Appendix Table 2. — Continued. 



Occurrence 



Station 

 Species Month (s) block (s) 



Total length 

 Range Mean 



Bottom 

 temperature 



Bottom 

 salinity 



Range 



Depth 



Range Mean 



ppt 



ppt 



Red hake 

 Urophycis chuss 



Spotted hake 

 Urophycis regius 



All taken in northern half of bay; 

 96% in blocks 1, 4, and 7 (Fig. 5). 



According to age-length data 

 (Bigelow and Schroeder 1953) , the 

 majority of our catch (Fig, 14} 

 was made up of yearlings. 



All but one taken in northern half 

 of survey area; 74.5% in blocks 4 

 and 7 (Fig. 6) . 



Catch was composed primarily of 

 young-of-the-year specimens , as 

 indicated by monthly length- 

 frequencies (Fig. 15) and growth 

 data given by Barans (1972). 



Atleintic silverside Sept. 11 

 Menidia menidia 



Judging from previous examination 

 of beach seine catches, this shore 

 species is one of the most numerous 

 in the survey area. From its lack 

 of appearance in our trawl catch, 

 it is apparent gear selectivity 

 and the inshore habit of this 

 species limited catches. 



Lined seahorse Oct. 

 Hi ppocampus erectus 



Yeaf-round resident in New York 

 Bight (Wicklund, wilk, and Ogren, 

 1968) . 



Bluefish July 



Pomatomus saltatrix 



Sept. 



2,3,5, 



10-15 

 1,2,4,5, 



9,10,12, 



15,17 

 1,2,5,6, 



12,13,16 



7- 39 23.7 18.8-23.2 21.4 25.3-26.8 26.1 

 17- 24 17.6 20s4-22.4 21.2 26.7-28.8 27.9 



19- 43 24.6 18.0-19.0 18.6 26.0-27.1 26.4 



3.0-11.6 6.1 



From age determinations based on 

 scales (Wilk, unpublished data), 

 76.5% of our catch (Fig. 16) were 

 young-of-the-year specimens. 



Lookdown 

 Selene vomer 



Atlantic moonfish 

 Vomer setapinnis 



Scup 



Stenotomus chrysops Aug 



22.1-22.3 22.2 26.0-26.2 26.1 



20 13.4 

 18 14.9 



16- 21 18.9 18.0-19.2 18.7 25.6-26.8 26.2 



Both the lookdown and Atlantic 

 moonfish are considered only 

 summer visitors from southern 

 waters {Bigelow and Schroeder 

 1953, and Nichols and Breder 1927). 



Specimens taken in all blocks 

 except 14, 16, 17, and 18; largest 

 average catch in block 7 (21.8 per 

 10-min tow) (Fig. 7) . 



Comparing monthly length- 

 frequencies (Fig. 17) to age-length 

 data given by Bigelow and Schroeder 

 (1953) and Finkelstein (1969), the 

 majority of the scup caught were 

 probably yearlings. 



Silver perch Aug. 10 



Bairdiella chrysura Sept. 4,12 

 Oct. 6,7 



10- 



12- 



21.0 



18.6 20.4-20.7 



17.0 18.7-18.8 



24.3 

 20.6 

 18.8 



28.1-26.5 28.3 

 26.2-26.6 26.4 



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