BRUNDAGE and MEADOWS: ATLANTIC STURGEON IN DELAWARE RIVER ESTUARY 



Table 1.— Recorded captures of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipvnuern.njrh nucha.-*. 



Continued. 



n the Delaware River estuary, November L958-July 1980.- 



Date 



Area 



River 

 km 



Salin- 

 ity 



7.. 



Temp 



(°C) 



Method of capture 



Total 



length 



No. (mm) 



Source 



7 Apr Little River 



8 Apr Del Haven, N J 



15 Apr Little River 



22 Apr. Cohansey River, N.J. 



29 Apr Del Haven 



May Little River 



3 May Del Haven 



6 May Delaware Bay 



10 July Harbor of Refuge 

 24 July Artificial Island 



24 July Elsinboro Point, N J 



24 July Artificial Island 



15Aug Burlington Island 



17Aug. NE of Harbor of Refuge 



24Aug. Artificial Island 



28 Aug Burlington Island 

 6 Sept Burlington Island 



20 Sept. Artificial Island 



16Apr. 1979 Old Bare Shoal, Del 



16Apr. Hope Creek, N J 



20 Apr Hope Creek 

 20Apr Kitts Hummock, Del. 

 22 Apr Kitts Hummock 

 23Apr Kitts Hummock 



24 Apr Kitts Hummock 



25 Apr. Port Mahon, Del. 

 25 Apr Kitts Hummock 



25 Apr Hope Creek 



26 Apr. Port Mahon 

 26Apr Kitts Hummock 

 29Apr Port Mahon 



29 Apr Port Mahon 

 30Apr Kitts Hummock 



1 May Port Mahon 



2 May Port Mahon 



3 May Port Mahon 

 6 May Port Mahon 



9 May Port Mahon 



11 May Port Mahon 



12 May Port Mahon 



21 May W of Joe Flogger Shoal 



22 May Offshore Smyrna River. Del. 

 22 May Ship John Shoal 



12 June Hope Creek 



21 June W of Joe Flogger Shoal 



22 June Ship John Shoal 

 1 2 July Smyrna River 



July Ship John Shoal 



9 Aug N of Pea Patch Island 



25 Sept. Bowers-Pickering Beaches, Del 



Sept. Ship John Shoal 



22 Oct Harbor of Refuge 



Oct. Fourteen Ft Bank. Del 



1 Nov Offshore Prime Hook Beach, Del. 



2 Nov Artificial Island 



16 Feb 1980 Artificial Island 



24 Mar Pickering Beach. Del 



25 Mar Pickering Beach 



26 Mar Pickering Beach 

 29 Mar Pickering Beach 



8Apr. Artificial Island 



22Apr Pickering Beach 



May Old Bare Shoal, Del. 



6 May Artificial Island 



19May Blake Channel 



28 May Artificial Island 



24 June Reedy Island Dike, Del. 



10 July Sunken Ship Cove. N J 

 16July Artificial Island 



17 July Offshore Smyrna River 

 24July Artificial Island 



31 July Artificial Island 



'Ichthyological Associates, Inc 



2 Delaware River Basin Anadromous Fishery Project. 



3 Converted from fork length 



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