the length covered in 15 min when the boat was towing a trawl under average conditions, with the engine 

 at idle speed and not influenced by tidal currents. Up to 50 individuals of a taxon at each station were 

 measured (total length) to the nearest millimeter. Catch was expressed as number of fish per standardized 

 tow. 



Table 4. Summary of trawl sampling program. The .station numbers correspond to the stations listed in Figure 4. All stations 

 were sampled biweekly with a 9.1-m Wilcox otter trawl. Stations: I - Llpper Niantic River; NR -^ lower Niantic River; 4 - 

 Crescent Beach; Nil ^ Niantic Bay; JC == Jordan Cove; 7 " Seaside; 7T Twotrce; 9 -- Black Point; 10 - Otiler Bartlelt 

 Reef; IN ^ Intake; BR = Bartlett Reef. 



This station was selected randomly. 



Seine program 



The seine sampling program, established in 1969 to monitor shore-zone fish, is summarized in Table 

 5. Shore-zone fishes were sampled using a 9.1 x 1.2-m knotlcss nylon seine net of 0.6-cm mesh hauled 

 parallel to the beach for about 30 m; three replicates were taken in adjacent areas of the beach. Because 

 a preliminary study (I3atteilc 1973) indicated that there was no difference in the numbers offish collected 



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