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to feed on adult and juvenile menhaden and possibly other species. The 

 harbor is a good but unexceptional feeding ground for this voracious 

 predator, and there is in turn some substantial sport fish effort for 

 snappers and adults. 



Striped Bass 



The anadromous striped bass is much sought after and occa- 

 sionally caught in New Haven Harbor's sport fishery. Striped bass do 

 not breed in the estuary or its tributaries; rather, the estuary serves 

 as a feeding ground to small numbers of stray bass that wander into New 

 Haven Harbor in April, May or June, or to stragglers on the southward 

 migration in October or November, 



ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS 



There are essentially three ways in which the operation of steam 

 electric-generating stations, including NHHS, may directly impact species 

 of finfish that frequent the waters used for condenser cooling: 



1. Entrainment of planktonic eggs and larvae through the 

 cooling water system; 



2. Entrapment and impingement of adults and juveniles at the 

 cooling water intake; and, 



3. Encounter at all life-history stages with heated waters. 



Indirect impacts on finfish populations occur as results of direct 

 impacts on other ecosystem components or other finfish: for instance, 

 an indirect impact on predator species (prey scarcity) may result if 

 prey species are directly impacted by entrainment. 



