Snapshot Day Recording Sheet VIII - Fish & Macroinvertebrates
RM 2 - PIER 26, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
minnow trap baited with dead blue crab parts
Time
12:25
Species
# of
individuals
size of
largest
1
1
4
63
4.1 cm
1 cm
5 cm
blackfish [tautog]
Hemigrapsid crab
Grass shrimp
Snails
male or
female
male
RM 6 - 79TH STREET BOAT BASIN, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
Oyster trap
Time
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
Species
# of
individuals
Molgula manhattensis
[sea squirt]
Barnacles
Eurypanopeus depressus
[mud crab]
Palaemonetes pugio
[grass shrimp]
Idotea baltica
[aquatic isopod]
size of
largest
27
12 mm
300
~50
5 mm
5-10mm
~30
30 mm
male or
female
RM 13.5 - ENGLEWOOD BOAT BASIN, ENGLEWOOD, BERGEN COUNTY [NJ]
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine 50' long x 8' high
Time
Species
# of
individuals
bay anchovy
Atlantic silverside
striped bass
Atlantic menhaden
hogchoker
blue crab
weakfish
northern kingfish
moon jellyfish
Beroe's comb jelly
size of
largest
92
88
65
55
9
9
1
1
male or
female
6m, 3f
RM 15.5 - OFF ALPINE BOAT BASIN, ALPINE, BERGEN COUNTY [NJ]
Indicate the type of equipment used:
otter trawl net
Time
1:30
Species
# of
individuals
weakfish
hogchoker
isopods
shrimp
size of
largest
1
3
4 inches
5 inches
~30
~2 inches
male or
female
RM 23 - WATERFRONT PARK, DOBBS FERRY, WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1/4” mesh, 30' long)
Time
3:45
Species
Morone saxatilis
[striped bass]
Menidia. menidia
[Atlantic silverside]
comb jellies
# of
individuals
size of
largest
23
9 cm
6
8.5 cm
2
male or
female
RM 25 - PIERMONT PIER, VILLAGE OF PIERMONT, ROCKLAND COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (30 ft long, 1/4 inch mesh), plankton net
Time
Species
# of
individuals
size of
largest
6
1
5
19
3
1
5
1
1
1
5 cm
4 cm
7 cm
7.5 cm
15 cm
5 cm
3 cm
1 cm
1 cm
2 cm
start 10:20 striped bass
killifish (striped)
silverside [Atlantic]
perch [white]
yellow perch
shiner [?]
blue crab
Asian shore crab
mud crab
end 2:00 shrimp
male or
female
M
3M, 2?
F
F
Fishermen provided list of their catches for the day (species only, not numbers)
blueback herring
hickory shad
alewives
bluefish
bunker (menhaden)
baby striped bass
In the past 2 weeks they have caught (because they wanted to offer this info!)
oyster crackers
white fish
RM 67.5 - NEW HAMBURG YACHT CLUB, NEW HAMBURG, DUTCHESS COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (6' x 4')
Time
9:00
Species
smallmouth bass
striped bass
dace [?]
# of
individuals
size of
largest
1
1
10
15 cm
12 cm
15 cm
male or
female
RM 97 - ULSTER LANDING PARK, TOWN OF ULSTER, ULSTER COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1/4” mesh, 20' long, 4' high)
Time
Species
# of
individuals
start 9:58 spottail shiner
banded killifish
sunfish sp.
river herring (Alosa sp.)
end 11:45 white perch
12
2
3
1
4
size of
largest
male or
female
4"
4"
1.5"
3"
RM 115 - COHOTATE PRESERVE, ATHENS, GREENE COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1/4” mesh, 50' long, 4' high), eel pot, minnow trap, dip net, plankton net, and other:
turning over rocks
fish were caught in seine unless otherwise noted
# of
size of
Time
Species
individuals
largest
start 9:30 spottail shiner
banded killifish
white perch
bluegill sunfish
blueback herring
tesselated darters
end 10:05 American shad
American eel
macros
start 9:00 water striders
mayfly nymphs
stonefly nymph
zebra mussels
damselfly nymphs
water penny
water fleas
scuds
leeches
threadworm
snails
male or
female
7
sm. 2.5” lg. 3”
18
sm. 2.25” lg. 2.25”
30
sm. 2.5 “ lg. 2 3/4”
2
2.5” (plus 4 in minnow trap)
13
sm 2” lg. 2 3/8 “
14
sm.2 lg. 2 3/8”
1
3”
1 elver (dip net?)
1 (eel trap) 2 feet long
35
6
1
30
3
1
2
2
7
1
54
in minnow trap
in minnow trap
in minnow trap
in minnow trap
RM 124 - NUTTEN HOOK, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1/8" mesh, 40' long)
these data combine results from two different coves on the site
Time
Species
11:25
&
11:55
spottail shiner
golden shiner
banded killifish
white perch
# of
individuals
size of
largest
male or
female
2
2
3
1
RM 127 - STUYVESANT LANDING, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1 cm x .5 cm mesh, 20' long)
Time
Species
# of
individuals l
start 3:50 spottail shiner
banded killifish
finish 4:05 river herring (Alosa sp)
4
28
22
size of
largest
male or
female
7 cm
9 cm
7 cm
RM 152 - HUDSON SHORES PARK, WATERVLIET, ALBANY COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used:
seine (1/4in. mesh, 20 feet long, 4 feet high)
Time
Species
# of
individuals
size of
largest
male or
female
start 10:47 damselfly nymph
1
spottail shiner
1
2.5”
pumpkinseed sunfish
10
1.5”
river herring (Alosa sp) 1
tesselated darter
1
1.5”
yellow perch
1
3"
end 11:45 silverside sp.
2
2.5"
[Note: The silversides were most likely brook silversides, a freshwater species different from the
Atlantic silverside commonly found in the lower estuary.]