281
308
637
56
692
1
36
60
2,071
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
47
151
72
97
373
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
283
0
14
31
41
0
22
13
404
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Table 2.4: Total Catch by species, 1988-2005.
SPECIES
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
1
Alewife
American Eel
1
1
1995
1996
1997
1999
2000
4,750
3,319
1
1
1
10,977
8,765
5,545
13
Atlantic Tomcod
18
67
5,263
6,311
2,352
1,942
3,249
6,532
10,120
2
3
8,738
27
1
4,417
5,730
13,278
1
41
43
27
14
2
Blueback Herring
202
194
10
5
2
3
24
1
Bluefish (snapper)
10
26
23
2
1
11
152
3
1
2004
2005
5,122
5,089
1
3
4
2
1
12
687
110
15
63
27
13
5
8
2
17
23
8
110
15
54
35
1
Bluespotted Coronetfish
Crevalle Jack
5
Cunner
15
13
14
7
19
4-Spine Stickleback
33
76
83
225
11
21
1
1
54
10
61
7
38
3
1
2
6
42
24
63
1
24
142
26
15
6
3
1
7
28
17
55
15
73
33
46
6
16
15
103
2
3
9
1
Gray Snapper
111
Hogchoker
5
2
19
21
1
Little Skate
Mummichog
28
3
24
Black Sea Bass
Menhaden
2003
11
Black-Spot Stickleback
Inshore Lizardfish
2002
2
Banded Gunnel
Grubby
2001
1
American Sand Lance
Bay Anchovy
1998
1
American Shad
Atlantic Silverside
1994
3
1,031
198
Naked Goby
4
5
1,074
3
9
2
710
1,150
573
1,256
2,343
78
1
5
151
95
143
76
3
1
11
2,003
377
1,236
1
1,284
5,098
1,117
75
190
396
115
1,008
246
811
702
637
543
1
1
4
2
2
2
1
132
Nine-Spine Stickleback
2
5
4
23
2
9
3
10
7
6
5
17
5
21
38
11
Northern Pipefish
64
19
216
142
120
82
117
52
241
38
191
141
96
189
87
25
72
92
Northern Puffer
4
14
59
37
4
37
15
40
25
5
5
13
63
14
79
101
75
93
Northern Kingfish
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Table 2.4 Cont.: Total Catch by species, 1988-2005.
SPECIES
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Northern Searobin
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
3
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
3
40
24
5
4
13
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
Pumpkinseed
3
5
Rainbow Smelt
Rainwater Killifish
4
Rock Gunnel
1
Seahorse (Northern)
1
2
34
4
1
1
2
168
Smallmouth Flounder
1
816
20
3
345
4
1
Smooth Dogfish
1
Spotted Hake
1
1
2
1
2
30
7
14
8
14
7
2
5
19
Striped Searobin
22
1,009
465
863
20
125
5
Summer Flounder
23
17
53
135
32
2,323
520
71
5
1
2
6
16
104
269
289
9
40
1
88
42
1,066
50
154
276
205
28
1,548
1,470
38
19
145
64
3
12
539
6
1,797
1,494
1,698
3,410
1
20
133
174
67
64
Three-Spine Stickleback
131
402
40
1
1,824
1
59
1
1,504
19
172
267
Striped Burrfish
1,416
53
58
12
Striped Bass
Striped Killifish
35
1
1
Sheepshead Minnow
6
3
Scup (Porgy)
Tautog (Blackfish)
2000
1
Northern Stargazer
Oyster Toadfish
1994
7
59
153
140
11
15
Weakfish
3
White Perch
8
White Mullet
3
1
Windowpane Flounder
49
64
19
35
30
9
13
71
50
12
10
4
1
5
15
15
Winter Flounder (age 0)
904
139
276
483
1,055
481
1,401
916
1,486
874
1,015
1,497
708
138
302
1,310
914
470
Winter Flounder (age 1)
7
5
16
9
6
14
13
12
21
8
9
4
7
2
3
9
11
Yellow Jack
1
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Figure 2.5: Mean catch of forage fish at eight sites sampled by seine, 1988-2005. Forage
species
include Atlantic silversides, mummichog, sheepshead minnow, and striped killifish. The 95% confidence interval
(CI)
for each mean is also listed. See Appendix 2.1 for complete species names.
