ML073340927

2005 Year Class Report for the Hudson River Estuary Monitoring Program - Appendix C, Numbers of Fish Collected in the Long River (1988-2005), Fall Juvenile (1985-2005), and Beach Seine (1985-2005) Surveys

ML073340927
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Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	01/31/2007
From:	Dynegy Roseton, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, Mirant Bowline
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Appendix C Numbers of Fish Collected in the Long River (1988-2005),

Fall Juvenile (1985-2005),and Beach Seine (1985-2005) Surveys

APPENDIX C LIST OF TABLES Number Title C-1 Total number of fish collected in the Long River Survey, 1988-2005 C-2 Total number of fish collected in the Fall Juvenile Survey, 1985-2005 C-3 Total number of fish collected in the Beach Seine Survey, 1985-2005

Table C-1 Total Number of Fish Collected in the Long River Survey, 1988-2005 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Anadromous Alewife 8,200 624 60 2,727 555 1,275 1,679 293 1,787 171 235 10,231 320 5,284 183 537 641 5,479 Alosa spp. 258,802 423,742 714,369 250,755 465,613 191,558 206,819 122,644 460,957 58,794 128,111 124,710 391,708 180,190 145,643 141,877 126,035 103,618 American shad 51,162 62,755 49,242 25,128 30,345 15,867 31,213 12,120 23,378 6,744 8,887 12,185 11,567 14,048 6,732 15,676 4,711 7,126 Atlantic sturgeon 11 2 5 26 4 . 7 1 1 3 2 . . 1 10 3 4 .

Atlantic tomcod 25,414 37,397 38,431 40,804 10,558 21,343 20,724 64,680 17,375 71,070 91,679 13,625 10,337 57,412 7,556 20,724 92,099 55,146 Blueback herring 4,992 2,568 1,230 28,397 30,496 3,290 9,315 1,412 18,354 2,358 246 4,367 1,907 1,100 578 8,760 801 1,977 Hickory shad . . . . . . . 1 4 5 . . . . . . . .

Rainbow smelt 24,693 767 6,838 2,494 23,035 12,002 59,829 2,354 . . 4 . 1 1 . . . .

Sea lamprey . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . . . . .

Striped bass 61,072 225,498 264,907 359,994 462,382 459,384 674,881 383,781 962,335 272,329 443,766 790,358 1,376,173 1,192,084 151,199 732,410 416,917 387,265 Catadromous American eel 789 917 848 1,372 827 1,505 921 1,388 1,230 527 519 294 468 708 262 476 365 513 Estuarine Atlantic silverside 152 11 67 49 27 19 144 323 52 4 12 29 98 35 35 54 188 50 Banded killifish 5 2,274 1 . 5 3 4 24 2 . 2 2 . 1 . . . 13 Fat sleeper . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

Fourspine stickleback 6 1 1 2 1 7 5 . 7 1 . 1 . . . . 1 1 Hogchoker 301,192 589,469 13,591 908,378 44,337 87,673 159,013 130,281 51,986 22,814 36,279 23,050 24,894 13,417 28,225 17,313 36,061 24,267 Inland silverside 98 101 . 58 42 209 857 149 166 40 9 69 12 57 97 51 338 169 Lined sea horse 11 . 1 9 . . . 2 . 1 3 1 1 . . . . .

Mummichog 1 . . . . . 2 6 . . . 1 2 . 20 4 2 1 Northern pipefish 1,135 153 102 2,059 137 416 186 277 291 170 120 427 82 186 226 64 130 238 Shortnose sturgeon 3 . 2 3 3 14 8 7 38 2 5 1 4 13 1 4 4 1 Threespine stickleback 2 . 1 . . 2 . 2 3 . . 1 . . . . . .

White catfish 77 100 87 76 52 25 214 196 205 96 70 172 70 80 56 78 38 79 White perch 138,753 198,953 157,348 147,232 265,656 221,021 172,995 115,842 287,690 69,844 130,785 136,518 267,801 134,744 142,260 140,645 138,513 107,406 Freshwater Black bullhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . .

Black crappie . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Bluegill . . . 5 . . 1 1 . . . . 3 . . 1 1 .

Brown bullhead 1 12 33 30 4 7 18 25 31 11 8 3 8 22 1 48 36 10 Brown trout . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Carp 730 651 . 340 731 136 121 147 1,199 867 161 211 533 22 130 597 455 647 Catostomidae . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 4 . . . .

Centrarchidae 30 66 46 40 132 40 125 11 152 26 100 16 137 552 155 50 136 67 Chain pickerel . . . . . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . 1 . . .

Channel catfish . . . 1 1 . . 5 5 4 . 11 8 23 24 118 91 101 Common shiner . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Creek chub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .

