ML093070050
| ML093070050 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/2009 |
| From: | Nichols J US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| To: | Nash H Office of New Reactors |
| Quinn, L, NRO/DSER/RAP2, 301-415-2220 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML093070050 (1) | |
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From: Harriet Nash [Harriet.Nash@nrc.gov]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:25 AM To:
Kropp, Roy K Cc:
Thomas Fredrichs; Laura Quinn; Parkhurst, Mary Ann; CCNPP3COL Resource
Subject:
FW: Summer flounder size range
Original Message-----
From: John Nichols [1]
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 3:25 PM To: Harriet Nash
Subject:
Summer flounder size range Harriet:
I found two references with information about juvenile (young-of-the-year) summer flounder size range in the Chesapeake Bay.
Lippson, Haire, Holland, Jacobs, Jensen, Moran-Johnson, Polgar & Richkus.
1978. Environmental Atlas of the Potomac Estuary. Martin Marietta Corp., /Prep. for/: Power Plant Siting Program, MD Department of Natural Resources.
Juvenile summer flounder occur in the lower Potomac River from April
- November, ranging in size from 8 - 25 cm total length.
The lower Potomac is relatively close to Cove Point, and I would expect juvenile flounder to be about the same in size range near the Calvert Cliffs plant.
Norcross & Wyanski. 1993. Interannual variation in the recruitment pattern and abundance of age-0 summer flounder in Virginia estuaries.
Fishery Bulletin, 92:591-8.
Sampling from several sites within the lower Bay (on the Eastern Shore (Bay & Ocean side), lower York River estuary), observed YOY summer flounder ranging from 1.1 - 28.5 cm total length. Flounder exceeding 2 cm total length were most common from June - September. I would anticipate that YOY flounder first reach Calvert Co. shoreline in the spring, and would exceed 2 cm TL by that time.