Appendix Table 2. — List of fishes captured by otter trawl in Sandy Hook Bay, N. J., July to October 1970, including soirunary data 

 on time and location of capture, specimen size, and hydrographic characteristics at times of capture. 



Occurrence 



Station 

 block Cs) 



Total length 

 Range Mean 



Bottom 

 temperature 



Bottom 

 salinity 



Range Mean 



Depth 



Range Mean 



Smooth dogfish 

 Mustelus cams 



ppt ppt 

 26.2 



Clearnose skate 

 Raja eglanteria 



Roughtail stingray July 

 Dasyatis centroura Sept. 



4.13,17 

 7,10 



80-100 90.0 21.0-22.2 21.6 26.0-26.9 26.4 

 100.0 21.4-22.2 21.8 26.7-28.8 27.8 



5.5-8.2 6.4 

 3.0- 7.6 5.3 



Shortnose sturgeon 

 Acipenser 



brevoortia 



July 

 Sept. 



80-100 92.0 21.0-22.9 22.0 26.2-26.4 26.3 

 92-132 112.0 — 20.6 — 28.1 



7.0- 8.2 7.6 Ninety percent of all sturgeon 



5.8 species were taken in block 4, the 

 area of the survey most affected 

 by currents, tides, and proximity 

 to the ocean and other bay systems. 



Atlantic sturgeon 

 Acipenser 



Qxyrhynchus 



July 

 Sept. 



70- 96 

 100-150 



86.0 

 135.0 



22.0 

 22.4 



26.2-26.4 



26.3 

 28.2 



7.0-8.2 7.6 

 11.6 



This species seemed to prefer the 

 cooler and deeper waters found in 

 the northern half of the bay. 



Herring species can only be 

 considered incidental in our 

 trawl catches because of their 

 pelagic nature. 



10,12, 

 14,15 



Bay anchovy 

 Anchoa mitchilli 



July 1-3,5,6, 6- 9 7.6 18.8-23.3 20.9 25.3-27.1 26.3 



9-13,15, 



17,18 

 Aug. 1,2,6, 7- 9 7.8 23.0-24.9 23.9 25.8-27.7 27.1 



10-12, 



14-16,18 

 Sept. 1,7 6- 8 6.8 21.9-22.2 22.1 — 28.8 



2.1-10.1 6.1 



2.4- 6.7 5.0 



6.7-7.6 7.2 



Host caught in southwest corner 

 of the bay (Fig. 4) . 



Judging from stomach contents of 

 bluefish and striped bass, the bay 

 anchovy is a major food item of 

 these higher predators. 



Oyster toadfish 

 Opsanus tau 



Sept. 



14- 20 17.0 21.9-22.2 22.1 27.2-27.7 27.5 



4.6-5.2 4.9 



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