Snapshot Day Recording Sheet VIII - Fish & Macroinvertebrates
10/6/04
RM 2 - PIER 26, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: minnow traps, crab pot
Species
mud crabs
shore shrimp
# caught
size of largest
comments
3
1
RM 6 - 79TH STREET BOAT BASIN, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: minnow traps, crab pot
Species
tautog
mud crabs
shore shrimp
glass shrimp
amphipods
isopods
# caught
1
2
15
15
50
50
size of largest
comments
8"
2"
Observed silversides swimming - @ 50(?)
RM 18 - BECZAK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (30' long, 1/4" mesh)
Species
# caught
size of largest
Atlantic silverside
white perch
striped bass
winter flounder
11
6
18
1
14 cm
13 cm
10 cm
8 cm
blue crab
shore shrimp
11
44
14 cm
comments
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RM 25 - PIERMONT PIER, VILLAGE OF PIERMONT, ROCKLAND COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (30' long, 1/4" mesh); dip net, plankton net
Species
# caught
American eel
river herring (sp)
common carp
Atlantic silverside
white perch
striped bass
yellow perch
2
3
1
365
3
5
2
grass shrimp
shore shrimp
shrimp sp
blue crab
mud crabs
bivalves (mussels)
amphipods
isopods
white worm
Cumacea like (?)
101
44
4
2
30
15
50-60
6
1
1
size of largest
comments
15 cm each
5, 5, 3 cm
range 4-9 cm
16, 17, 20 cm
range 10-13 cm
5 cm each
males
baby snapping turtle 1
RM 46 - BEAR MOUNTAIN/STATE PARK, BEAR MOUNTAIN, ROCKLAND COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: otter trawl net - 25 feet; crab pot
Species
# caught
size of largest
American shad
white perch
1
200+
2"
8"
hogchoker
1
2"
blue crab
1
comments
I have never seen this many adults of a
single species in my life.
A gift from crabbers on the dock.
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RM 55 - LITTLE STONY POINT, COLD SPRING, PUTNAM COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine
Species
herring
shiner sp
white perch
striped bass
pumpkinseed
smallmouth bass
tessellated darter
# caught
size (range)
male/female
3
1
2
1
1
6
1
RM 59 - KOWAWESE PARK/PLUM POINT, NEW WINDSOR, ORANGE COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (85' long)
Species
blueback herring
alewife
American shad
striped bass
pumpkinseed
smallmouth bass
tessellated darter
yellow perch
# caught
120
6
65
36
1
1
8
1
size (range)
male/female
60-65 mm
80-83 mm
95-105 mm
42-165 mm
40 mm
112 mm
64-68 mm
186 mm
RM 87 - ESOPUS MEADOWS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, TOWN OF ESOPUS,
ULSTER COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (30' long)
Species
herring sp
spottail shiner
white perch
striped bass
pumpkinseed
bluegill
# caught
2
6
10
2
1
1
size of largest
comments
10 cm
10 cm
12 cm
8.5 cm
16 cm
20 cm
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RM 97 - ULSTER LANDING PARK, TOWN OF ULSTER, ULSTER COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (1/4" x 30' x 4'); plankton tow
Species
# caught
American shad
shiner unidentified
white perch
sculpin
blue crab
6
16
14
3
2
size of largest comments
8 cm
11 cm
14 cm
7 cm
4 cm
[tesselated darters?]
RM 115 - COHOTATE PRESERVE, ATHENS, GREENE COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine, eel pot, dip net
Species
American eel
alewife
American shad
spottail shiner
banded killifish
white perch
smallmouth bass
# caught
2
8
1
16
1
4
1
size of largest comments
2 feet
2 7/8"
3"
4 3/8"
4”
5 3/8"
2 ½”
RM 124 - NUTTEN HOOK, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine
Species
golden shiner
# caught
size of larges comments
5
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RM 127 - STUYVESANT LANDING, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (4 ft. x 40 ft. 1/4 inch mesh); minnow trap (caught
nothing)
Species
blueback herring
spottail shiner
white catfish
banded killifish
white perch
striped bass
tessellated darter
yellow perch
crayfish
# caught
size of larges comments
4
42
1
7
37
4
5
1
2
dead
This is from ~3 net hauls. We did several more hauls, but did not count the fish - we were
running out of time.
RM 152 - HUDSON SHORES PARK, WATERVLIET, ALBANY COUNTY
Indicate the type of equipment used: seine (~ 30 ft); dip net
Species
spottail shiner
# caught
1
size of largest comments
4-5 inches
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