Cyprinidae 470 1,736 6,839 1,764 2,576 2,276 2,044 910 2,709 696 1,358 2,705 3,482 3,101 2,623 1,150 1,073 786 Emerald shiner . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 . 1 . . . .

Fathead minnow . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Freshwater drum . . . . 1 1 . 8 124 1 10 27 8 15 90 55 255 640 Gizzard shad . 85 5 3 535 123 440 1,065 688 708 885 1,281 2,383 161 9,060 1,292 360 80 Golden shiner . 1 7 . . 1 2 11 1 . 1 . 2 1 . . . 2 Goldfish 113 217 . 97 22 7 18 . 5 2 2 . . . . . . .

Largemouth bass . 1 . 2 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 2 .

Logperch 48 20 . . 179 . . . . . 3 . . . . 3 4 .

Table C-1 (Continued) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Freshwater (cont.)

Northern hog sucker 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percidae 2 15 . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pumpkinseed 132 1 . 2 . 4 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . 2 . .

Rock bass . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Satinfin shiner . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Silvery minnow . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Slimy sculpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .

Smallmouth bass . 3 1 . 23 . 1 . . . 2 . 1 3 . . . 2 Spottail shiner 60 98 55 83 45 33 62 94 156 89 53 45 62 87 9 42 23 29 Tesselated darter 2,898 2,805 2,290 1,566 2,836 1,936 1,714 2,205 1,550 1,493 2,834 2,726 2,822 1,884 1,455 1,990 2,642 718 Walleye . 26 . 1 2 12 32 . 23 22 29 . 80 5 5 132 31 279 White crappie . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . .

White sucker . 10 44 . 1 . . 1 13 5 24 6 11 3 3 2 3 2 Yellow bullhead . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . .

Yellow perch 152 325 610 157 369 225 333 69 764 141 307 127 1,062 228 476 1.096 1,145 801 Marine American sand lance 48 8 2 4 4 . 1 42 6 . 7 2 11 119 2 49 47 20 Atlantic cod 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 3 Atlantic croaker . . . . 157 1 5 409 3 . 3,405 3,781 6,512 1,371 2,574 1,260 11,094 544 Atlantic herring 522 178 76 1,177 842 1,151 37 3,986 5,485 2,614 3,809 4,585 27 1,984 18 887 325 279 Atlantic mackerel 4 . . 1 2 . . . 1,968 1,076 9 141 6 1 603 32 4 .

Atlantic menhaden 6 12 671 1,301 404 268 13,009 2,678 3,036 35,979 18,041 68,998 4,887 29,431 9,644 10,873 7,420 78,741 Atlantic needlefish . . 3 . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Atlantic seasnail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Bay anchovy 2,852,331 444,854 900,354 3,831,982 1,341,076 1,849,143 3,051,491 1,271,339 1,337,747 795,707 698,247 339,031 215,316 146,897 671,428 363,737 1,749,221 790,847 Black sea bass . . . . . . 4 . . 1 3 6 . . . . . .

Blackcheek tonguefish . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blenniidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .

Bluefish 85 54 165 151 147 78 73 61 43 35 21 71 46 62 15 26 28 34 Bothidae . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Butterfish 143 18 18 27 46 38 108 11 12 29 22 273 6 120 7 13 240 24 Conger eel 132 72 54 29 124 195 175 45 117 14 10 1 71 22 29 42 3 13 Cottidae 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Crevalle jack 1 4 . 1 . . . . 1 . 2 1 . . . . . .

Cunner 11,129 1,429 . 1,955 4,221 996 2,176 3,790 4,932 3,106 1,884 4,733 1,739 6,210 3,658 3,325 5,293 6,416 Cusk . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .

Feather blenny . . . . . . . . . . 1 23 3 . 5 . . .

Fourbeard rockling 108 209 2 404 691 4 4,157 6,487 571 7,586 3,116 391 184 2,319 2,205 389 1,360 5,072 Fourspot flounder . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . .

Gadidae 6 . . . . 10 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 Gobiidae 9,007 5,593 22,569 78,349 26,599 3,794 3,411 2,683 1,108 936 3,411 28,420 16,276 15,046 22,722 7,756 20,143 23,597 Goosefish . . . 8 12 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Grubby 605 387 167 521 248 66 99 2,516 317 1,768 1,525 575 161 898 702 122 1,207 904 Gulf stream flounder . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 . . 2 . 1 .

Harvestfish . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . .

Inshore lizardfish 8 8 . 3 14 1 2 1 . 4 36 4 2 8 . . . .

King mackerel . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Labridae . . . 48 . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .

Longhorn sculpin . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lookdown . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .

Moonfish . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . .

Myoxocephalus spp. . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .

