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Summer Flounder 



Summer flounder spawn and overwinter in deeper, offshore 

 waters, coming inshore in the warmer months to feed on Neomysis , Crangon 

 and juvenile flatfishes. The adults are the subject of commercial and 

 sport fishing where abundant. Simmer flounder are not sufficiently 

 abundant in New Haven Harbor to be important as predators or as prey to 

 fishermen. 



Pelagic Planktivores 



Atlantic Herring 



The Atlantic herring is the only winter migrant species of 

 importance in New Haven; adults are present from October through June, 

 and young-of-the-year are abundant during May and June. Herring are not 

 generally present in commercial quantities in Long Island Sound and have 

 no sport value. Atlantic herring are probably not simultaneously pres- 

 ent in New Haven with species that prey upon them, with the exception of 

 bluefish. The food of the herring in New Haven probably consists of 

 mysids and copepods, and these food species might be heavily impacted by 

 the sporadic presence of schools of herring in the harbor. In the 

 perspective of the herring populations of the New England coast. New 

 Haven Harbor is an occasional feeding and nursery ground for a small 

 fraction of the Long Island Sound contingent. 



Menhaden 



Menhaden are summer migrants to New Haven Harbor; they overlap 

 slightly with the Atlantic herring, arriving in April or May and remain- 

 ing through October. Menhaden are of commercial value, sought for 

 processing into fish meal and oil. They are abundant as adults, juve- 

 niles and larvae, although they are not believed to spawn in estuaries. 



