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about 120 nmi west of the high island chain (Fig. 

 2). 



Six resource assessment cruises of 40 d each were 

 conducted in the Marianas during the period from 

 May 1982 through June 1984. During these cruises, 



the deepwater snapper and grouper community 

 along the outer slope was sampled at all 22 islands 

 and banks labeled in Figure 2. Thirteen of these 22 

 sampling sites were visited at least once during the 

 first three cruises and, again, during the second set 



■Maug 



a Asuncion 



-20°- 



-19° 



o Bank C 



OAgrihan 



P Pagan I. 



-18°- 



BankO 



<?Alamagan 



I 

 °Guguan I. 



■17°- 



Pathfinder Reef 



Arakane Reef 



Bank A 



°Sarigan I. 

 ^Anatahan I. 



Farallon de Medinilla- 



38 fm Bank 

 l 

 Esmeralda Bank o 



-16° 



/ySaipan 

 "VTinian I." 

 ° Aguijan I. 



^Rota I. 



-15° 



-14° 



GUAM 



"Coco! I. 

 .iGalvez Banks — 



'Santa Rosa Reef 



143° 



I 



I44 c 



145° 



146° 



I47 e 



I 



Figure 2.— The Mariana Archipelago with the 22 islands and banks sampled. 



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