Appendix Table 1.— List of species captured in order of total niiinber caught by otter trawl In Sandy Hook Day, N. J., July to October 1970. 



Sample period 



July 

 16-17 



August 

 13-14 27-26 



September 

 10-11 24-25 



October 

 15-16 



Winter flounder 29' 158 



Pseudopleuronectes 6.35^ 28.87 

 americanus 



Striped searobin 26 20 



Prionotus evolans 2.72 3.29 



windowpane 78 32 



Scophthalmus aquosus 13.15 4.82 



Northern searobin 31 45 



Prionotus carolinus 3.29 2.84 



Weakfish — 3 



Cynoscion reqalis -- 1.02 



Bay anchovy 7 2 265 



Anchoa mitchilli 0.68 1.59 



Scup 17 8 



Stenotomus chrysops 1.36 0.63 



Butterfish 45 38 



Peprilus triacanthus 4.58 1.59 



Red haXe 53 13 



urophycis chuss 3.29 0.60 



Summer flounder 4 2 



Paralichthvs dentatus 4.65 1.13 



Bluefish 2 9 



Pomatomus saltatrix 0.99 1.13 



Spotted hake 1 5 



Urophycis regius 0.06 0.17 



Grubby 8 21 



Myoxocephalus aenaeus 0.17 0.79 



Atlantic moonfish — 2 



Vomer setapinnis — 0.05 



Alewife 16 8 



Alosa pseudoharenqus 1.17 0.28 



Northern kingfish 

 Menticirrhus saxatilis 



American eel — 1 



Anguilla rostrata — 0.79 



Atlantic menhaden 1 1 



Brevoortia tyrannus 0.34 0.23 



Northern puffer 

 Sphoeroides maculatus 



Atlantic sturgeon — 1 



Acipenser oxyrhynchus — 1.47 



Silver perch 

 Bairdiella chrysura 



Tautog 2 



Tautoqa onitis 1.81 



Sea raven 

 Hemitripterus 

 americanus 



464 

 84.99 



331 

 55.63 



161 

 22.00 



537 

 29.52 



6 

 1.25 



34 

 0.19 



9 

 0.37 



16 

 9.41 



5 

 2.04 



334 

 40.72 



157 

 21.83 



96 

 6.66 



293 

 13.44 



494 

 81.56 



5 

 0.57 



1 

 0.23 



63 

 4.10 



184 

 4.63 



20 

 13.50 



5 

 0.35 



374 

 56.65 



195 

 39.50 



119 

 14.35 



69 

 5.56 



166 

 13.19 



9 



0.11 



176 

 31.33 



396 

 74.25 



326 

 32.49 



286 

 30.50 



Percent of Percent Average catch 

 Total total catch occurrence per 10-min tow 



142 

 19.00 



234 

 20.64 



2 

 0.91 



2 

 0.14 



1,717 

 271.09 



1,645 

 283.43 



1,050 

 114.23 



999 

 56.53 



575 

 64.51 



424 

 2.76 



421 

 40.69 



364 

 13.38 



258 

 28.04 



43 

 1.60 



36 

 0.41 



29 

 17.99 



14 

 52.62 



13 

 1.62 



7 

 0.26 



21.7 

 24.8 



20.8 

 26.0 



13.3 



10.5 



12.6 

 5.2 



7.3 

 5.9 



5.4 

 0.3 



5.3 

 3.7 



4.6 

 1.2 



3.3 

 2.6 



0.9 

 4.5 



0.8 

 1.0 



0.7 

 0.6 



0.5 

 0.1 



0.4 

 0.2 



0.4 

 0.5 



0.4 

 1.6 



0.3 

 0.6 



0.2 



0.2 



0.2 

 0.1 



0.1 

 0.4 



Shortnose sturgeon 

 Acipenser brevirostrum 



6 

 40.60 



0.1 

 3.7 



0.1 

 0.36 



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