Naked goby 279 44 1,619 8 73 9 1 3 6 . 5 369 107 6 169 72 8 19 Northern kingfish . 118 . 10 10 1 39 1 . . 2 16 . . 1 . . .

Table C-1 (Continued) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Marine (cont.)

Northern puffer 1 5 32 279 . 2 . 4 14 2 . 11 1 3 . . 4 2 Northern searobin 40 2 17 19 1 4 27 5 48 1 14 37 . 23 1 4 . 1 Northern stargazer 129 . . . . . 53 . . . 1 4 . 2 1 . . .

Oyster toadfish . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . 7 Phycidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Pinfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .

Pleuronectidae . . . 144 . . . . . 16 2 3 . . . . . .

Pleuronectiformes . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

Pollack . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .

Radiated shanny . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

Red hake 3 1 1 . 1 1 . . 9 13 19 15 2 1 . . . 1 Rock gunnel 9 2 1 5 6 . . 35 32 54 28 17 13 49 7 44 72 71 Rough silverside 110 19 . 41 44 30 447 218 37 33 4 26 66 12 22 7 4 50 Sciaenidae . 3 . . . 2 65 . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scup . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Seaboard goby 1 . . 4 19 1 . 1 . 19 4 14 77 10 234 116 2 19 Searobin 8 . 312 26 . 16 . . . 8 1 399 . 4 65 70 33 697 Sharptail goby . . 1 . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . .

Silver hake 1 3 . . . . . . 2 . . 1 . 2 . . 1 .

Silver perch . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . .

Smallmouth flounder 38 . 1 91 71 32 175 22 7 18 40 37 47 6 6 20 61 4 Spanish mackerel . . . 20 . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

Speckled worm eel 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2 . . .

Spot . . 2 . . 20 9 . 8 . . . 11 . 3 . . .

Spotted hake 62 1 1 19 40 13 6 146 186 76 49 52 38 90 35 193 111 40 Striped anchovy . . . . . . . 5 35 6 3 5 . . . . 65 .

Striped cuskeel 2 1 . 4 3 1 . 1 3 18 8 9 19 8 . 3 3 4 Striped killifish . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Striped searobin 43 4 . 234 5 41 671 3 4 112 45 85 15 1 39 21 27 5 Summer flounder . 24 1 39 18 . 7 23 11 5 8 8 26 26 10 8 22 4 Tautog 1,205 3,432 . 969 488 241 439 3,171 3,396 3,009 490 2,908 2,028 6,129 4,192 4,483 8,668 9,966 Tetraodontidae . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Weakfish 1,586 2,602 122,082 6,821 1,206 1,621 2,804 623 59,707 13,345 145,785 224,618 50,800 83,380 51,266 57,429 94,647 108,943 Windowpane 8,866 5,162 49 1,500 14,953 166,221 6,917 17,602 7,074 13,902 1,635 3,210 1,816 13,095 1,563 4,134 2,192 2,557 Winter flounder 900 178 64 340 794 188 362 4,754 774 4,109 2,325 3,996 9,831 1,905 4,353 10,306 9,580 1,921 Witch flounder . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Yellowtail flounder . . . . 2 . 1 162 2 6 13 7 1 5 2 . . 6 Unidentified Acipenseridae 4 6 18 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Atherinidae . 1 . 259 . 16 45 19 26 44 1 4 1 . . 1 . .

Cyprinodontidae . 8 . . . 5 . . . 5 . . . . 1 . . .

Fundulus spp. . 2 4 3 1 111 4 3 2 . 1 62 . 1 . 1 1 1 Gasterosteidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Menidia spp. 12 7 193 . 2 . 1 1 . 52 11 1 . . 1 . . .

Morone unidentified 2,180 13,473 955 17,620 7,246 12,406 8,350 5,416 29,225 3,094 31,732 54,420 58,042 37,644 5,768 16,709 9,721 2,233 Unidentifiable 49,244 7,031 36,103 113,576 18,496 9,938 32,546 1,131 7,378 480 1,125 1,240 1,146 2,979 448 1,914 4,528 1,320 Sampling Statistics for Long River Survey, 1988-2005 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Start Date 18-Apr 17-Apr 19-Apr 15-Apr 13-Apr 12-Apr 11-Apr 6-Mar 12-Mar 11-Mar 2-Mar 23-Mar 7-Mar 15-Mar 4-Mar 19-Mar 2-Mar 16-Mar End Date 25-Aug 23-Aug 16-Aug 17-Oct 14-Oct 5-Oct 5-Oct 12-Oct 9-Oct 9-Oct 7-Oct 6-Oct 5-Oct 9-Oct 9-Oct 9-Oct 7-Oct 6-Oct Volume Sampled (m3) 524,777 519,252 419,294 537,825 632,978 596,043 579,959 649,908 675,698 671,661 810,440 774,435 857,373 711,723 716,977 704,211 706,106 654,297 Sample Size 1,663 1,641 1,561 1,991 1,986 1,987 1,986 2,431 2,362 2,365 2,435 2,329 2,435 2,300 2,438 2,433 2,439 2,433

