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Waquoit Bay
Waquoit bay is a public national Estuary that is typically used as a research Reserve located on the southern shore of Cape Cod Massachusetts. It Is a part of the (An internal link Nantucket Sound would be useful) Nantucket Sound. This bay is the boarder of the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee. The name Waquoit came from the Wompanoag language of the word Weeqay8ut (Waquoit) that means Place of Light.

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National Estuarine Research Reserve
Due to the pressures on the coastal resources of the United States, Congress enacted the Coastal Zone Management Act that gave federal aid to operate estuarine areas as natural field laboratories"source". Waquoit Bay is one of these natural field laboratory zones. The areas that the Costal Management Act Encompass are: Visitor Center/Headquarters Property 28-acre (11 ha) The Visitor's Center is open year-round, Monday through Friday, 10 am – 4 pm. This Center has a path to the beach below it and hosts many activities to teach children and anyone who wishes to learn about the creatures in the water in the Bay. South Cape Beach State Park, Sage Lot Pond and Flat Pond 432 acres (175 ha) This eastern section of the reserve serves as a swimming beach"comma" which is a noted fishing site during the annual bluefish and striped bass migrations. It is also a sanctuary for protected species such as piping plover and least tern. Sage Lot and Flat Ponds are salt ponds to the east of Waquoit Bay.(Some additional citations may be useful) (Some grammatical errors including lack of commas)

Quashnet River Property "is" 361 acres (146 ha) The"Name the River being referenced"river is the largest source of fresh water to the Bay and is mostly surrounded by upland forests. There is a three-mile (5 km) loop trail along the river. "hard to understand-->"Trout Unlimited that has converted their cranberry bog channel back into a river. North Quashnet Woodlands 25 acres (10 ha) These are pine woodlands and an abandoned cranberry bog. Waquoit Bay 825 acres (334 ha) Fresh water enters the Bay from four principal sources: the Quashnet/Moonakis River, Red Brook, Childs River, and ground water flow. The following rivers/bodies of water are salt ponds to the east of Waquoit Bay which can only be navigated by kayak: Hamblin Pond, 141 acres (57 ha) Jehu Pond, 172 acres (70 ha) Abigail's Brook The following freshwater ponds drain to the Waquoit Bay at the northern side and offer kayaking and fishing:Bog Pond, 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) Bourne Pond, is just over 10 acres (4.0 ha) in surface area and consequently is considered a Great Pond under the laws of the Massachusetts. As such it is kept in trust for "the trust of rather than in trust of" all citizens and is not privately owned. Caleb Pond, 5.7 acres (2.3 ha). Childs River: Abandoned cranberry bogs and pine woodlands.

Washburn Island Washburn Island is a small Nature Reserve Within Waquoit Bay. During world war 2 Washburn Island was used by the Army Amphibious Command as a landing are. This camp was home to the 594th Engineer boat and shore regiment. "source"Thislap queen

was a branch of the 4th engineering special brigade. It was also similar to Camp Havedoneit and Camp conduit which were located near to Camp Washburn. Common species of Marine life

Arthropods
Barnacle(Balanus sp.),

Blue crab (Callinectes sap!sas),

Hermit crab

Prominant Fish
Preliminary list of fish species taken from Waquoit Bay and its (odd indentation for 2nd and 3rd line)

connecting waters proposed for inclusion within the Waquoit Bay

Family Clupeidae

Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill) - blueback herring

9-osa pseudoharengus (Wilson) - alewife

Fr-evoortia tyran     (Latrobe) - Atlantic menhaden

Family Salmonidae

Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) - brook trou t

Family: Osmeridae

Osmerus mordax (Mitchill) - rainbow smel t

Family: Cyprinidae

Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) - golden shiner

Family: Catostomidae

Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) - white sucker

Family: Anguillidae

Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur)    American ee l

Family: Cyprinodontidae

Cyprinodon variegatus (Lacepede - sheepshead minnow

Fundulu     aphan6s (LeSueur) - banded killifish

FunduM'heterocli us (Linnaeus) - mummichog

Fundlus majalis (WaIETaum) - striped killifish

E-acania @parva Baird) - rainwater killifish

Family: Cottidae

Myoxodephalus aenaeus (Mitchill) - grubby

Myoxocephalus octoge-cemspinosus (Mitchill) - longhorn sculpin

Family: Cycolpeteridae

Cycolperus lumpus (Linnaeus) - lumpfish

Family: Ammodytidae

Ammodytes americanus (Dekay) - American sand lance

Family: Pholidae

Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus) - rock gunnel

Family: Mugillidae

Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus) stripped mullet

Family: Bothidae

Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus) - summer flounder

Family: Pleuronectidae

Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) - winter flounder

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Sphaeroides maculatus (Bloch  Schneider) - northern puffer

Order: Batrachoidiformes

Family: Batrachoididae

Opsanus tau (Linnaeus) - oyster toadfish

Family: Gadidae

Gadul morhua (Linnaeus) - Atlantic cod

@ro adus tomcod (Walbaum) - Atlantic tomcod

Pollachius.virens (Linnaeus) - pollock

Urophycis tYn-u-T-s(Mitchill) - white hake

Family: Gasterosteidae

Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill) - fourspine stickleback

Gastero teus acul atus (Linnaeus)  threespine stickleback

Gasterost   We-a--M-Ri (Putnam)    blackspotted stickleback

Pungitius punjiLius (Linnaeus) .- ninespine stickleback

Family: Syngnathidae

Syngnathus fuscus (Storer)  northern pipefish

Family: Serranidae

Centropristis striata (Linnaeus) - black seabass

Family: Percichthyidae

Morone americana (Gmelin)  white perch

Moroni7i-ax-a-tiff'is (Walbaum) striped bass

Family:  Percidae

Etheostoma nigrum (Rafinesque) - Johnny darter

Family: Pomatomidae

Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus) - bluefish

Family: Sciaenidae

Menticirrhus saxitilis (Block and Schneider) - northern kingfish

Family:  Sparidae

Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) - scup

Family: Labridae

Tautoga on tus (Linnaeus)  tautog

Tautogol'a5-rus adspersus (Walbaum) - cunner

Family: Triglidae

Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus) - northern searobin

PrionFt-us -ev-o-l-an-s7Linnaeus) - striped searobin