Meet the Fish (and friends)
Not just fish – here are what you may find in our commercial or recreational fishery surveys:
Fish
Black sea bass
Centropristis striata
The focus of our survey, we’re no stranger to this bass common to the Atlantic seaboard.
Northern sea robin
Prionotus carolinus
Cunner
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tautog
Tautoga onitis
Scup
Stenotomus chrysops
Lined seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
Summer flounder
Paralichthys dentatus
Spotted hake
Urophycis regia
Crustaceans
American lobster
Homarus americanus
Jonah crab
Cancer borealis
Mud crab
Panopeidae family
Atlantic rock crab
Cancer irroratus
Other
Common sea star
Asterias rubens
Common sand dollar
Echinarachnius parma
Longfin squid
Doryteuthis pealeii