Table C-2 Total Number of Fish Collected in the Fall Juvenile Survey, 1985-2005 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Anadromous Alewife 1,142 554 702 379 327 459 994 790 730 719 519 830 868 97 3,925 746 2,118 379 1,077 307 1,980 Alosa spp. 3,341 282 2,591 4,193 4,331 3,543 1,276 10,650 1,905 1,725 2,895 18,007 6,547 82 7,681 2,688 2,562 2,356 4,262 1,688 3,500 American shad 1,717 2,166 776 1,483 3,646 1,323 1,291 3,406 961 2,095 831 2,964 1,105 310 1,407 808 1,369 598 433 400 294 Atlantic sturgeon 96 184 149 117 63 6 10 11 7 15 15 8 40 30 18 5 23 37 39 22 12 Atlantic tomcod 5,083 10,046 7,908 8,210 14,060 1,105 4,914 7,299 3,664 1,679 3,649 4,632 10,645 1,928 1,798 6,528 5,910 581 1,456 4,802 2,536 Blueback herring 41,919 6,525 18,596 37,957 22,112 15,982 55,299 38,090 22,442 18,790 14,006 20,863 13,999 566 20,315 6,412 13,731 6,205 10,727 3,223 15,677 Hickory shad . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 Rainbow smelt 126 389 429 576 34 216 256 2,549 757 363 136 . . 1 . . . . . . .

Sea lamprey . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Striped bass 888 2,348 11,633 18,679 8,472 3,624 4,672 3,773 8,333 8,719 10,327 6,293 4,461 1,367 8,989 3,683 3,654 2,516 8,553 1,893 5,107 Catadromous American eel 1,872 2,906 2,254 2,076 1,444 342 984 1,392 1,406 1,647 1,627 1,434 722 763 738 792 566 244 310 360 376 Estuarine Atlantic silverside . 2 . 3 1 2 18 2 29 25 33 42 19 20 19 82 13 33 10 62 22 Banded killifish 78 12 3 3 3 . 2 . 6 21 24 . . 1 1 . 1 2 . . 3 Fat sleeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . .

Fourspine stickleback 1 9 . 1 1 . . . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . . . . 2 1 .

Hogchoker 89,948 108,036 89,042 74,672 73,613 22,760 42,916 62,358 43,064 15,581 23,823 18,422 4,861 3,964 5,696 7,452 7,243 11,320 19,446 20,370 16,413 Inland silverside . . . 1 . 2 . . 2 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . . .

Lined sea horse . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . .

Mummichog . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Northern pipefish 40 13 22 25 12 4 16 14 65 15 24 3 27 10 9 9 12 15 3 17 17 Shortnose sturgeon 16 8 11 20 12 2 18 76 82 50 36 48 26 30 52 50 47 27 29 29 30 White catfish 721 677 775 806 740 352 547 172 939 1,363 1,077 967 235 840 494 337 371 155 228 147 522 White perch 19,721 31,771 27,008 25,760 20,106 5,381 11,019 13,832 8,341 9,007 10,272 8,569 3,655 3,474 8,955 6,225 5,775 4,715 11,131 5,426 8,631 Freshwater Black bullhead 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

Bluegill . . 1 . 1 . 1 3 2 . 1 1 2 . . . . 1 1 . .

Brook trout . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brown bullhead 37 127 109 171 172 17 125 177 92 278 211 251 97 167 524 549 460 501 600 476 611 Carp 4 13 5 4 10 1 6 7 7 3 6 2 5 . 11 2 6 5 2 1 6 Central mudminnow . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Centrarchidae 1 4 1 5 3 . . . . 4 . . 4 2 1 1 . 8 7 2 2 Channel catfish . 5 10 9 12 1 4 7 38 187 95 127 66 149 331 378 507 674 1,497 995 2,974 Cyprinidae 48 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Emerald shiner . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 11 2 1 . . . . .

Fall fish . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .

Freshwater drum . . . . 3 . . 1 2 1 3 1 . 2 1 5 3 4 25 . 37 Gizzard shad 4 6 8 2 8 1 . . 3 1 5 . 15 3 25 4 35 33 4 26 11 Golden shiner . 1 . . . . . 29 . . . 2 3 . . 4 . 5 1 1 .

Table C-2 (Continued) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Freshwater (cont.)

Goldfish . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 1 3 2 . 1 11 Largemouth bass . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1 Logperch . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 18 . .

