NEW: Annual Report - George Mason University
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Table 11. Summary of white perch spawning data for Gunston Cove and Pohick and<br />
Accotink Creeks in 2003. Catch data from Pohick Creek and Accotink Creek have been<br />
combined.<br />
Date…. Adult white<br />
perch In<br />
creeks<br />
Eggs*<br />
in<br />
Creeks<br />
Larval<br />
Morone**<br />
in creeks<br />
Larval<br />
Morone**<br />
In cove<br />
Larval<br />
Morone**<br />
In channel<br />
161<br />
Juvenile<br />
White<br />
perch<br />
***<br />
Mar 27 0 0 0<br />
Apr 6 0 29 0<br />
Apr 10 48 4 0<br />
Apr 12 0 5 0<br />
Apr 19 -- 3 0<br />
Apr 26 0 3 0<br />
Apr 29 70 16 0<br />
May 3 0 31 0<br />
May 10 -- 152 0<br />
May 15 1 2 0<br />
May 16 0 --<br />
May 23 0 8 0<br />
May 29 0 0 0<br />
May 31 0 0 0<br />
Jun 12 0 8 1+0<br />
Jun 26 0 0 31+2<br />
Jul 7 3+0<br />
Jul 10 0 0<br />
Jul 24 0 0 14+8<br />
Aug 8 0 0<br />
Aug 21 0 0 13+29<br />
Sep 4 0<br />
Sep 22 1+3<br />
Oct 9 13+130<br />
Nov 24 22+39<br />
Dec 10 0<br />
*No. of fish eggs caught<br />
** No. of white perch larvae caught<br />
***Newly transformed white perch juveniles caught in trawls and seines,<br />
respectively, in Gunston Cove and the river<br />
A comparison of the number of larvae of Alosa sp., gizzard shad, white perch, and<br />
all species combined that were caught in each year in Pohick and Accotink Creeks is<br />
gathered in Table 12. In 2003, the catch of Alosa sp. larvae was greater than in any<br />
previous year. Based on the capture of adults and the time of capture of the larvae, most<br />
of these were probably alewife, but some blueback herring probably also spawned in the
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