MEAN CATCH PER STANDARD HAUL
YEAR
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
MEAN
136.3
76.1
65.0
111.7
74.2
65.6
58.0
42.5
25.9
95% CI
97-189
52-107
45-94
81-149
52-104
41-103
34-99
32-57
18-36
YEAR
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
MEAN
32.2
110.0
126.9
146.3
52.4
125.3
206.4
129.7
121.7
95% CI
20-50
83-145
85-190
108-197
32-86
97-162
152-281
108-155
101-147
ForageSpeciesAbundance
225
200
Mean Catch
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
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MODIFICATIONS
None.
LITERATURE CITED
Northeast Utilities Service Company (NUSCo), 2002. Monitoring the marine environment
of Long Island Sound at Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Waterford, CT. Winter flounder
studies, Table 6, page 34.
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Appendix 2.1: Finfish species taken in the Estuarine Seine Survey, 1988-2005
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Alewife
American eel
American shad
American sand lance
Atlantic silversides
Atlantic tomcod
Banded gunnel
Bay anchovy
Black-spot stickleback
Black sea bass
Blueback herring
Bluefish
Blue spotted coronetfish
Crevalle jack
Cunner
4-spine stickleback
Gray snapper
Grubby
Hogchoker
Inshore lizardfish
Little skate
Menhaden
Mummichog
Naked goby
Nine-spine stickleback
Northern kingfish
Northern pipefish
Northern puffer
Northern searobin
Northern stargazer
Pumpkinseed
Rainbow smelt
Rainwater killifish
Rock gunnel
Northern seahorse
Scup
Sheepshead minnow
Smallmouth flounder
Smooth dogfish
Spotted hake
Striped bass
Striped burrfish
Striped killifish
Striped searobin
Summer flounder
Tautog
Three-spine stickleback
Toadfish
Weakfish
White mullet
Windowpane flounder
Winter flounder
Yellow jack
Anguilla rostrata
Alosa sapidissima
Menidia menidia
Microgadus tomcod
Pholis fasciata
Anchoa mitchilli
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Centropristis striata
Alosa aestivalis
Pomatomus saltatrix
Fistularia tabacaria
Caranx hippos
Apeltes quadracus
Lutjanus griseus
Trinectes maculatus
Synodens foetens
Raja erinacea
Brevoortia tyrannus
Fundulus heteroclitus
Gobiosoma bosci
Pungitius pungitius
Syngnathus fuscus
Sphaeroides maculatus
Prionotus carolinus
Astroscopus guttatus
Lepomis gibbosus
Osmerus mordax
Lucania parva
Pholis gunnellus
Hippocampus erectus
Stenotomus chrysops
Cyprinodon variegatus
Etropus microstomus
Mustelus canis
Urophycis regius
Morone saxatilis
Chilomycterus schoepfi
Fundulus majalis
Prionotus evolans
Tautoga onitis
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Ospsanus tau
Cynoscion regalis
Mugil curema
Scopthalmus aquosus
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Caranx bartholomaei
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Appendix 2.2: Invertebrate species taken in the Estuarine Seine Survey, 1988-2005
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Blue crab
Green crab
Hermit crab
Horseshoe crab
Japanese crab
Lady crab
Mud crab
Mole crab
Mud snail
Rock crab
Sand shrimp
Shore shrimp
Callinectes sapidus
Carcinus maenas
Pagurus spp.
Limulus polyphemus
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Ovalipes ocellatus
Panopeus spp.
Emerita talpoida
Nassarius obsoletus
Cancer irroratus
Crangon septemspinosa
Palaemonetes spp.
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LONG ISLAND SOUND AMBIENT WATER QUALITY
MONITORING PROGRAM
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Inquiries regarding the DEP’s ongoing water quality monitoring efforts in Long Island Sound
should be directed to:
Long Island Sound Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Program staff (see below)
at
CTDEP Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse
Planning and Standards Division
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Christine B. Olsen
Phone: (860) 424-3727
E-mail: [email protected]
program oversight, reporting, data analysis, database management, scheduling and cooperative
requests, QA/QC
Matthew J. Lyman
Phone: (860) 424-3158
database management, hypoxia area mapping, data requests, field operations, survey summaries,
webpage development, regional monitoring work group contact
Katie O’Brien-Clayton
Phone: (860) 424-3292
field operations, data management, data requests, survey summaries, QA/QC
Visit the Long Island Sound Water Quality Monitoring Program web page,
with Program information and data. Under construction at:
http://dep.state.ct.us/wtr/lis/monitoring/lis_page.htm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OBJECTIVES
224
INTRODUCTION
224
METHODS
225
227
MODIFICATIONS
228
LITERATURE CITED
228
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 5.1. Area (km2) by survey and 1.0 mg/l dissolved oxygen interval during 2005. Actual
start and end dates are listed along with number of stations sampled for each survey.
