MATERIALS AND METHODS 



The collection of information on the abundance of lobsters in the Millstone area began in February 

 1969, when the numbers of legal, short, and berried lobsters were recorded using catch records from a 

 local commercial lobsterman (Table 1). 



Table 1. Summary of lobster population sampling methodology from 1969 to 1985. 



Year Sample Period Sample Method Sample Stations 



1969 June-Dec Commercial Catch Records Millstone, Spindle Area, Seaside, 



White Rock, Bartlett Reef 

 a 

 1970-73 Feb, May, July Commercial Catch Records Seaside, Fox Island, 



Sept, Dec SCUBA Surveys Bartlett Reef 



Battel le Pots (6 wood/Station) 



1973 Oct Monthly Surveys of Artificial Effluent, Intake, Twotree, 



and Natural Habitats (SCUBA) Giants Neck, Bay Point 



Battel le Pots (80 wood) Effluent, Jordan Cove, 



Twotree, Intake 



NUSCo Pots (60 wood) Jordan Cove, Intake, Twotree 



NUSCo Pots (30 wood and 30 wire) " " 



NUSCo Pots (60 wl re) " 



a Single Pots set out for 1 week and checked daily. 



b Pots hauled three times per week, weather permitting, from 1975 through 1985. 



During the period 1970-73 lobster pot sampling was conducted daily for one week in February, May, 

 ■July, September and December. Six wood pots were set for a week around Fox Island (at the fringe of 

 the Unit I plume) and, as controls, six were set around Seaside Point (1.5 miles from the plant); in May 

 1973 the Bartlett's Reef station was added. These pots were checked daily during the week that the Rocky 

 Shore surveys took place. In addition to the pot sampling, several SCUBA surveys were made annually 

 to assess the abundance of lobsters in these areas. 



During the summer of 1973, artificial habitats consisting of an array of 36 concrete blocks (16 x 24 

 X 10 in), with three burrows each, were installed to provide additional habitat at four sites: outside of the 

 quarry-cut, in .lordan Cove, near the intake structures, and adjacent to Bartlett's Reef. Four natural 



