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Fishery Bulletin 103(4) 



162° 161= 



58° - 



57°- 



56° 



55°- 



160° 159° 



158° 



157° 156" 



155" 



154° 153° 



strong southwesterly, 

 current flow 



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200 m 



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200 f 



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57° 



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55°N 



161° 160 159° 158° 157° 



1 56" 



155° 154° 153°W 



+ center of distributionof eggs in early May 

 + center of distribution of larvae greater than 9 mm in late May 

 (assumed to include larvae that hatched from early May eggs) 



Figure 7 



The drift of flathead sole (H. elassodon) larvae in Shelikof Strait during 

 May 1994. Surface current flow was strong and southwesterly. 



162° 161" 160" 159° 158° 157° 156° 155° 154° 



153° 



58° 



57° 



56°- 



55° 



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weak northeasterly or l/4r'l 

 disorganized current fj; /[ 

 flow s «*, 





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200 r 



MB 



200 r 



161 



160 



159 



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157° 



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1 55" 



154° 



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58 



56° 



55° N 



153°W 



+ center of distribution of all early May larvae (mean length 5.71 ±0.71 mm) 

 ■^ center of distribution of late May larvae greater than 12 mm 

 (assumed to include larvae present in early May) 



Figure 8 



The drift of flathead sole (H. elassodon I larvae in Shelikof Strait during May 

 1996. Surface current flow was disorganized, or weak, and to the northeast. 



