Transcript Top Ten Fish Caught in Maine

FISHING IN THE GULF OF MAINE
THE TEN MOST
COMMONLY CAUGHT FISH
By
CT Barnett and Jordan Peterson
Kimball Union Academy
The Black Dogfish
• Located in the pelagic zone and also in brackish
water marine environment. Depth range 0-1280 m.
Primarily a coastal and offshore inhabitant of
continental and insular shelves
• It feeds on bony fishes, sharks, rays, seals,
cetaceans, sea birds, carrion, squid, octopi
Are commonly known to attack humans
The Atlantic Cod
• Located in the benthopelagic zone, brackish
waters; depth range 1 - 600 m. Found over a wide
range of habitats
• Form schools during the day
• They are omnivorous, and feed at dawn or dusk on
invertebrates and fish
The Atlantic Herring
• Located in the pelagic zone; brackish water. Depth
range: 0-200 m. Schooling in coastal waters, with
complex feeding strategies
• Feeds on small planktonic copepods in the first
year and thereafter mainly on copepods. A
facultative zooplanktivorous filter-feeder it can
switch to filter-feeding if the food density and
particle size are appropriate
The Haddock
• Located in the demersal zone; marine depth range
10 - 450 m. Commonly at depths 80 - 200 m, over
rocks, sand, gravel or shells, and at temperatures
from 4° - 10°C.
• Eats small bottom-living organisms including
crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, worms and
fishes.
The Atlantic Shad
• Located in the pelagic zone; lives in freshwater;
brackish; marine. Depth range: 0-250 m. Spend
most of its life at sea, returning to freshwater
streams to breed .
• Feeds on plankton, mainly copepods and mysids,
and occasionally on small fishes. Feeding ceases
during upstream spawning migration and resumes
during the downstream post-spawning migration
The White Hake
• Located in the demersal zone; depth to 980 m.
Soft mud bottoms of the continental shelf and
upper slope.
• It feeds on small crustaceans, squids and small
fish
The Atlantic Halibut
• Located in the demersal zone in a marine habitat,
depth range 50 - 2000 m. Benthic zone, but
occasionally pelagic zone, as well
• It feeds mainly on other fish (cod, haddock, sandeels, herring, capelin), but also cephalopods, large
crustaceans and other bottom invertebrates
The American Four-Spotted Flounder
• Located in the demersal zone in a marine
habitat. Bays and sounds in northern part of
range, progressing deeper to 275 m or more
• It feeds mainly on invertebrates, and other
small fishes
The Black Sea Bass
• Located in the demersal zone; freshwater;
brackish; marine; depth range to 30 m. Commonly
found in bays and coastal waters.
• May enter rivers to spawn in spring. Some
populations are landlocked.
• Feeds on zooplankton, fishes and invertebrates,
mainly crustaceans. Juveniles feed on small
shrimps, other crustaceans, annelid worms as well
as insects
The Atlantic Mackerel
• Located in the pelagic zone; brackish; marine
waters; depth to 200 m. Cold and temperate shelf
waters
• They school near the surface. Over winter in deep
waters, move closer to shore when water
temperatures warm to 11° to 14°C
• It feeds on zooplankton, and other small fishes.
STATISTICS
Year
2001
Species
HADDOCK
Tons
1,269
Pounds
2,798,936
$$$$$
3,354,538
Year
2001
Species
Flounder
Tons
1,180
Pounds
2,603,173
$$$$$
2,962,820
Year
2001
Species
Shad
Tons
0.3
Pounds
576
$$$$$
158
Year
2001
Species
Hake
Tons
1,915
Pounds
4,222,538
$$$$$
2,219,772
STATISTICS
Year
2001
Species
Herring
Tons
52,537
Pounds
$$$$$
115,824,675 7,164,559
Year
2001
Species
Cod
Tons
1,334
Pounds
2,941,705
$$$$$
3,114,299
Year
2001
Species
Mackerel
Tons
1.4
Pounds
3,120
$$$$$
1,417
Year
2001
Species
Sea Bass
Tons
0.2
Pounds
465
$$$$$
728
Year
2001
Species
Halibut
Tons
5
Pounds
10,985
$$$$$
38,491
Bibliography
• http://www.whoi.edu/marinecensus/doc/Ref
erence/fishes_c09_38.htm
• Encarta computer dictionary
• http://www.whoi.edu/marinecensus/doc/Ref
erence/fishes_common.htm
• http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercial/lan
dings/annual_landings.html