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Table 7. — Observed catch of whiting (Merluccius bilinearis) 

 and catch expected on the hypothesis of a negative binomial 

 distribution, depth zones II and III 



Table 10. — Number of tows, mean, variance, and standard 

 deviation, for haddock catches by subarea and depth zone 



Table 8. — Observed catch of ocean perch (Sebastes marinus) 

 and catch expected on the hypothesis of a negative binomial 

 distribution, depth zone III 



[Includes 61 tows made in subareas adjacent to Georges Bank proper.] 



Table 9. — Summary of tables 4-8, with degrees of freedom 

 and probability associated with each Sx 2 



Table 11. — Number of tows, mean, variance, and standard 

 deviation, for whiting catches by subarea and depth zone 



Table 12.— Frequency of occurrence of species with different 

 numbers of individuals and expected frequency of occur- 

 rence on the hypothesis of a logarithmic series distribution, 

 1948-50 



a. Depth Zone I 



' See appendix B. 



' Two-tow station data. 



» Includes some tows made in subareas adjacent to Georges Bank proper. 