229
Table 5.2. Area-days exposure by survey and dissolved oxygen interval during 2005. Dates are
interpolated values between surveys, yielding the days used in area-day calculation.
229
Table 5.3. Biomass-Area-Day-Depletion (BADD) values by survey and dissolved oxygen
interval during 2005. BADD values are calculated as area-days x percent impairment (shown in
parentheses) associated with each dissolved oxygen interval. Impairment based on demersal
finfish biomass response. One-half of area-days calculated in the 3-3.99 mg/l interval were used
as DO’s above 3.5 mg/l are not limiting.
229
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 5.1. Timing and duration of hypoxia in Long Island Sound from 1991 through 2005. In
2005 hypoxia developed on or about July 14 and persisted 69 days, ending on or about
September 20, 2005.
230
Figure 5.2. a) Maximum area (km2) less than 1.0 mg/l DO, b) maximum area (km2) less than 3.0
mg/l DO, c) duration (days) of hypoxia (DO<3.0 mg/l), d) biomass area-day depletion (BADD)
index of temporary habitat loss to demersal finfish associated with hypoxia conditions each year.
231
Figure 5.3. Surface and bottom salinity calculated from six axial water quality stations (B3, D3,
F3, H6, I2 and M3) for the period between 1991 and 2005. Monthly (survey) means are plotted
against the 1991-2005 time series mean.
232
Figure 5.3. Surface and bottom temperature calculated from six axial water quality stations (B3,
D3, F3, H6, I2 and M3) for the period between 1991 and 2005. Monthly (survey) means are
plotted against the 1991-2005 time series mean.
233
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GOAL
To provide long-term monitoring of physical, chemical and biological indicators of
environmental conditions in order to evaluate the effects of non-fishing activities on the
health and abundance of valued recreational species.
OBJECTIVES
1) Provide monthly monitoring of water quality parameters important in the development of
summer hypoxia in Long Island Sound including temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen,
at eighteen fixed axial and lateral stations throughout Long Island Sound.
2) Provide estimates of the area and duration of summer hypoxia (low oxygen) in Long Island
Sound based on sampling at an additional 30 fixed sites semi-monthly between June and
September.
INTRODUCTION
Long Island Sound, Living Resources and Hypoxia
Long Island Sound (the Sound) is a semi-enclosed estuary that encompasses 3,370 km2
(337,000 ha) including embayments (Wolfe et al., 1991) and receives runoff from a 41,400 km2
drainage basin that includes Long Island, New York and much of New England to the Canadian
border. More than 7 million people live within the state of Connecticut and New York counties
bordering the Sound (LISS 1990). The Sound has typically acted as the receiving body of
domestic, agricultural and industrial waste generated within the region.
Excessive nutrient inputs (most notably nitrogen) from atmospheric deposition, runoff
and sewage discharges as well as natural sources results in a high rate of primary
(phytoplankton) production within the Sound. Summer warming of surface water results in a
temperature and density stratification within the water column, known as the pycnocline. As
phytoplankton blooms die off and decompose, oxygen in bottom waters is used up, often
resulting in hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen, DO <= 3.0mg/l) and in some cases, anoxia (DO <0.2
mg/l). These periodic hypoxic events generally develop by early July and may persist until late
September.
Simpson et al, (1995) identified low oxygen tolerance thresholds for 16 individual
species of finfish and lobster, and six aggregate species indices. For the most sensitive species
(scup, striped sea robin) dissolved oxygen becomes limiting at over 4.0 mg/l, whereas more
highly tolerant species (Atlantic herring and butterfish) did not decline in abundance until
oxygen levels were below 2.0 mg/l. Both demersal species biomass and demersal species
richness begin to decline when dissolved oxygen levels fall below about 3.5 mg/l. No finfish or
macroinvertebrates were observed when dissolved oxygen fell below 1.0 mg/l.
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An index of habitat impairment (Biomass Area-Day Depletion, BADD) was developed
based on the percent reduction in demersal finfish biomass associated with each 1 mg/l interval
below 3.5 mg/l. In addition to BADD, inter-annual trends in the severity of hypoxia are
monitored using duration (weeks where DO<3.0 mg/l) and maximum areal extent of waters with
severe hypoxia (DO<1.0 mg/l). Together, these three indices are used to relate dissolved oxygen
trends to conditions for living resources in the Sound.