Margined madtom . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

Pumpkinseed 57 2 13 5 1 6 12 2 16 12 49 20 9 1 10 2 1 5 4 7 6 Redbreast sunfish 1 . . 1 2 . . . . 1 3 . . . . 43 . . . . .

Rock bass . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

Satinfin shiner . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Silvery minnow . 1 . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . .

Smallmouth bass . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Spottail shiner 244 685 333 369 102 43 404 259 351 248 204 382 83 105 175 110 114 48 85 382 156 Tesselated darter 89 747 197 370 120 10 187 225 306 684 228 148 100 96 131 25 26 20 153 81 41 Walleye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .

White sucker 1 8 4 2 1 . . . . 1 . 1 2 1 6 1 . 4 1 9 2 Yellow bullhead . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yellow perch . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 8 2 . 6 Marine Atlantic croaker 1 4 7 . 1 4 . 4 18 97 336 10 183 5,028 4,015 2,280 3,894 1,479 20 8,838 8,697 Atlantic cutlassfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .

Atlantic herring . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Atlantic menhaden 51 139 67 9 38 129 478 122 13 78 26 260 19 101 12,685 2,535 337 746 445 566 139 Atlantic needlefish . . . 1 . 1 1 . . . 3 . 1 3 2 . . . 1 . 3 Bay anchovy 27,902 20,988 39,348 59,244 41,475 16,465 44,815 37,264 53,437 54,615 93,826 26,168 71,630 51,368 58,298 15,533 27,794 47,096 37,511 43,166 38,534 Black sea bass 1 . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . 9 . . . . . . . .

Bluefish 60 51 107 116 62 82 58 82 53 37 42 39 55 27 165 53 60 56 30 31 18 Butterfish 61 106 48 110 81 43 35 141 121 109 21 18 90 177 74 9 25 26 16 106 66 Cobia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Conger eel . . . 14 . . . . . . 2 2 . 1 1 1 . . . . .

Crevalle jack 2 1 1 10 8 7 3 1 10 1 4 1 . 9 . . 2 . 1 1 1 Cunner . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 Feather blenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .

Fourspot flounder 2 2 . 1 . 1 . . . 25 . . 4 . . . 1 . . . .

Gobiidae . . . 4 . . . 38 . 2 . . 3 4 12 2 2 8 4 3 1 Goosefish . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .

Gray snapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Grubby . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . .

Inshore lizardfish 1 . . 1 4 . 1 4 8 1 . . . . . 71 1 . . . .

Longhorn sculpin . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lookdown 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 1 3 2 . . 1 . 1 Moonfish . 1 2 . 5 . . 1 . . . . . 4 1 3 9 5 3 9 .

Naked goby 3 6 47 9 21 1 7 30 3 1 26 . 8 4 7 7 33 5 46 8 26 Northern kingfish 9 6 . 20 3 3 10 2 4 16 7 . 2 . 3 . . . . 1 1 Northern puffer 9 1 5 3 2 . 36 3 1 . 3 . . 1 . . . 3 . 2 2 Northern searobin . 2 7 21 3 16 7 12 53 305 6 5 16 . . . 6 . . 1 24 Northern stargazer 1 . . 20 . 4 3 10 2 7 . . 6 . 2 1 3 5 1 1 2 Oyster toadfish . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 . 2 3 2 1 1 1 11 13 Red hake 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . . . 38

Table C-2 (Continued) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Marine (cont.)

Rock gunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rough silverside 1 . 3 1 . . . 3 2 . 4 . 4 1 1 2 . . . . 1 Scup 1 . . . . . 3 . . . 8 . . . . 2 5 1 8 2 2 Seaboard goby . . . 12 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Searobin . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 . 69 8 2 . 12 7 .

Silver hake . 3 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 . 1 3 . 1 . 1 1 Silver perch . . . 13 . . 1 . 7 11 36 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 Smallmouth flounder . . . 8 . . . 1 1 9 3 . . 1 1 . . 2 . . .

Spanish mackerel . . . . . 1 17 . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 1 .

Spot 5 14 1 1,257 . . 2 1. 4 . . 30 . . . 1 1 . . . .

Spotfin butterflyfish 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .

Spotted hake 2 1 . . . . 3 32 7 3 3 224 54 9 7 15 106 12 34 20 9 Striped anchovy . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . 1 1 . .

Striped burrfish . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Striped cuskeel 3 . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 12 Striped searobin 321 148 10 101 25 26 310 54 96 648 15 . 416 294 1,498 8 123 189 236 121 37 Summer flounder 232 447 58 7 42 35 102 56 39 32 108 41 4 2 23 4 6 2 3 9 8 Tautog . . . 2 . 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .

