trawl-caught fish, even though it is known to school in waters above the 

 bottom. Another flatfish species, the windowpane ( Scophthalmus aquosus ) 

 was the third most abundant demersal finfish from the Millstone Bight. 

 Silversides, typically found in the shore zone in the summer (Bigelow 

 and Schroeder 1956) , were the fourth most abundant trawl-caught taxon, 

 and were caught primarily in the winter hauls. This group includes 

 representatives from two species, the inland silverside (Menidia beryllina ) 

 and the Atlantic silverside (M. menidia ) , because they were not differ- 

 entiated during some times of the study. The fifth ranked trawl-caught 

 fish was the cunner ( Tautogalabrus adspersus ) , described by 011a et al. 

 (1975) to be a reef fish. Several species of skates ( Raja spp.), are 

 found in Long Island Sound and these were the sixth ranked demersal 

 taxon. The seventh most abundant trawl-caught species, bay anchovy 

 ( Anchoa mitchilli ) , is a schooling summer transient, not really a demersal 

 resident. The eighth ranked taxon, Gadidae, consisted of juvenile cod 

 ( Gadus morhua ) and Atlantic tomcod ( Microgadus tomcod ) which are difficult 

 to distinguish. Because the older specimens examined were primarily 

 Atlantic tomcod, this species was probably the major component of the 

 Gadidae taxon. The grubby ( Myoxocephalus aenaeus ) , searobins, ( Prionotus 

 spp.), silver hake ( Merluccius bilinearis ) and tautog ( Tautoga onitis ) 

 separately also contributed at least 1% to the total catch since 1973. 



The species composition of the demersal catch was compared to that 

 reported from the impingement and entrainment sampling programs (Table 

 5). Of the 12 selected trawl-caught species, all but 2 (scup and searobins) 

 could be considered 'potentially impacted' by entrainment or impingement 

 as they contributed at least 1% to those collections as well. 



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