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Merriman (1944) caught small numbers of snappers in Morris Cove, New 

 Haven in October 1942. 



Impingement rates at New Haven Harbor Station are low (the 

 iiighest number recorded is only 9 fish per day) and involve only the 

 snappers. Traveling screen collections have consistently yielded 

 several snappers each August since 1975, but rarely have any of these 

 young bluefish been observed on the screens in any other month. Judging 

 from the records for other Long Island Sound power plants, (CLP, 1976; 

 NUSCO, 1977) , the snapper impingement rate at New Haven Harbor Station 

 is typical. 



Spawning occurs from late spring through August in the surface 

 waters of the outer continental shelf (Dauck et al. , 1966; Norcross et 

 al. , 1974). There are no records of the eggs and larvae occurring in 

 ichthyoplankton collections from Long Island Sound. 



Striped Bass (Movone saxatilis) 



The striped bass is anadromous and feeds most heavily on 

 amphipods, mysids and bay anchovies (Schaefer, 1978). Seaward dis- 

 tribution is generally restricted to within 4 or 5 miles of the coast 

 except when migrating (Merriman, 1941; Bigelow and Schroeder, 1953). 

 Migrating schools are comprised of fish 2 years of age and older. The 

 seasonal movements of these older, larger (>16 cm) fish have been docu- 

 mented, with regard to Long Island Sound and vicinity by Austin and 

 Custer (1977) : along the Atlantic coast, between Virginia and Massa- 

 chusetts, there is a general northward migration in the spring. Schools 

 of striped bass enter Long Island Sound from either end, but primarily 

 from the eastern end. In the fall, stripers returning south from 

 Massachusetts and Rhode Island move into Long Island Sound from the 

 eastern end. This is followed by movement across the Sound, from cen- 

 tral Connecticut to the Long Island side. The principal route of migra- 



