https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4cXHStGmc&feature=youtu.be With summer well underway in New York, you would expect marine fish diversity to be nearing its peak for the year. Normally, by early August, signs of the tropical influence of the Gulf Stream are abundant in the south shore bays [...]
Last week I reported on the arrival of the first tropical fishes of the year to appear in Long Island waters after a seining trip at Fire Island inlet turned up a filefish, groupers, and northern sennets. This week I am happy to announce that the next wave has arrived. Yesterday I accompanied a [...]
The northern sennet, a close relative of the great barracuda, is usually among the first warm-water species to appear on Long Island each year. After a long cold winter and amid disturbing reports that the North Atlantic may be entering a cool phase, I am very happy to report that the first [...]