Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service - NOAA

STUDIES ON THE STRIPED BASS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST 73
TABLE 20.—Returns /тот 770 striped bass tagged in Connecticut, Apr. 19-Oct. SO, 1937
Date of return
June 1937
July 1937
August 1937 .
September 1937 .
October 1937
December 1937
January 1938
March 1938
April 1B38
May 1938
June 1938- . .
Total recaptures.
Total precentagerecaptured.
Total
number
tagged by
the end
of each
month
182
434
614
628
770
770
770
770
770
770
770
770
Original point of release
Niantle Elver, Conn
do
do
Thames Elver, Conn
Nlantlc Elver, Conn
Thames Elver, Сопл
. ..do
Nlantlc River, Conn
-do - - -
Thames Elver, Conn
. ..do do
Nlantic Elver, Conn
do
do
.. ..do
..do
Thames Elver, Conn
.do
. ..do - -
Nlantic Elver, Conn
do
Thames Elver, Conn
.do
Nlantlc Elver, Conn
.do
Thames Elver, Conn ._
Nlantlc Elver, Conn
-do
do
Thames River, Conn
do
Nlantio Elver, Conn
-do . . —
Thames Elver, Conn. - .
Niantlo Elver, Conn. .- .
...do
Thames Eiver, Conn
Niflntic River, Con" ....
Number
of returns
each
month
3 14
11 92221121
11 11114111134111111111226113
Locality of recapture
Niantlc 1
Elver, Conn
Thames Elver, Conn .
Nlantic Elver, Conn.
TnamAS Rivfir, Полл .
Niantic Elver, Conn..
Thamna Rlvir, Полл
Hftrkness Point, f.nnn
Niantlc Elver, Conn . .
Harkness Point. Conn
New London Light, Conn
Harkness Point, Conn ..
Mllford, Conn
Nlantlc Elver, Conn.
Harkness Point, Conn
Gardiners Bay, Long Island, N Y
Montauk, Long Island, N. Y
South shore of Long Island, N. Y
Nlantic River, Conn ....
Harkness Point, Conn
Montauk, Long Island, N. Y. -
Niantlc River, Conn
South shore of Long Island, N. Y
Gardiners Bay, Long Island, N. Y
South shore of Long Island, N. Y .
do
Hampton, Va
Barnegat Bay, N. J
South shore of Long Island, N. Y .
Broadklll Hiver, Del
Delaware Bay, N. J
Hudson Elver, N. Y
Toms Elver, N. J
Delaware Bay, N. J .
Niantlc Elver, Conn
.do
. „do
Connecticut Elver, Conn. .
Nlantin River flnnn
-do
Total
number
of returns
each
month
TABLE 21.—Chemical analysis of the water at S stations in the Thames River, Conn., in the summer
of .Ш71
Locality
Off the submarine base, 1 mile above New London on the
Off the State pier at New London, on the west side of the
Date
(June 2
«uly 1
(Sept. 16
(June 2
«uly 1
[Sept. 15
PH
7.70
7.64
7.69
7.82
7.74
7.09
Dissolved
oxygen,
parts per
million
7.76
6.30
6.11
8.80
7.10
в.07
Chloride,
parts per
million
13,360
14 250
16,360
16,100
16 600
lfl,400
Sulfate,
parts per
1,834
2 027
2,176
2,133
2 279
2,278
Calcium,
parts per
million
316
364
264
3H
346
400
4
15
13
7
21
0
3
2
3
5
3
s
93
12 1
Phosphates,
parts per
million
ï These water analyses were supplied by the Connecticut State Water Commission. The samples were taken as catch samples,
and therefore In no way represent a complete tidal cycle. The 2 localities listed above are both places where striped bass are commonly
caught, and where a good number of bass were found dead in late August and early September 1937.
0.30
52
.69
.20
62
1.38