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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



I have already mentioned the fact that the deepest water in the northeast corner 

 of the basin, off Grand Manan, has yielded an abundance of Meganyctiphanes in 

 March, April, May, and June, as well as during the later summer (p. 134). Consider- 



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Fig. 54.— Occurrence of the euphausiid shrimp Meganyctiphanes norvegka, February to April, 1920. •, locality records; 

 O. not taken. The hatched curve incloses the area where it occurs regularly in early spring 



able numbers were also taken by the Halcyon in the deepest haul (150-0 meters) 

 near-by on January 5, 1921 (station 10502), proving that this serves as a reservoir 

 for Meganyctiphanes throughout the year. This shrimp has also been taken at most 