Water Quality Monitoring Program
In January 1991, Connecticut DEP initiated a water quality and hydrographic survey to
provide continuity to a time series begun in 1988 under the National Estuaries Program’s, Long
Island Sound Study. This survey continues in an expanded form with EPA (and Federal Aid in
Sportfish Restoration) support as the Department’s “Long Island Sound Ambient Water Quality
Monitoring Program.”
In the first three years of this study (1991-1993), sampling was conducted cooperatively
between Marine Fisheries and Water Management staff to evaluate dissolved oxygen (DO)
conditions and coincident fish abundance. With the completion of fishery resource sampling in
1993, emphasis shifted to intensive water quality monitoring under the Bureau of Water
Management. In 1994, forty-eight permanent stations were established to monitor summer
hypoxia; eighteen of these stations are sampled on a monthly basis year-round. Marine Fisheries
staff continue to provide research vessel support and rely on this program to evaluate the effects
of hypoxia on living resources through the three indices identified above. In addition, monthly
patterns in temperature and salinity have proven useful in understanding both seasonal and interannual trends and in making inferences concerning fishery resources.
METHODS
Sampling Design
In 1994, 48 fixed stations were established to monitor hypoxia. Beginning in December
1994, eighteen of these stations were also sampled as part of the monthly water quality
monitoring program, an expansion from the previous seven axial station coverage. In 1998 a 49th
station (J4) was added in the eastern Sound. Monthly stations were distributed to provide axial
coverage over the length of the Sound, including a reference station outside the Sound, southeast
of Fishers Island. Transverse stations were located off New Haven, Bridgeport and Norwalk.
Summer hypoxia monitoring stations are concentrated in the hypoxia prone western half of the
Sound, although Connecticut shoreline coverage extends east of the Connecticut River. The
eighteen monthly stations are sampled year round, generally during the first week of the month.
Beginning in the end of June, hypoxia monitoring commences and twice monthly hypoxia
sampling continues through September. During the summer of 2002 Connecticut DEP modified
the summer hypoxia sampling by decreasing the number of stations sampled from 49 down to
between 20 and 25. These changes were made to make better use of the resources available and
to better reflect the understanding from eleven years of monitoring. The mid month Hypoxia
surveys will be limited to the narrows, western and central basins with a focus on stations that
historically have been affected by hypoxic conditions. The number of stations sampled on these
surveys will be adjusted according to the severity of the hypoxic event. During years of
unusually severe hypoxia additional stations will be monitored to ensure an accurate assessment
of the area affected by low dissolved oxygen.
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Sampling Procedures
Water sampling is conducted from the 50 ft Research Vessel John Dempsey.
Conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) water column profiles are taken with a Sea-Bird model
SBE-19 SeaCat Profiler, equipped with dissolved oxygen (YSI model 5739), photosyntheticallyactive radiation (PAR) (Licor spherical underwater model 193SA) and Fluorometer (WET labs
WETstar Miniature Fluorometer) sensors. Data are recorded at a rate of twice per second and
the instrument is lowered through the water column at a rate of 0.2 m per second. Dissolved
oxygen is also measured by Winkler titration as a quality assurance procedure. Nutrients, and
chlorophyll a are also measured. See Kaputa and Olsen (2000) for a complete description of the
Long Island Sound Water Quality Monitoring Program. Beginning in 2002 CTDEP expanded its
monthly monitoring by adding phytopigment analysis (HPLC method) in April of 2002 and
Zooplankton analysis in August of 2002. MesoZooplankton samples are collected using a 200micron mesh, 0.5 meter double ring plankton net and MicroZooplankton samples are collected
from a multiple depth composite of whole water samples. These changes will be continued
through the fall of 2006.
Area and Duration Estimates
In the initial years of this project (1991-1993) the area affected by hypoxia was estimated
using a stratified-random sampling approach where stations were selected at random within five
east-west zones, further subdivided by depth at the 18 m contours (Gottschall and Simpson,
1999). Although a fixed station sampling program was adopted in 1994, the method of area
calculation remained unchanged. Subsequently, staff from the Bureau of Water Management
developed an ArcView based method. This approach is more appropriate for a fixed station
design and has been adopted for this report. The historical time series using this new method
will be developed and presented in future reports.
