TABLE OF CONTENTS 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 



INTRODUCTION 



METHODS 





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... 1 



... 2 



Data col lections 2 



Data summaries and limitations 7 



RESULTS 19 



SECTION 1 



SECTION 2 



SECTION 3 



SECTION 4 



SECTION 5 



SECTION fa 



SECTION 7 



SECTION 8 



SECTION 9 



SECTION 10 



SECTION 11 



SECTION 12 



SECTION 13 



SECTION 14 



SECTION 15 



SECTION 16 



SECTION 17 



SECTION 18 



Smooth dogfish {Mustelus aanis) 20 



Spi ny dogf i Sh ( Squalus acanthias) 45 



Little skate {Raja er-inaaea) 67 



Atlantic herring {Clupea harengus harengus) 38 



Silver hake {Merlucaius bilinear-is) 110 



Red hake ( Urophyeis dhuss) 135 



Summer f 1 ounder ( Paralichthys dentatus) 158 



Fourspot flounder {Pa.rdliah.thys oklongus) 135 



Wi ndowpane ( Saophthalmus aquosus) -06 



Atlantic mackerel {Scomber saombrus) . .229 



Butterf i sh ( Peprilus triacanthus) .252 



Bluefish {Pomatomus saltatrix) .276 



Atlantic croaker {Mioropogonias undulatus) .298 



Black sea bass ( Centropristis striata) .517 



Scup ( Stenotomus ahrysops) .541 



Weakfish ( Cynoscion regalis) 565 



Ti 1 ef i sh ( Lopholatilus ahamaeleonticeps) 588 



American lobster {Homarus ameriaanus) 402 



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