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Figure 5. Length frequency of Anchoa spp. In impingement (left) and trawl 

 (right) samples from October 1976 through September 1983. 



McHugh (1977) states that the bay anchovy is perhaps the most 

 numerous fish found along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. 

 Near MNPS anchovies migrated inshore in spring and were only briefly 

 available to capture by the monitoring programs. They were caught in 

 the following time sequence (Table 4). From May through July (the time 

 of their offshore spawning migration. Table 2) they were impinged as 

 adults. Eggs and larvae were found July through August at EN and NB. 

 Finally, young-of-the year were caught in trawls August through October. 

 The trawl catch of anchovies varied greatly from year to year, depending 

 on a chance match of our sampling efforts and the sporadic spatial and 

 temporal presence of anchovies. The actual 1983 egg and larvae data 

 were close to the values forecast by the model; the actual impingement 

 data followed the pattern forecast, but were well above the upper 

 confidence limit. 



Gasterosteus wheatlandi (blackspotted stickleback) and 

 Gasterosteus aculeatus (threespine stickleback) 



Two stickleback species were found almost exclusively in Millstone 

 impingement samples. Only since 1981 have we distinguished the 



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