Relative Abundance of
Round Goby in Thunder Bay
from Fall Bottom Trawling Surveys
USFWS
Text Box: Catch per minute
Catch per minute
•Relative abundance as measured by CPE increasing rapidly in Thunder Bay where monitored closest
•That trend continued in 2000




Round Goby First discovered in Thunder Bay in Oct. 1997
First caught in Trawling efforts in Sept. 1998
1998 TEffort=179 M   1999 TEffort=119 M     2000 TEffort=131 M
 T. Catch=4274      T. Catch=2477      T. Catch=996
ROG 0.95/min #4   ROG 5.8/min #1      ROG 6.34/min #1
#1 TRP= 13.0/min     #2 STS= 5.06/min   #2 TRP= 0.75/min
#2 ALE= 3.74/min     #3 RUF= 3.95/min     #3 STS= 0.22/min
#3 STS=3.7/min     #4 YEP=1.75/min     #4 RUF=0.13/min