Table 13. Location of racapturas of dl ac-t uRR ed wtntpr flountlcr fro* Deceaber I960 throuRh Scptewbe 



Tam i ng location 

 Mlllatonc 

 Recnpturo location Nlantlc Bay Nlnntlc River Twntrae Intafcea Bartlect Reef J 



Local 



Nlantlc Bay 

 Nlantlc River 

 Twotree 



HillBtone Intake 

 Bartlrtt Reef 

 Jordan Cove 



New London Co. , CT 

 Suffolk Co., NT 

 Wgr.hlniiton Co., RI 

 Nrwport Co. , RI 

 Onrnat.ihle Co., HA 

 Dukea Co., HA 

 Nantucket Co., HA 



West 



New London Co. , CT 

 Middlesex Co., CT 

 Suffolk Co., NY 

 New Haven, Co. , CT 

 Fairfield Co., NY 

 Brons Co., NY 



Unknown 



Virginia 

 Total 



Bay. Most Jordan Cove fish were taken within the cove and in adjacent 

 New London County waters; only one return was received further to the 

 east. 



Some 61% of all tagged fish were females, 20% males, and 10% fish 

 of unknown sex. Of the recaptured fish, 68% were females, 27% males, 

 and 5% unknown. Recapture rates were 23% for females, 20% for males and 

 9% for fish of unknown sex; significantly fewer fish of unknown sex were 

 recaptured. More males tended to remain near Millstone than females. 

 Over three-quarters of the males were caught in local waters (about half 

 of these in the Niantic River) as opposed to about two-thirds of the 

 females. Males made up 30% of the local catch but only 17% of the catch 

 from the east, whereas females made up about 65% and 76%, respectively. 



Two special studies were initiated in 1982 which involved the 

 simultaneous tagging and branding of winter flounder (NUSCo 1983). The 

 first study included fish larger than 23 cm that were both disc-tagged 

 and branded. The second had 50% of them branded and tagged and 50% just 

 branded. Recaptures were made of some of these fish as well as the 

 group both tagged and branded during 1983. Twenty-two of the fish from 



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