CHAPTER II, PART 1 



The principal sea scallop resource also occurs deeper 

 than 37 m, and only the shoreward margin of the popu- 

 lation was affected. From 8.8 to 12.9 percent of the entire 

 New Jersey scallop resource was killed. Scallop landings 

 increased four-fold in 1976. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Harold F. Snow. Snow Food Products, Inc.. Old Or- 

 chard Beach, Maine, provided several commercial surf 

 clam vessels for surveys during summer 1976. The captains 

 and crews of the following vessels provided expert assist- 

 ance in obtaining samples: Harold F. Snow, Captain Dan 

 Frew; Valerie E., Captain Edward McVey; Gail Snow, 

 Captain Russell Stump; Cora May Snow, Captain Edward 

 Nichols; and Margaret & Nancy, Captain Robert Farmer. 



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