CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Tagging procedure 1 



Results 3 



Offshore tagging, April 1961 3 



Inshore tagging, September 1962 



Discussion 8 



Literature cited 15 



Figures 



1 . Map of the Middle Atlantic Bight showing locations where summer flounder were tagged and released in 1961 



and 1962 2 



2. Length-frequency distributions of summer flounder tagged in April 1961 on offshore grounds and of those 

 subsequently recaptured 3 



3. Tagged summer flounder release positions for April 1961 releases and recapture locations in April-June 1961 . 4 



4. Tagged summer flounder release positions for April 1961 releases and 1961 recapture positions in July- 

 September and October-December 5 



5. Tagged summer flounder release positions for April 1961 releases and 1962 recapture locations in January- 

 March and April-June 6 



6. Length-frequency distributions, at tagging, of male and female summer flounder recaptures from fish tagged 

 in 1961 on offshore grounds and in 1962 on inshore grounds 



7. Length-frequency distributions of summer flounder tagged in September 1962 in Block Island Sound and of 



those subsequently recaptured 8 



8. Length-frequency distributions of summer flounder tagged in September 1962 in Nantucket Sound and of 



those subsequently recaptured 8 



9. Tagged summer flounder release positions for September 1962 releases and 1962 recapture locations in 

 September and October-December 9 



10. Tagged summer flounder release positions for September 1962 releases and 1963 recapture locations in 

 January-March and April- June 10 



11. Tagged summer flounder release positions for September 1962 releases and 1963 recapture locations in July- 

 September and October-December 11 



12. Tagged summer flounder release positions for September 1962 releases and 1964 recapture locations in 

 January-March and April- June 12 



13. Tagged summer flounder release positions for September 1962 releases and 1964 recapture locations in July- 

 September and October-December 13 



Tables 



1. Recoveries of tagged summer flounder from 1961 offshore releases by season and fisherman type, April 

 1961-October 1963 7 



2. Recoveries of tagged summer flounder from 1962 inshore releases by season and fisherman type, September 

 1962-January 1968 14 



3. Numbers of tag recaptures north and south of lat. 39 °N in January-March 1963 and 1964 from 1962 inshore 

 releases, and mean lengths and length ranges, in centimeters, at time of tagging 15 



in 