To calculate the area affected by hypoxia, the minimum dissolved oxygen and the
location of each station sampled during each survey was entered into a Geographic Information
System (ArcView) database and plotted. The Spatial Analyst extension in ArcView was used to
interpolate DO values between stations using the inverse distance weighted (IDW) method,
producing a cell grid of minimum DO values for the Sound. The area within each 1 mg/l DO
interval (0-0.99 mg/l, 1.0-1.99 mg/l, etc) was estimated by multiplying the number of cells
within each DO interval by the area within each cell (approximately 0.1 square km). Area
estimates include LIS waters shoreward to the 4.0 m contour, except at the eastern (The Race,
Fishers Island, Thames River) and western (Throgs Neck Bridge) boundaries, encompassing a
total of 2,723 square km.
The duration of each annual hypoxia event in LIS was estimated using the time series of
bottom water dissolved oxygen concentrations at each station. Start and end dates were
approximated for each station graphically by determining the intersection of the time series line
with the 3.0 mg/l grid line. The earliest start date and latest end date – regardless of station –
provided the preliminary start and end date estimates for the year. Data available from the Long
Island Sound Trawl Survey (Job 2), other programs and agencies, as well as daily wind and
precipitation records were then considered. Such supplementary data improved the date
estimates by filling in gaps between sampling events and accounting for substantial wind or
storm events that would likely have provided the energy necessary to mix the water column.
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Indices of Habitat Impairment Associated with Hypoxia
An index of habitat impairment (Biomass Area-Day Depletion, BADD) was developed
based on the percent reduction in demersal finfish biomass associated with each 1 mg/l interval
below 3.5 mg/l. Based on Simpson et al (1996), demersal finfish biomass is reduced 100% (total
avoidance) in waters with DO<1.0 mg/l. From 1.0-1.9 mg/l biomass is reduced 82%, while a
41% reduction occurs at 2.0-2.9 mg/l, and a 04% reduction occurs at 3.0-3.9 mg/l dissolved
oxygen. These rates are applied to the area-days within each DO interval calculated during each
survey and summed over the hypoxia season defined here as July 1 – September 10 (72 d). The
index is then expressed as a percentage of the available area-days (sample area 2,723 km2 x 72
d, or 196,056 area-days). In addition to BADD, inter-annual trends in the severity of hypoxia
are monitored using duration (weeks where DO<3.0 mg/l) and maximum areal extent of waters
with severe hypoxia (DO<1.0 mg/l).
Hypoxic Area and Duration
The hypoxic area during the summer of 2005 in Long Island Sound was merely average,
however the duration was longer than average. The area affected by dissolved oxygen levels
below 1 mg/L (72 sq. kilometers) was still quite significant and tied for forth place with 1994 for
area below 1 mg/L. Our August 2-4 23 (WQAUG05) survey had the maximum area (460 sq.
kilometers) affected by hypoxia (Table 5.1). Hypoxia was estimated to begin on or about July
14, 2005 and ended on or about September 20, 2005 for a total of 69 days (Figure 5.1).
Habitat Impairment Associated with Hypoxia
During the summer of 2005 a large area, 72 km2, was exposed to severe hypoxia (<1.0
mg/l) (Table 5.1, Figure 5.2). Such conditions would be expected to completely exclude
demersal finfish.
Area-days by DO interval were calculated for each survey (Table 5.2) to produce the
biomass-area-day-depletion (BADD) index used to quantify habitat impairment (Table 5.3).
The greatest impairment was associated with the 1.0-1.99 mg/l DO interval due to the wider area
of exposure estimated for this interval throughout the summer.
The BADD index was calculated for the 72 day period between June 30 and September 7.
The BADD index for 2005 was 10,702 or 5.5% of the total area-days in the LIS sampling area
covered by the Long Island Sound Water Quality Monitoring Program (Figure 5.2).
Monthly Salinity and Temperature Trends
Monthly mean surface and bottom water temperature and salinity were calculated from six
axial water quality stations (B3, D3, F3, H6, I2 and M3) for the period between 1991 and 2005.
Plots of each year against the time series mean illustrate the inter-annual variability in both
salinity (Figure 5.3) and temperature (Figure 5.4). In some cases, deviations from the 1991-2005
mean can be associated with fish population events. For example, strong winter flounder
recruitment indices observed in 1994 and 1996 (Job 2) are consistent with colder than average
late winter water temperatures that are believed to enhance survival of flounder larvae.
