Figure 42. 200m (as shown in Slater, 1982). A "Pueblo Village" community found in Veatch Canyon at a water depth of approximately

ANNUAL AND CUMULATIVE PERCENT-CATCH DEVIATIONS FROM THE NONIMPACTED CATCH

Figure

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Idealized cod fishery impact response (URI and ASA, Inc., 1982).

Table 1. Selected Fishery Resources of the Middle Atlantic Region.

COMMON
NAME

FAMILY

Alewife

HABITAT

Clupeidae Throughout mid-Atlantic waters

south to North Carolina. In spring
alewives congregate on the shelf
between Block Island and Cape May,
N.J., prior to anadromous spawning.
Post-spawning distribution is
throughout the continental shelf.
By winter, a northeasterly
migration has occurred and over-
wintering occurs beyond the edge of
the continental shelf.

Amberjack Carangidae Coastal oceanic and continental (Greater)

American
Eel

American
Shad

shelf waters out to approximately
1000m, generally occuring south of
Cape Hatteras, with lesser
abundance in the mid-Atlantic.
Fish tend to congregate in groups
over high relief rock or coral
bottoms and near wrecks or buoys.
Anguillidae Throughout mid-Atlantic estuarine
and coastal environments during
March-November. Occurrence is

generally is association with
eel-grass beds.

Clupeidae Continental shelf waters from
Canada to Florida. In the spring
anadromous spawning runs occur.
After spawning they move offshore
again, and by autumn become
concentrated primarily east of
Hudson Canyon.

Engraulidae Nearshore and estuarine waters,
generally less than 25m in depth,
from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras.
Throughout North Atlantic

Anchovy,
Bay

Atlantic
Cod

Gadidae

continental shelf waters south to
North Carolina. In the mid-
Atlantic two stocks are
hypothesized; south and west of
Nantucket Shoals, and off the New
York Apex.
These two stocks may

intermingle. Mid-Atlantic cod
migrate north and east in the

summer and return southward during

the winter. Occurrence is in water
depths between the surf zone to
400m.

Table 1. (Cont'd.)

COMMON
NAME

FAMILY

HABITAT

MAJOR FOOD
PREFERENCE

Atlantic Sciaenidae Primarily a nearshore bottom fish, Annelids and copepods ❘ Croaker but occurrences have been dominate the diet, but documented out to nearly 100m. The other prey items northern extent of the croaker distribution in the mid-Atlantic is approximately mid-way along the New Jersey coast (see visual 4A) during spring and summer. Winter occurrence is generally south of Cape Hatteras. Adults prefer sandy bottoms.

include; amphipods, decapods, diatoms, small fish, mysids, nematodes, and | pelecypods.

A wide variety of surface layer plankton I consumed by filter | feeding.

| Opportunistic feeding |
on crustaceans, fishes
molluscs, echinoderms.
| Young fish feed on
shrimp isopods, and
amphipods.

| Generally piscivorous;| alewives, menhaden, herring, killifish, mullet, sculpin, shad,

Throughout the mid-Atlantic bight
in estuaries, bays, sounds and
coastal waters. Abundance centers
between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras.
Extensive coastal migrations occur | silversides, also;

from home river systems used for

clams, decapods,

spawning (primarily Chesapeake Bay | shrimp and worms.
and Hudson River). Occurrence

is seldom in waters greater than
120m.

| Bluefish Pomatomidae | Occurrence is generally in groups

of like-size fish in coastal to
shelf-edge waters. Groups move
north in the spring and summer, and
south in autumn and winter.
Aggregates of bluefish are found
throughout the water column.

Opportunistic feeding on such fish as; anchovies, Atlantic croaker, mackerel, menhaden, herring,

| sand lance, as well as❘
| annelid worms, crabs,

lobster, mysids,
shrimp and squid.