weeks. Sand goby were the second most abundant species caught in East Anglia THREE beam trawl surveys (Table 11.4)
200. Life history information for the species is limited, although Maitland and Herdson (2009) suggest it may move to deeper water to commence breeding between March and July. Sand gobies are important prey for a number of demersal fish species (ICES, 2012e) and are protected under the Bern Convention, Appendix III.
201. Of the 19 species of Gobiidae found in UK waters (Wheeler, 1992), the other Gobiidae species represented in the site specific otter and beam trawl survey catches included common goby Pomatoschistus microps, two-spotted goby Gobiusculus flavescens; Crouch's goby Gobius couchii; Giant goby Gobius cobitis and transparent goby Aphia minuta.
202. Common goby prefer low salinities and are abundant on sandy and muddy shores in pools to MHW, low salinity pools, coastal ditches and estuaries (Kay and Dipper, 2009).
203. Painted gobies are often found in lower shore pools in stony areas or near rocks on sandy shores (Kay and Dipper, 2009).
204. The giant goby and Couch’s goby (listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act) are rare in British coastal waters and have not been recorded from the offshore waters of the North Sea (Rogers and Stocks, 2001).
11.5.13.3 Lesser Weever Fish
205. Lesser weever fish are common to inshore areas off the east of England and abundant on sandy substrates in shallower, warmer waters from less of than 5 m depth, down to 50 m (Rogers et al. 1998; Pizzola, 2002).
206. Weever fish spawn in summer and both eggs and larvae float in the plankton (Maitland and Herdson, 2009). Early life history stages have been associated with sandbank crests in the North Sea, suggesting that sandbanks provide suitable conditions as nursery grounds (Ellis et al. 2011). There have also been marked temporal extensions for the species attributed to the effects of increasing North Sea temperatures (Tulp, 2006).
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