FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 82, NO. 1 



Figure 2.— Bottom tem- 

 perature and salinities at 

 station A in Passama- 

 quoddy Bay and station B in 

 the Bay of Fundy during 

 1976-81. 



° 

 a 



<D 



a 

 E 



a; 



16 



14 



12 



10 



8 



6 



4 



2 







14 

 12 

 10 

 8 

 6 

 4 

 2 

 



Station A 



Temperature 



tt — n n 1 | i i — n n rrn — n n 1 | I i — n — n MM n n MM 



( Station B 



34 

 33 

 32 



31 

 30 

 29 



36 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 32 

 31 

 30 

 29 



c 

 CO 



TT TT 



M A 



1976 



M 



TT 



A 



1977 



T T 



F 



M 

 1978 



3|- 

 2 



January-March 



1 

 



9r 



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12 

 11 



9 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 5 



October-December 



ucioper-ufluwiiioHP . « 



V „^ :/ -/ V X^A;-, 



8°C 



Average Annual 





cvJUi 



2 "C 



L L 



L 



1960 65 



70 75 



80 



Fishes and Seasonal Occurrence 



Sixty-two species of fish were captured during the 

 study period (Tables 2, 3). For those stations sam- 

 pled regularly and intensively, residency period and 

 abundance are indicated. Fish occurrence is 

 expressed as part of the summer component (June- 

 October), the winter component (November-May), 

 the regular component (caught year round), or the 

 occasional component. Fishes classified as 

 occasional components show no seasonal abundance 

 pattern and were collected <70 times (specimens 

 captured X sampling trips) over 5 yr at stations A, B, 

 and C, or < 15 times at stations 1-12. We realize that 

 some fish at all stations may have been missed 

 entirely or are listed as rare simply because they were 

 unavailable to the sampling gear used or could avoid 

 capture (e.g., mackerel). Abundance of fishes in the 

 catch was categorized as rare (1-10 specimens), com- 



FlGURE 3.— Mean surface sea temperatures at 

 station B by season during 1960-80 as com- 

 pared with the 50-yr mean at this site. 



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