at the same rate while moving ahead at about 1 nautical mile per hour. 

 The samples were preserved in buffered formalin for laboratory 

 examination. 



Benthic infaunal samples (Fig. A) were taken with a Smith-Mclntyre 

 bottom grab (sampling 0.1 m of bottom) or a diver-operated stovepipe 

 sampler (0.05 m'^) . Samples of epibenthic macrofauna (Fig. 5) were 

 taken with a 6-foot wide clam rake fitted with a 2-inch stretch mesh 

 net. The rake was towed for 5 minutes at each station. Collections of 

 smaller epibenthic organisms (Fig. 6) were made by lowering the epi- 

 benthic sled (0.569 mm mesh) to the bottom and towing for five minutes. 

 The lowering and retrieval were done with the vessel moving ahead, so 

 some contamination by pelagic organisms was possible. The samples 

 were preserved in buffered formalin for later laboratory examination. 



Finfish collections (Fig. 7) were made with a 30-foot otter trawl 

 with 2 inch stretch mesh wings and 1^ inch stretch mesh cod. The net 

 was towed for ten minutes at 2 to 3 nautical miles per hour. The samples 

 collected were either identified and measured on deck or preserved in 

 10% formalin for laboratory sorting. When possible, winter flounder 

 ( Pseudopleuronectes americanus ) were saved for future stomach content 

 analyses. 



Finfish were also sampled with two other nets: a 50-foot mono- 

 filament gill net, 25 feet of which was 4-inch mesh and 25 feet 1%-inch 

 mesh; and a 35 foot knotless nylon bag seine with ^-inch mesh wings and bag. 



