Table 6. Data reliability 



Index to Table 6. Page location of data reliability table for each species and estuary. 



Blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis) 



Sea scallop [Placopecten magellanicus) 



American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) 



Northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) 



Sottshell clam (Mya arenaria) 



Daggerblade grass shrimp {Palaemonetes pugio) 



Northern shrimp ( Pandalus borealis) 



Sevenspine bay shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa) 



American lobster ( Homarus americanus) 



Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) 



Atlantic rock crab ( Cancer irroratus) 



Green crab ( Carcinus maenas) 



Green sea urchin ( Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) 



Spiny dogfish ( Squalus acanthias) 



Skates (Raja species) 



Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) 



Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus) 



American eel (Anguilla rostrata) 



Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) 

 Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) 

 American shad (Alosa sapidissima) 

 Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) 

 Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) 

 Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) 



Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) 

 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglelinus) 

 Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) 

 Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) 

 Pollock (Pollachius virens ) 



Red hake ( Urophycis chuss) 



White hake (Urophycis tenuis) 



Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) 



Silversides ( Menidia species) 



Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus) 



Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) 



Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) 



Northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) 



Northern searobin ( Prionotus carolinus) 



Grubby (Myoxocephalus aenaeus) 



Longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus) 



Shorthorn sculpin ( Myoxocephalus scorpius) 



White perch (Morone americana) 

 Striped bass ( Morone saxatilis) 

 Bluefish ( Pomatomus saltatnx) 

 Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) 

 Tautog ( Tautoga oniis) 

 Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) 



Ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus) 

 Rock gunnel ( Pholis gunnelus) 

 American sand lance (Ammodytes americanus) 

 Atlantic mackerel ( Scomber scombrus) 

 Butterfish ( Peprilus triacanthus) 

 Windowpane ( Scophthalmus aquosus) 



American plaice (Hippoglossoides platesoides) 

 Winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) 

 Yellowtail flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus) 

 Smooth flounder ( Pleuronectes putnami) 



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