Tetraodontidae . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Weakfish 2,214 1,482 749 3,777 2,842 770 5,878 756 2,332 2,416 3,773 2,202 2,713 2,039 7,412 7,147 3,567 3,806 1,952 686 4,083 Windowpane 1 1 5 17 . 5 9 32 1 5 19 2 12 5 46 4 7 3 4 1 2 Winter flounder 226 196 92 39 23 13 28 36 51 21 62 32 56 12 10 8 3 2 4 3 20 Unidentified Morone unidentified 1 . . . 3 2 . . . . . . 2 3 . 1 . . 35 . .

Unidentifiable . . . . . . . . 6 . 18 1 68 . 1 . . . . . .

Sampling Statistics for Fall Juvenile Survey, 1985-2005 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Start Date 22-Jul 21-Jul 13-Jul 18-Jul 17-Jul 9-Jul 15-Jul 13-Jul 19-Jul 18-Jul 10-Jul 10-Jul 7-Jul 6-Jul 6-Jul 5-Jul 10-Jul 8-Jul 7-Jul 6-Jul 5-Jul End Date 14-Nov 2-Dec 5-Nov 28-Oct 26-Oct 17-Oct 25-Oct 23-Oct 29-Oct 27-Oct 20-Oct 17-Oct 23-Nov 4-Dec 3-Dec 30-Nov 30-Nov 6-Dec 5-Dec 3-Dec 2-Dec Volume Sampled (m3) 1,886,745 2,298,278 2,035,357 1,826,628 1,590,047 1,252,910 1,707,237 1,865,365 2,010,162 2,018,414 1,782,105 1,824,729 1,995,403 2,214,609 2,159,879 2,174,794 2,097,800 2,105,181 1,891,049 2,106,764 2,063,565 Sample Size 1,802 2,098 1,958 1,680 1,679 1,680 1,678 1,680 1,680 1,681 1,680 1,669 2,015 2,130 2,085 2,113 2,084 2,128 2,131 2,128 2,128

Table C-3 Total Number of Fish Collected in the Beach Seine Survey, 1985-2005 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Anadromous Alewife 1,272 818 515 675 439 925 2,323 870 638 1,738 1,051 437 1,664 423 3,636 574 1,868 379 2,129 1,087 4,143 Alosa spp. 8,272 2,529 5,685 21,022 8,346 10,853 38,966 3,490 5,237 14,468 10,653 47,511 7,889 1,773 35,377 3,993 14,296 2,141 13,250 4,151 13,707 American shad 9,171 14,716 7,641 10,780 13,026 12,261 15,771 15,366 5,122 13,007 4,049 21,339 8,618 5,931 13,755 5,968 18,402 4,252 6,231 3,028 4,287 Atlantic sturgeon 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

Atlantic tomcod 243 148 209 230 81 115 46 328 13 9 22 51 27 163 15 54 12 7 65 78 5 Blueback herring 25,362 12,522 31,373 36,245 19,037 43,555 40,731 29,105 29,722 46,040 21,506 28,591 59,867 1,337 28,384 9,272 21,907 6,018 48,011 23,285 34,233 Hickory shad . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . .

Rainbow smelt . 1 . . . 2 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Striped bass 1,413 1,854 11,987 6,151 5,585 6,906 10,813 6,156 10,765 7,273 6,463 2,847 10,438 8,225 16,897 3,693 11,709 5,783 16,077 4,987 16,012 Catadromous American eel 315 163 125 151 107 81 208 127 97 86 121 90 136 137 131 84 114 130 257 205 167 Estuarine Atlantic silverside 1,197 4,406 1,459 6,760 686 8,383 17,291 6,668 14,493 21,101 28,061 9,014 11,757 17,160 25,690 9,587 8,064 11,994 4,382 17,936 17,217 Banded killifish 5,959 3,514 4,369 4,917 1,948 1,513 3,232 1,243 2,708 6,402 8,659 1,544 4,080 1,541 3,269 1,223 902 4,503 7,374 2,354 2,717 Fat sleeper . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fourspine stickleback 359 525 296 194 12 11 24 15 32 29 20 13 7 16 13 4 16 10 288 77 153 Hogchoker 1,033 276 312 305 261 150 652 329 143 230 392 54 53 29 20 20 115 391 322 183 62 Inland silverside 464 653 146 406 234 190 160 1,129 9 4 12 1 6 4 3 4 . 22 59 20 9 Mummichog 455 38 496 414 68 109 183 128 208 448 613 86 294 85 235 80 31 379 589 124 335 Northern pipefish 844 166 348 297 156 86 689 51 124 16 248 9 335 79 123 12 244 243 86 126 508 Shortnose sturgeon . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . .