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Missing stations can affect monthly means. Therefore the plotted values should be regarded
as a qualitative summary of salinity and temperature trends.
MODIFICATIONS
None.
LITERATURE CITED
Gottschall, Kurt and David G. Simpson. 1999. Cooperative interagency resource monitoring
(Job 5). In: A study of marine recreational fisheries in Connecticut, CT DEP Marine
Fisheries Office, PO Box 719, Old Lyme, CT 06371. p 127-158.
Kaputa, Nicholas P., and Christine B. Olsen. 2000. Long Island Sound summer hypoxia
monitoring survey 1991-1998 data review. CTDEP Bureau of Water Management, Planning
and Standards Division, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127, 45 p.
Long Island Sound Study 1990. Status Report and Interim Actions for Hypoxia Management.
December, 1990. EPA Long Island Sound Office. Stamford, CT. 39 p.
Simpson, David G., Kurt Gottschall, and Mark Johnson. 1996. Cooperative interagency resource
assessment (Job 5). In : A study of marine recreational fisheries in Connecticut, CT DEP
Marine Fisheries Office, PO Box 719, Old Lyme, CT 06371, p 99-122.
Simpson, David G., Kurt Gottschall, and Mark Johnson. 1995. Cooperative interagency resource
assessment (Job 5). In : A study of marine recreational fisheries in Connecticut, CT DEP
Marine Fisheries Office, PO Box 719, Old Lyme, CT 06371, p 87-135.
Wolfe, D.A., R. Monahan, P.E. Stacey, D.G.R. Farrow and A. Robertson. 1991. Environmental
quality of Long Island Sound: assessment management issues. Estuaries 14:224-236.
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Table 5.1. Area (km2) by survey and 1.0 mg/l dissolved oxygen interval during 2005. Actual
start and end dates are listed along with number of stations sampled for each survey.
2
Stations
Survey
Start Date End Date sampled
Area ( km )
0.0 - 0.99
1.0 - 1.99
2.0 - 2.99
3.0 - 3.99
4.0 - 4.99
5.0 +
HYJUN05
6/23/2005 6/23/2005
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
WQJUL05
7/7/2005 7/12/2005
32
0
0
0
166
785
1772
HYJUL05
7/18/2005 7/21/2005
38
0
50
108
503
691
1373
1332
WQAUG05
8/4/2005
38
49
137
274
625
307
HYAUG05
8/16/2005 8/19/2005
8/2/2005
38
72
174
203
505
904
866
WQSEP05
8/29/2005
36
23
39
162
612
256
1631
9/2/2005
Table 5.2. Area-days exposure by survey and dissolved oxygen interval during 2005. Dates are
interpolated values between surveys, yielding the days used in area-day calculation.
Survey
Dates
Days
0.0 - 0.99
1.0 - 1.99
2.0 - 2.99
3.0 - 3.99
4.0 - 4.99
5.0 +
HYJUN05
6/23-6/30
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
WQJUL05
7/1-7/15
15
0
0
0
2489
11781
26582
HYJUL05
7/16-7/27
12
0
594
1295
6031
8289
16473
WQAUG05
7/28-8/10
14
679
1921
3833
8753
4292
18650
HYAUG05
8/11-8/24
14
1012
2432
2836
7071
12659
12117
WQSEP05
8/25-9/2
9
209
349
1456
5511
2304
14682
Table 5.3. Biomass-Area-Day-Depletion (BADD) values by survey and dissolved oxygen
interval during 2004. BADD values are calculated as area-days x percent impairment (shown in
parentheses) associated with each dissolved oxygen interval. Impairment based on demersal
finfish biomass response. One-half of area-days calculated in the 3-3.99 mg/l interval were used
as DO’s above 3.5 mg/l are not limiting.
(100%)
Survey
Dates
Days
0.0 - 0.99
(82%)
1.0 - 1.99
(41%)
2.0 - 2.99
(4%)
3.0 - 3.99
(0%)
4.0 - 4.99
(0%)
5.0 +
HYJUN05
6/23-6/30
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
WQJUL05
7/1-7/15
15
0
0
0
50
0
0
HYJUL05
7/16-7/27
12
0
487
531
121
0
0
WQAUG05
7/28-8/10
14
679
1575
1572
175
0
0
HYAUG05
8/11-8/24
14
1012
1994
1163
141
0
0
WQSEP05
8/25-9/2
9
209
286
597
110
0
0
1900
4343
3863
597
0
0
Sum
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Figure 5.1. Timing and duration of hypoxia in Long Island Sound from 1991 through 2005. In
2005 hypoxia developed on about July 14 and persisted 69 days, ending on or about September
20, 2005.
