JOHNSON and McLAIN: TELECONNECTIONS BETWEEN OCEANS 



Williams believes that catches of penaeid shrimp 

 in the southeastern United States fluctuate in such 

 a way as to suggest dependence on coastal 

 temperatures. His studies show an apparent as- 

 sociation of good catches with warm years and 

 poor catches with cold years. The shrimp season 

 following the cold winter of 1957-58 was par- 

 ticularly poor in several areas. His indices of cold 

 and warm years are derived from coastal air 

 temperatures which probably are a reasonable in- 

 dicator of sea temperature variation in estuarine 

 and coastal waters. Williams believes it might be 

 possible to use winter coastal air temperatures as 

 predictors for the succeeding year's catch when 

 betterdefinition and measure of fishing effort are 

 available. 



These hints of biological consequences of large- 

 scale air-sea interactions point out possibilities for 

 future research. Clearly, investigations of this 

 nature will require a cooperative effort among 

 meteorologists, oceanographers, and fishery 

 biologists. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to thank J. Bjerknes, J. Namias, and W. 

 H. Quinn for reviewing our manuscript and for 

 providing much encouragement and many useful 

 suggestions. 



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