Threespine stickleback 2 17 10 3 4 2 4 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 White catfish 52 83 86 101 66 23 25 18 16 7 10 28 10 15 4 8 3 19 31 8 21 White mullet 4 3 . . 3 1 2 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .

White perch 9,938 12,082 12,303 14,607 11,407 8,485 10,033 9,497 11,771 8,789 6,368 3,501 5,292 4,368 10,931 5,652 7,928 11,124 16,737 8,492 8,588 Freshwater Black crappie . 47 52 10 10 8 12 20 4 14 19 19 5 11 26 16 16 11 13 19 43 Blacknose dace 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 .

Bluegill 64 57 76 355 159 89 69 61 94 89 201 61 73 260 119 122 117 349 299 86 245 Bluntnose minnow . . . . . . . . . 3 . 2 . 4 1 3 . . 3 5 .

Bridle shiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .

Brook silverside . . . . . . . . . 44 6 2 1 8 34 9 . 4 266 1 3 Brook stickleback . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brown bullhead 6 41 12 53 28 10 42 40 252 117 23 21 24 37 146 37 37 89 1,870 181 155 Brown trout . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . .

Carp 50 102 78 133 86 57 111 90 62 41 64 51 72 72 69 74 32 64 213 75 92 Catostomidae . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . .

Centrarchidae 673 327 388 351 100 106 64 29 42 216 89 79 91 98 138 69 109 176 4,120 379 235 Chain pickerel . . . . 4 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 2 . . . 1 1 Channel catfish . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 2 3 . 7 2 9 13 18 37 Comely shiner . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table C-3 (Continued) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Freshwater (cont.)

Common shiner . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2 . . . .

Creek chub 1 . . . . . 4 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . . . 1 . .

Cyprinidae 1 6 6 . . . 134 . 5 2 18 . 1 1 5 . 1 . 4 . .

Emerald shiner 4 4 5 22 . 11 8 4 2 1 . 76 18 1,271 209 296 73 32 6 9 6 Fall fish . 2 . . . . 9 3 2 11 2 3 1 6 1 . . . 18 1 1 Fathead minnow 1 10 . . 1 . . . . 2 . 7 . . 3 3 . . . 1 .

Freshwater drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . 5 5 5 Gizzard shad 3 13 100 10 7 28 22 158 38 49 61 50 139 67 140 75 45 99 51 231 108 Golden shiner 460 1,223 647 676 640 817 672 787 659 760 404 460 193 472 278 296 425 489 1,031 428 349 Goldfish 14 25 16 97 1 3 33 1 29 3 16 3 1 1 4 . 3 4 9 4 2 Grass carp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grass pickerel . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Green sunfish . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Largemouth bass 44 71 44 57 51 34 85 55 55 74 169 29 53 120 221 46 39 67 270 78 162 Logperch . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 4 . 4 4 11 1 9 Longear sunfish . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Longnose dace 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mimic shiner . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Northern hog sucker . . 1 3 . 1 4 2 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2 3 9 Northern pike . 2 4 2 4 2 2 . 3 2 . 2 . . 1 2 . . 28 12 .

Pugnose shiner . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pumpkinseed 740 496 609 1,070 633 724 1,195 602 774 1,535 1,648 284 619 555 771 281 647 1,084 2,039 1,271 1,576 Redbreast sunfish 115 158 185 160 111 76 200 259 251 382 454 116 141 188 323 137 64 189 408 336 292 Redfin pickerel . . . 2 . . 1 . . . . 3 . 2 1 1 . . 4 2 .

Rock bass 6 8 1 12 3 . 22 1 1 . 10 2 2 7 8 8 1 7 18 15 6 Rudd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .

Satinfin shiner 1 2 . 1 . 2 . . 1 . 6 5 12 10 10 . 1 40 36 4 1 Silvery minnow 3 13 23 119 2 9 387 68 568 1,027 8 2,131 31 40 428 18 48 6 145 64 31 Smallmouth bass 7 25 8 28 25 21 25 28 30 73 81 50 26 86 176 80 45 78 157 107 121 Spotfin shiner 5 8 17 5 . . . . 12 8 8 49 4 27 127 15 34 4 49 40 46 Spottail shiner 5,316 5,177 4,452 5,407 5,129 5,500 12,385 7,727 7,169 12,452 7,529 3,887 7,189 4,996 16,512 3,927 11,969 9,313 19,830 9,296 10.147 Swallowtail shiner . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 2 1 . 2 . 10 . .

Tesselated darter 1,198 1,372 820 1,697 415 479 2,385 929 1,251 1,669 700 663 1,767 1,359 3,858 760 2,140 948 4,657 2,969 1,087 Tiger muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .

Trout perch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . .

