CT trawl crew finds rare giant stingray, large predatory fish in Long Island Sound

CT trawl crew finds rare giant stingray, large predatory fish in Long Island Sound

Source: Hartford Courant

9/29/2023

A stingray and a large predatory fish — both fairly exotic to the Connecticut coast — were found this week by a trawl survey crew with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The first exotic discovery occurred when a Long Island Sound Trawl Survey crew monitoring the waters along the Connecticut coast trawled up a roughtail stingray that was over 6 feet long and 5 feet wide and was estimated to weigh about 400 pounds. The stingray is generally found along the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida but is “relatively rare” in the Long Island Sound, according to Connecticut Fish and Wildlife.