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Figure 5.2. a) Maximum area (km2) less than 1.0 mg/l DO, b) maximum area (km2) less than 3.0 mg/l DO,
c) duration (days) of hypoxia (DO<3.0 mg/l), d) biomass area-day depletion (BADD) index of temporary
habitat loss to demersal finfish associated with hypoxia conditions each year.
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Figure 5.3. Surface and bottom salinity calculated from six axial water quality stations (B3, D3, F3, H6, I2 and M3) for the period
between 1991 and 2005. Monthly (survey) means are plotted against the 1991-2005 time series mean.
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Figure 5.4. Surface and bottom temperature calculated from six axial water quality stations (B3, D3, F3, H6, I2 and M3) for the period
between 1991 and 2005.
Monthly (survey) means are plotted against the 1991-2005 time series mean.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOAL ..........................................................................................................................................237
KEY MESSAGE .........................................................................................................................237
OBJECTIVES..............................................................................................................................237
SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................227
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................238
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION..................................................................................................238
MODIFICATIONS......................................................................................................................240
LIST OF TABLES
Table 6.1. .....................................................................................................................................238
Table 6.2 ......................................................................................................................................241
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GOAL
To increase awareness among anglers and the general public of the information products provided
by this project and how this information contributes to state and federal efforts to enhance, restore
and protect marine habitat and recreational fish populations.
OBJECTIVES
1) To increase awareness among anglers and the general public of the information provided by
this project and how this information contributes to state and federal efforts to enhance,
restore and protect marine habitat and recreational fish populations.
SUMMARY
1. A total of 19,357 people attended outreach events where the importance of research and
monitoring to good fisheries management was incorporated into the program (Table 6.2).
The importance of good water quality and proper pollution prevention (non-fishing impacts)
to good fisheries habitat management was also emphasized.
2. Total attendance at several speaking engagements with sportsmen clubs and other recreational
clubs was 109 (Table 6.2). The audience was encouraged to become actively involved in the
fishery management process by attending public hearings and FAC meetings. Notices of
public hearings were sent to hundreds of tackle shops and various media outlets.
3. The message that the majority of marine finfish research and monitoring are funded through
excise taxes on fishing and motorboat fuels was emphasized at major department outreach
events (Table 6.2).
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INTRODUCTION
Public outreach was formally incorporated into this project in
1997 (segment 17). Project staff working closely with US Fish
and Wildlife Service personnel developed an outreach plan. Six
target audiences were identified in priority order (Table 6.1) in
the outreach plan. This report summarizes F54R outreach
activities conducted from March 2005 to February 2006
(segment 25).
Table 6.1
Priority Audiences for
Outreach Activities
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Outdoor/environmental writers
Marine anglers
Marine boaters and
Marina operators
Fishing tackle retailers
Fisheries Advisory Council
(to CT DEP)
General public
Outdoor and Environmental Writers
DEP press releases, project summaries and full annual reports were mailed out to several outdoor
writers and members of the CT Outdoor Recreation Coalition (CORC). Writers and reporters for
the news media also interviewed project staff concerning F54R activities in person, at public and
regulatory hearings, and over the telephone.
Marine Anglers and Marine Boaters
Project personnel organized and assisted in DEP, Marine and Inland Fisheries Division displays at
one statewide fishing show. The show was sponsored by Dodge Trucks, Channel 3 and
Connecticut Outdoor Recreation Coalition and was held in February 2006 at the Hartford Expo
Center. This show attracted 13,371 anglers, non-anglers, boaters, tackle retailers, legislators and
general outdoor recreation enthusiasts. The theme for this show was "Fishing and Fisheries
Management and Trophy Fish Close to Home". F54R activities were highlighted at this shows in
displays entitled “Trophy Fish Award Program” and "Marine Regulations, (A fisheries
management explanation)". Audiences learned the importance of research and monitoring which
are funded through excise taxes on fishing tackle and motorboat fuels. Colorful posters and
pictures, brief project specific text and taxidermy reproductions helped draw attention to marine
species monitored under F54R programs and solicit questions and discussion of those programs.