Walleye . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . 3 .

White crappie . 4 1 3 . 1 2 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .

White sucker 7 16 17 32 9 15 12 21 11 12 14 24 11 48 16 18 47 19 32 43 45 Yellow perch 22 67 44 49 34 12 27 23 22 29 16 53 20 49 65 60 78 40 160 194 115 Marine Atlantic croaker . 1 . . . 26 . 1 . . 7 . . 35 5 19 3 21 . 7 1 Atlantic herring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 4 . . . . . .

Atlantic menhaden 118 834 30 99 159 1,063 678 415 16 1,637 56 1,526 117 331 50,419 16,025 130 2,481 3,586 8,465 1,128 Atlantic needlefish 92 77 54 48 41 96 476 9 11 12 22 28 50 21 181 12 6 8 28 33 28 Bay anchovy 4,081 4,155 3,746 3,989 9,507 4,134 4,669 8,729 8,106 10,447 17,615 3,544 16,980 11,333 6,662 2,617 3,275 13,862 6,431 2,330 4,830 Bluefish 567 400 533 280 224 348 314 375 223 80 252 98 320 141 2,180 218 474 815 336 246 308 Butterfish . . . 4 . 1 . 1 9 . . . . 2 . . . . . . .

Table C-3 (Continued) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Marine (cont.)

Crevalle jack 71 10 3 22 40 32 58 53 30 2 2 1 . 45 3 24 4 9 10 . 3 Cunner . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fourbeard rockling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .

Goosefish . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gray snapper 7 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 Grubby . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .

Inshore lizardfish . . . 1 1 . 14 8 11 5 1 . 3 4 7 . . 3 . . .

Lookdown 18 1 . . 10 1 . . . . . . 2 . . 2 . . . . .

Moonfish . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Naked goby 20 9 11 4 4 7 14 22 2 . 9 . 8 5 15 2 12 20 13 24 12 Northern kingfish 20 8 . 9 1 4 42 2 17 13 8 1 15 31 21 1 13 35 . 45 6 Northern puffer 2 1 . 1 . . 10 . 4 . 2 . 2 . 6 . . 4 . . 4 Northern searobin . 2 . . . . 8 . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 Northern stargazer 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 8 . 1 . 1 9 . 1 2 Orangespotted filefish . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Permit . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . . 2 . 7 5 . . . .

Red hake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . .

Rough silverside 35 4 23 258 9 4 . 2 . 1 1 . 36 . . . . . . . .

Seaboard goby . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .

Searobin . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . 3 . .

Silver hake . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Silver perch 13 1 . 19 . . 29 8 61 25 5 5 25 4 1 1 . . . 60 .

Smallmouth flounder 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . 12 . . . . . . . .

Spanish mackerel . . . . . . 12 . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

Spot 35 106 4 32 . 1 8 2 39 24 . 59 . 3 6 15 . 11 1 . 2 Spotfin mojarra . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . .

Spotted goatfish . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Spotted hake . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Striped anchovy 1 . . . . . . . 1 15 25 6 4 . . 1 . 57 8 2 .

Striped mullet 2 6 1 1 . . 5 . . . 2 . . . . 1 . 1 . . .

Striped searobin 5 16 . 3 . . 34 1 11 . . . 35 21 8 1 4 7 1 14 1 Summer flounder 48 45 4 1 2 2 46 26 20 18 10 2 . 7 4 5 5 11 5 10 5 Tautog 2 5 2 20 . 6 31 1 . 1 . . 22 1 . . 5 2 . 1 2 Weakfish 72 5 . 2 . 27 111 1 4 4 1 25 27 4 30 18 2 33 8 5 3 Windowpane . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 Winter flounder 282 80 29 41 9 23 154 35 74 45 110 6 124 28 46 68 44 55 52 105 41 Unidentified Morone unidentified . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 .

Unidentifiable . . . . . . . . . . 150 . . . . . . . . .

Table C-3 (Continued) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Sampling Statistics for Beach Seine Survey, 1985-2005 Start Date 16-Jul 15-Jul 24-Jun 14-Jun 13-Jun 18-Jun 24-Jun 23-Jun 1-Jul 27-Jun 19-Jun 18-Jun 16-Jun 15-Jun 14-Jun 13-Jun 19-Jun 18-Jun 17-Jun 15-Jun 14-Jun End Date 21-Nov 21-Nov 13-Nov 3-Nov 2-Nov 24-Oct 1-Nov 28-Oct 4-Nov 2-Nov 26-Oct 23-Oct 23-Oct 21-Oct 22-Oct 18-Oct 25-Oct 23-Oct 22-Oct 21-Oct 20-Oct Sample Size 1,000 1,000 1,101 1,100 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 994 1,000 952 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000