from the shore-zone at different tidal stages, all collections were made in the 2 h before high tide. The 

 shore-7one fish assemblages of seven different areas were sampled at some point in time since May 1969. 

 These areas were GN (Giants Neck), BL (Black Point), SP (Sandy Point in the Niantic River), IN (Bay 

 Point in front of the station intakes), JC (Jordan Cove), WP (White Point), and SS (Seaside) (Fig. 5). 

 From 1969 through 1972, stations GN, IN, JC, and WP were sampled. In February 1973, SS and BL 

 were added. Station SP was sampled in only 1975. Sampling at IN was discontinued in 1983 when 

 construction activities associated with the Unit 3 intake removed a major portion of the beach. Sampling 

 at BL was also discontinued in 1983 because its bottom type did not correspond to other stations and 

 because few fish were caught there. Catches of shore-zone fish at SS also did not correlate with catches 

 at other stations, probably because the station was more exposed to wind and wave action than the others 

 (NUSCo 1983). Sampling at SS was discontinued in 1984 and effort was redistributed to the special seine 

 study described below. Initially, hauls were made in February, May, July, September, and December; this 

 frequency continued through 1973. In 1974, sampling frequency was increased to include collections 

 during June, August, and October. Collections in November were added in 1982 and in .lanuary during 

 1984. Also, in 1984 sarrnle frequency was increased to biweekly from April through October. 



Figure 5. Location of the shore-zone seine sampling stations. 



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