Several outreach displays have been developed by project staff and mounted in the lobby and
hallways at the Marine Fisheries Headquarters in Ferry Point State Park. These displays
highlighted unique characteristics of Long Island Sound, public access, species identification, the
trophy fish award program, and gave a brief description of current F54R programs designed to
protect the Sound’s resources. Anglers, boaters, and their families at this popular fishing and
picnic area can easily view these fisheries displays.
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Fishing Tackle Retailers
Fishing tackle retailers provide an important avenue for communication between the department
and anglers. A complete list of fishing tackle retailers is maintained and updated yearly. Timely
DEP press releases, species fact sheets, and Connecticut angler guides are mailed to tackle
retailers to keep them informed. Correspondence between the marine fisheries office staff and
retailers are ongoing.
Fisheries Advisory Council
The Fisheries Advisory Council, which represents a cross section of Connecticut residents with
interests in fisheries issues, met quarterly to discuss statewide fisheries issues. After each meeting
most Council members report Council discussions back to the fishing and environmental groups
they represent. Council members also discussed monitoring and funding issues at meetings with
state legislators. Several Council members visited Marine Fisheries displays at the Northeast
Fishing and Hunting Expo, and other activities the Fisheries Division held during National Fishing
Week.
‘A Study of Marine Recreational Fisheries in Connecticut’ was mailed to Fishery
Advisory Council members to keep them informed.
General Public
Marine Headquarters is open daily Mon-Fri. attracting hundreds to the public outreach displays at
the office. Display topics included all F54R projects. Activities funded under other Federal Aid in
Sport Fish Restoration projects were also highlighted; including Connecticut Pumpout Stations
and Waste Reception Facilities (V-4), Motorboat Access Renovation and Development (F60D),
Motorboat Access Area Operation and Maintenance (F70D), and Habitat Conservation and
Enhancement (F61T).
Sport Fish Restoration projects were also highlighted in a one-day environmental festival
“Estuaries Day” program held in September at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic CT, titled “Marine
Fisheries Management / Sportfish Restoration and Marine Resources”. This event highlighted the
importance of coastal resources and all facets of resource protection. Approximately 5,243 people
attended the National Estuaries Day at the Mystic aquarium.
Finally, project staff led numerous workshops and speaking engagements throughout the state, as
well as informational tours and talks at the Marine Fisheries Office (Table 6.2). These talks and
tours reached all target audiences, especially the business community, teachers and students.
Audiences learned how to become active participants in the management process, through public
hearings and FAC Meetings.
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MODIFICATIONS
None.
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Table 6.2: Summary of talks, tours and workshops given by project staff highlighting F54R activities, March
2005 – February 2006 (segment 25).
DATE:
PRESENTATION TYPE:
ORGANIZATION
TITLE / TOPIC:
Audience
#
3/24/2005
Fishing Club Talk
Tiderunners Fishing Club Westbrook
Marine Fisheries Mgmt./ Angler Surveys
anglers
19
4/5/2005
Career Day / Mentoring
Glastonbury High School
Marine Fisheries Biologist
students
45
4/7/2005
Fishing Club Talk
Northeast Saltwater Fishing Club
Marine Fisheries Mgmt. / Angler Surveys
anglers
26
3/2/2005
Future Problem Solvers
Managing Marine Fisheries
students
64
4/42/2005
Office Tour / Mentoring
The Williams School
Marine Fisheries Biology
students
33
5/6/2005
Shepaug High School
Marine Fisheries Biologist
students
124
5/7/2005
Fishing Tourn. Presentation
Thames River Striped Bass Tournament
Marine Fisheries Management
anglers
135
6/29/2005
Fishing Club Talk
Milford Striped Bass Club
anglers
29
7/12/2005
Groton Maratime Academy
Marine Fisheries Management/Career
students
25
8/2/2005
Lyme/Old Lyme Middle School
Fish and Fisheries Management
students
23
9/24/2005
Presentation
National Estauries Day - Mystic Aqaurium
anglers/nonanglers
5,243
10/14/2005
Litchfield High School
Marine Fisheries Biology/Mgmt.
students
45
10/27/2005
Field Trip
East Lyme Middle School
Salt Marsh Importance/Marine Ecosystems
students
52
11/17/2005
Fishing Club Talk
Central CT Striped Bass Club
anglers
35
11/29/2005
College Talk
Yale Undergrad Class
Solving Ecological Mysteries
students
27
2/16/2006
Ellington Middle School
Marine Fisheries Careers
students
61
2/16-19/2006
DEP Presentation
Northeast Fishing & Hunting Expo
anglers/nonanglers
13,371
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