John Lake Marine Biologist RIDFW-Marine Fisheries Section 3 Ft.
Wetherill Road Jamestown, RI 02835 [email protected]
Young-of-the-Year Survey in RI Coastal Ponds Slide 2 Purpose of
Survey To monitor juvenile fish populations in Rhode Island coastal
ponds and estuaries, for the purpose of forecasting recruitment in
relation to the spawning stock biomass of winter flounder and other
recreationally important species. Slide 3 Survey Facts Survey began
in 1992 Data has been collected on 98 fish species Over 500,000
fish have been collected since surveys inception Being expanded
this year Slide 4 Winter Flounder Reproduction Males and females
reach maturity at 3 years of age Adults believed to show spawning
site affinity, sub- populations of winter flounder exist in RI
waters Spawning occurs in estuaries from January May Eggs clump
together and rest on bottom (
