Type

Text

Date

2001

Language

en_US

Subject

Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Fish communities > Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.) | Striped bass > Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.) | Fisheries > Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.) > Statistics. | Hudson River Estuary.

Source

Hurst, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul) Nearshore fish communities of the mid-Hudson River estuary, 1985-2000 / Thomas P. Hurst, David O. Conover. Stony Brook, N.Y. : Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, [2001].

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66154

Contributor

Marine Sciences Research Center

Creator

Hurst, Thomas P. | Conover, David Olmstead

Publisher

Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY

Format

application/pdf

Description

60 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.,from the abstract, "Two hundred-eleven seine hauls were completed in the 2000 young-of-the-year (YOY) striped bass survey in the Hudson River. A total of 4,830 YOY striped bass were captured, resulting in a geometric mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) of7.2 fish/haul. The Hudson River index ofYOY striped bass abundance, based on the geometric mean CPUE of the 6-week survey, was 3 .2 fish/haul. The index of abundance was the third lowest since the survey began in 1980. YOY striped bass grew at an estimated 0.45mm/day between mid-July and late-September. Catch rates of other anadromous fish, American shad, alewife and blueback herring, were also below average. Composition of the catch was generally similar to that observed in previous years with Atlantic silversides, Atlantic menhaden, striped bass and white perch being the most abundant species in the catch. Catch rates of some species may have been influenced by an unusual hydrographic regime in which salinity was below average early in the sampling season (July-September) and above average late in the season.

Relation

Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);127

Rights

Stony Brook University

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