FOREWORD 



This issue of the NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/NEC series is a report 

 (Technical Report No. 22) prepared by the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean 

 Sciences, under Contract No. NA-80-FA-C-00008 to the National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service 

 (NMFS). The contract was awarded as a part of NOAA's Northeast Monitoring 

 Program (NEMP), and was monitored by Mr. Robert N. Reid of NMFS's Northeast 

 Fisheries Center. The report was submitted to NEMP in September 1982 as a 

 final report on a benchmark survey of the benthos in the Casco Bay, Maine, 

 area. 



The report has been reprinted virtually as submitted, with only minimal 

 changes in format. References to specific trade names in this report do not 

 imply endorsement by NOAA/NMFS. 



John B. Pearce, Manager 

 Northeast Monitoring Program 



