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Number of captures of Atlantic sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus ) from all 
surveys during spring months. Circle size corresponds to total number 
of Atlantic sturgeon captured at a given location (insert A). Locations 
of all tows can be seen in insert B. 
the total Atlantic sturgeon captured, 64% (48 fish) were 
captured off northern NJ. Captures within the spring 
occurred along the entire coast of NJ and 44.2% of the 
captures occurred in Sandy Hook, NJ. 
ME-NH inshore bottom trawl survey 
A total of 38 Atlantic sturgeon were captured in a total 
of 1601 bottom trawls from 2001 through 2006 (Table 
1). Sampling depths ranged from 10 to 200 m, and three 
defined peaks in sampling effort occurred at 30 m, 65 m, 
and 90 m (Fig. 3C). All Atlantic sturgeon were captured 
between 15 and 90 m depth (Fig. 30 and 36 of the 38 
Atlantic sturgeon were captured near the Kennebec 
estuarine complex (Fig. 9A). Two additional Atlantic 
sturgeon were captured south of the Kennebec River, 
closer to the Saco River. 
MADMF bottom trawl survey 
Only one Atlantic sturgeon was captured in a total of 
5563 bottom trawls (Table 1). Sampling depths ranged 
from 4 to 86 m, and a peak in sampling effort occurred 
at a depth of 20 m (Fig. 3D). The only Atlantic sturgeon 
captured was collected during the spring at a depth of 
41 m. 
NYBTS 
A total of 149 Atlantic sturgeon were captured in 512 
random stratified tows (Table 1). Sampling depths ranged 
from 5 to 35 m and a peak in sampling effort occurred 
at a depth of 15 m (Fig. 3E). Atlantic sturgeon were cap- 
tured within all months sampled; however, no Atlantic 
sturgeon were captured deeper than 20 m. A total of 85% 
of all Atlantic sturgeon were captured between 5 and 10 
m with a mean CPUE of 1.34 (Fig. 3E). CPUE was high- 
est during the fall (0.35 fish/tow) followed by spring (0.33 
fish/tow) and summer (0.26 fish/tow) and was lowest 
during the winter (0.07 fish/tow) (Table 1). Of the 149 
Atlantic sturgeon captured, 51% were collected off the 
western coast of Long Island, 30% were captured off cen- 
tral Long Island, and only one was captured off the east 
end of Long Island. During the spring, Atlantic sturgeon 
were captured along the entire coast of Long Island, 
NY, but 57% were captured off western Long Island, 
specifically Rockaway, NY. The Rockaway region was 
also an important area during the fall, accounting for 
