TABLE 6.4-3
FISH SPECIES CAUGHT BY VARIOUS SAMPLING PROGRAMS,
NORTHSTAR UNIT AND ADJACENT OFFSHORE AREAS
Location
|
Water Depth
|
Type of Sampling
|
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Catch
|
Percent
|
Reference
|
Eastern Chukchi and Western Beaufort Sea
|
130-1,300 ft
(40-400 m)
|
Bottom trawl
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
227
|
35
|
1
|
Canadian eelpout
|
Lycodes polaris
|
121
|
19
|
Twohorn sculpin
|
Icelus bicornis
|
74
|
11
|
Hamecon
|
Artediellus scaber
|
36
|
6
|
Arctic Alligatorfish
|
Aspidophoroides olriki
|
36
|
6
|
Snailfish
|
Liparis sp.
|
34
|
5
|
Leatherfin lumpsucker
|
Eumicrotremus derjugini
|
29
|
4
|
Fish doctor
|
Gymnelis viridis
|
27
|
4
|
Spatulate sculpin
|
Icelus spatula
|
20
|
3
|
Slender eelblenny
|
Lumpenus fabricii
|
11
|
2
|
Eelpout
|
Lycodes raridens
|
10
|
2
|
Arctic staghorn sculpin
|
Gymnocanthus tricuspis
|
5
|
1
|
Fourline snakeblenny
|
Eumesogrammus praecisus
|
4
|
<1
|
Ribbed sculpin
|
Triglops pingeli
|
3
|
<1
|
Saddled eelpout
|
Lycodes mucosis
|
3
|
<1
|
Threespot eelpout
|
Lycodes rossi
|
2
|
<1
|
Polar cod
|
Arctogadus glacialis
|
1
|
<1
|
Stout eelblenny
|
Lumpenus medius
|
1
|
<1
|
Daubed shanny
|
Lumpenus maculatus
|
1
|
<1
|
Pingok Island
|
33-46 ft
(10-14 m)
|
Otter trawl
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
47
|
30
|
2
|
Fourhorn sculpin
|
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
|
43
|
28
|
Spotted snailfish
|
Liparis callyodon
|
63
|
41
|
Wattled eelpout
|
Lycodes palearis
|
1
|
<1
|
TABLE 6.4-3 (Cont.)
FISH SPECIES CAUGHT BY VARIOUS SAMPLING PROGRAMS,
NORTHSTAR UNIT AND ADJACENT OFFSHORE AREAS
Location
|
Water Depth
|
Type of Sampling
|
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Catch
|
Percent
|
Reference
|
Stump Island
|
6.5-33 ft
(2-10 m)
|
Small mesh otter trawl
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
592
|
93
|
3
|
Fourhorn sculpin
|
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
|
14
|
2
|
Slender eelblenny
|
Lumpenus fabricii
|
2
|
<1
|
Arctic cisco
|
Coregonus autumnalis
|
2
|
<1
|
Pacific sandlance
|
Ammodytes hexapterus
|
8
|
1
|
Snailfish
|
Liparis sp.
|
10
|
2
|
Capelin
|
Mallotis villosis
|
10
|
2
|
East of West dock
|
0-40 ft
(0-12 m)
|
Small mesh otter trawl
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
|
98
|
4
|
Kelp snailfish
|
Liparis tunicatus
|
|
<1
|
Fourhorn sculpin
|
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
|
|
<1
|
Pacific sandlance
|
Ammodytes hexapterus
|
|
<1
|
Capelin
|
Mallotis villosus
|
|
<1
|
Rainbow smelt
|
Osmerus mordax
|
|
<1
|
Least cisco
|
Coregonus sardinella
|
|
<1
|
North of West dock at 0.6, 1.8, 3, and 4 miles
(1, 3, 5, and 7 km)
|
13-30 ft
(4-9 m)
|
Surface tow net
|
Cod larvae
|
Gadid species
|
8096
|
64
|
5
|
Capelin larvae
|
Mallotus villosus
|
3762
|
30
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
315
|
2
|
Snailfish larvae
|
Liparid sp.
|
278
|
2
|
Sculpin larvae
|
Cottid sp.
|
130
|
1
|
Ninespine stickleback
|
Pungitius pungitius
|
11
|
<1
|
Arctic cisco
|
Coregonus autumnalis
|
8
|
<1
|
Sandlance
|
Ammodytes hexapterus
|
2
|
<1
|
Least cisco
|
Coregonus sardinella
|
1
|
<1
|
TABLE 6.4-3 (Cont.)
FISH SPECIES CAUGHT BY VARIOUS SAMPLING PROGRAMS,
NORTHSTAR UNIT AND ADJACENT OFFSHORE AREAS
Location
|
Water Depth
|
Type of Sampling
|
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Catch
|
Percent
|
Reference
|
North of West Dock
|
6.5-30 ft
(2-9 m)
|
Surface tow net
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
5246
|
80
|
6
|
Capelin
|
Mallotus villosus
|
710
|
11
|
Arctic cisco
|
Coregonus autumnalis
|
413
|
6
|
Kelp snailfish
|
Liparis tunicatus
|
126
|
2
|
Sculpins
|
Cottid sp.
|
20
|
<1
|
Nine spine stickleback
|
Pungitius pungitius
|
16
|
<1
|
Arctic flounder
|
Liopsetta glacialis
|
5
|
<1
|
Eelblenny
|
Lumpenus sp.
|
4
|
<1
|
Boulder Patch and Narwhal Island
|
20-40 ft
(6-12 m)
|
Under-ice winter sampling using gill, trammel, or trap nets
|
Arctic cod
|
Boreogadus saida
|
80
|
84
|
2
|
Snailfish
|
Liparis sp.
|
15
|
16
|
|
Notes: ft = feet
m = meters
sp. = Species
Sources: 1 = Frost and Lowry, 1983:3
2 = Craig and Haldorson, 1981:437, 454
3 = Tarbox and Spight, 1979:2-11
4 = Moulton and Tarbox, 1987:45
5 = Dames and Moore, 1989:6 (Stations 21-24)
6 = Thorsteinson et al., 1991:149-151
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