"'Can von 



Figure 2. — The three areas (cross hatch) where sport 

 fishermen caught redfish in the New York Bight. 



catching redfish while fishing for Atlantic cod, 

 Gadiis morhua, and pollock, PoUachius virens, 

 on wrecks deeper than 55 m in the general 

 vicinities of lat 39°48'N, long 72°50'W and lat 

 39°36'N, long 73°03'W (Figure 2). I did not 

 inspect these fish for positive identification. I 

 received no reports of redfish being caught in 

 water shallower than 55 m or any reports of 

 redfish being caught over natural habitats. Party 

 boat captains reported catching redfish during 

 February, March, June, July, and August, 

 mostly during the latter 2 months. 



Several party boat captains reported catching 

 redfish during the last 10 years. Although some 

 captains said they caught up to 35 redfish 

 during at least one trip in past years, I 



estimate that the total sportsmen's catch in 

 1971 was less than 100 fish. 



Acknowledgments 



I would like to thank George Kelly (North- 

 east Fisheries Center, National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service, NOAA, Woods Hole, Mass.) for 

 aging the specimens and critically reviewing 

 the manuscript. I also wish to thank Anthony 

 Pacheco (Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries 

 Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 NOAA, Highlands, N.J.) for his assistance in 

 preparing this paper and the party boat cap- 

 tains of Manasquan Inlet, N.J., who collected 

 the specimens, David Bogan, Howard Bogan, 

 John Bogan, and Jack Endean. 



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Chester C. Buchanan 



Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 Fivers Island, P.O. Box 570 

 Beaufort, NC 28516 



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