Long Island NY has a great diversity of fish within numerous warmwater lakes and ponds, and trout fishing in streams such as the Carmans River. DEC's Region 1 Fisheries Unit regularly monitors and evaluates the health of the state's fish populations to enhance and/or restore the fisheries. One method of accomplishing this is by undertaking regular surveys to gather data.
Fisheries Dictionary
Download the Fisheries Management Dictionary (PDF) for definitions of commonly used technical terms in DEC Bureau of Fisheries reports.
Management/Study Plans
Big Panfish Initiative Study Plan (Blydenburgh Lake)
Inland Trout Stream Management Plan
Survey/Research Reports
Rare Fish Surveys
Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Banded Sunfish/Swamp Darter) Surveys (2019) (PDF)
Coldwater Surveys
Massapequa Creek Brook Trout Survey (2022) (PDF)
Warmwater Surveys
Artist Lake Panfish Survey (2021) (PDF)
Artist Lake Bass Survey (2022) (PDF)
Blydenburgh Lake/New Mill Pond Panfish Survey (2020) (PDF)
Blydenburgh Lake/New Mill Pond Largemouth Bass Regulation Evaluation (2017) (PDF)
Deep Pond Bass and Sunfish Survey (2017) (PDF)
Fort Pond Walleye and Perch Survey (2020) (PDF)
Fresh Pond Panfish Survey (2022) (PDF)
Lake Ronkonkoma Panfish Survey (2021) (PDF)
Lake Ronkonkoma Walleye and Perch Survey (2021) (PDF)
Peconic Lake (Forge Pond) Panfish Survey (2020) (PDF)
Upper Twin Pond Panfish Survey (2021) (PDF)
Habitat Restoration Surveys
Upper Yaphank Lake Pre-Dredge and Post-Dredge Evaluation (2017) (PDF)
